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05 06 P Endurance P The accelerating  drives forward  pace of Asian into a new era motor sport / GT racing on the rise, / As the FIA launches COVER the future of LMP1 and EASTERN a new F3 series in the STORY the stars queuing up to PROMISE region, the Far East’s take the long tiger is roaring

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Editorial Board: , Gerard Saillant, THE FIA THE FIA FOUNDATION THE GLOBAL INSTITUTE Saul Billingsley, Olivier Fisch Editor-In-Chief: Luca Colajanni Executive Editor: Justin Hynes The Fédération Internationale de The FIA Foundation is an The Global Institute for Motor Contributing Editor: Marc Cutler l’Automobile is the governing body independent UK-registered charity Sport Safety is an international Dear reader, Chief Sub-Editor: Gillian Rodgers Art Director: Cara Furman of world motor sport and the that supports an international organisation based in The cover of this issue of Auto features the amazing line-up Contributors: Anthony Peacock, Gaia Pelliccioli, Luke federation of the world’s leading programme of activities promoting that undertakes research to Smith, Tony Thomas, Kate Turner, Edoardo Nastri, Daniel motoring organisations. Founded road safety, the environment and improve motor sport safety for this year’s GTE Pro class in the FIA W E ­ Ortelli, Sabine Kehm Repro Manager: Adam Carbajal in , it brings together  sustainable mobility. It was worldwide. As the safety research C‚ƒ„ †‚ „. , BMW, , Ford and all Printing: Golinelli Communications Lab national motoring and sporting established in  with a donation partner of the FIA, it conducts We would like to thank the following for their help have factory teams entered in the FIA WEC with these cars. They, with this issue of AUTO: Sarah Le Port, Caroline Morard, organisations from more than of ‡ million from the FIA practical research at all levels of Aleksandra Golovliova, Sabine Kehm, Je™ Carter, Tom  countries, representing millions and is governed by a Board of motor sport, from professional along with fellow competitors in the LMP1, LMP2 and GTE Am Wood of motorists worldwide. In motor Trustees. Among its activities, categories to grassroots racing. Advertising: Stephane Fillastre classes are all preparing to tackle the most famous and important sšillastre@šia.com sport, it administers the rules and the Foundation participates It aims to provide motor sport regulations for all international in various UN road safety and with the means to operate as safely Design Origination: seidldesign, round on their calendar, namely the Le Mans 24 Hours, which will four-wheel sport, including the FIA environment-related partnerships as possible, and to use safety and is a member of the UN Global research for the benefit of public actually feature twice in this ‘Super Season’ that ends in 2019. and FIA . Road Safety Collaboration. roads and society in general. Elsewhere in this edition, our series of prošles on key players in the automotive world continues in this issue with A M‚ , the man whose forward thinking has led the to tackle so many di›erent challenges, from working with designers to racing in . Not only is Formula E an innovative and very interesting race series, the šrst, in fact, for single-seaters powered solely by electricity, it has also become a catalyst for ideas and collaborative projects, which are contributing to the creation of a new model for sustainable mobility. That can be seen in the recent extension of the agreement between the FIA and EDF, as well as the FIA’s Smart Cities Initiative, which throughout this year will, along with Formula E, stimulate discussion about how cities can grow in a more sustainable and inclusive way, making the best use of innovative technology and calling for e›ective policy-making. The FIA is formed of three pillars, Sport, Mobility and the FIA Senate, the body charged with overseeing our management and šnances. The three men charged with leading these pillars present their vision for the coming four years and their short-term aims. In our heritage section, we feature a prošle of someone particularly dear to me, namely M ‚­ S ‚ƒ ‚­, an incredible champion and a special person. We also take a look at the , which this month hosts the ’s return to the Formula 1 calendar after a decade-long absence. Finally, is the country chosen for this issue’s look at the FIA family. I hope you enjoy this issue and, as always, I invite you to send your suggestions as to how we can make the magazine even better. Enjoy the read,

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From the WEC in focus, to 01 P1013 02 P2021 04 P2427 P3638 contents the surge in motor sport in UP Gallery AUTO The Big TECH Karting’s In for the Asia, to the legend of Michael FRONT ASKS REPORT Automotive’s Question body guard long haul Schumacher, this is AUTO nod to the past with its new bhp hypercar; AUTO asks three The FIA-approved body FIA Technical Director experts how a Global protector designed to Gilles Simon talks to action hots up at the Fund for Road Safety shield karters from rib AUTO about the future Nürburgring Nordschleife will benefit road users and chest injuries for endurance racing

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News 03 P2223 05 P2835 Driven to FIA contributes towards new frontiers new UN Road Safety DRIVING Takamoto COVER GT’s super Trust Fund; ADAC FORCES STORY Why has adds support to FIA’s Katsuta season joined a growing number #‚ƒ LIVES campaign; The Japanese’s WRCŒ- The top manufacturers of drivers chasing glory in car makers accelerate winning turn on Rally preparing to do a mix of race categories electrification plans Sweden has marked battle in the WEC‘s him out as one to watch GTE Pro class 54 22 85

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AUTO Mahindra’s man Electric REAR Legend: AUTO Nürburgring FOCUS VIEW GRAPH 66 in the know partnership Michael in numbers How India’s Why the FIA and French energy Schumacher ’s ‘Green Hell’ has joined forces with giant EDF have extended their remains the ultimate Pininfarina to take the family technical partnership following The seven-time world proving ground for car firm into the luxury car market success in Formula E champion’s manager makers and racers alike Sabine Kehm on the man behind the F• machinery

P5052 P6667 P7883 Smarter Patrick 10 P98 infrastructure Dempsey, Circuit 28 36 FINAL Nico A look at the Smart Cities #3500LIVES Paul LAP event in Rome and how some Rosberg’s countries are building up The actor and former racer on Ricard their electric infrastructure why he’s supporting the FIA’s A look at the new role campaign on road safety men behind the The Œ •– Formula • legendary track as it champion on electric prepares to welcome P5456 mobility and why he’s back the French invested in Formula E P6971 Building Grand Prix safer cities Pillars of the The FIA Foundation’s work on Federation P8590 72 building safe cities following a The men charged with 08 study of Bogotá, Mumbai and leading the FIA’s three core – and the path ahead departments discuss their INSIDE Club THE FIA plans for the future World How Kenya’s mobility P5860 and sporting clubs are working on road safety Asia hits the – and on bringing the back accelerator to the WRC As the FIA launches a new F‚ series in Asia, AUTO speaks 62 78 to one of the teams taking part, Pinnacle AUTO 01 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL BRABHAM BT62 has launched its million-pound Brabham weighs 972kg, giving a -to-weight ratio of 720bhp per #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P10 P11 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring BT62, a 700bhp hypercar. The car, the irst from the company tonne. The BT62 title comes from the convention established ‹ Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E A LEGEND 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard run by ex-F1 racer and Le Mans winner , is a by the late ’s team, which won four F1 drivers’ and Asian F3 Championship track-only, rear-wheel-drive two-seater powered by a 5.4-litre two constructors’ titles. It will be limited to 70 cars to mark the EDF’s electric dream IS REBORN #3500LIVES – Hollywood star naturally aspirated mid-mounted V8 quad- that 70 years since Brabham began racing in Australia, and BT62 produces 492lb ft of . It has carbonibre body panels and owners can enter a Brabham driver development programme. Pillars of the Federation

HOW BT62 WILL MARK BRABHAM HISTORY The irst  new Brabham BTs will all be liveried to re lect each of the former grand prix team’s  world championship race wins. The irst car, on display at the launch event, was inished in the green and gold colours carried by the BTˆ‰, which Jack Brabham used to take his team’s irst win in the ˆ‰ French GP. AUTO 01 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL WTCR, NÜRBURGRING The new-for-2018 WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup And the veteran Frenchman had more cause for celebration #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P12 P13 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg presented by OSCARO – stopped o at the legendary when Thed Björk, who drives a second Hyundai i30 N TCR for – News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E A CUP OF 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Nürburgring Nordschleife in mid-May for three races on the his eponymous team, won the ‘inale. Victories for Björk and Asian F3 Championship 25.378km layout. , a four-time World Touring Car Muller in Germany, coupled with ’s Race 2 EDF’s electric dream PLENTY #3500LIVES – Hollywood star champion, was the big winner at the third event of the season triumph, means seven drivers from four brands have won in Patrick Dempsey with victory in Race 1 and third in Race 3 to take the points lead. WTCR, which replaces the World Touring Car Championship. Pillars of the Federation

GOOD LEARNING FOR LESSENNES Benjamin Lessennes, , belied his lack of experience with a Nordschleife high of fourth in Race ­. Needing permission from his teachers to miss school and travel from his native , Lessennes is establishing a glowing reputation with the Boutsen Ginion Racing team, where he’s standing in for the injured . AUTO 01 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P14 P15 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

01 Fatal disconnect in child In this issue: FIA contributes towards health policy new UN Road Safety Trust Fund; ADAC

adds support to FIA’s #3500LIVES The international community is failing to take road safety campaign; major car action on a global health crisis caused by road tra ic, according to a new FIA manufacturers step up electric plans; Foundation report launched at the World Formula E to make debut in Saudi Arabia Health Assembly in Geneva. The report, Unfinished Journey: The Global Health Response to Children & Road Tra ic, released by the Child Health Initiative, identifies road tra ic as one of the most President Todt. “But more can and must be done to decrease neglected issues a ecting the global health global road fatalities.” and well-being of young people. The FIA President believes that education, law enforcement, The scale of the epidemic, which kills vehicle standards, infrastructure improvement and post-crash ‚ƒ„,„„„ children and adolescents each year care are all methods that can be used to prevent the figures and causes serious harm and injury to from rising in developing countries. “The costs of accidents millions more, is being recognised and are acute, accounting for a Ÿ™.¡ƒ trillion burden on the global documented by UN agencies, but little or Germany’s ADAC announced economy,” he added. its decision to support the no action follows. This ‘fatal disconnect’ FIA Foundation Executive Director Saul Billingsley said: ADAC and FIA FIA’s #LIVES road safety in policy is failing the world’s children. “The launch of this first-ever UN fund for global road safety campaign at the Formula E Calling for the first-ever summit of world promote #3500LIVES EPrix in . is an important recognition that our collective e orts to tackle leaders on child and adolescent health to road safety must be scaled up. We urgently need a massive at Berlin E­Prix urgently re-focus global policy to address increase in funding, commensurate to the scale of the this road tra ic-related health crisis, the problem. With this Ÿ™„ million pledge, the FIA Foundation Germany’s Allgemeiner Deutscher “This campaign is a significant is stepping up. Now we call on others to do the same.” Automobil-Club (ADAC) pledged its achievement as it is the first-ever The FIA has been a strong advocate for the establishment support to the FIA’s #‚ƒ„„LIVES worldwide road safety publicity FIA backs United of a road safety fund housed within the United Nations, road safety campaign at Formula E’s campaign on this scale,” said particularly through the activities of the FIA High Level Panel E-Prix in Berlin in May. President Todt. “Everyone has Nations Road Safety for Road Safety (HLP). The global campaign, produced a role to play in making safer Trust Fund The HLP gathers senior decision-makers from the global in partnership with outdoor roads for all. Individuals have business community, international institutions and non- advertising company JCDecaux, a personal responsibility to behave governmental organisations with the goal of building aims to raise awareness of the safely on the roads. Following The FIA family has backed the launch of the new United momentum for road safety activities and funding. Two ‚,ƒ„„ people who die on the simple steps can help reduce Nations Road Safety Trust Fund, which aims to hugely members of the HLP – oil company Total and technology world’s roads every day. Featuring fatalities. Our #‚ƒ„„LIVES campaign accelerate progress in improving global road safety. group ‚M – backed the fund with financial contributions. ™š ambassadors from the worlds of outlines the FIA’s Golden Rules Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and “Millions of lives are at stake,” said Todt. “There is now entertainment, motor racing, sport that can help save your life and the Decade of Action for Road Safety £„™™-£„£„, the fund was an urgency to mobilise financial resources. I call on all and politics, it promotes simple and the lives of others.” launched with support from FIA President Jean Todt and a stakeholders, United Nations Member States and partners universal messages to save lives on EU Commissioner Bulc added: Ÿ™„ million donation from the FIA Foundation. to contribute to this fund.” roads. In German cities and on the “We are standing up for road safety “The launch of the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund ADAC stand, the emphasis was put as a human right. Road safety is is a major step forward,” said President Todt. “It will serve to FIA President Jean Todt on the ‘Don’t text and drive’ a global priority, every action can was praised for his work galvanise global e orts to address the dire road safety situation.” message promoted by musician make a di erence and the on highlighting road safety UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed praised issues at the fund launch. Pharrell Williams. #‚ƒ„„LIVES campaign is one of the e orts of President Todt, who is also the UN Secretary- “Any accident caused by them. Every life counts. We share General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, for helping to bring thoughtless texting at the wheel and act for the Vision „ goal.” The FIA Foundation is report argues that the headline figures of child important figures to light and addressing the growing problem is one too many,” said ADAC Commenting on the importance calling on world leaders deaths masks the health impact of road tra ic to act on the global health of road safety in developing countries around the world. “I President Dr August Markl, who of avoiding distraction at the crisis caused by road injury, air pollution and less active lifestyles. thank the UN Economic Commission for Europe and the joined EU Transport Commissioner wheel, Andreas Scheuer, German tra†ic accidents involving Zoleka Mandela, granddaughter of Nelson Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Mr Jean Violeta Bulc and FIA President Minister of Transport and Digital children and adolescents. Mandela and Global Ambassador for the Child Todt, for their commitment and leadership,” said Mohammed. Jean Todt to kick o ADAC’s Infrastructure, said: “At ƒ„kph, Health Initiative, said: “I lost my daughter to Around ™.‚ million people die from road tra ic injuries each participation in the FIA campaign one second of distraction is like this man-made epidemic. We need to ask year, in addition to the ƒ„ million more who are injured. at the Berlin E-Prix. “Through our driving with your eyes closed for ourselves some hard questions. Are we serious According to UN figures, road tra ic deaths have increased by commitment to the FIA campaign ™š metres. Your attention can’t about the health and welfare of all our children? ™‚ per cent globally since £„„„, with an estimated ¤„ per cent we intend, first and foremost, a ord to take a break in road Or are we going to continue to neglect them occurring in low and middle-income countries. to reach young drivers. From tra ic. One single moment of and allow millions to su er or die? Our leaders “Building on road safety’s inclusion within the United The new United Nations extensive studies we know how distraction may have horrible need to start taking the health and rights of Road Safety Trust Fund Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Decade was launched at the UN quickly a chat can become consequences. So, never use young people seriously, and our action agenda of Action for Road Safety, progress is being made,” said headquarters in New York. a life-threatening risk.” your phone while driving.” provides a clear path forward.” P17

