FIA Motorsport Games A-Z Edition 1: A-C

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07.10.24

After contesting one discipline in 2019 and three in 2022, Albania has further expanded its commitment to this year's FIA Motorsport Games. The nation will have six chances to capture a gold medal, including a third consecutive participation in Karting Slalom. It will also be present in Auto Slalom, Karting Mini, and both Esports disciplines when the action gets underway in Spain. 

Karting Slalom – Lusia Zaçe / Alvi Vathi
Auto Slalom – Matias  Mirdita / Brunilda Gjura-Tafili
Esports GT – Krist Nani
Karting Mini – Rohan Yzeiraj
Esports F4 – Olge Mile

 

Andorra returns to compete in the FIA Motorsport Games for a second time in Spain, having debuted in Esports in 2022. For 2024, Team Andorra will field an expanded team entered in four categories - Esports F4, Esports GT, Auto Slalom and Karting Sprint Senior. 

Auto Slalom – Mireia Gutierrez & Lucas Piccino
Esports F4 – Frank Porté Ruiz 
Esports GT – Elder Filipe Cerqueira Lopes
Karting Sprint Senior – Alex Machado

 

Angola will be represented for the first time in the FIA Motorsport Games, with rising karting star Lorenzo Campos set to take the step up and represent the Federação Angolana de Desportos Motorizados in Formula 4.

Formula 4 – Lorenzo Campos

 

Antigua & Barbuda will join the FIA Motorsport Games for the first time in 2024. The Caribbean island nation will enter the new Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli – GT Single Make discipline, with Hassan Dabboussi taking the wheel of a car run by the crack AF Corse squad.

GT Single Make – Hassan Dabboussi

 

More than doubling its team for the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games, Argentina will boast representation in at least 10 categories – eight of which are new medal-winning opportunities for the nation. Rodrigo Gallo returns to Drifting competition in his 1996 BMW E36 M3, while the vastly expanded Team Argentina will also contest Esports F4, Esports GT, Formula 4 and Touring Car, Karting Endurance, Karting Mini, Karting Sprint Junior, Karting Sprint Senior and Rally4 Gravel. In Cross Car Junior, Argentina will count on Tomas Pregliasco the son of former Astra WRC team boss Luca Pregliasco.

Esports F4 – Agustin Torlaschi
Karting Mini – Valentino Manassero
Karting Sprint Junior – Bautista Panetta
Drifting – Rodrigo Gallo
Formula 4 – Genaro Trappa
Rally4 Gravel – Luciano Bonomi & Miguel Recalt
Karting Sprint Senior – Camilo Trappa
Karting Endurance – Bruno Viglietti / Eduardo Viglietti / Julieta Gelvez
Esports GT – Mariano Andres Rodriguez 
Cross Car Junior – Tomas Pregliasco
Touring Car – Ignacio Montenegro

 

Team Armenia enters for the first time this year. Dallakyan Poghosyan, who has raced from the age of eight and represented Armenia at CIK-FIA level since 2022, will join the fiercely contested Karting Sprint Senior grid. There will also be an Armenia crew in Karting Endurance, while Alex Sargsyan will compete in Esports F4 and Esports GT.

Karting Sprint Senior – Daniel Dallakyan Poghosyan
Karting Endurance – Elizaveta Kozlova / Rodion Krylov / Artak Khachatryan
Esports GT – Alex Sargsyan
Esports F4 – Alex Sargsyan

 

A multiple gold medalist with wins in Digital GT (2019) and GT Sprint (2022), Australia will be hunting for more success at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games. Karting is a major focus, with entries planned in Karting Sprint Senior, Karting Sprint Junior and Karting Mini – the latter for Jay Kostecki, the young cousin of reigning Supercars champion Brodie Kostecki. Further entries in Auto Slalom, F4 and both Esports disciplines make up the Aussie squad.

Karting Sprint Senior – Pip Casabene
Auto Slalom – Corinne East-Johnston / Reece McIntosh
Karting Sprint Junior – Riley Harrison
Karting Mini – Jay Kostecki
Formula 4 – Griffin Peebles
Esports F4 – Jake Burton
Esports GT – Philippa Boquida

 

Team Austria are set to return with two familiar entries for its 2024 team. Oscar Wurz, who contested Karting Sprint Senior in 2022, moves up to represent his nation in Formula 4, while Felix Temper returns to battle for Esports GT medal glory for the second time. The third entry comes from young newcomer Michael Lederer, who will compete for Karting Sprint Junior gold.

Formula 4 – Oscar Wurz
Esports GT – Felix Temper
Karting Sprint Junior – Michael Lederer

 

Azerbaijan sends its first delegation to the FIA Motorsport Games 2024, with representation in two categories. Taking on the honour will be Yagub Aliyev in Esports GT.

Esports GT – Yagub Aliyev

 

The Bahamas has confirmed plans for a second appearance at the FIA Motorsport Games this year. As was the case in 2022, the island nation will have high hopes in Karting Endurance. There is continuity among its drivers, too, with the squad led by the returning Ramando Hudson, who impressed with his speed last time around in France. Team Bahamas will also make a second attempt at Karting Slalom glory and enters both Esports disciplines. 

