FIA Motorsport Games A-Z Edition 2: D-K

15.10.24

Denmark will travel to its third FIA Motorsport Games with ambitions of securing a first-ever medal. In Karting Sprint Senior, its hope rests on the young shoulders of Luca Magnussen. The teenager is the latest member of his family to compete on the international stage, following in the footsteps of his father Jan and elder brother Kevin. Denmark will also be represented in Karting Slalom, Karting Sprint Junior and Karting Mini, as well as Cross Car Junior and Cross Car Senior. Further entries in Drifting, Rally2 Tarmac, Esports F4 and Touring Car make up a varied Danish squad.
 
Karting Sprint Senior – Luca Magnussen
Karting Sprint Junior – Zackarias Ringstrøm
Karting Mini – Albert Nygaard Poulsen
Karting Slalom - Magnus Friis-Hasché & Janine Cenia Wermuth Larsen
Drifting    – Mads Benjamin Andreasen        
Rally2 Tarmac     – Kenneth Madsen / Mette Felthaus
Esports F4 – Rasmus  Christensen
Cross Car Junior – Oliver Lucas Jensen
Cross Car Senior – Nickla  Lucas Jensen
Touring Car – Rene Povlsen

 

A new addition for 2024, the Dominican Republic will become the latest Caribbean nation to test itself on the biggest stage by entering the FIA Motorsport Games. There will be a strong focus on the Karting category, with entries confirmed in Karting Mini, Karting Sprint Senior and Karting Sprint Junior. The Dominican Republic will also be present in Esports F4 with Manuel Troncoso, and in Esports GT with Carlos Abreu.
 
Karting Mini – Alonso Gonzalez
Karting Sprint Senior – Edder Elias Herrera
Karting Sprint Junior – Felipe Benito Ramos
Esports F4 – Manuel Troncoso
Esports GT – Carlos Abreu

 

The South American contingent at this year’s FIA Motorsport Games will be stronger than ever, with Ecuador the latest nation to join the competition. Juan Guerrero and Andres Carpio will contest the Rally2 Gravel discipline with a Škoda Fabia RS.

Rally2 Gravel – Juan Guerrero / Andres Carpio

 

Ready for its first FIA Motorsport Games, El Salvador will debut with a pair of entries when the action gets underway in Spain. Reigning and back-to-back Emirates Drift Champion Nasser Alharbali will launch El Salvador’s medal hopes in Drifting aboard his 1998 Nissan S13 240SX, while 11-year-old Manuel Calendi Cardona is set to fly the nation’s flag in Karting Mini at Aspar Circuit.

Karting Mini – Manuel Calendi Cardona
Drifting – Nasser Alharbali

 

Estonia will contest its third FIA Motorsports Games with a large and varied contingent. Having come close to a number of medals in 2022, there will be a strong determination to make the breakthrough in Spain. Kevin Pesur was fourth in Drifting last time around and returns for another shot at glory; Martin Juga achieved the same result in Cross Car Junior and now steps up to Cross Car Senior, forming part of a full attack on the Off-Road category. Estonia is also fully represented in Electric Street and Esports, while entries in Karting Mini, Karting Sprint Junior and Karting Endurance complete a varied line-up.

Drifting – Kevin Pesur
Esports GT – Juss Parek 
Esports F4 – Dmitri Janis
Auto Slalom – Martaliisa Meindorf / Kristian Hallikmägi 
Cross Car Junior – Geir Genor Muttik
Cross Car Mini – Johann Laidvee
Cross Car Senior – Martin Juga
Karting Slalom – Grete Mia Koha / Marten Meindorf
Karting Mini – Bennet Korjus
Karting Sprint Junior – Theodor Toobal
Karting Endurance – Mia-Marinette Pankratov / Marten Ojapõld / Ranno Kallas

 

Finland will maintain its 100 percent participation record at the FIA Motorsport Games when this year’s event gets underway in Spain. A bronze medallist in Formula 4 at the 2019 edition, the Nordic country will be hunting for gold in three categories this time around. Cross Car will hold double medal hopes, with Iivari Männistö contesting the new Mini competition and Joonatan Ylilammi tackling Cross Car Senior. Viktor Kumala will give Finland its first representation in Esports F4. 

