It’s that time of year when the FIA holds its grand prizegiving gala in one of the world’s great metropolises - this year in St Petersburg, Russia, where the FIA Annual General Assembly is being held.
The primary agenda is to fête the winners of the individual FIA championships. Jochen Hahn, five-times topper in the European Truck Racing Championship, will of course be among them.
But it’s not all celebration - a fair bit of work will also get done in St Petersburg. The highest FIA committee, the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), has a number of important decisions to make, one of which is approving the calendars for next year that are placed before it by the respective commissions of the various series...
Championnat de France Camions – Sunday in Albi, Anthony Janiec is 2018 champion
We were treated to a brilliant sunrise at Circuit d’Albi on this final day of the Championnat de France Camions, but it was also very windy, with severe squalls that sent some of the teams and exhibitors scurrying to take down parts of their marquees that were in danger of being blown away – and this before the day had even begun.
When the trucks rolled out for the warm-up it was six minutes before sunrise. MAN pilot Sascha Lenz (GER) was quickest with 1:43.609, followed closely by Lion pilot Anthony Janiec (MAN)...
