FIA newsThe FIA held its first Rally Marshals training seminar this week, on 13-14 March in Geneva, having identified improved safety at Rally events as a priority, particularly for spectators.The FIA, through its Global Training Programme (GTP), is committed to developing the consistency of content delivered to motor sport officials...

Sport newsFollowing a call for Expressions of Interest, the FIA is pleased to confirm that Status Awareness Systems (SAS) has been selected to provide timing, tracking and connectivity solutions for the 2018-2022 FIA World Rally Championship seasons.The Australian company has extensive experience in motor sport and specialises in rallying. ‘RallySafe’...

Concern is growing that the new generation of World Rally Cars for 2017 could be both too fast and provide an inadequate spectacle.World Rally Championship stage records are expected to tumble next season when the new cars emerge. More powerful engines, the return of a center differential to make the...

The FIA Institute has made a potentially life-saving breakthrough in efforts to avoid the kind of rally crash that killed British co-driver Gareth Roberts and left Robert Kubica seriously injured.A device fitted around the open end of a guardrail barrier was tested in Germany recently and successfully avoided cockpit intrusion...

The second and longest day of next month's Rally Argentina has been scrapped and redrawn following World Rally Championship safety delegate Michele Mouton's visit to the stages.Mouton recently visited the Villa Carlos Paz event and was not happy with what she saw of the northern-most roads, which had been planned...

FIA rally director Jarmo Mahonen has insisted Rally Sweden goes ahead as planned, despite Sebastien Ogier's call for it to be canceled.Mahonen attended a meeting along with rally organizers, WRC Promoter and the teams on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the state of the roads following the first day of the...

FIA newsThe first edition of that Congress organised in association with North European Zone (NEZ) concluded today in Helsinki. Held on 17 & 18 October, the event is one of the two FIA Sport Regional Congresses focusing on EuropeHosting by AKK-Motorsport (Finland), 41 delegates from 18 countries met to discuss...

FIA president Jean Todt (LEFT) has called a meeting in Geneva on Wednesday to urgently discuss rally safety after two fatal accidents last weekend.Six spectators were killed at the Rally of La Coruna, a national event in Spain, when Peugeot 206 driver Sergio Tabeayo rolled where they were standing, while...

Sport newsFIA President Jean Todt has called for a meeting in Geneva on 9th September with the Presidents of the FIA Commissions involved in rally safety. The objective of the meeting is to review the recent tragic accidents that have occurred and to evaluate every possible additional measures to support...

FIA World Rally Championship Commission president Carlos Barbosa has angrily denied any question of a safety issue following Lorenzo Bertelli's crash at last month's Rally of Portugal.Bertelli's FWRT squad issued a statement claiming he had been denied medical attention following the SS10 accident in which he banged his head on...