Cross Car Mini – Iivari Männistö
Cross Car Senior – Joonatan Ylilammi
Esports F4 – Viktor Kulmala

 

The host nation last time around, France returns for its third FIA Motorsport Games with a line-up that includes two defending gold medallists. Eric Debard will look to earn back-to-back GT triumphs, though this time he will take the wheel of an Audi R8 run by Saintéloc Racing alongside Paul Evrard. France will also defend its Cross Car Senior gold, with David Méat looking to repeat what he achieved two years ago. Further entries in Cross Car Mini, Cross Car Junior,, Esports F4 and Esports GT complete the French squad. 

GT – Eric Debard / Paul Evrard
Cross Car Mini – Célie Perrichot
Cross Car Senior – David Méat
Cross Car Junior – Sacha Dayot 
Esports F4 – Quentin Vialatte
Esports GT - Saba Javakhishvili 
Touring Car - Aurélien Comte

An ever-present at the FIA Motorsport Games, Georgia scored its first medal in 2022 by taking home bronze in Auto Slalom. It will look to add to that tally in 2024 by sending a significant delegation to Valencia. The nation will be present in all four Karting disciplines, as well as Auto Slalom and Karting Slalom. A double Rally entry will see the Georgian flag flown in Rally2 Tarmac and Rally4 Tarmac, while entries in Drifting, GT Single Make and both Esports disciplines complete an ambitious line-up.
 
Drifting – Mevlud Meladze
Auto Slalom – Archil Bidzinashvili / Sophio Meladze
Esports GT – Saba Javakhishvili
Esports F4 – Luka Makharashvili
Karting Endurance – Archil Tsimakuridze / Mariam Davitidze / Nika Kobosnidze
Karting Mini – Gigi Mebaghishvili
Karting Slalom – Nina Aptsiauri / Aleksandre Kajaia
Karting Sprint Junior – Mate Kobakhidze
Karting Sprint Senior – Lado Kukhianidze
Rally2 Tarmac – Sandro Tavartkiladze / Davit Arjevanidze
Rally4 Tarmac – Shalva Tsikhelashvili / Irakli Chkheidze
GT Single Make – Davit Kajaia

 

Given its phenomenal motor racing pedigree, it is little surprise that Germany has committed a sizable delegation to this year's FIA Motorsport Games. The German squad will look to maintain its dominance of the Electric Street category by defending its gold medals in both Auto Slalom and Karting Slalom. It will also be present in all Karting, Esports and Cross Car disciplines, as well as Drifting and Touring Car. There are further efforts in GT, GT Sprint and GT Single Make, and on the stages in Rally2, Rally4, Rally4 Tarmac and Historic Rally. All told, this is an impressive German team.
  
Auto Slalom - Claire Schönborn / Markus Firsching
Cross Car Junior - Bryan Luca Neumeyer
Cross Car Senior - Felix Buddelmeyer
Cross Car Mini – Lena Straub
Drifting - Jan-Eric Seeber
Esports F4 - Moritz Löhner
Karting Mini - Amelie Heuwers
Karting Sprint Junior - Arjen Kräling
Karting Sprint Senior - Elia Luis Weiß
Esports GT - Niklas Houben
Karting Slalom - Louis Stange / Maja Braun
Karting Endurance - Janina Schall / Leon Ehleider / Moritz Groll
GT - Hubert Haupt / Finn Wiebelhaus
GT Sprint - Finn Wiebelhaus
Rally4 Tarmac – René Noller / Tim Rauber
Historic Rally – Siegfried Mayr / Renate Mayr
Rally4 – Tom Kässer / Stephan Schneeweiß
Rally2 – Björn Sartorius / Hanna Ostlender
Touring Car – René Kircher
GT Single Make – Axel Sartingen

 

Greece will go in search of its maiden medal with a strong and varied delegation. It will chase gold on the stages thanks to an entry in Rally4 Tarmac, which will see Christos Avgeropoulos paired with his long-time co-driver Efstratios Giavasis. Jean-Paul Karras will compete in F4, while his twin brother Philippe-Armand will be on the Karting Sprint Senior grid. Greece will also be present in Karting Sprint Junior, Cross Car Junior, Cross Car Senior, Esports GT and Drifting.
 
Cross Car Junior - Vasileios Iliopoulos
Drifting - Christos Chantzaras
Karting Sprint Junior - Nikolaos Karagiannis
Formula 4 - Philippe-Armand Karras
Karting Sprint Senior - Jean-Paul Karras
Cross Car Senior - Konstantinos Anastasopoulos
Rally4 Tarmac - Christos Avgeropoulos / Efstratios Giavasis
Esports GT – Emmanouil Gerardis

 

Guatemala is set to make its second appearance at the FIA Motorsport Games, once again entering the Esports discipline. This year the Central American nation’s medal hopes lie with Arnoldo Daetz, who has enjoyed major success within Guatemala's sim racing community, in Esports GT.

