Star drivers and pioneering new hybrid cars delivered a high-voltage introduction to the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship in Austria on Saturday evening.

Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah produced a strategy master class to dominate the 44th Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia from start-to-finish. The Qatari benefited from co-driver Mathieu Baumel’s meticulous navigational skills to see off a fierce challenge from nine-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb and reach the finish in Jeddah with a winning margin of 27min 46sec.

"Glad to be at the start of the Dakar Rally today in Ha’il, 1st round of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship, with Khalid S. A. Al Faisal, Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Loeb, Nasser S Al Attiyah & many others. I wish all competitors & organizers a happy New Year and a successful race" - Mohammed Ben Sulayem

More than 80 aspiring world champions representing 17 countries will battle for a place on a training programme that could lead to a drive in the FIA World Rally Championship within two years when they contest the FIA Rally Star European Final from January 28-30.

Season 10 of the FIA World Endurance Championship will see the championship’s biggest-ever grid as the WEC enters a new golden era.

The FIA is pleased to confirm that Maserati has today announced that it will make its debut in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in 2023.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been elected President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) following the FIA Annual General Assembly gathered in Paris today.