A number of major car into areas such as e-mobility, Porsche is considering Major car manufacturers have made big autonomous driving and digitization. an electric version of the Cayenne among brands moves towards electric mobility in “Our goal is to revolutionise other models. accelerate recent weeks. mobility. Also in electric mobility, we and its subsidiaries want to become the number one LEADERS IN electriŽication and Porsche, along with Volvo, among the premium manufacturers have all announced plans to invest – with full suitability for everyday use, further in electrification, with no compromises, top quality and increased production driving pleasure for the customer,” and infrastructure projects playing said Audi’s Chairman of the Board of central roles. Management, Rupert Stadler. Audi aims to sell ¡„„,„„„ While Audi intensifies its electric Audi plans to sell ”, electrified cars in £„£ƒ as part of car production, VW is investing in electri–ied cars in —— as part of a ˜™bn investment its Action and Transformation Plan, the infrastructure required for MOTORSPORT that covers e-mobility. which pledges to invest Ÿš„ billion electrification by announcing plans for š¡š charging stations across North America, refused to disclose the US. Implemented through investment figures for the proposed Volkswagen’s subsidiary, Electrify charging points but confirmed that America, the charging sites will be dealerships will have to commit no more than ™£„ miles apart across to “six-digit figures” to make the ‚¤ states, as VW tackles consumer rollout a reality. fears about out of range Key markets in the US and China between charging points. have led Volvo to remove diesel INSURANCE Electrify America has chosen from its next-generation S°„ range. several suppliers – including Lack of demand for combustion- Formula E title sponsor ABB and engine cars and interest in the EV South Korea’s Signet EV – to install sector has prompted the decision, A service driven broker the vehicle chargers at each station, and follows on from the brand’s ™„„ of which will feature at commitment to produce electric for a fast moving world stores in the US. and hybrid cars from £„™¤. Porsche intends to install a further “Our future is electric and we will ƒ„„ fast chargers at dealerships and no longer develop a new generation We o er the full spectrum of insurance products to sports highway locations in the US by the of diesel ,” said Volvo CEO end of £„™¤. It will release its first Håkan Samuelsson. “We will phase professionals across the globe. We look forward to seeing fully-electric car next year and is out cars with an internal combustion you in Manila for the 2018 FIA Sports conference. also considering EV variants of its engine, with petrol hybrid versions models including the Macan, as a transitional option as we move Panamera and Cayenne. towards full electrification. The Speaking to Automotive News, new S°„ represents the next step Klaus Zellmer, CEO of Porsche Cars in that commitment.”

Concussion expert wins Watkins Scholarship

Concussion expert Dr Naomi Deakin has been Sport Federation Medical Director Michael Scholz awarded the £„™¡ Watkins Scholarship, becoming and Global Institute General Manager Research www.integrogroup.com the first doctor to receive the accolade. . The Watkins Scholarship o ers a funded Deakin will remain in Cambridge but will Contact our Motorsport team on: 0203 915 0000 research position with the Global Institute for attend research meetings in Geneva and . Motor Sport Safety, the research partner of the As part of the scholarship, she will continue her FIA. Named after motor sport safety pioneer research into concussion and utilise the Global Professor Sid Watkins, the scholarship includes Institute’s engineering expertise to provide a one-year role with the Global Institute, with important insight into the findings. Dr Naomi Deakin, this Global Institute’s Research Working Group and the FIA, FIA Foundation and the Global Institute Deakin said: “What the Watkins Scholarship year’s Watkins Scholarship President of the FIA Medical Commission, added: winner, will work with jointly funding the position. will do is allow me to create a vital bridge the Global Institute for “Dr Deakin will bring a wealth of knowledge and Deakin, who is a Clinical Research Associate between motor sport medicine and the Motor Sport Safety on the expertise to our research work. Her proposed ežects of concussion. Integro Insurance Brokers Ltd. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. in the Department of Neurosurgery at the engineering aspect of the sport, as one of the studies on concussion are an excellent example Registered O ce: 71 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4BS. Registered Company No. 2957627 England. University of Cambridge, was selected by a things we really want to be able to understand of our multi-disciplinary approach, combining panel of experts consisting of Formula One is what the threshold value is for concussion.” the work of doctors and engineers to improve Managing Director , German Motor Professor Gérard Saillant, Chairman of the motor sport safety.” AUTO 01 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P18 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

FIA Innovation Fund selects Žirst projects

The first projects to benefit from the newly-created FIA Innovation Fund have been selected by the body’s steering group. The FIA European Young Women Programme aims to increase the participation of young women in motor sport, reaching a new audience of more than ‚,„„„ non-licensed ™‚-™¡-year-olds and identifying talented young drivers. The project has already secured co-funding from the European Commission. The FIA Youth Olympic Games Project seeks to capitalise on the FIA’s recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), notably through the promotion of electric karting as an emerging discipline. Additionally, it is envisaged that the project will provide a new platform to reinforce the FIA’s advocacy for road safety through the #‚ƒ„„LIVES campaign. Finally, the Track to Road – FIA Expertise Development into Helmets, which has been approved in principle pending further information, aims to transfer motor sport safety knowledge to the of the capital for the first time in Formula E will debut its benefit of road users, initially Saudi Arabia our history.” Gen — racer at Saudi Arabia through the domestic motorcycle in December, marking the set to open 2018/19 The Saudi Arabian government –irst time an FIA single- helmet industry and subsequently is concentrating e orts more on the seater championship has to other non-motor sport helmet Formula E development of new technologies, raced in the country. applications, such as for bicycles. season renewable energy and electric The aim of the FIA Innovation vehicles, which it hopes to Fund, as approved by the £„™µ FIA showcase through a ™„-year Annual, is to allocate proceeds from The £„™¡/™¤ season of the FIA agreement with Formula E that the sale of the FIA’s one per cent Formula E Championship will make Abdulaziz said would create a share in Formula ™’s Commercial its debut in the Middle East at “lasting legacy for both the sport The FIA European Young Rights Holder to Liberty Media, to the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, globally and the Kingdom”. Women Programme (below) support new and worthwhile ideas is one of the projects to in December. The cars will navigate through bene–it from the new that will generate lasting benefit for It will mark not only the first the streets on the outskirts of FIA Innovation Fund. the FIA community. appearance for the next-generation Riyadh, with further details on car launched earlier this year, but the circuit layout to be revealed also the first time an international in due course. FIA single-seater championship has “We think Saudi Arabia – with ever raced in the country. the new vision of Prince Abdulaziz, “Saudi Arabia is looking to the Prince Khalid and the country – is a future and Formula E is the motor fitting location to launch the latest sport of the future, so that’s why chapter of the electric street racing this is such an exciting opportunity,” series,” said Alejandro Agag, said His Royal Highness Prince Founder and CEO of Formula E. Abdulaziz, Vice-Chair of the Saudi “Many other sports are already Arabia General Sports Authority. increasing their presence in Saudi “It aligns perfectly with the country’s Arabia and we’re proud that they’ve £„‚„ vision and o ers the prospect chosen Formula E over other of world-class racing on the streets categories in racing.”

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BERTRAND BADRÉ that is where the ‘guardians of the fire’ will have a for which a cure exists and has been identified: CEO, BLUE LIKE AN ORANGE role, especially when it comes to convincing the equal parts education, training, improving SUSTAINABLE CAPITAL private sector to get involved. standards, and enforcing laws and regulations. The In terms of how the funding is allocated I don’t target of halving the number of deaths and injuries The United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund think the purpose is to finance infrastructure. That from road accidents is achievable. The Road Safety QUESTION: is a project that the FIA’s High Level Panel for is expensive and on a di„erent scale. The beauty Trust Fund will allocate funding where it is needed, Road Safety has worked on for some time. Our of the drive for road safety is that we know what locally, to make progress. It is a matter of political objective was to deliver on the aims of the UN’s is needed to address the issue and in general it is will and informed earmarking of resources. Decade of Action for Road Safety and Sustainable not that expensive. That is why this fund can make I believe setting up this fund is a major Development Goals by establishing a financial a di„erence. To persuade people to fasten their milestone in the global commitment to road safety. ‘HOW WILL receptacle through which money is channelled seatbelt or to buy a helmet is not very expensive. That is why I am very pleased that Total is part of it, towards saving lives on the world’s roads, and I’m That’s why it is such an interesting project – the and will do what it takes to drive positive change. delighted that we have secured this outcome. solutions do not require a multi-billion dollar fund. I hope that together with the other founding However, the devil is in the detail, and now the My hope, in the long run, is that it will really be members of the Fund, we can convince many Young Tae Kim THE UN’S NEW work begins to ensure that it is going to function a catalyst for change. This fund should be a great other private donors to join. We have committed as designed and achieves what we set out to do. example of public, private and civil partnership. ˜” million to get the fund started, but we are above We must make sure it delivers, it is e„ective We have be e„ective, innovative and cost-e„icient, all committed to advocating for it, to supporting it and innovative, has good governance and that and with that objective in mind we need to say in any way possible and to leading by example. As there is no ambiguity in its objective. It’s really to countries where need exists ‘OK, if you make our ambition is to become the responsible energy ROAD SAFETY important that now it is in place we do not step road safety a priority, we are here to help with major, that is the least we can do. away and continue to development its potential. our money but also with our supporters in every 02 In this regard, I see the FIA’s High Level Panel sphere’. That way we can help save lives. as ‘guardians of the fire’. We have to constantly YOUNG TAE KIM FUND HELP remind people that it must remain at the forefront SECRETARYGENERAL, INTERNATIONAL of progressive thought on this issue and builds on TRANSPORT FORUM the original momentum and concept. PATRICK managing the scarce resources available for road In terms of mobilising resource, one of the POUYANNÉ Road safety is hugely underfunded considering safety in an e„ective and sustainable way. Not SAVE LIVES?’ most important but challenging aspects, as it’s CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE the number of lives lost and the human su„ering. least, the Road Safety Trust Fund could become something I’ve experienced, is how it combines OFFICER, TOTAL There are also economic costs, estimated at a vehicle to leverage additional funding. The UN public, private and civil society influence. When between two and five per cent of GDP. Economic Commission for Europe estimates that you discuss road safety, every area has a role to Early this year, Jean Todt, President of the The UN Road Safety Trust Fund can make a every USD ”š““ contributed to the fund could play – public in terms of legislation and regulation, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile and the real di„erence by providing the means to put result in USD š”,“““ being invested in road safety. private in terms of manufacturers, insurance UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road into place policies that are known to reduce the The fund is a singular opportunity to persuade bodies and companies that have a commercial Safety, approached Total to become a founding unacceptable number of road casualties. It can a wide range of donors to give money for road interest in road safety issues and, finally, civil member of the new UN Road Safety Trust Fund. become a catalyst that not only attracts funding safety. These potential donors include very society, as ultimately this is where the scourge of It did not take long for Jean Todt to make his case for road safety in a co-ordinated manner from di„erent entities – governments, the private road fatalities and injuries hits hardest. and for the company to decide that the initiative diverse donors; it could also play a central role in sector, philanthropies. The challenge will be to As the UN launches its The right co-operation is essential. was a perfect fit for Total. keep up the momentum over the coming years Road Safety Trust Fund, From the design perspective, it’s also important First, because safety is one of our five values. In and feed the fund in a sustainable way. The idea that funding doesn’t just come from public the industry as a whole and at Total in particular, to involve the through a AUTO asks three members money. In another life I was involved in the we are constantly looking for ways to improve contribution for each car or tyre sold could give development of the levy on plane tickets, safety and make sure our people go home road safety a reliable stream of funding. of the FIA High Level Panel where the idea was that a micro-contribution safe. Because safety is the cornerstone of our The fund should prioritise projects in poor that helped dene the from a big ticket item, in this case plane operational excellence. countries. A lack of financial resource is a real tickets, could make a real di„erence, and Second, because road transportation is an impediment to start concrete actions to reduce scheme how it can make through that we were able to raise billions of integral part of Total’s businesses. Trucks carrying the number of road deaths. Also, the fund should dollars for medical research. our products travel ’““ million kilometers a year strongly involve governments from beneficiary a real di erence on I have the same vision for road safety: to and from our refineries, service stations and countries to build commitment for long-term the world’s roads some form of most likely voluntary plants in more than ”““ countries. As well, over action to improve road safety. contribution from a car-related purchase – • million customers stop at our service stations Most low-income countries need funding in from tyres, oil, insurance. However, if you want to every day to take a break, fill up and go on their a whole range of measures: road construction make money in that space, you need to convince way. We are the leading retailer in Africa, a and maintenance, education, tra„ic policing, those organisations it will be used properly, and continent where tackling the dangers of the road Patrick Pouyanné emergency response and health services. All is a priority, in particular for young generations. these areas are important. But without adequate Few companies have Total’s extensive experience capacity, any road safety investment has little Bertrand Badré of the potential risks and are as concerned as we chance to provide lasting e„ect. Building the are about making roads safer. capacity for safety management is an imperative. But apart from our business concerns, we consider it our civic duty to help educate people about roads. For that reason, our corporate citizenship program, carried out under the Total Foundation label, has made road transportation, and road safety in particular, one of its four areas of focus. Fatalities do not have to happen. 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03 10,000 kilometres of pace note practice. And because he has driven rally cars, he understands the situation from my point of view. So, he has been a really important part of my learning and of course I need to thank him for that.” ’s That full Finnish immersion and new-found trust in his pace notes was perhaps the key to Katsuta’s astonishing performance on Rally Sweden (up to then, his best result had been third in ). But that still didn’t make it any less remarkable – even for Katsuta himself. “I knew we had the chance to do well in rising Sweden, but I never expected to go that well,” he says. “There was no big secret to Sweden: I just felt