Esports GT – Arnoldo Daetz

 

The 2024 FIA Motorsport Games will mark a third consecutive appearance for Hong Kong, China Special Administrative Region. It will compete in six disciplines with the objective of securing a first-ever medal. Suen Yan Tiffany Leung and Ka Hing Tse will represent their homeland in Spain in Auto Slalom, while Sum Wai Mok and Chak Leong Chan will do so in Karting Slalom. There are also entries in Formula 4, Karting Mini and both Esports disciplines.
 
Auto Slalom – Suen Yan Tiffany Leung / Ka Hing Tse
Formula 4 – Kai Shun Liu
Karting Mini – Mason Alexander Kwong
Esports F4 – Calix Tsun Hei Poon
Esports GT – Ho Cheung Chan
Karting Slalom – Sum Wai Mok / Chak Leong Chan

 

Hungary will maintain its 100 percent participation record at the FIA Motorsport Games with entries in six disciplines. It will be present in Karting Sprint Senior, where Zsombor Kovacs will get behind the wheel, as well as Karting Mini with Sebestyen Feher. Hungary will go for Esports F4 gold with Attila Bucsi, while there are further entries in Drifting, Karting Slalom Auto Slalom and Karting Endurance.
 
Karting Sprint Senior – Gergö Kocsár
Drifting    – Rober Petri
Karting Slalom     – Anna  Benedek / Balazs Sturcz Molnar
Karting Mini – Sebestyen Feher
Esports F4 – Attila Bucsi
Auto Slalom – Martin Bognar / Tünde Deak
Karting Endurance - Szabolcs Lantos / Nikolett Pipicz / Adam Szabo

 

Returning to the FIA Motorsport Games for a second time, Iceland will send its biggest delegation yet to compete for medals in Spain. Esports continues to be a draw for the nation, with the team increasing to cover both Esports GT and Esports F4 with Sigurgeir Ludviksson and Hakon Darri Jokulsson respectively. Three-time Icelandic champion Fabian Dorozinski also joins the squad to contest Drifting in his Nissan 200SX S14.

Drifting – Fabian Dorozinski 
Esports GT – Sigurgeir Ludviksson
Esports F4 – Hakon Darri Jokulsson

 

There is a strong focus on the Karting category as India goes in pursuit of its first-ever medal at the FIA Motorsport Games. Indian-flagged entries have been announced in Karting Mini with Rivaan Dev Preetham, Karting Sprint Junior with Jagrat Detroja, and Karting Sprint Senior with Ishaan Madesh. Elsewhere, Pragathi Gowda and Gabriel Morales will enter Rally4, Rally4 Gravel and Rally4 Tarmac, while there will also be an Indian presence in Auto Slalom, Cross Car Senior and Esports F4.
 
Karting Mini – Rivaan Dev Preetham
Auto Slalom – Prateek Dalal / Khyati Mody
Karting Sprint Junior – Jagrat Detroja
Karting Sprint Senior – Ishaan Madesh
Rally4 – Pragathi Gowda / Gabriel Morales
Cross Car Senior – Sahil Khanna
Rally4 Gravel – Pragathi Gowda / Gabriel Morales
Rally4 Tarmac – Pragathi Gowda / Gabriel Morales
Esports F4 – Muhammad Ibrahim

 

Indonesia will return to the FIA Motorsport Games for a second time, championing entries in Karting Mini and touring car. Michael Vino Satrio, an Indonesia National Mini Karting Champion aged just 10, is ready to race for medal glory at Aspar Circuit. Umar Abdullah Basalamah becomes Indonesia’s first representative in the Touring Car category.

Karting Mini – Michael Vino Satrio
Touring Car – Umar Abdullah Basalamah

Israel has big ambitions of taking its first medal at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games, with entries confirmed in 10 disciplines. Its F4 hopes rest with Ariel Elkin, who has enjoyed a strong 2024 season in the highly competitive USF Juniors series. Itay Sadeh will get behind the wheel of a BMW 3 Series to chase Drifting gold, while there are entries in Karting Sprint Senior, Karting Sprint Junior and Karting Endurance. Adar Melamed will represent his nation in Cross Car Senior, while Israel is also present in both Esports and both Electric Street disciplines.
 
