Hosted by FIA President Jean Todt, the World Motor Sport Council gathered today for its third meeting of the year, with Graham Stoker, FIA Deputy President for Sport and members joining remotely from locations across the globe. 

FIA is pleased to present Pirelli as the tyre partner to back its newly established FIA Rally Star programme, a partnership which highlights the Italian firm’s long-term commitment to support talented young drivers at every level of rallying. 

At the end of the spectacular Finals, the Frenchman Jeremy Iglesias was crowned FIA Karting World Champion - KZ. The Italian Simone Cunati won the FIA Karting International Super Cup - KZ2 and the Israel's Ariel Elkin won the FIA Karting Academy Trophy Final, while the American Connor Zilisch won the Trophy.

The FIA World Rally Championship makes a later-than-usual visit to Sardinia for the sixth round of the 2020 season, Rally Italia Sardegna, on October 8-11.

Virtual crash testing used to protect competitors from spinal injuries in Cross Country rally.

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, the governing body of world motor sport, has today announced that the Mahindra Racing Formula E team has been awarded Three-Star Certificate of the FIA Environmental Accreditation Programme. This programme aims to help motor sport stakeholders to measure and enhance their environmental performance. Mahindra Racing is the first Formula E team to be awarded the certificate that will be necessary to enter the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship from season 9 onwards (2022-23).

Today in Bergamo (Italy), Jean Todt, President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), and Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), paid tribute to the work carried out worldwide by Red Cross teams against COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.