‘ is all about son A former single-seater experience, and I know what racer from Japan switching a big jump it is to the really fast to rallying and beating TEXT WRC cars. I have to work hard’ / the local specialists at ANTHONY PEACOCK Rally Sweden? It sounds con›dent in the car and the notes, I like fast roads impossible, but Takamoto and I’m used to them because I live in Finland, and Most people looked at Takamoto Katsuta’s victory Katsuta’s WRC2 win on the we had no problems. It was just all those things put on the WRC2 class in Sweden this year – just one together. I’m hoping we can get a good result on rung below the main category – snow and ice have marked Rally Finland this year too, for the same reasons.” and wondered how it was possible that a little- him out as a potential Yet the biggest reason why Katsuta stands a known driver from the Far East managed to beat very good chance of being one of his country’s a number of factory teams and local experts on stage star in the making leading exponents of rallying is that he realises he one of the most specialised events in the FIA has so much to learn still – and he is being given World Rally Championship. the perfect opportunity to do so. He plans on But it makes some sort of sense when you another two years of apprenticeship, so is in no consider that the protégé’s father is hurry to move up to the top class before 2020 or factory driver Norihiko Katsuta: an eight-time 2021. So far, he hasn’t even tested the Yaris WRC. Below: The -year-old Japanese rally champion, and the current holder is part of Toyota’s young “Rallying is all about experience, and I know of the title. driver programme, here from speaking to [Toyota factory driver and Over the years, one of Katsuta Senior’s key competing on this former WRC2 champion] just year’s rivals has been Toshi Arai (who competed on a in a what a big jump it is to the really fast WRC cars number of WRC events with Subaru in the 1990s Racing-run Ford Fiesta. compared to WRC2. Then you look at drivers like and 2000s). Underlining the circularity of history, Kalle Rovanperä, who is coming into WRC2 and is Katsuta Junior’s team-mate at the Toyota Gazoo seaters with manufacturer backing was going to Toyota protégé town in central Finland not far from Jyväskylä, so fast straight away, even though he is so young. Racing Rally Challenge Program (to give the be a struggle. So, at the same time as competing in Takamoto Katsuta where Rally Finland is based. It also happens to Crazy . I can see how much I have to learn marked himself out as manufacturer’s young driver scheme its full name) F3, he entered a few rallies. He won on his debut. one to watch when he be Mäkinen’s home town, and the headquarters of and improve, but that is a very big motivation for is Hiroki Arai – of course, the son of Toshi. It’s And from then on, there was a new (or rather, won the WRC class on Toyota’s rally team. me. I have to work hard to try and get there.” an even odder coincidence given the somewhat inherited) itch that needed to be scratched. this year’s Rally Sweden. Paired with Finnish co-driver Katsuta’s work ethic and pragmatism are circuitous route Katsuta Jr took to reach the stage “Obviously I had been around rallies from a from 2017 (his previous co-driver was Dan Barritt, exemplary: when he’s not driving, he’s in the he’s now at. young age with my father, even before I started now alongside ), Katsuta embarked factory in Puuppola at the workshop, or talking Like most youngsters, he began his career in karting,” explains Katsuta, known as ‘Taka’. “I’d on a programme of around 15 events per season with the drivers, or taking part in his carefully- karting, a little later than most, at the age of 12. always known that one day I wanted to drive a two years ago, taking in both asphalt and gravel. structured physical and mental training Despite the delay, he proved to be a natural talent rally car, because I had this passion for rallying. The rallies aren’t just world championship events: programme. At Puuppola, in a typically Finnish and two years later his life changed thanks to a And then I heard about the Toyota programme the idea is for Toyota to take their young drivers understated way, they’ve created a perfect mould karting scholarship from Toyota. He’s been with for young rally drivers, and I thought, why not try? to the most specialised and educational events to shape the next generation of rally drivers, the manufacturer ever since. With Toyota, I have the chance to go all the way they can ›nd, throwing them in against some away from the public eye. So results such as Rally Katsuta’s career looked set to continue on the to the top and drive the Yaris WRC in the world hardened local experts. Sweden shouldn’t come as a huge surprise when classic single-seater trajectory: he kept his Toyota championship. When I was in F3, although I liked “With Marko I have a very good feeling, but I you look at the backdrop. Context is everything. backing and switched to cars with the single-make it, the next move would have been Super Formula must thank all my co-drivers as I have learned so Not only is Taka’s father a rally driver but so Formula Challenge in 2010, won the title a year in Japan, but there were no guarantees after that. much from them and have so much respect for was his grandfather Teruo: winning his class on later, and then stepped up to Japanese Formula 3 And I wanted to drive internationally, to move on them,” explains Taka. “With the driving, I always the 1983 RAC Rally in a Toyota Corolla. “I’m in 2012, ›nishing second in the highly-competitive to something di¢erent from Japan.” felt quite good in the car, but the big di§culty was very proud of this family history and so happy to series in 2013. So he took the plunge and got his wish. After adapting to pace notes: it was hard for me to learn continue it now,” concludes Katsuta. “It’s not just It was at that point that things started to get being selected for the Challenge Program in 2015 to trust them, especially in changing conditions. my dream to compete at the top of the WRC but interesting. Katsuta realised that with Toyota by four-time world champion Tommi Mäkinen, In racing you have to deal with just a few also my dad’s dream, because it was something having withdrawn from Formula 1, his dream of who heads up Toyota’s factory team, Katsuta corners per lap, on a rally, thousands! It seemed that he never quite managed to do. If I make it, competing at the top level in European single- moved lock, stock and barrel to Puuppola, a small impossible at ›rst. But with Marko, we did maybe it’s for him as well.” AUTO 04 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P24 P25 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

04 BODY GUARDS Karters put their bodies on the line every time they go racing. This is why the FIA has developed a new standard for rib and chest protectors that will prevent injuries across the sport

TEXT / MARC CUTLER

Aspiring Indian karting talent Shahan Ali Mohsin They have the option to wear body protection hopes to emulate his idol Fernando Alonso, along with their overalls but for the moment it is having already won the  Asian Karting not mandatory. Even for those who choose to do Championship and the Indian National so, they do not necessarily know if the equipment Championship twice. they are using meets the standards required to The ‚-year-old was tipped to compete in this protect them. year’s prestigious Trofeo Andrea Margutti Karting The FIA is planning to change that with the race in Italy but withdrew after just two practice first-ever Karting Body Protection Standard, sessions due to pain from a relapsed rib injury which is set to be discussed by the World Motor sustained in a race last year. Ali Mohsin was told Sport Council this month and if approved is set by medical specialists that it could take between to become mandatory by .  to  weeks to fully recover, preventing him “We know that there are a lot of drivers already from competing in the following CIK-FIA Academy using chest and rib protectors but currently there Trophy, a potentially career-defining race. is no FIA standard, so there is no way for the It is an all-too common issue in the drivers to know what is a good protector or not,” competitive world of karting, the only motor sport says Nuno Costa, FIA Head of Safety Equipment discipline that does not require racers to wear a Homologation. “The target is to design and put The FIA is developing a harness. Drivers sit in rigid that expose the together a protector that can give protection to new safety standard for karting to protect drivers upper part of their body as it is subjected to the rib and chest at the same time, and become who are vulnerable to bumps and knocks induced by high grip levels. standard across the sport.” rib and chest injury. AUTO 04 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P26 P27 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

INDUSTRY SUPPORT fabric to protect against abrasion. OMP also their body size to ensure that it is comfortable, Prototype rib and chest protectors based on the The standard has been a decade in the making o¡ers a rib waistcoat that uses a carbon shell and with dedicated versions for female drivers to be standard have already with consultation from the FIA’s Industry padded interior for comfort, and has buckle-less made available. been tested at the track Working Group to ensure that the product will closures for extra safety. Manufacturers will even be given time for their by safety equipment manufacturers such as be a cost-e¡ective solution for drivers at Now the FIA wants to ensure that these product to be used on track before it is made Bengio. grassroots level. products not only meet the highest standards but compulsory, to allow them to catch up with Stefano Begnozzi, founder of protective also become mandatory for all championships existing products and to ensure that drivers are equipment manufacturer Bengio High Safety run by the CIK-FIA, karting’s governing body. satisfied with how it performs. Tech, believes it is vital for drivers to be protected “What we found is that in the market we have “The target is to make it recommended until every time they get into a kart. some really good rib protectors, which deliver the December , and then from  it will be “We believe it’s absolutely essential that kart safety standard that drivers need,” says Costa. compulsory,” says Costa. “And the reason is drivers wear a rib and chest protector, not only to “But there are also some protectors that the because we need to give time for the industry to protect themselves in case of an accident but drivers use which do not give any sort of come up with final products and to approve always,” says Begnozzi. “Every time a driver sits in protection in the important areas.” them, and to make them available on the market. his he is subjected to strong and continuous The new FIA standard is for a combined chest “This will give manufacturers time to build new shocks caused by the very rigid chassis, which and rib protector that drivers can wear under products that can meet the FIA standard and give over time can cause serious injury to his ribs.” their race suits. It will be designed to protect time for the drivers to use them.” Begnozzi started his company after his son against three forms of injury: impact with flat or Alessandro, a promising kart driver, su¡ered a curved structures; impact with steering wheel or serious chest injury in an ordinary race accident edge of seat; and impact with steering column. QUALITY ASSURANCE which almost forced him to quit racing. He now It will be made to withstand J of energy to the Steve Tillett, owner of Tillett Racing Seats, produces high-tech carbon fibre and Kevlar chest and J of energy to the ribs, ensuring believes that the standard will help drivers in reinforced products. that the force transmitted to the body is no more determining which products o¡er protection, Along with Bengio products, there are some than kN during an impact. versus those that claim to be up to standard. other rib and chest protectors already on the All parts of the product will be permanently At the moment karters “I’m fully in support of the rib protector market, including the Alpinestars Bionic rib connected and must allow for free movement have the option to wear element of this standard,” says Tillett. “Because purport to be up to standard, so it’s misleading protector there is not a challenge at all because body protection, but it support brace that uses fibreglass to disperse of the arms, body, head and neck while being is not mandatory. That you get a situation where there are products on for the customers.” when you go to the international competitions all energy away from the impact point and poly worn. Drivers will be able to tailor the vest to may change for ­ €. the market which aren’t up to standard, but they Tillett has a history of producing padding ‘A driver is subjected to the drivers are already using the rib protector as for karting seats back when he used to compete they need it to be able to drive the kart. They in ¥¦§, which then evolved into rib protection strong and continuous shocks, apply a lot of lateral force against the seat and for drivers. He even worked with ¨ World which over time can cause they need the rib protector to protect themselves Endurance Champion in serious injury to his ribs’ from injury or from getting pain. the early stages of his career. “For the chest protector there is more “I constructed my whole business based negativity because some manufacturers didn’t on the fact that [karting] race seats damaged see so many accidents where drivers would get people’s bodies,” explains Tillett. “The pressure “Drivers don’t like the news, but this standard will injuries to the chest as they saw with rib injuries, on the ribs is quite severe, as the whole weight give them more protection and safety,” he says. so from their point they are more reluctant about of the driver is taken on the ribs. Certainly, the data suggests that a chest the need for these sorts of devices. But the data “I had such a problem with a driver called protector has become necessary in karting. A that we have available, for example from the Anthony Davidson that I started to bind them up,” review from the DMSB, Germany’s national DMSB, shows that drivers do get injured in this says Tillett. “I made a double density foam around sporting authority, found that many karters had area and we want to protect them.” the ribs and ended up making this rib protector su¡ered thoracic injuries. It is all part of the FIA’s safety focused work which wasn’t really on the market. I actually “Setting fresh standards for a product has across motor sport. Whether it is the Halo frontal laminated a rib composite protection around him, been quite challenging because some protection device in Formula  or body protection and that was when he got his works drive,” adds manufacturers were not sure about the need in karting, the FIA is determined to ensure that Tillett. “I made this composite rib protector of the chest protector,” admits Costa. “For the rib safety always comes first. around his chest that worked, and got him racing even though he had broken ribs.” However, Tillett is not a fan of the chest protection element of the FIA standard as he believes it will be uncomfortable for drivers to wear under their overalls. Yet the same was said about the HANS device, that helps protect the head and neck of a driver, when it was first launched. Back when Formula  tested the device in , there was a lot of apprehension over how much it restricted the driver in the cockpit. World champions such as notably voiced their concerns but as the design was refined, more championships started to adopt it. Now you would find it di¡icult to see someone racing The FIA has developed competitively without using a HANS device, a standard for a even down to National level. combined rib and chest protector for karting Begnozzi believes that the new Karting that it wants to be used Standard will have the same e¡ect on the sport. in all CIK†FIA series. AUTO 05 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P28 P29 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

