2022 FIA Motorsport Games explained

The 2022 FIA Motorsport Games was the second edition of the FIA Motorsport Games. The event took place on 26–30 October 2022 with Marseille as a host city, and the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet as the venue for all the track-based disciplines.[1] Scheduled initially for 23–25 October 2020, and later for 29–31 October 2021, the event was postponed two years in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] [3] From this edition onwards, the FIA Motorsport Games will be held every two years, as opposed to an annual format.

Russia was banned from participating due to its invasion of Ukraine.[4]

Summary

All six disciplines from the 2019 edition returned, featuring GT3-spec cars, TCR Touring Car, Formula 4, drifting, karting slalom and eSports disciplines. The new additions included an individual sprint race for GT3-spec cars along the relay format, a rallying event for Rally 2, Rally 4 and historic cars, crosscars and karting for senior and junior classes, a karting endurance event and an auto slalom event with identical electric cars.

475 athletes (397 men and 78 women) from 72 National FIA member organisations will take part. 48 sets of medals will be featured in the 16 disciplines.

Events

On 11 March 2020, it was announced that the Motorsport Games would be expanded from 6 to 15 disciplines for its second edition. A new revision of the programme in January 2021 featured 18 disciplines, with the addition of an Endurance Cup for LMP3 machines and an Auto Slalom event, while the Karting Sprint Cup was split into two distinct age categories.

The Motorsport Games were finally rescheduled on 19 May 2022 with 17 disciplines, as the new Historic Regularity Rally event was taken off the programme. The Endurance Cup was expanded to include GT3 entries for 2022, but it was discontinued on a 7 October 2022 update, three weeks from the start of the event, despite entries having been already announced by nine competing countries. With that, the second edition of the Motorsport Games will feature 16 disciplines.

Motorsport Games Events
1GT7Crosscar Cup Junior12Karting Sprint Cup Junior
2GT Sprint8Crosscar Cup Senior13Karting Sprint Cup Senior
3Touring Car Cup9Rally Cup Rally214Karting Endurance Cup
4Formula 4 Cup10Rally Cup Rally415Karting Slalom
5Drifting Cup11Rally Historic Cup16Auto Slalom
6Esports Cup
Sources:[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Teams

TeamGT RelayGT SprintTouring CarFormula 4DriftingEsportsCrosscar JrCrosscar SrRally2Rally4RallyHKarting
Sprint Jr
Karting
Sprint Sr
Karting
Endurance
Karting
Slalom
Auto SlalomTotal
Team Albania3
Team Andorra1
Team Argentina4
Team Australia7
Team Austria4
Team Bahamas3
Team Bangladesh1
Team Barbados2
Team Belgium14
Team Belize1
Team Brazil9
Team Canada2
Team Chile3
Team Chinese Taipei7
Team Croatia2
Team Costa Rica2
Team Czech Republic7
Team Denmark6
Team Estonia10
Team Finland2
Team France11
Team Georgia7
Team Germany13
Team Greece4
Team Guatemala1
Team Hong Kong9
Team Hungary8
1
Team India5
Team Indonesia3
Team Ireland1
Team Israel7
Team Italy8
Team Japan1
Team Kosovo3
Team Kuwait3
Team Latvia5
Team Lithuania7
Team Luxembourg2
Team Malaysia2
Team Malta5
Team Mexico3
Team Morocco1
Team Mozambique5
Team Nepal2
Team Netherlands7
Team Nigeria4
Team Norway5
Team Panama2
Team Peru5
Team Poland9
Team Portugal8
Team Puerto Rico1
Team Romania2
Team Serbia1
Team Singapore1
Team Slovakia8
Team Slovenia3
Team Spain16
Team South Africa3
Team South Korea2
Team Sri Lanka2
Team Sweden8
Team Switzerland7
Team Turkey8
Team UAE2
Team UK10
Team Ukraine10
Team USA1
Team Uzbekistan6
Team Venezuela2
Team Vietnam1
Number of
Entries
GT RelayGT SprintTouring CarFormula 4DriftingEsportsCrosscar JrCrosscar SrRally2Rally4RallyHKarting
Sprint Jr
Karting
Sprint Sr
Karting
Endurance
Karting
Slalom
Auto SlalomTotal
7213[10] 1318[11] 24[12] 30[13] 57[14] 14[15] 1712[16] 11831[17] 311621[18] 25341
Sources:[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
[27] [28] [29]

Athletes

See main article: Athletes at the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games.