Formula 4 – Ariel Elkin
Drifting – Itay Sadeh
Karting Sprint Senior – Guy Albag
Cross Car Senior – Adar Melamed
Karting Endurance – Yam Pinto / Eva Gralnik / Evyatar Narov
Karting Slalom     – Yeva Ivanov / Dodo Gabaly
Auto Slalom – Yuval Ravitz / Tal Sarig
Karting Sprint Junior – Ori Goldberg
Esports F4 – Reuven Gefen
Esports GT – Daniel Berezovsky

 

No nation has won more gold medals at the FIA Motorsport Games than Italy – and it will be chasing even more success this year. The 2019 host will be present in 11 disciplines when the action gets underway in Valencia. Gold medallists last time out in Historic Rally, Andrea “Zippo” Zivian and Nicola Arena will defend their win and also chase success in Historic Rally Gravel and Historic Rally Tarmac. Paolo Scudieri will compete in GT Single Make, driving an AF Corse-run Ferrari 296 Challenge. Italy will also be present in Cross Car Senior, Cross Car Junior, Karting Mini, Esports F4, Drifting and Touring Car.

Esports F4 – Tommaso Zappalà
GT Single Make – Paolo Scudieri
Karting Mini – Nathan Lotrionte
Karting Junior - Enea Daniele Pezzutto
Historic Rally – Andrea Zivian / Nicola Arena
Cross Car Junior – Bernardo Bitti
Historic Rally Gravel – Andrea Zivian / Nicola Arena
Historic Rally Tarmac – Andrea Zivian / Nicola Arena
Cross Car Senior – Federico Pini
Drifting – Luca Fuschini
Touring Car – Marco Butti

 

Another ever-present nation, Japan has committed to its third FIA Motorsport Games appearance. To date, its most significant achievement was taking GT gold at the 2019 edition; this time around, it will aim to repeat the trick with Kei Nakanihsi and Shigekazu Wakisaka. Ryusei Sawada will carry Japanese hopes in Karting Sprint Junior, while Kota Tsuchihashi has been chosen as its Karting Sprint Senior representative. There are further entries in Esports GT, Drifting, Formula 4 and GT Single Make.
 
Karting Sprint Junior – Ryusei Sawada
Karting Sprint Senior – Kota Tsuchihashi
Esports GT – Sota Muto
Drifting    – Koji Tada        
GT Single Make – Kenji Abe
Formula 4 – Tosei Moriyama
GT – Kei Nakanihsi / Shigekazu Wakisaka

 

The Republic of Korea has confirmed entries in five disciplines for what will be its second appearance at the FIA Motorsport Games. It will compete for both Esports golds, with Gyumin Kim tackling the F4 contest and Youngchan Kim undertaking the virtual GT race. The Republic of Korea has further medal hopes in Karting Sprint Senior and Karting Mini, both of which will be staged at the Aspar Circuit, while Yeohwan Yun and Sollip Guk will compete in Auto Slalom.
 
Auto Slalom – Yeohwan Yun / Sollip Guk
Karting Sprint Senior – Kyuho Lee
Karting Mini – Minjae Kim
Esports F4 – Gyumin Jim
Esports GT – Youngchan Kim

 

After entering three disciplines at the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games, Kosovo returns for this year's edition with five shots at taking home a gold medal. Its Auto Slalom crew consists of Genc Macula and Dashurije Sefa, while Rion Tytynxhiu and Rubina Krasniqi team up in Karting Slalom. Dijon Kajtazi will tackle Drifting, while Baran Karabeg and Drilon Ahmetaj will head to the City of Arts and Sciences to participate in Esports F4 and Esports GT respectively.
 
Auto Slalom – Genc Macula / Dashurije Sefa
Esports GT – Drilon Ahmetaj
Karting Slalom – Rion Tytynxhiu / Rubina Krasniqi
Esports F4 – Baran Karabeg
Drifting – Dijon Kajtazi

 

The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan will add its name to the growing list of FIA Motorsport Games participants at this year's edition in Spain. It will do so with an assault on the popular Auto Slalom discipline, where Artem Isakzjanov and Dina Mukhametzianova will join forces in pursuit of the gold medal.
 
Auto Slalom – Artem Isakzjanov / Dina Mukhametzianova