THE LONG RUN: / FIA WEC in Focus

P2835 P3638 P4044 Racing on a In for the Race to new grand scale long haul frontiers The auto makers FIA tech chief Gilles The growing number of preparing to do battle Simon on the future drivers chasing glory in in the GTE Pro class of endurance racing a mix of race categories

05 RACING ON A GRAND SCALE

TEXT / TONY THOMAS

With ve of the world’s premium car brands battling for supremacy on a grid populated by some of the world’s nest drivers, the GTE Pro class of the FIA World Endurance Championship is fast becoming one of sportscar racing’s most thrilling competitions…

Porsche, Aston Martin and BMW will take on the might of Ferrari and Ford in this year’s WEC GTE Pro class. AUTO 05 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P30 P31 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

A wishlist of ‘golden names’ to include in any market share and brand lustre. So a high-profile sportscar racing championship might run like racing category with regulations framed explicitly this: Porsche, Ferrari, Ford, Aston Martin, BMW. ‘At Le Mans there will be ‚ƒ cars to lure manufacturers with the promise of being Each has thoroughbred racing history, with able to showcase ‘product’ that looks an awful victories across the globe in a plethora of in GTE Pro, which means ‚ƒ top lot like what’s available in the showroom is a categories; each resonates with the echo teams and ‚ world-class drivers. compelling proposition. The entry list proves it. of stirring deeds through the decades. It will be the race of races’ Those in charge of both the championship and So for purist or casual racing fans, the line-up its race teams are – predictably –vocal advocates of hardware arrayed for the ˜™š› GTE Pro FRANK¢STEFFEN WALLISER of the category’s merits. Paul Howarth, Aston category of the FIA World Endurance Martin team boss, is firmly in the ‘bring it on’ camp Championship is enough to induce a little as regards manufacturer-backed GTE Pro entries: weakness at the knees. Porsche brings the œšš “If you’re fighting against the best in the world it RSR – a mid-engined twist on the classic œšš only promotes the brand and the championship at theme; Ferrari fields the ž›› GTE Evo; Ford’s GT the highest level,” he says. “The more you can is the nearest thing the category has to a beat, the more competitive spirit it brings, which pure-bred racing machine made legal for the lifts the championship and creates better racing road; Aston oŸers the new twin-turbo Vantage, – it pushes every team to really fight.” while new boys BMW have their M› GTE. The sentiment’s echoed by one of his lead It’s a line-up to die for, as each model would drivers, , who’s relishing the prospect chart high on the ‘dream garage’ wishlist of any of battling a strong field held together by rules fan of motor sport. And that’s precisely the point: designed to encourage close racing (a closely while these manufacturers will compete Aston Martin driver monitored ‘’ [BOP] wheel-to-wheel throughout the ˜™š›-šœ WEC Darren Turner relishes the equation is intended to prevent any one team from prospect of close racing in Super Season, the manufacturers behind their GTE Pro, so he can feel he’s dominating): “For a driver, the more competitors entries are fighting just as hard oŸ-track for worked hard for a victory. there are, the higher the level of competition,” he

BMW Motorsport boss says. “You don’t want to turn up at a race and have drivers – all of them racing for ˜ž hours. It’s really, Jens Marquardt says the such an advantage that you’re just picking up a really great competition and it will be the MŽ is a car customers can relate to more readily than trophy. That’s not what sport should be about. If toughest, most competitive race ever, if you ask a high-tech prototype. you win you need to feel that you deserved that me. There’s no category in the world that has šª win and that you worked very hard to get it.” full factory entries. It will be the race of races.” Quite a claim – but with round one of the ˜™š›-šœ Super Season – the Spa Six Hours – TOUGHEST RACE EVER already run, the intensity of competition that’s And work hard he will have to, as will all Turner’s likely to be seen in GTE is obvious. At the Spa rivals, if they are to establish any kind of chequer, the class-winning Ford GT was only šž advantage. Indeed, Porsche’s head of motor seconds ahead of the second-placed Porsche, sport, Frank-SteŸen Walliser, reckons the WEC after six hours and šž› laps of racing. That’s the GTE Pro category to be the most competitive ideal kind of result for a category in which all racing arena anywhere on the planet: “At Le Mans manufacturers must feel the benefit of their this year,” he says, “there will be šª cars in GTE involvement and be able to relay a story of success Pro, which means šª top teams and «š world-class to boards of directors and the paying public alike. AUTO 05 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P32 P33 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

Porsche head of motor sport Frank-Ste”en Walliser says the •‚‚ (left, in RSR guise) is part of its DNA, with the manufacturer already having proven its worth in prototype racing. customers can relate to. LMPš is all about technology – very expensive technology – which at the end of the day may not be so relevant. But the M› competes against Porsche and Aston Martin models in the showroom, so it really makes sense that they are our competition on the , too. In the past we haven’t had the ideal car to use for GT racing – particularly thinking about Le Mans – but with the M› we can have the right kind of package. The board gave us the ‘OK’ to race it even before it is in the hands of our customers. It’s very important to BMW as a brand, which makes it such an exciting project.” Those associated with the GTE class exude a genuine sense of enthusiasm for their category, perhaps enjoying the sense that what might be “At Spa the lead positions in the LMPš category a golden age has come for a class of cars that were established by about half distance,” says are already thrilling on the road, made even series promoter Gérard Neveu, “but in GTE we more so through a racing programme. still had a fantastic fight going on. So the TV “The GTE class speaks to the core of our directors switched to that instead. This is an brand,” says Porsche’s Frank-SteŸen Walliser. “We important point for us: to maintain visibility of have shown what we can do in prototypes over GTE within the overall WEC package. It’s the many years [Porsche has šœ Le Mans victories, reason why the GTE drivers have their own most recently in ˜™šª] and now we are in a more podium at the end of the race, for example.” strategic phase with ‘Mission E’, which will take us into Formula E next season. But the œšš and sportscars are the DNA of Porsche and in GTE ROAD CAR RELEVANCE we will be keeping the flame of the œšš alive.” The booming manufacturer presence in GTE is made all the more obvious this season by the dearth of manufacturer teams in the once- dominant ‘halo’ class, LMPš – a category for purpose-built, race-only prototypes. ‘The MŽ competes against Porsche Only Toyota are contesting LMPš as a manufacturer and their involvement is driven by and Aston Martin in the showroom, a desperate corporate ambition to win Le Mans so it makes sense they are our outright this year – which quest has led to their signing double Fš world champion Fernando competition on track too’ Alonso to boost their driving strength. JENS MARQUARDT This kind of ‘throw-the-kitchen-sink-at-it’ approach is an outlier now, however; the appeal of funding hugely expensive race teams to build stunning machines which flaunt the peak of racing technology is waning for manufacturers who can instead make an explicit link between motor sport and road cars by competing with road-legal models. The road-racing connection is even made explicit in the GTE rule book: “The ‘Le Mans’ Grand Touring Endurance car (LMGTE) is a car having an aptitude for sport with ˜ doors, ˜ or ˜+˜ seats, opened or closed, which can be used perfectly legally on the open road and available for sale thanks to the dealer network of a manufacturer recognised by the Endurance Committee.”

BMW Motorsport boss Jens Marquardt is typical WEC series promoter of his peers in evangelising about the merits of Gérard Neveu says the preparing a top-end road car – in BMW’s case the close competition in GTE compared to LMP‚ M› – for high-level sportscar racing: “It’s very in round one at Spa was easy,” he says, “ because this is a car that clear for all to see. AUTO 05 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P34 P35 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

Ford (right) was žirst to GTE Pro honours in Ÿ¡‚Ž, winning the class in round one at Spa by just under ‚£ seconds from Porsche...

... But Ferrari (left) remains the team to beat in GTE Pro, having claimed the žirst FIA World title in Ÿ¡‚ƒ.

Surely music to the ears of any motor sport winning enough while delivering for their enthusiast, for the investment in road-based ‘We need a balance between GTs respective main board paymasters, then could it racing programmes is taking ‘showroom’ cars and prototypes, so GTE is not even become what the World Endurance into the realms of exceptional performance. Championship is? No more prototypes, just the WEC GTE cars might look familiar, says BMW the only future – but it is very very finest road-turned-race cars on oŸer, driven factory driver Antonio Felix da Costa, but much part of the future’ by some of the world’s best drivers on glorious they drive like pure-bred race cars: “I left my tracks such as Spa-Francorchamps, Le Mans, first test in Budapest smiling a lot,” he says. GÉRARD NEVEU Sebring and Fuji? “They are very, very close to the DTM [Germany’s For now, at least, Neveu says that’s not the premier touring car category] in terms of plan: “We need a balance,” he says, “between GTs performance. Even with high fuel and on BMW star Antonio Felix da and prototypes, so GTE is not the only future – Costa reckons the GTE cars long-run test programmes the lap times were drive like pure-bred racers – but it is very much part of the future.” good. There is so much potential here: the even in long test runs. As well as the not-to-be-missed here and now. cars are a lot of fun and we know there will be close battles with Ferrari, Porsche, Ford and Aston Martin. There’s a great spirit between championship, but at the moment they are all the manufacturers.” very involved and very enthusiastic about what’s happening. Some are looking to how they might compete in ˜™˜™, when we will change the WEC SPREADING SUCCESS regulations, but for now we want to grow What happens, though, if only one or two of hand-in-hand with the manufacturers. They are those heavily committed car makers does the bringing great cars to the championship, with winning? Porsche does not want to be beaten very good driver line-ups and the racing is by BMW, nor Aston by Ferrari… What risk of spectacular. If the product is good and the manufacturers pulling out – always a possibility racing is good, it helps very much to keep in any class of motor sport – if they deem it’s not everybody happy.” working to their advantage? “We all need a slice of the cake,” adds Aston’s The trick, reckons Neveu, is to try to keep Paul Howarth. “If everyone is winning one or two all at least reasonably happy, in order that each races, then that’s OK.” may flourish individually to the overall benefit of If WEC GTE sounds like a racing nirvana, where the championship. “It is a concern,” he admits, a strong field of competitive teams and drivers “that they can become too influential within a can co-exist in some kind of harmony, each AUTO 05 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P36 P31P37 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

