Transcript of the Thursday Press Conference organised by the FIA for the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

In his capacity as President of the FIA and UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt was invited to Madrid on 26 April for an audience with the King of Spain, Felipe VI.

The opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship Super Season, the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (3-5 May), was officially launched at an event in Brussels in front of WEC CEO Gérard Neveu, top class drivers from the LMP1, LMP2 and GTE classes and leading media figures from Belgium and the Netherlands.

The 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy resumes this weekend with the Bompiso World RX of Portugal, located in picturesque Montalegre for round two of the season (April 28-29).

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has announced the renewal of its partnership with EDF, as an Official Technical Supplier. This will ensure continued collaboration until 2020, with the partnership having begun in 2014.

In front of a large crowd and under a summer sun – which was a marked contrast with the almost wintry weather in the 2017 edition, the famous Rechbergrennen in Austria was host to the ruthless victories, in Categories 1 and 2 respectively, of Pierre Courroye and Christian Merli.

The early-season sequence of flyaway races draws to a close this weekend with F1 heading to the Baku City Circuit, home of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Round Four of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Jean-Eric Vergne and Formula E hold charity e-karting event ahead of the Paris E-Prix

From 23 to 29 April, two 23-meter banners featuring the #3500LIVES campaign are being displayed on the façade of Paris City Hall in order to promote simple and universal messages that can help reduce road fatalities.

Round 1 of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday 5 May, will see a record-breaking 37 cars for an FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hour race with 10 cars in LMP1, 8 in LMP2, 10 in LMGTE Pro and 9 in LMGTE Am.

Home hero Jean-Eric Vergne leads the standings as the ABB FIA Formula E Championship readies for a third Paris E-Prix

The fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship returns to gravel and the spectacular landscapes of Argentina.

The Formula 1 Strategy Group and the Formula 1 Commission met today, 17th April, at the FIA headquarters in Paris, in the presence of Jean Todt, FIA President, and Chase Carey, Chief Executive Officer of Formula 1.

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