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The FIA World Motor Sport Council convened for its third meeting of 2023. The meeting was chaired by FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem with FIA Deputy President for Sport Robert Reid and WMSC members joining in person at the Federation’s offices in Geneva and via video conference.

Some radical changes to the regulations in respect of the terminology used in the Cross-Country Rally Sporting Regulations have been approved by the WMSC on Thursday 19 October.

* Thirteen events from January to November in four continents * Rallies on asphalt, gravel and snow provide the challenge * New event in Latvia, Poland’s return and early Safari date among changes

Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk confirmed the runner-up spots in the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) by winning the gruelling six-day Rally of Morocco. Despite stopping early in the final stage and missing out on a potential ninth overall, Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah did enough to confirm a second successive W2RC Drivers’ Championship.

THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER Press Conference: 1330hrs Valtteri Bottas (Alta Romeo) Lance Stroll (Aston...

The Hansen World RX Team will expand to three cars for the final rounds of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Hong Kong next month (11-12 November) when regular drivers Timmy and Kevin Hansen are joined by Patrick O’Donovan.

RallyRACC’s gravel stages are up next for six young talents of the future as the FIA Rally Star Training Season reaches its decisive phase from October 20-21.

Title battle on a knife-edge as the crews prepare to take on the most celebrated event of the year...

The following FIA sporting calendars for 2024 have been approved by the World Motor Sport Council when it convened in Geneva earlier today, Thursday 19 October.