On 3rd April 2008 medical delegates from around the globe gathered for the annual FIA Institute Centre of Excellence Summit to discuss Medicine in Motor Sport. As a recently awarded FIA Institute Centre of Excellence the Bahrain International Circuit played host to this prestigious event.

The FIA has welcomed the decision by the UN General Assembly to approve the first ever global UN Conference on road safety, in an effort to reduce the growing death toll on the world’s roads.

The FIA’s EveryRace campaign has been embraced by the F1 community with teams, drivers and organisers supporting the message that discrimination and prejudice has no place in sport or society.