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Elfyn Evans moved into the lead of Safari Rally Kenya as Toyota GR Yaris cars occupied the top four positions on a dramatic Friday morning.

Ciprian Lupu refuses to allow disability prevent him from pursuing his motorsport dreams. Ciprian is the first wheelchair user in his country to have a race car license issued by the Sports Automobile Romanian Federation (FRAS) and to officially participate in motorsport competitions. In 2021, the 38-year-old Romanian became the first wheelchair user with tetraplegia to win a National Rally Championship. Next month, together with co-driver Andrei Pintilii, he will compete in Rally Roma Capitale, part of the FIA European Rally Championship calendar. When he is not competing, Ciprian is the regional manager for Motivation Romania – an organization which provides wheelchairs and independent living training to change for the better the lives of people with disabilities in Romania. In this Q&A with fia.com, he reveals the challenges he has overcome – and offers motivation to fellow disabled competitors.

On 23-24 May, the FIA and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) organised a Movernos Seguros workshop to analyse the road safety situation in Honduras, the role of vehicle insurance and key elements to improve post-crash response.

Following a colorful ceremonial start at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre this morning in attendance of H.E. President Kenyatta, Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and Heritage Dr. Amina Mohamed, Safari Rally CEO Phineas Kimathi and FIA Vice-President for Sport Africa Rodrigo Rocha, Sébastien Ogier kicked off his Safari Rally Kenya title defence in style with the fastest time on Thursday afternoon’s thrilling opener in Nairobi.

Multi-year partnership confirmed from Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

Transcript of the pre-event press conference organised by the FIA for the 2022 Safari Rally Kenya on June 22, 2022.

On 3 June, FIA Member Club the Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (PZM) organised a Bicycle Rally on the Vistula River in Warsaw at the occasion of the UN World Bicycle Day 2022 and raised awareness of road safety during a picnic organised at the Polish Prime Minister’s Chancellery’s Gardens. Supported by the FIA Road Safety Grants Programme through its “Global Action” stream, these two initiatives reached about 2,000 people.

CUPRA EKS driver Mattias Ekström was crowned King of the Weekend in a thrilling third round of the 2022 FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup for Race SP at Circuito Madrid Jarama-RACE at an event of extreme heat, bracing winds and electrifying action.

FIA Member Club Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC Germany) held its general meeting in Wiesbaden under the motto ‘Mobility. Sustainability. Innovation.’. The 220 attending members approved the expansion of services to include health and home, and were presented with a positive annual result.

On 21 June, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the FIA Foundation held a Forum on Safe & Healthy Mobility in London entitled ‘Design for Life. For People & Planet’. The Forum brought together international policymakers to review progress in meeting the UN global targets to reduce road deaths and serious injuries ahead of the first-ever UN High Level Meeting on road safety (that will be held on 30 June), and to discuss air quality improvement and decarbonisation of road transportation.