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As the WEC balances privateers battling a sole This year’s LMP Championship features just one the range of each car, but in fact we limited to fully understand the set-up of their car, the Looking ahead to ŒŒ, in broad terms what’s Even though Toyota won it cannot be more than this , more manufacturer hybrid-powered car in the shape the range of the hybrid cars because the direction they want to go in. There are some the goal for the FIA and the ACO in defining the the opening WEC round, than this kilowatts from the electric [motor], manufacturer in its top LMP1 class, plans are Simon was happy with the of the Toyota TS, so in order to encourage di erence would have been too great. We less experienced teams there. future of LMP? balance of performance more than these aero figures. We want to set already underway to transform the category privateers and promote competition for non- tried to be fair to everybody. So, what we can analyse from the data is The first goal is to have one set of regulations between the TS and up some physical boundaries and put the its privateer rivals. into something FIA Technical Director Gilles hybrids the FIA has introduced an Equivalence The target is to have a control of the consistent in terms of what are the e ects that is not going into extreme technological numbers in the right place so that competitors of Technology regulation. How does it work? performance of both cars so that they can of the power, what are the e ects of engine development, so that we can set a regulation can reach them but also have to reach them to Simon believes will “truly engage fans” From the beginning of October last year, compete together with di erent technologies and so on. But we feel that globally, in terms that all the competitors can have access to, be competitive. we modelled di erent cars and conditions and, of course, they have very di erent of lap times, they may need to have more but which will be compulsory for everybody. This means that we will not have any on a variety of tracks to try to understand technologies. The hybrid cars are very limited running to fully look at the potential of the It is a little early as we still need the Endurance Equivalence of Technology – this is, you can what would be the serious potential in terms of aerodynamic development, there car. They are not yet at their full potential Commission and the World Motor Sport make this horsepower with that fuel flow, performance for each car, comparing previous is much more scope for the non-hybrid. They and I believe they recognise that. Council to adopt it, but our proposal is based and the number of cylinders is your choice, data we had on hybrid cars with data on have much higher fuel flow, which is good on the definition of some limiting parameters. the architecture of the engine is your choice non-hybrid cars or LMP class cars to try for the performance but a little restrictive in Do you feel there’s scope for the non-hybrid Very roughly, it’s where we control the engine etc. Maybe it’s because you have some brand to build a vision of how we could match terms of refuelling and length of stint. But teams to close the gap over the next six months? performance, the hybrid system performance identification, you want a four-cylinder, ’ the performance of both on the track. We again, they should be quite close. I believe that at Le Mans we will see that and the aero performance, and you define cylinder, whatever you want but you have to still felt it was necessary to demonstrate because they are not so far away. Again, when the car with which you want to compete but go to these figures. Aero-wise it will be the the advantage of the hybrid car in terms of Were you happy with the time di‰erences we made the simulations last October we had same, this is the maximum you can autonomy and that’s why you will find the between the and the privateer cars in no information on the real cars we would see, reach and that we measure, and this is the di erence in refuelling distance, the number the season-opening race at Spa? so we had to build our understanding and ‘What we saw in Spa was limiting factor, then you are free on the design of laps between refuelling for the two I would say in general happy, because if knowledge. I believe what we have seen more or less in line with our of the car to reach those numbers. categories, as the fuel consumption of the you understand the level of experience of in Spa was more or less in line with our non-hybrid cars is obviously higher than the the teams, it’s quite di erent. We believe computations and therefore I expect that the computations, so it should Is there a target cost in mind in developing FIA Technical Director hybrids and this leads to a natural di erence. that the non-hybrid cars have quite a lot of true potential of the cars will be seen once these regulations? Gilles Simon has had a be a better, closer ight soon’ balancing act to perform Initially, we developed a very similar potential as the number of kilometres they some issues have been fixed. It should be a Yes, of course. We want it so that the with this year’s LMP cars. performance on the lap and in the distance or have done until now is limited. 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or at least that whatever you will spend will not cost, is there a risk of the top category being too give you a definitive advantage, because if I fit attractive to current LMPŒ outfits, resulting in maximum aero e iciency in a reasonable way, that category being thinned? ‘Our target with LMP is to then working on aero for hours will not give I think LMP is a quite successful category in you a lot of advantage. Maybe you will have a its own right. It is well targeted, and the costs have it in the same range of slightly more stable car in certain conditions are quite reduced. It’s much less expensive to costs for privateers at the but basically the maximum downforce is set, race in LMP than in the GTE, for instance. the minimum drag is set and it’s up to you. With the new LMP’ category, our target is current non-hybrid level’ to have it in the same range of costs for A number of manufacturers have been involved privateers at the current non-hybrid LMP’ in discussions around the next set of LMP level, while we include also hybrid technology regulations, some of whom are currently into it. Not as sophisticated or complex as we FIA, which is the Endurance Commission and involved in the GTE Pro category. How much of have seen in recent years, but quite interesting the World Council, before an announcement, a balancing act is it to pitch the LMP rules at a to have the technology too. So, we believe which might come at Le Mans. It will be a base level that won’t entice manufacturers away from there will be an interest for privateers to run concept of regulation, not the fully written GTE Pro, which is very healthy at the moment? in the LMP’ category. regulations. We will finalise the details in the I think we are not speaking about the same following months. cars – these are prototypes for LMP’ category, We have spoken about manufacturers being it is not based on specific cars. I believe it is interested in the new LMP category. What What’s your hope for the outcome of the next set quite a di erent programme for manufacturers about suppliers as well, just in terms of for those of regulations? What do you hope to see in ŒŒ and possibly with di erent targets in terms privateers, if there are simpler hybrid systems across the World Endurance Championship? of brand. We believe that as it is the GTE being thought of for ŒŒ, have suppliers to I think that the P’ category has the potential category is quite successful and we do not teams been encouraged by the discussions? to be very attractive because the regulations see it reducing. In fact, we even have some Yeah, the hybrid system will be available we set will really be nearer to hypercars than potential new entrants that are developing at quite a reasonable price. It will not be a to the current P’s. By that I mean they will be

cars for ŸŸ. So, we are quite confident the standard one, probably, but it will be available Simon believes that extreme road cars. I would call them concept success of GTE will be quite stable. at a reasonable price. privateer LMP teams race cars. That is, they are concept cars for such as BR Engineering racing – for big brands and big names if they still have plenty of A similar question about LMPŒ. If you have an So, what’s the next step for these discussions? performance to unlock are not big companies. And I think this will LMP category that’s successful at a reduced The objective is to go through a process in the in their cars this year. truly engage fans. ALWAYS ON TRACK

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Just as in motor sport’s golden age, elite racing drivers are once again bringing star quality to a variety of disciplines. But while the goal of glory on multiple stages is tempting, the reality of competing in an increasingly globalised racing landscape is anything but straightforward… BREAKING THE MOULD

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When Nico Hülkenberg claimed victory on his debut at the Le Mans  Hours with Porsche in , becoming the first active

His trials in F with McLaren Formula  driver since  to win the race, it sparked a renewed prompted Fernando Alonso interest in events outside traditional grand prix racing. to branch out into sportscars Far from the days when would compete on and the WEC, where he made a winning debut with Toyota either side of the Atlantic in both F and dirt- over at Spa in May. the same weekend, few drivers in recent times have taken on additional duties for fear of losing focus or burning out. But while Hülkenberg’s Le Mans appearance proved to be a one-o†, F colleague Fernando Alonso has since stepped up to become the series’ chief multi-disciplinarian, driven by a hunger to establish himself as one of motor sport’s all-time greats. At ‡ˆ and with only two F world titles to his name, ’s record of seven championships looks to be out of reach for Alonso. So he turned his attention to a di†erent accolade: the ‘triple crown of motor sport’. Made up of the , the Indianapolis  and Le Mans, the triple crown is one of the rarest titles in motor racing, achieved just once by . Frustrated by McLaren’s struggles in F last year, Alonso took the opportunity to make his Indy  debut in the US, qualifying fifth and leading ” laps before retiring late on. AUTO 05 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P42 P43 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

Andre Lotterer splits his time between Formula E (below) and competing in the WEC, but says he has become used to adapting to di‚erent cars throughout a varied career.

‘When I was younger, I thought I’d focus on one programme. “Doing Le Mans alongside F is really cool. There were not so many races in the world where I had that feeling in terms of But driving other cars opens history, atmosphere and team spirit. I think Fernando will soak you up to things you can adapt to’ it all up and enjoy it.” Alonso enjoyed a warm welcome from the FIA WEC paddock on his debut in May as he made a winning start to life in the championship. While he arrived in Belgium straight from the F Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Andre Lotterer and Antonio Felix da Costa also had just a matter of days to get into a di†erent operating mode, going from racing Formula E cars around a tight in the centre of Paris to tackling the fearsome Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in far more powerful LMP and GTE sportscars; a chalk and cheese shift. “Formula E is quite a di†erent world,” explains Lotterer. “I try with the schedule as best as I can so that before I go back into the Formula E car I jump into the simulator again, to get back some of those habits. “I’ve been used to it throughout my career, since I went to Japan, to jumping from Super Formula to Super GT. We get used to adapting quickly.” The shift in driving style may be a challenge for Lotterer, Unable to skip Monaco this year to feature at Indianapolis but da Costa says that he finds it easier to change his mindset again, Alonso opted to pursue a debut at Le Mans. He could as a result. have simply added the -hour race onto his schedule, but “They’re so di†erent that in the end it’s not even a chose to sign a full-season deal with Toyota, committing to transition,” he says. “You switch o† one mindset and turn on the full FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’, the other one. The cars are very di†erent and being on a city which stretches over  months and includes two Le Mans track, every time it requires a di†erent kind of attention. In Mike Conway has appearances. It all adds up to a busy year of racing with at embraced the challenge WEC it’s more the tra†ic that gets me.” least ‡ weekends at a race track. The Spaniard may relish the of competing in di‚erent Toyota LMP driver Mike Conway feels that becoming a challenge, but he is having to adapt his approach as a result. series and is currently multi-disciplinarian has helped him to add new elements to mixing WEC duties “I’m in energy-saving mode every day because I know (below) with racing in the his skill set having raced in WEC, IMSA, IndyCar and Formula E it counts,” he says. “You try to think two weeks ahead, the US IMSA series (right). over the past five years. energy you will need in two weeks’ time. It’s not a short-term preparation, it’s a long-term preparation. I want to be  per cent every Sunday and for Le Mans. It’s definitely a very tight calculation of the training programme and how you fly, how you rest, which planes you take, what food you eat. You try to always be on the average level of  per cent.”

BALANCING ACT Balancing WEC with F is something Toro Rosso driver managed towards the end of last year following his call-up to the team while he was still part of Porsche’s LMP programme. The New Zealander spent the end of last season criss-crossing the globe, switching from sportscars to single- seaters, all while trying to secure a race deal for «. “I was treading water in a way and taking one race at a time, because I had a lot on my plate and a lot to learn,” Hartley admits. “A lot of things were going on behind the scenes to secure the drive for this year. But I embraced it and enjoyed it. Eight weeks on the trot in di†erent corners of the globe was tough, but I wouldn’t change anything. AUTO 05 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P44 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

“When I was younger, I thought I would just stick and focus very talented drivers in go-karts, F‡, WEC and IndyCar. It’s very on one programme,” says Conway. “But as soon as I started challenging if you want to beat all of them. driving other cars like di†erent types of sportscars and in and “If you want to beat everyone in F, it’s a very small group. out of , I just felt like it opened up your whole library as Normally your car can help you to beat the slower cars, but it a driver of things you can adapt to. can also not allow you to beat the quickest cars. So it’s not a “Especially with , you’re in the car for such fair comparison. a long time that you’ve really got to drive around a lot of things “I think by doing IndyCar or WEC or other races, I challenge and mentally focus for a long time. It was a real benefit for me myself much more. You become a better driver.” to jump in and out of and drive di†erent things, in di†erent FIA President Jean Todt shares a similar view to Alonso, championships. It keeps you sharp.” believing that drivers dipping their toe in the water of other For Conway, juggling so many di†erent series also helped series can only be a good thing for motor sport. him feel more connected to a bygone era of motor sport, when “ was one of my heroes. He was the best F driver, drivers rarely stuck to a single formula or discipline. but he died in Formula ,” he says. “All the drivers who are “You love and want to do more, like they used to back in the competing, they’re all passionate. I think it’s great. For example, day,” he says. “Some of the Americans like AJ Foyt and Mario Brendon Hartley’s busy end I think it was very brave of Kimi Räikkönen when he went into Andretti, they did dirt racing, F, Le Mans, IndyCar, loads of to ‘’“ saw him competing rallying some years ago. It’s very good to have that. in the WEC while also trying di†erent things. It’s pretty cool really.” “I think it will come back. It’s very healthy to have those to land an F race seat for But Alonso sees his multi-series schedule di†erently. Instead this season with Toro Rosso. opportunities for drivers.” of feeling more connected to the racers of old, he believes As he bids to cement his status as one of motor sport’s he has grown closer to motor sport as a whole by broadening all-time greats, Alonso is spearheading the renaissance of his horizons. multi-discipline drivers and breaking the mould of the “I’m more connected to the sport and to being a better modern-day racer. driver,” he explains. “I think sometimes in F you live in a very And while there may be challenges that come along with small world. You think that winning or taking pole positions will it, the rewards on o†er and – more significantly – their passion put you on a better level, or you are better than other drivers. for racing make it worth the late nights and the trying travel “But motor sport in general is a very big world. There are schedules for the busiest drivers in motor sport.

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Anand Mahindra, president of the eponymous Indian industrial giant, has always had one eye on the future, which includes a new partnership with an Italian luxury car designer as well as a challenge to Facebook

brand, because as in all commercial avenues 06 there are stand-out names. Pininfarina has always represented luxury, style and design. For me, a luxury product contains the right mix of history and craftsmanship, and the Italian design house is typical of this concept. The products it will make will definitely not be branded as Mahindra, there’d be no sense in that. I don’t think this is Finger on an impossible task, but it’s clear that if our new luxury brand was called Ma-ha-raj-a, probably no one would buy our cars, but with a name like Pininfarina, things change drastically.”

the pulse BRAINS BEHIND THE BRAND A few weeks ago, when the Mahindra team was taking part in the Rome Formula E Prix, Pininfarina

TEXT SpA and the Indian group announced the birth of the new brand, Automobili Pininfarina. The brand, / entirely owned by Mahindra, aims to build and EDOARDO NASTRI sell luxury electric hypercars in all major markets from . Automobili Pininfarina will develop all its cars in close and continuous collaboration with Ploughing a furrow towards a sustainable future extended his horizons to take in the world of Pininfarina SpA and has already announced its by investing heavily in technology and state-of- luxury goods, design and style. first model, codenamed the PF. The performance the-art products would seem to be the aim of the In  , he invested   million Euros in figures are impressive: -km/h in under two Mahindra Group, the Indian industrial colossus, acquiring a ¢.¢ per cent stake in the Pininfarina seconds, a top speed of km/h and a price tag with a  gross worth of  billion US dollars. bodywork design studio through . around the two million Euro mark. Set up in Mumbai in  , the group operates in The plan is to expand the Pininfarina business It’s not easy creating a brand from scratch several sectors from aerospace to automobiles, thanks to the solid finances of the Indian that is capable of selling this type of car with this defence to finance and from property to IT. group, without ignoring its strong Italian roots. level of performance, but Mahindra believes the Anand Mahindra is the third generation of “Pininfarina must remain an independent icon Mahindra will used name and technological package can convince the family to be involved in the company and is and in no way do we want it to become a branch technological know- potential customers. “Is it ambitious? Definitely, how gained in Formula E currently president of the Mahindra Group. Born of our company,” explains Mahindra. “Today, it to beneit its Automobili but ambition is part of our DNA,” he says with a in  in Mumbai, he graduated from Harvard, is very dižicult to establish oneself as a luxury Pininfarina brand. smile. The technology that will propel this zero- Massachusetts before receiving an MBA from emissions super sports car to the stated levels Boston’s Harvard Business School and starting his of performance comes directly from the Indian career in the Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd, company’s experience in Formula E. The PF will working as an executive assistant to the finance be produced in limited numbers, probably fewer director. In ‰, he became president and deputy than , and will launch the brand on the market. director of that company. It was during this period Following on from that over the next few years will that he began the process of diversification of the be a top-of-the-range electric SUV. The aim is to Mahindra Group, with the intention of expanding compete with brands such as , Ferrari and and establishing it in real estate and tourism. In rather than BMW or Mercedes. August , he became president and managing “It’s not dižicult to transfer the know-how director of the Mahindra Group, taking over from from our years of research in Formula E to a road his uncle Keshub Mahindra, and in ‹ Forbes car such as the PF. When we talk of avant- India named him businessman of the year. garde technology, you have to bear in mind that During its ‹ years, the company has produced Mahindra doesn’t just supply the financing. Our agricultural machinery including tractors, group is one of the pioneers of Formula E and, commercial vehicles, a variety of cars and thanks to the experience we have gained there, motorcycles, and many others types of vehicle. we have acquired a true understanding of the Anand Mahindra is not just concerned with mass potential of electric vehicles and we are capable production, however, and for a while now he has of transferring that technology to road cars. AUTO 06 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P48 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

