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In the traditional Pre Event Press Conference six drivers gathered after Free Practice 1 to answers questions from the international media ahead of this weekend’s 6 Hours of Fuji, Round 4 of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Toyota continue to improve the times around the 4.5km Fuji Speedway, with Fernando Alonso lowering the best time of the day by nearly two seconds for the Japanese team.

The first track session of the Japanese round of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship saw the no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050-Hybrid set the fastest time of the 90 minute session. In a session that was interrupted by a red flag period to repair a broken kerb, Sebastien Buemi set a 1m25.847 lap of the Fuji Speedway track, with the Kamui Kobayashi in the no7 Toyota just 0.534 seconds behind.

For World Sight Day (WSD) 2017, the FIA welcomed Michael Fassbender as its new #3500LIVES Global Road Safety Campaign Ambassador. Advocating for improved vision, Fassbender represents the “Check your Vision” Golden Rule for Road Safety. This year, the Federation renews its support for this international day of awareness — held annually on the second Thursday of October — to focus attention on the global issue of avoidable blindness and vision impairment.

IT’S SHOWDOWN TIME IN ERC JUNIOR UNDER 28 The battle for the FIA ERC Junior Under 28 Championship – and the prize drive on offer to the eventual champion – will take centre stage when Rally Liepāja brings the curtain down on another action-packed European season from 12-14 October. Click for full story .

Schumacher, Ticktum and Armstrong set for battle in FIA F3 European Championship Hockenheim finale

Official Series Partner becomes Event Presenting Partner of WTCR Race of Japan Long-standing agreement with WTCR promoter Eurosport Events continues Iconic Suzuka Circuit to host spectacular weekend of motorsport action

Ahead of the 6 Hours of Fuji, Round 4 of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, the Endurance Committee has announced revisions to both the Equivalence of Technology (EoT) for LMP1 cars and Balance of Performance (BoP) for the LMGTE classes.

On 14 October in Gubbio (ITA), the FIA Hill Climb Masters will not only reward the top four fastest drivers in their respective categories, but will also honour the most consistent and regular team among the 20 national teams entered.