After topping the timesheets in the morning, Valtteri Bottas continued to lead the way in the second practice for the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by the narrow margin of four hundredths of a second. Meanwhile, championship leader Max Verstappen opted to take a fresh power unit and will thus start Sunday’s race from the back of the grid. The Red Bull driver finished the session in sixth place.

FIA President Jean Todt on Twitter

The FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 promoters, together with the FIA, are pleased to announce a number of changes to the 2022 sporting regulations relating to the weekend formats of the respective championships.

The 2021 FIA Karting World Championship, featuring OK and OK Junior categories, scheduled for Birigüi, Brazil, on December 2-5, has been cancelled as the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to generate challenges for teams, drivers and organisers in many regions.

As FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars heads into its second season, Deborah Mayer, project leader of the Iron Dames programme, spoke to fia.com about how partnership with the project and the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission is helping to unearth and nurture future female talent.

The episode 8 of 2021 FIA Pure Motorsport is now out, watch it here

On 24 September, the FIA Safe & Affordable Helmet Programme took a new step forward with a distribution of UN-standard helmets in Kathmandu, Nepal organised by the FIA, its Member Club Nepal Automobiles’ Association (NASA), the World Bank and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport of Nepal (MoPIT).