It’s clear to see that this technology transfer is not The Automobili In this sector, car sharing will play a strong beauty. In this area, Mahindra doesn’t have the at all feasible from Formula . Formula E, however, Pininfarina brand was role in the future. Fleets for car sharing are appeal, but Automobili Pininfarina will allow us to launched by the two is delivering race-to-road know-how and that is groups in Rome earlier expanding rapidly, even in India, and we have participate in this sector at the right time. That’s Mahindra’s strength. this year, spearheaded already supplied the Indian government with our strategy and the reason why we have created “We will work with partners who are major by a new electric around  electric vehicles. Here there will this new brand.” hypercar model suppliers of technological equipment and that be increased demand for electric vehicles and I It’s not just cars with Anand Mahindra, a man codenamed the PF . SAFER RACING - means we will be able to work to the highest believe that car sharing companies will switch to who keeps up with the times and personally level,” adds Mahindra. “Our first car, codenamed EV as soon as possible. looks after his social media accounts. He tweets PF, will define our company, based on the “The second sector includes those who buy regularly, reading and replying to comments from perspective, performance and respectful a car for recreational purposes, to drive at the his ¢ million followers. And he has embarked on integration of Pininfarina’s legacy. With this in weekend. Here we are active with the Mahindra transferring these excellent social networking mind, in the coming months we plan to meet as brand or possibly with Roxor, our new ož-road skills to business, funding an Indian start-up in many owners as possible of cars from the Turin brand which we have just launched in America. this sector to compete with Facebook. After MADE FOR MOTORSPORT design house, in private and also at some of the The third sector is for enthusiasts of all types the Cambridge Analytica scandal ažected Mark most important car events in the world, starting who buy cars because they are objects of desire, Zuckerberg’s giant, Mahindra tweeted that the with Pebble Beach. The abilities of our prestigious where the key words are performance and time was right to build an alternative social media partners and our experience in the areas of platform, based in India, promising to finance Our experienced & Full Time MDD aim to continue to improve electric vehicles, design, mobility and the sale new companies capable of producing an Indian RACING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT of luxury cars will be an excellent starting point. version. “I’m starting to ask myself if the time team provide, Emergency Doctor the safety, clinical excellence, But the key factor will be our ability to ožer cars ‘Fleets for car sharing are is right to set up our own social networking that are faithful to the Pininfarina tradition, while expanding rapidly, even in India, company, managed and voluntarily regulated (Surgical) Paramedics, EMT’s, and the quality of equipment, and being built for  and beyond.” in a broad scope. Are there any Indian start-ups EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES To understand what has driven the Indian and we have already supplied that could do it? If any groups of youngsters and Extrication Specialists. in-service training, available to colossus to set up this new car marque, one has the Indian government with think they can, I would like to help them with Supported by our Bio-Med En- Medical Professionals operating to understand its president’s view of mobility some capital.” of the future. “My vision is that the car industry around „ electric vehicles’ Anand Mahindra is a man who looks to the RACING MEDICAL PERSONNEL gineering, Health and Safety, and in Motorsport. should be divided into three reasons for buying. future and does not seem scared to face up to The first includes cars sold for daily use where the realities of the market place, be it for cars or Medical Administration Nurses, For more information > the brand name is of marginal importance. social networks. MOBILE MEDICAL MDD Europe Ltd | 6 The Mead Business Centre, Mead Lane | Hertford, Herts | SG13 7BJ | UK | [email protected] AUTO 06 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P50 P51 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

06 Launched in 2017, the FIA’s Smart Cities initiative has brought together experts from across the world to discuss future urban mobility. At its latest stop, in ROME’S Rome, the talk turned to making sure MARCH the Eternal City lives up to its name TOWARD FUTURE MOBILITY

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Following three years of success for Formula E Albert II of Monaco, whose Foundation is heavily Addressing the need for urban planning races in the heart of major cities, in the spring of involved in initiatives to fight air pollution and bodies to consider the well-being of the  the FIA launched the Smart Cities initiative tra ic congestion. populations in a keynote presentation, Carlo to gather together global experts from the “Rome is a very complex city with a low Ratti, director of the Senseable City Lab at the worlds of technology, transport, engineering, density of population because we are spread Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), policy and politics to discuss the future of over a very large territory,” she added. “We also said: “The four numbers that define our cities are sustainable mobility. In April, the forum stopped have an incredible number of old buildings two, š, š and †. Cities take up two per cent of in Rome where – following events in Mexico, of great archaeological value that we need to the world’s surface; they have š per cent of the Paris, Berlin, Montréal and Santiago – attention world population; they are responsible for š per turned to mobility in historic urban centres, cities cent of the world energy consumption and † per undergoing transformation on many levels. cent of CO emissions. The cities of the future Rome’s layout – layered upon two millennia ‘We are designing should be better and more e iciently designed of historic streets – and dense infrastructure the city of the future. with the help of technology, but they should be create di icult tra ic conditions, and with †‡ people-friendly and fairer to all as well.” registered vehicles for every , inhabitants, of Rome must be The MIT Senseable City Lab is well-known which ˆ‡ are cars, the problems are manifold. competitive and take for the quality of its research on advancing Accommodating the needs of drivers, public social innovation through design and sciences. transport users, cyclists and pedestrians while up the challenge’ Ratti believes cities should become ‘senseable’, preserving the unique urban infrastructure in both smart and pleasant to inhabit, with an a historical city is a major challenge. But it’s a emphasis placed on the human rather than the challenge the Eternal City is rising to through the protect. At the same time, we need to think of technological side of city dwelling. implementation of its Sustainable Mobility Plan, new infrastructures, especially to allow better “I prefer the word ‘senseable,’ Ratti says, “but an elaborate strategy aimed at wholesale reform transportation across Rome. We need to organise behind it is the same thing: the convergence of of its mobility system over the next  years. a completely new system of life based on digital and physical, to use better the space in The city’s mayor, Virginia Raggi, is at the sustainability. The community has a responsibility which we inhabit. A senseable city is focusing forefront of the fight for better mobility. “We and electric mobility is one of the keys to a more more on the citizens and creates a better quality are designing the city of the future, favouring sustainable future.” of life for them. interconnected mobility with a reduced impact While dealing with the management of “Today is a very interesting time in cities, on the environment. Rome must be competitive infrastructure handed down across the centuries, because the internet is entering the physical

and is ready to take up the challenge. Our Rome, like every other urban centre, is also a space,” he adds. “This is changing many The historic policies should be designed to serve the growing city – a process that creates its own dimensions in our lives. One key dimension is city of Rome is people and be sustainable,” she explained at issues, which at the simplest level come down mobility, because having a lot of data in real time, aiming to reform its mobility the Smart Cities forum panel on which she was to creating functioning, ‘liveable’ environments from the city, allows us to have systems such as system over the joined by FIA President Jean Todt and Prince for citizens. and others, which have a big impact.” next decade. AUTO 06 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P52 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation Eddie Stobart Proud supplier to the FIA

Senseable City Lab director Carlo Ratti says cities of the future must be better designed but also people-friendly.

try out new things and we learn from this. People can respond, they get excited, familiar, then we need to evaluate the possible consequences”.

CITIES AND STARTUPS Last but not least, the role of start-ups was at the core of the Rome Smart Cities Forum, because their ideas and solutions are crucial to the future of urban mobility. According to Ross Douglas, founder and CEO of Autonomy, an independent French company focused on changing the way people move in cities: “Start-ups have been very active in changing mobility. There has been a lot of investment over the past  years, mainly coming out of America and China. Now a new generation of start-ups are surviving because Rome was at the forefront of public mobility’s Italian Formula E they are able to change scale rapidly, by raising embrace of big data, with the help of Ratti and driver Luca Filippi a lot of capital to enter other markets. They have believes Rome has the MIT, when its ‘Real Time Rome’ project was the right mentality to work with cities, because cities own the access presented in ˆ at the Biennale di Venezia. to embrace the to the roads and parking infrastructures. The idea was to use data from mobile phones mobility revolution. “All the start-ups with mobility solutions to collect and analyse the varied ways in which are now trying to build relations with cities, Rome’s citizens were moving about their city encouraging them to allow their technology in,” Leading supply chain, transport and logistics company, using di erent systems of transportation, private he adds. “And cities are looking for new mobility or public. Twelve years later, the amount of data solutions from start-ups because they cannot Eddie Stobart, is a proud supplier to the Federation collected, in real time, is considered a crucial a ord the old public transport solutions any asset for all policy makers around the world, more. They also understand that smart mobility Internationale de l’Automobile. even if some limitations remain because of the can give their citizens very good mobility for a need to respect privacy. Rome’s mayor fraction of the price. So the big trend now is this Ratti warns, however, that technology is fluid Virginia Raggi is collaboration between cities and start-ups, to Championing many of the same core values, including The team has a wealth of experience to help the FIA fulfil leading the drive and that future innovations may render current for better mobility improve mobility at no cost to the cities, allowing a high focus on road safety standards and sustainability, essential services for top named brands. data sets irrelevant when considering long-term in the city. access to their infrastructures. Some cities are Eddie Stobart will work closely with the FIA to deliver key These services include: planning. “We can create new mobility systems, moving slowly, others quickly. In Paris, over but we need to be aware that technology is the past four or five years, four electric scooter logistical goals. neutral, so it can lead us to totally di erent companies were created, there is now bike and Race team logistics cities in the future: one with fewer cars [because car-sharing. A big change is coming and start-ups Motorhome logistics they are shared by citizens], or another with are positioning for the next five or six years.” A dedicated Special Operations team at Eddie Stobart, more cars, if people stop using public The final word on the Rome Smart Cities Forum consisting of 260 employees at peak period, is working around Maintenance support transportation,” he says. came from Formula E driver Luca Filippi, now a the clock to deliver both logistics and technical services for Motorhome build “A huge parking lot is currently being built strong advocate of change: “Rome, since the in Singapore, in the central business district, Roman Empire, has always been about innovation. the FIA Formula One World Championship™ 2018 season, Garage build but it will be useless in  or š years because They created a new world. The mentality here is providing the highest levels of security, agility and accuracy. Temperature controlled storage of the development of autonomous open to this new mobility revolution, even if it is transportation. So it is really important that one of the world’s most ancient cities. We have the public sector, the governments and the to be prepared and the technology has to keep politicians engage with all of this in order to going. Because competition between di erent decide what type of city we want tomorrow. technologies is what makes everything better, We also need to know how many users are every day. The goal is the same, to create less ready to embrace new technologies. So we pollution, so the result is the best for everyone”.