Notes and References

  1. News: FIA Motorsport Games to reschedule second edition for 2022. 6 August 2021. fiamotorsportgames.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 6 August 2021.
  2. Web site: 2020-04-21 . Second edition of the FIA Motorsport Games postponed to 2021 . 2022-10-10 . FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . en-GB.
  3. Web site: 2021-08-06 . FIA Motorsport Games to reschedule second edition for 2022 . 2022-10-10. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . en-GB.
  4. https://formulascout.com/fia-announces-limitations-on-russian-participation-in-motorsport/90190
  5. News: FIA Motorsport Games expands to 15 disciplines for second edition. 11 March 2020. fiamotorsportgames.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 11 March 2020.
  6. News: FIA Motorsport Games expands to 18 disciplines for second edition at Circuit Paul Ricard and its surrounding region. 28 January 2021. fiamotorsportgames.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 January 2021.
  7. Web site: LMP3, GT3 Endurance Race Confirmed for Motorsport Games. Dagys. John. 19 May 2022. sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. 19 May 2022.
  8. News: FIA Motorsport Games ready for 2022 return. 19 May 2022. fiamotorsportgames.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 May 2022.
  9. Web site: 2022-10-07 . Entries flow in for FIA Motorsport Games . 2022-10-10 . FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . en-GB.
  10. Web site: 2022-10-25 . FIA Motorsport Games Preview: GT & GT Sprint . 2022-10-25 . FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . en-GB.
  11. Web site: 2022-10-25 . FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Touring Car . 2022-10-25 . FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . en-GB.
  12. Web site: 2022-10-18. FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Formula 4. 2022-10-21. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  13. Web site: 2022-10-20. FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Drifting. 2022-10-21. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  14. Web site: 2022-10-23. FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Fanatec Esports. 2022-10-23. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  15. Web site: 2022-10-21. FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Cross Car. 2022-10-21. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  16. Web site: FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Rally2, Rally4 & Historic Rally . 2022-10-25 . FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . 23 October 2022 . en-GB.
  17. Web site: 2022-10-24 . FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Karting Sprint Junior & Senior, Karting Endurance . 2022-10-24 . FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . en-GB.
  18. Web site: 2022-10-25 . FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Auto Slalom & Karting Slalom . 2022-10-25 . FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group . en-GB.
  19. News: The race is on to enter the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games. 5 July 2022. fiamotorsportgames.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 5 July 2022.
  20. Web site: 2022-07-20. Karting comes to the fore at FIA Motorsport Games 2022. 2022-07-21. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  21. Web site: Australians to take on the world at FIA Motorsport Games. 2022-07-22. Motorsport Australia. en.
  22. Web site: FIA Motorsport Games Endurance Discipline Confirmed. Goodwin. Graham. 4 August 2022. Dailysportscar. 4 August 2022.
  23. Web site: 2022-08-10. Drifting slides back into FIA Motorsport Games 2022 . 2022-08-10. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  24. Web site: 2022-09-07. Cross Car stars join FIA Motorsport Games. 2022-09-07. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  25. Web site: 2022-10-18. FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Drifting. 2022-10-20. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  26. Web site: 2022-10-21. FIA Motorsport Games Preview: Formula 4. 2022-10-21. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  27. Web site: 2022-09-15. FIA Motorsport New Nations A-Z: Andorra to Chile. 2022-09-15. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  28. Web site: 2022-10-19. FIA Motorsport Games New Nations A-Z: Greece to Mozambique. 2022-10-19. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.
  29. Web site: 2022-10-19. FIA Motorsport Games New Nations A-Z: Nepal to Venezuela. 2022-10-21. FIA Motorsport Games Official SRO Motorsport Group. en-GB.