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The FIA Junior World Rally Championship kicks off this week with Rally Sweden (15-18 February 2024), the first of five rounds of the season. Among the 19 crews entered in the Junior series, four will represent the FIA Rally Star program, an innovative initiative launched by the FIA in 2020 to detect and train the future stars of the sport.

Applications have opened for the second ever FIA Motorsport Engineering Scholarship at Cranfield University The scholarship aims to promote diversity and inclusion in motor sport Current scholar, Argentinean student Jesica Salvini, work as a race engineer at Abdala Racing alongside her studies

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Kalle Rovanperä and co-driver Jonne Halttunen make their first appearance in this year’s FIA World Rally Championship when Sweden hosts round two of the season from February 15-18 in Umeå, a university city in the north-eastern Västerbotten region, for the third year running.

Motorsport South Africa is set to host the first-ever African Karting Cup (AKC) from February 15-17 at the Zwartkops Kart Circuit in Centurion, Gauteng.

The FIA proudly sponsored the 12th edition of the Americas Awards in Panama, hosted by the Asociacion Automovilistica de Touring y Deportes de Panama (ASAI) on February 3, 2024. This event celebrated outstanding performers in Motorsport and Mobility from across the American Continent.

The Automobile Club of the Czech Republic (ACCR) hosted the FIA’s Off-Road Prize Giving in Prague this weekend.

As a part of its efforts to disseminate innovation and knowledge, the FIA proudly continues to empower its Sport Members with the Esports e-training module. Live since March 2023, the module underscores the FIA’s commitment to establishing a standardised training framework for Esports Officials globally, offering a valuable resource for National Sporting Authorities (ASNs) and fostering a network of FIA-trained Esports Officials for future competitions.

The programme, run by Norwegian Automobile Federation NAF, aims to review the performance, endurance and battery efficiency of electric vehicles in cold weather.

The project has been supported by the FIA Foundation and the FIA Safe and Sustainable Mobility Grants Programme.