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06 Hitting the TEXT / political road KATE TURNER block

and societies must adapt to fewer members in the workforce. Road collisions cost three per cent of All too often positive road safety action is stalled by a lack global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according of political interest. But as three major world cities have to the World Bank, but countries that do not invest in road safety could miss out on anywhere proved, where there’s an integrated will there’s a way… between seven and  per cent in potential per capita GDP growth over the next ˜-year period. The cost benefits of investment in road safety are, simply, too significant to be ignored. Transport is a major political issue in virtually every city, but in many cases, road safety is seen Road safety around the world sits as a low priority motorcycling. In these three cities pedestrians to be in direct conflict with other priorities such for politicians – and the people who elect them made up “ per cent or more of the fatalities in as reducing congestion and shorter journey – despite the growing number of people killed in each case, while motorbikes were singled out as times. Faster-flowing traic is often the priority traic collisions. An estimated . million people startlingly high-risk modes of transport in Mumbai for citizens, therefore focusing policy makers’ die in traic collisions each year, yet the political and Bogotá. Despite making up just five per cent gaze on short-term solutions. Simple expansion impetus to invest in real change remains limited of road traic in each city, they account for —˜-— of road networks appears to oer the easiest in many of the most dangerous cities in the world. per cent of all road deaths. solution, but fails to accommodate the needs of However, according to a new report on the the majority of road users – pedestrians, cyclists political economy of road safety, ‘Securing safe COUNTING THE COST and motorbike riders – instead prioritising the roads: the politics of change’, an integrated For families and communities, the social and car-driving minority. approach and consistent investment can save financial impacts of road crashes are huge and In Mumbai, new infrastructure heavily focuses significant numbers of lives in cities over a long-lasting. The situation is worse for those who on routes for cars, despite the fact that just five relatively short period of time. Funded by are already living in poverty. In these cities, and per cent of daily trips are made by private cars the FIA Foundation and produced by the across the world, working-age men, often the key compared to half of all daily journeys by foot. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and breadwinner, are disproportionately aected by These newly-constructed roads are designed to World Resources Institute (WRI), the report road crashes, which hits those already in poverty ease congestion by speeding up the flow of traic examines how road safety has been prioritised the hardest. A serious road injury, one of an to –“km/h and higher, but in doing so have also in three cities – Bogotá, Nairobi and Mumbai – estimated “ million each year, can mean months become hotspots for road injuries and fatalities. and their relative successes. of lost work with many left unable to work at all. Failure to recognise and act on road deaths is Lower-income cities account for the majority Some households will lose two income streams exacerbated by a tendency for both politicians of road deaths, and within each it is the poorest if a family member has to take full-time care of a and the public to blame individual road users and sections of society who bear the brunt of traic- victim. These are consequences that, inevitably, crash victims for collisions, rather than policy- related injuries and deaths. Low- and middle- hit the poor disproportionately hard. makers or planners. In Mumbai and Nairobi, eorts income countries, the places where urbanisation The financial strain placed on families is also to improve road safety often face resistance is progressing fastest and cities are least reflected on their societies and the regional because of concerns about increasing costs to equipped to deal with growth, are where ’“ per economy. The many deaths and injuries place a the transport systems or risk of causing even cent of these fatalities occur. The rising number burden on already stretched healthcare systems, more congestion. These competing concerns of people living in urban spaces places huge pose challenges, but it also creates opportunities; pressure on all elements of urban infrastructure – redesigning streets or public transport systems almost •“ per cent of the world’s population will ‘Politicians must can tackle concerns about congestion while also be in urban spaces by ““ with close to ’“ per provide safe mobility making them safer for all road users. cent of the increase concentrated in Asian and Saul Billingsley, executive director of the African cities. Mumbai, for example, has seen its for the majority of FIA Foundation, says: “Road traic deaths and A mix of urban planning population rise from around three million in the people who walk, injuries are not ‘accidents’. They are the direct and transport reforms ’–“s to more than  million today. consequence of system failures and political have helped Colombian This road traic crisis particularly aects poorer cycle and use choices. If we are to achieve the United Nations’ capital Bogotá to halve its number of traic working-age men who tend to use vulnerable public transport’ Sustainable Development Goals target to fatalities in a decade. modes of transport such as walking, cycling and halve road deaths – a commitment to which AUTO 06 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P56 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg  News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

Kenya, Colombia and India have all signed up – choices made by cities have dramatic eects on politicians must start listening and provide safe not just the their citizens’ quality of life, but on mobility for the majority of the people who walk, the opportunity for lives free from the man-made Winning the safety cycle and use public transport.’ epidemic of road deaths. There is a responsibility battle in Bogotá Road safety is a public health issue, but it is to address the need for fast, reliable transport, but also one that crosses economic, social and legal this must be for all, not just the car-driving few / concerns as well. In Mumbai and Nairobi the at the expense of the rest of society. Taking an Between  and  , the city of Bogotá reduced disjoint between dierent bodies with partial and integrated approach to road safety by combining its traic fatality rate by more than  per cent. often conflicting priorities has resulted in slow education, enforcement and infrastructure The transformation, including improved road safety, developments. By contrast, Bogotá halved the improvements results in safer and more reliable has been closely linked to mayoral leadership, number of traic fatalities in just a decade due to journeys. Sustained investment in and political made possible by the decentralising of many policy a mixture of reforms including public transport, support for infrastructure that promotes active responsibilities to local government. This provided urban planning and transport, which all increased and public transport over faster car journeys is not the freedom to make changes in local government the city’s ability to influence, control and monitor just possible, but essential to save millions from structure and policy, while focusing urban planning people’s mobility and safety. It is clear that the the pain and suering of unnecessary deaths. and design for sustainable mobility. Changes in the legal framework at both the city and national level laid the foundation for changes in other areas. Nationally, a road safety fund, council and regulations were established. These regulations were Calculating the cost subsequently better enforced at the city level due to of tra‹ic collisions a reform of the traic police. Enforcement of seat belt / and other safety laws introduced in the  s made a signi†icant improvement to the survival rates of motor vehicle occupants. The implementation of a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system and the re-design of city streets has also been linked to overall improvements in city transport, while also promoting road safety. Previously, the bus service was poor, with a high number of crashes with other road users caused by aggressive driving, dangerous pedestrian crossing areas and congestion. The introduction of a BRT system with dedicated bus lanes was in response to public demand for better transport, and was followed by a second stage of re-development to improve walking and cycling areas as well. These reforms improved road safety and resulted in reduced car use, which in turn further increased safety for all road users. Another signi†icant element was the development of a civic culture that emphasised the value of human life. City-wide programmes encouraged citizens to regulate each other on the use of urban space, particularly roads. The programme fostered a collective sense of social control by promoting civic spirit and responsibility; people were encouraged and empowered to have higher expectations of one Born in the competitive crucible of motorsport. another. This created a shift from understanding traic fatalities as the personal responsibility of the But designed to go beyond one team, to serve the sport we love, victims to a wider social and public health issue. and bring its passion and ingenuity to the world beyond. The Colombian capital demonstrated to the world We are for The Federation, for The Race Series, how road safety can be improved in a relatively for The Teams, for The Fans. brief timeframe with the right mix of political focus, investment, public campaigns and regulations. #ForTheSport

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These are exciting times for Formula with a new For teams such as Philippines-registered, structured so that costs are controlled.” two-tier system set to revolutionise the world’s Malaysia-based Pinnacle Motorsport, the F As a driver O’Hara finished second in the old most important F feeder category. As the FIA initiative o„ers a new market for operations, while independently organised Asian Formula series consolidation of the leading single-seater feeder for Asian drivers the regional F series provides a in Š‹‹ and, having hung up his helmet to run 06 categories continues apace, the new regional F chance to pitch for a professional career without race teams in the region for the past decade and model set to slot in directly below the newly- having to tread the well-worn path to Europe. more, the Irishman is well placed to assess the revamped International F is gaining quick “It’s the first FIA-sanctioned F series in Asia,” potential of the new series. acceptance in Asia and the Americas. says Pinnacle Motorsport boss John O’Hara, “Single-seater racing in Asia is becoming an The new one-chassis, one-engine per region whose squad has won three of the last Formula area where drivers can make a career,” he says. concept pioneered in Formula  has already Masters championships, the category that the Pinnacle boss John O’Hara “One of our previous champions from Formula won approval in Asia, where the F Asia new F Asia Championship replaces. “It’s part of says the new FIA-backed Masters, Martin Rumpf, is now an Audi-funded Accelerating Championship is set to debut with a five event, the Superlicence points system. It’s the first such F Asia series will provide driver. The Formula  dream is di„icult, but drivers a bigger stage for his team  -round championship beginning at Sepang, series here that has a real link with the FIA and as it moves away from the are now going to GTs earlier because that’s where Malaysia in July. its new ladder, and the championship has been old Masters format. the manufacturers are, and the manufacturers are looking at single-seater racing for drivers and they’re doing that on a more global basis.” Pan-Asian promoter Top Speed will run the new Asia series using chassis supplied by and .’-litre turbocharged Š’‹bhp four cylinder engines from another Italian concern, Autotecnica. While O’Hara is coy about budgets for the series, the F Asia Championship is understood TEXT Pinnacle Motorsport has to be more a„ordable than equivalent series / enjoyed success in Formula elsewhere in the world, particularly in Europe, DECLAN QUIGLEY Masters, most recently making it attractive for drivers travelling to Asia winning the ­€‚ title with New Zealander Taylor as well as local stars. Cockerton (below).

BRIDGING THE GAP In Š‹”, a new FIA Formula series featuring a brand-new car will replace the current GP Championship on the support bill at Formula  grands prix. With F and the regional F series springing up, the final rungs are being inserted in the FIA’s ladder to the top of single-seater racing. Formula  and FŠ are already well established as the first and penultimate steps of the pyramid leading up to the F World Championship, and of late the FIA has focused its attention on redefining F for this new era. F has been an unqualified success, with  di„erent race series around the world providing a first step on a clearly defined pathway for aspiring racers, and the same broad concept has been adopted for F in keeping the rungs of the ladder evenly spaced in terms of cost and opportunity. FIA Secretary General for Sport Peter Bayer is charged with developing the governing body’s approach to the new categories. In doing so, he and his team realised that the development of the International F series presented an opportunity to create more regional F championships. “What happened in defining International Formula is that we saw that between F and F Economic growth, booming car sales and there is a bit of a gap in terms of performance manufacturer involvement are powering a surge but also in terms of available seats,” says Bayer. “So, in F we have  championships with a in motor sport interest across Asia – and the significant number of young drivers. Currently, FIA is playing a key role in creating a culture of there will be probably ‹, ‹ people trying to get one of the seats in International F next year. competition in the region with the launch of an “There will be a maximum of Š– seats all-new Asian F3 Championship as part of its available [in International F ], so there is room global re-imagining of the category for something in between – not only because there are lots of drivers to whom we want to give a home, but also because we want to develop the single-seater pyramid in a consistent way. AUTO 06 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P60 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

Because, in terms of performance, there is quite a gap between International F and F.” The FIA will target a similar level of performance across the various regional F championships, which will be achieved through the framework created for both the chassis and the engine. With Š’‹bhp on tap driving through a six-speed sequential gearbox and sporting considerably beefed-up tyres compared to the old Formula Masters cars, the new F Asia machines are expected to lap at a similar level to the current FIA F car it replaces. Formula has been a staple in the evolution of professional racing drivers since it first came under the aegis of the FIA in ” ‹. was the first big name to graduate from the ‹‹cc motorcycle engine spaceframe machines that had mushroomed in popularity from the nascent British motor sport scene in Bristol just after the Second World War. Bar a brief period in the ”–‹s, when the slot two below F was occupied by , F has been the cornerstone of the single-seater pyramid for aspiring world champions. Remarkably, the current Š-litre engine regulations in place at European championship level are substantially the same as those introduced to replace the –‹‹cc formula in ”’. Then, there was a bewildering array of manufacturers trying their luck at producing winning machinery, with several engine builders doing battle in the same races. In latter years, Formula has crystallised into a European FIA series supplied by one chassis manufacturer, . The single chassis model continues to be the staple of the FIA single-seater The FIA is rede•ining F as pyramid, and by sourcing individual suppliers for its works to consolidate its single-seater racing ladder, chassis and engine in each region, the FIA hopes with a new car and series to do for F what F did for entry-level nationally- set to replace the GP based single-seater racing. Championship on the F€ support bill in ­€—. The Asian series’ F car will comply with the latest FIA specifications and feature a number of enhanced safety features including the new Halo device, improved side-impact protection and wheel tethers. ‘Single-seater racing Now, with the two-tier F initiative, squads in Asia is becoming such as Pinnacle Motorsport are set to blossom in Asia, one of the key growth markets in world an area where drivers motor sport. For O’Hara, there really isn’t can make a career’ anywhere better to be right now. “Obviously a lot is to do with economic JOHN O’HARA, PINNACLE MOTORSPORT reasons,” he explains. “China is booming at the moment and is on course to become the biggest car market in the world, and they’re ready to spend money on racing. “All the major GT brands are already there including Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Ferrari and Porsche. They’re all spending money on racing ‘We saw that between and this has been a big help to young drivers in Formula  and F” there Asia – career-minded drivers. “That’s just one aspect, but the whole thing is a gap in performance, is moving in a positive direction,” he concludes. but also in terms “It’s not just based on hopes and dreams that things might come together like when I first of available seats’ came here. It is realistic now and it’s ‹‹ per cent PETER BAYER, FIA SECRETARY GENERAL FOR SPORT the place to be.” AUTO 06 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P62 P63 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

