Spain doubles down with FIA, FIM Video games

Worldwide motorsport will descend upon Spain twice this fall. Final weekend, the FIA Motorsport Video games arrived at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, the place the host nation dominated the medal rely with six of every for a complete of eighteen. A month from now, Spain’s Circuito de Jerez will host the inaugural FIM Intercontinental Video games.

Spain was the one nation with double-digit medals in complete and over twice as many because the second most of seven by Germany and the UK. Their six golds had been additionally twice as a lot as Germany and Italy. The Spaniards additionally topped the entire medal desk on the 2022 Video games, however failed to attain a gold.

Juan Cota Alonso headlined the Method 4 race after main the whole race and clearing Peru’s Andrés Cárdenas by two seconds. Hugo Fuertes added a gold in Cross Automotive on the close by Aspar Circuit, whereas 4 extra golds got here on the rally aspect.

“Each lap was key to attaining victory, I stayed calm and centered,” stated Cota. “This medal is for my dad and mom and my household for all the things they’ve sacrificed for me. There’s nothing higher than representing Spain right now with a gold.”

Eric Gené, the son of World Touring Automotive Championship veteran Jordi Gené and nephew of F1 alumnus Marc Gené, narrowly missed out on including a nineteenth medal for Spain. He was working third in Touring Automotive earlier than falling to fourth as a result of a penalty and late contact.

Gené was not the one second-generation driver to participate. Kevin Magnussen’s youthful brother and Jan Magnussen’s son Luca Magnussen completed seventh in Karting Dash Senior. Oscar Wurz, son of Alexander Wurz, retired from the F4 race.

The UK loved two golds from James Owen and Jorge Edgar in GT Single Make and Karting Dash Junior, respectively.

With the four-wheeled Video games out of the best way, Spain now turns to Jerez to arrange for the FIM Intercontinental Video games. Scheduled for 30 November/1 December, it’ll solely include the Supersport and Supersport 300 occasions for 2024 however plans are to develop to different disciplines like motocross and enduro sooner or later.

Not like the FIA Motorsport Video games, the ICG’s “groups” are continents, every represented by an FIM Continental Union (CONU): Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania. Every CONU may have eight riders complete with 4 per class, and no less than one lady have to be in every class.

“In a single month this undertaking will lastly come to life,” stated FIM President Jorge Viegas. “The FIM Intercontinental Video games will likely be distinctive in bringing collectively all six FIM Continental Unions. It’s a landmark competitors that I’ve been eager to see occur since I first proposed it a few years in the past and I’m delighted that we are going to lastly see the primary version play out on the great Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto very quickly.”

FIA Motorsports Video games winners

Medal rely