Karting Endurance – Ramando Hudson / Michael Johnstone / Raenia Fowler
Karting Slalom – Nicoya Nicolas / Gurth  Knowles III
Esports GT – Lavone Glinton 
Esports F4 – Rayne Woodside

 

A newcomer in 2022, Bangladesh will once again add its name to the list of competitors at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games. Having debuted in Esports with Arhaam Rahaman, the South Asian nation will now launch an assault on Karting Endurance, with Rahaman joined by Kashfia Motaleb – one of Bangladesh's top female esports competitors and a talented handball player – as well as Aiman Sadat Sayad Islam. Bangladesh will also enter Auto Slalom with the same Rahaman this time joined by Kashfia Motaleb, both Esports disciplines, and Touring Car with Avik Anwar.

Karting Endurance – Aiman Sadat Sayad Islam / Arhaam Rahaman / Kashfia Motaleb
Auto Slalom – Arhaam Rahaman / Kashfia Motaleb 
Esports GT – Rahul Chakraborty
Esports F4 – Fahaad Gaffoor
Touring Car – Avik Anwar

 

Barbados joins the growing list of Caribbean nations to compete in the multi-disciplinary event. It will place its hopes on the Esports category, with Mark-Anthony Hinkson demonstrating his versatility by undertaking driving duties in both disciplines. 

Esports F4 – Mark-Anthony Hinkson
Esports GT – Mark-Anthony Hinkson

 

Present in 2019 and 2022, Belgium will maintain its 100 percent participation record at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games. Its GT effort will be led by three-time CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa class winner Louis Machiels, who last contested the event in 2019. Team Belgium will have further entries in Karting Endurance, where it is the defending gold medallist, as well as both Esports disciplines, all three Cross Car disciplines, Karting Slalom and Drifting. 

GT – Louis Machiels
Esports GT – Mathias Kühn
Esports F4 – Vince Peeters
Karting Endurance – Justine Strauven / Maxime Drion / Maverick Dessy
Karting Slalom – Victoria Lebrun / Marceau Ghigny
Cross Car Senior – Arnaud Demelenne
Cross Car Mini – Colin Snoeys
Cross Car Junior – Lucas Cartelle
Drifting – Pieter Van Hoorick

 

Botswana will send its first-ever delegation to the FIA Motorsport Games for this year's edition. Muhammad Ahmad continues his successful transition from sim racing to real-life competition with a place on the Karting Sprint senior grid. Botswana will also challenge for Esports glory, with its hopes resting on the shoulders of Mosiami Bogosing (Esports GT) and Farai Munyoro (Esports F4).

Karting Sprint Senior – Muhammad Ahmad
Esports GT – Mosiami Bogosing
Esports F4 – Farai Munyoro

 

A sizeable Brazilian contingent will travel to the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games with high hopes of taking medals back to South America. The experienced Luis Eduardo Stedile and Carlos Enrique Lambert Morales will team up to chase gold in the Rally4 and Rally4 Gravel disciplines. There are entries in Esports F4 and Esports GT, the latter featuring 2023 SRO Esports América champion Igor De Oliveira Rodrigues. Brazil also has ambitions of securing gold in Karting Sprint Senior, Karting Sprint Junior and Karting Mini, while further entries in Auto Slalom, Drifting, Cross Car Senior and Touring Car and F4 complete an impressive roster.

Esports GT – Igor De Oliveira Rodrigues
Esports F4 – Luis Felipe de Sá Tavares
Auto Slalom – Kattlyn Marry Magno / Bruno Eduardo de Borba
Drifting – Rafael Marinho
Touring Car - Raphael Reis
Karting Sprint Senior - Lucas Moura de Castro
Karting Sprint Junior - Theo Araujo
Karting Mini - Pedro Oliveira Santa Rosa
Rally4 – Luis Eduardo Stedile / Carlos Enrique Lambert Morales
Rally4 Gravel – Luis Eduardo Stedile / Carlos Enrique Lambert Morales
Formula 4 – Matheus Comparatto
Cross Car Senior – Alan Synthes

 

The 2024 FIA Motorsport Games will see Canada make its second appearance, and the North American nation is once again present on the Touting Car entry list. Its driver is a new addition, with Megan Tomlinson set to pilot an Audi RS3 LMS. Canada will also be present in Esports F4 with Kevin Andrew Foster and Cross Car Mini with Ava Elizabeth Camacho Cabral.

Esports F4 – Kevin Andrew Foster
Touring Car – Megan Tomlinson
Cross Car Mini – Ava Elizabeth Camacho Cabral

 

The Cayman Islands is a new entrant for 2024 and is set to be among the smallest in terms of population with around 85,000 inhabitants. But that is no barrier to contesting the FIA Motorsport Games, particularly through the Esports discipline. Karyll Iton will represent his nation in Esports GT, while Ian Charlery will chase gold in Esports F4.

