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At the end of three days of competition in the Ostbelgien Classic, the winners of the 2022 FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies are Patrick Lambert from Luxembourg and Yves Noelanders from Belgium.

As snow and cold temperatures gripped the east of Belgium, Jean-Jacques Martens and Aswin Pyck in the no3 Volvo PV444 ended the second day of the Ostbelgien Classic as the leading contender for the 2022 FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies after a full day of competition. The Belgian crew finished the day on 264.10 penalty points, 17.87 points ahead of the no7 BMW 2002 Ti of Patrick Lambert and Yves Noelanders.

The FIA’s Disability and Accessibility Commission has launched The Vehicle Adaptation Guidelines containing general guidance on the adaptation of motor sport vehicles for competitors with disabilities.

The first leg of the Ostbelgien Classic saw the no8 Porsche 911 of Belgian crew Yves Deflandre and Jennifer Hugo out in front with 16.35 penalty points, 7.45 penalty points ahead of the second placed FIA Trophy for Historic Regularity Rallies contender Jean-Jacques Martens and Aswin Pyck in the no3 Volvo PV444.

As part of the innovative Big Data road safety programme, AI&Me: Empowering youth for safer roads , together with the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and the Ministry of Transport (MOT), the AIP Foundation hosted the first hands-on training of the Youth Engagement App (YEA) to key government stakeholders and teachers in Ho Chi Minh City, Pleiku City, and Yen Bai.

After months of intense testing, training and competition, the winners of the third edition of the FIA Girls on Track talent detection programme have now been revealed, with 15-year-old Belgian Aurelia Nobels winning the Senior category and 13-year-old Romanian Zoe Florescu Potolea emerging victorious in the Junior category following the final round of assessment at the famed Ferrari Driver Academy in Maranello.

The following hearing of the International Court of Appeal took place on 8 November 2022 in Paris:

Created to honour the FIA Member Clubs whose commitment brings sustainable and measurable change within the FIA community and society at large, the FIA President’s Awards celebrate outstanding contributions in the fields of Climate Action, Road Safety, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The FIA received 51 applications from all regions of the world, out of which 9 were shortlisted.

Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi takes a 10-point advantage over his closest Czech rival Miroslav Zapletal into this weekend’s Dubai International Baja (December 1-3), the final round of both the FIA World and Midde East Cups for Cross-Country Bajas.

The FIA Road Safety Index will be available to all organisations worldwide who want to join the effort for safer roads. Autoliv, IKEA, TotalEnergies, the Swedish transport administration Trafikverket, and two FIA Clubs, the Automobile Club Association (ACA - France) and the Automóvil Club del Uruguay (ACU) have participated in the pilot phase. The FIA Road Safety Index enables organisations to measure and improve their safety footprint using a similar methodology as the one for carbon footprint.