Esports F4 – Ian Charlery
Esports GT – Karyll Shakir Iton

 

Chile returns for its second FIA Motorsport Games after contesting the 2022 edition in France and has upped its commitment from three categories to six, including a Formula 4 attack with Giovanni Ramirez Pino and a double sim racing assault in Esports GT and Esports F4. Chile will also contest two Karting disciplines – Karting Sprint Junior and Karting Mini – and makes its Cross Car Senior debut with Manuel Loyola. 

Karting Mini – Anais Orellana
Cross Car Senior – Manuel Loyola 
Esports F4 – Nicolás Rubilar
Esports GT – Angel Inostroza
Karting Sprint Junior – Vicente Castor Garcia Briceño
Formula 4 – Giovanni Ramirez Pino

 

China makes a welcome return to the FIA Motorsport Games for the 2024 edition in Spain. Its hopes will be centred on the GT discipline, with Yaqi Zhang confirmed to drive an Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II at Circuit Ricardo Tormo. 

GT – Yaqi Zhang

 

An ever-present at the FIA Motorsport Games, Chinese Taipei returns with another very strong delegation. Yang Liao will be at the wheel of a Mercedes-AMG GT3 EVO in both GT and GT Sprint, while the combination of Hsuan Lee and Tsungyu Hsieh will tackle Rally4. There is also a double Esports assault and participation in Karting Slalom and Auto Slalom. Further entries in Karting Endurance and Karting Sprint Senior will ensure that a varied team makes the journey across from Chinese Taipei. 

Karting Endurance – Wei-Han Huang / Po-Ting Tasi / Chia-Yu Chung
Karting Sprint Senior – Yin Kai Chen
GT – Yang Liao
GT Sprint – Yang Liao
Rally4 – Hsuan Lee / Tsungyu Hsieh
Auto Slalom – Nai-Chi Chen / Yu-Jing Lin
Karting Slalom – Shao-An Yeh / Man-Ping Chan
Esports GT – Hung-Ming Chang
Esports F4 – I-Lin Hsieh

 

Colombia will bring its vast racing heritage to the FIA Motorsport Games for the very first time this year. Henry Cubides will fly the flag in Esports F4, while 11-year-old Jeronimo Zuluaga will represent his homeland in the new Karting Mini discipline. 

Esports F4 – Henry Cubides
Karting Mini – Jeronimo Zuluaga

 

Costa Rica will contest its third successive FIA Motorsport Games this year, when it will look to add to the silver it secured in Esports at the 2019 edition. As was the case last time around, the Central American nation will be present in Karting Sprint Junior and Karting Sprint Senior. It will also contest a third Karting category in 2024, with youngster Rafael Cañas Peralta aiming to earn the inaugural gold medal in Karting Mini. 

Karting Mini – Rafael Cañas Peralta
Karting Sprint Junior – Luis Fernando Cedeño Velázquez
Karting Sprint Senior – Carlos Enrique Fonseca Grajales

 

Croatia will travel to its third FIA Motorsport Games aiming to secure a first-ever medal at the multidisciplinary event. It will enter Auto Slalom with Fran Kranjac and Karla Švec, while youngsters Sara Glasovac and Thomas Orban Sauer will team up in Karting Slalom. Croatia will also chase gold in Esports GT with Matija Škuljak and Esports F4 with Petar Brljak.

Auto Slalom – Fran Kranjac / Karla Švec
Karting Slalom – Sara Glasovac / Thomas Orban Sauer
Esports GT – Matija Škuljak
Esports F4 – Petar Brljak

 

Czechia earned its first medal in 2019 by taking silver in Drifting. At the next edition it earned another silver, as well as a bronze. As such the aim for 2024 is clear: secure a maiden gold medal. It will have no fewer than 14 chances to do so, including entries for Martin Kadlečík in both Esports disciplines, Karting Sprint Senior, Karting Sprint Junior, Karting Endurance and Auto Slalom. The Czech Republic will also chase Touring Car gold with TCR Eastern Europe race winner Adam Kout, while Vojtěch Štajf and Veronika Havelková will contest Historic Rally, Historic Rally Tarmac and Historic Rally Gravel. Further entries in Drifting, Formula 4, Cross Car Senior and Cross Car Junior complete an impressive Czech line-up. 

Karting Sprint Senior – Václav Procházka
Auto Slalom – Jakub Lavický / Elisabeta Kořínková
Esports GT – Martin Kadlečík
Esports F4 – Martin Kadlečík
Karting Sprint Junior – Martina Rumlenová
Touring Car – Adam Kout
Karting Endurance – Zdeněk Ošťádal / Aleš Burger / Laura Šiklová
Drifting – Marco Zakouřil
Cross Car Senior – Adam Kotaška
Historic Rally Tarmac –Vojtěch Štajf / Veronika Havelková
Historic Rally Gravel – Vojtěch Štajf / Veronika Havelková
Cross Car Mini – Michal Hrčka
Historic Rally – Vojtěch Štajf / Veronika Havelková
Formula 4 – Maxmilián Karhan