06 infrastructure. The FIA wishes to continue this development with EDF in order to explore these new technologies even further.” Bernard Salha, Senior Executive Vice-President Head of Research & Development at EDF, adds: “The extension of this agreement between EDF Electric and the FIA will allow us to build on the important progress that we have made over the past three years. Being involved in R&D at the highest level of motor sport enables us to contribute dreams to the emergence of the most innovative technologies. This is key for us at a time when new uses of electric energy are being developed. These innovations will significantly influence The FIA and French energy giant EDF have the development of electric mobility on the extended their technical collaboration consumer market.” for another four years. AUTO looks at

the pioneering mobility research already TECHNICAL CHALLENGE conducted and the future innovations to come Looking into the detail of the motor sport research conducted thus far, Simon says the primary focus has been on energy storage. “This is about energy storage, and for many years EDF has been working on the evaluation of batteries,” he explains. “These days, in place of generators, we have battery containers. For non-continuous systems, such as solar panels or wind turbines, means of storing the electricity produced are required. On such powerful and energy-rich batteries as those used in Formula E TEXT this was the priority, because in a race, with the / ever-present risk of accidents, the conditions are DANIEL ORTELLI quite extreme. EDF’s expertise revolved around very large static storage batteries. Therefore, we collaborated with them to define the criteria to be A renewal of the partnership between the applied to mobile batteries.” Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Salha says that EDF was keen to get involved (FIA) and French energy company EDF, as an at a more technical level rather than in a simpler Oicial Technical Supplier, demonstrates that sponsorship role. “Thanks to its expertise, EDF the collaboration begun in  ­ is gaining was the natural partner to master all safety momentum at a critical time for electric mobility. aspects around the high-energy components The new agreement extends to  with of Formula E power units,” he explains. “We

motor sport a key area of collaboration as EDF’s expertise has been had to be there because motor sport is about Formula E’s Gen  cars power up for an end-of-year vital in the development excellence, as well as being used extensively to debut. Beyond that, ’ transformation from of Formula E’s Gen  racer, test technology for tomorrow’s cars in the street. capable of completing fossil to electric power will follow, benefiting a full race distance on So EDF remains an Oicial Technical Supplier but from the experience accumulated in Formula E just one battery. does not wish to get involved in sponsorship. and other FIA competitions, such as the World Endurance Championship (WEC). As a leader on research issues surrounding electric vehicles, batteries and charging systems, EDF will continue to work with the FIA on research as well as auditing tests of propulsion, charging and safety. FIA and EDF experts will continue to share information and best practices on the training of emergency personnel, safety standards, and the assessment of batteries on EDF’s state-of-the-art test bench, capable of testing very powerful components. As FIA Technical Director Gilles Simon explains: “Since its beginning in  ­, this partnership has resulted in significant progress on the application of emerging technologies to battery units, engines, charging systems, safety standards and regulations, as well as AUTO 06 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P64 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star INITIUM Italy Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

at EDF has hugely contributed to this excellent that requires a lot of thought and is a new field. EXCELLENCE result. Any electric accident could have proved There is not much precedent, but this exercise is fatal for such a new and young category of motor significant with regard to other possible uses.” sport, with so many other obstacles in its way...” Another asset, on track and in the pits, is the IN CATERING improved and permanent control of data, which MOBILITY BENEFITS is meant to contribute to better sporting equity in So what is next? “In the short term, the electric championships. For Simon, this is another partnership with EDF will enable the verification crucial factor in the attractiveness of Formula E, for of the second-generation batteries,” says Simon. teams and constructors, since the very beginning “They are more powerful, store more energy and FIA Technical Director Bernard Salha, EDF’s R&D Gilles Simon says the FIA’s boss, believes its work of the series: “EDF provides its expertise in terms are more eicient. There is a lot of work to do work with EDF has led to in Formula E will aid the of measuring the charge of the batteries and on that between now and the end of the year. signiƒicant progress in development of electric anything that could lead to teams exceeding their In the ‘Gen ’ Formula E there will be dierent battery technology. mobility for consumers. limits, in terms of safety, in order to gain a small batteries that will allow drivers to cover the advantage. Rather than just being able to solve the full race distance in the same car. In electric issue of fairness, it is above all a question of safety. rallycross (eWRX), the battery will probably use In Formula E, there are a lot of races and a lot of similar technologies to Formula E. The idea of our Our role is to advise, to audit and to support accumulated experience, in particular with regard research activities with EDF is to allow the cars to decisions made by the FIA by providing to the ageing of these batteries, because that compete in longer races while respecting precise equipment and sta from our R&D department. was also a major issue. There was no question of limits in terms of safety.” A good example is the choice of the new battery, making a battery that could only do one race and In regard to EDF’s global perspective on which will be supplied to all the teams from then be thrown away. They do the whole season. energy storage, this partnership has allowed it Season £ [ ¥- ¦]: we helped double the “The power that a battery produces depends to make “significant progress over the past three autonomy in just a few years.” on the number of ageing cycles which it has gone years”, reckons Salha. And this is only the start He adds that the main benefits of this FIA-EDF through,” Simon continues. “Therefore, in order of the story. “Our implication in R&D for motor partnership can already be seen at two levels: to predetermine its lifespan, it is necessary to be sport, especially with our engineers in Karlsruhe, electric safety and battery expertise. On the able to calculate at what point its performance will allows the most innovative technologies to safety side, “various working groups have vastly start to decline. One must therefore always remain emerge,” he concludes. “It is, for EDF, a key factor improved the safety of sta in Formula E: over The new electric eWRX within a range that allows the batteries to maintain at a time when new ways of using electric power four seasons of competition, no electric accident series will beneƒit from full power. The biggest technical challenge today are appearing. And this will definitely have a technologies similar whatsoever has been recorded. And even if some to those pioneered is absorbing major peaks in performance. Battery major influence on the development of electric areas deserve extra improvements, our work in Formula E. management, over a whole race, is an exercise mobility on the consumer market.”

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You are very active in campaigning on health issues, through Patrick Dempsey’s 06 TODAY, 3,500 PEOPLE WILL DIE your cancer research foundation and other causes. Do you campaign message ON THE ROAD… focuses on child safety see the quest for road safety in a similar light, as a global on the world’s roads. health crisis? SLOW Yes, I do see road safety in a similar light to global health DOWN crises. When you begin to look at the statistics, the raw numbers, it is truly alarming. Even just slowing down on FOR KIDS Finding PATRICK DEMPSEY Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey might the road slightly makes a huge dierence. ACTOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, RACE CAR DRIVER be most recognisable for his role in Why is a campaign such as the FIA’s #LIVES necessary? TV medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. The #LIVES campaign is really important, and I think SUPPORT THE FIA’S MANIFESTO it can make quite an impact if more people know the facts FOR GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY However, away from the cameras, he’s AT FIA.COM a cure for and have an awareness of road safety. If people have clarity #3500LIVES WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE better known as a Le Mans-winning about the simple things they can do, just remembering to GT racer. And as he joins the FIA’s slow down a little for example, then it could make a huge #3500LIVES campaign, he explains dierence. It’s all about bringing the issues to the surface. have a goal and then to realise that goal, especially in an speed why it’s time for all of us to slow down... How much do you think the involvement of celebrities as environment like the FIA World Endurance Championship, role models can help spread the message of road safety, which is amazing. To achieve what we did there was especially one that is global in nature? Do you believe in the wonderful and very emotional. power of role models? Having the involvement of someone people might be aware What was the high point of your racing career? of can definitely help bring issues into the spotlight. It’s a I think getting the opportunity to race for Porsche was a big good thing to share information and bring road safety to the thing. Being on the podium at Le Mans and competing in the attention of people around the world. WEC and winning at Fuji were all stand-out moments for me.

The campaign slogan you are associated with is ‘Slow Down You have retired from racing now – why did you choose to for Kids’. It seems an obvious message, but would you say it’s step back? something that people don’t pay enough attention to? To compete at the level I was racing at demands ’ per I believe that people are not aware of just how important cent focus and that’s hard to deliver when you have another it is to reduce their speed, especially in areas where kids life away from racing. I achieved the goals I set for myself might congregate, such as on the way to school. Again, and I think it was just time to step back, spend more time the numbers are pretty startling: just a mph decrease with my family and focus on my career. in your speed can make a huge dierence. I think I’m right in saying that the chances of being seriously injured You’re still involved in managing the Dempsey Racing team. drop dramatically when you reduce your speed from What does that involve and does it provide a di—erent level of mph to ‡mph. It’s important to get that kind of message enjoyment? Can it replace the thrill of being at the wheel? out to people. Managing Dempsey Racing doesn’t replace or compare to being behind the wheel, but having said that I really enjoyed Le Mans last year. I stayed awake the whole ‡• hours and ‘People aren’t aware of just never left the pits. It was a completely dierent perspective how important it is to reduce and one I really enjoyed.

their speed, especially in areas Finally, let’s talk about your career in front of and behind where kids might congregate’ the camera. You’re busier than ever starring in a number of films and TV shows including The Truth About the Harry Quebert A—air, and you’re producing a movie about US Have you had personal experience of the other safety issues racer and a project called The Art of Racing outlined by the campaign? in the Rain which is about a racing driver’s dog. Did motor I certainly have. I do a lot of travel on the roads and racing take over for a while and did you need to get back freeways of southern California and I think I’ve seen and to film-making? experienced pretty much everything. Yes, I’m making the transition from actor to producer and director. What I really learned from motor racing is that I You’ve had a lifelong passion for motor sport. What inspired need to do one thing at a time and fully commit to it. My that and what did motor sport give you that was di—erent to experience behind the wheel has helped me tremendously your main career? in other aspects of my life. My goal is to bring the sport My father had a big impact on my passion for motor sports. that I love so deeply to a wider audience, to share it He was a team owner and I’ve been a fan of motor sport with people cinematically and give them the chance to since I was a little kid. Motor sport has given me a great experience that thrill. sense of accomplishment and fulfilment unlike anything else. For example, being able to work with Porsche is a tremendous honour and privilege.

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TEXT 06 / JUSTIN HYNES The FIA is made up of three core elements, with its Sport and Mobility Pillars of arms allied to a Senate tasked with overseeing the management and nances of the Federation. Here, the men charged with leading each Progress branch explain the goals they’ve set for the coming months and years

Brian Gibbons President of the FIA Senate /

Having served two terms as the FIA’s Deputy President for Mobility and Tourism, New Zealander Brian Gibbons is now at the head of the FIA Senate, a body he sees as central to the well-being of the Federation as a whole

After two terms as Deputy For those not familiar with how the President for Mobility and Tourism, Federation works, what is the role you’re now heading up the FIA of the Senate in your view? Senate. What will you take from An important responsibility your previous role to this new post? for the Senate is to ensure the I think having that ‘coal face’ organisation maintains the experience in Mobility, responding underlying resources and staŠing to the diverse needs of member necessary to keep pace with the clubs, opened my eyes to the rapid development we’ve seen vital importance the Senate in recent years. plays in fostering the financial I like to use the analogy of a motor competence and well-being car. As we go further and faster of the whole organisation, and we must ensure we don’t lose the consequences this has for traction, and that the engine room supporting the needs of member of the organisation is able to keep clubs and motor sport in general. pace and is never wanting. It is pretty evident over Jean The role of the Senate is to [Todt’s] first two terms as support the FIA organisation president that the FIA has grown to enable President Jean Todt’s a lot in strength and diversity. plans, and support the mobility The FIA recently established FIA’s finances. It’s an exciting You only have to look at the FIA’s and motor sport pillars to grow an Innovation Fund aimed at one-time opportunity to deliver improving financial position – and develop. supporting future-focused a lasting legacy for both pillars we have seen our budget increase Our job is to ensure the FIA’s projects. How important is that of the Federation and the to approximately ‡ˆ‰‰ million progress is never compromised fund in this administration’s organisation as a whole . per annum but we have a similar by our financial position, or its final term? I see solid representation on level of financial reserves – the sustainability in terms of meeting The establishment of the the Senate from both the motor new motor sport championships, the FIA’s needs going forward. FIA Innovation Fund from the sport and mobility pillars, plus increasing use of best practice, That means continually working proceeds of the sale of Formula ˆ’s the outside expertise of its and the wider the role of member to develop best practice, prudent commercial rights is an area in independent members, as clubs in road safety, to see how management and ensuring the which the Senate can play a firm foundation for ensuring far we’ve come over the past governance of the organisation a key role in overseeing the the organisation can continue eight years. is beyond reproach. prudent management of the to thrive and develop. AUTO 02 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P70 P71 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

the current term is that the FIA FIA University alumni to ensure Thierry Willemarck leadership team has committed that we maximise the return on achieved in the past two decades. FIA Deputy President for Automobile Mobility and Tourism to place increased emphasis on the investment that clubs are The region has become a real sustainable mobility. In particular, making. We already have more power in motor sport. Asia gives / we must support our member than ˆ›‰ club leaders who have us confidence that we can tackle clubs to address the challenges of attended these courses and we development issues around the The FIA’s new Deputy President is focusing on even CO˜ emissions from the transport are not tapping the resource of world, which is very exciting. That more potent advocacy, as well as club development sector, and issues of air quality these alumni enough. There is a is why we are very excited to be and better support for FIA member clubs worldwide and traŠic congestion in major fantastic network worldwide and in the Philippines for this year’s cities around the world. we need to make use of it. FIA Sport Conference. Our focus is very much on the We must follow through on the consumer perspective. Our aim agenda provided by the Vision You mentioned an integrated You’re six months into your new One of the most recent is to help member clubs stand up ˜‰–‰ project, which I initiated racing pyramid – how important role as Deputy President for developments we have seen is the for the interests of their individual within FIA Region I, to build is Asian Fˆ for the region? Automobile Mobility and Tourism, launch of the UN’s Road Safety members – to preserve choice stronger collaboration in the Very. The diŠiculty we had is that so what have you identified as the Trust Fund, which President Todt and to ensure that access to Mobility regions to enhance the Formula •, the FIA’s nationally- main areas you want to focus on? has been particularly involved mobility solutions is accessible capabilities of clubs at each stage based, entry-level series, has I think the message is three- in setting up. He has tasked the and aŠordable for all. of development. been extremely successful but fold. The first element concerns FIA Mobility arm, through our What is important too is that This year we have also launched the next step for drivers in F• was advocacy for safe and sustainable members, to see if there is a good in this we are no longer talking the FIA Innovation Fund, which to race in F–, in the European mobility. The second is how do we project that could demonstrate about motorists alone, we are provides a great opportunity to championship, so a lot of drivers act to support club development, how the funding could be utilised talking about all road users – access the best ideas from within for not many seats. Regional and thirdly how do we engage as well as developing potential cyclists, pedestrians, public the FIA regions and create lasting F– championships and the with members? funding mechanisms to provide transports users. All of this is and tangible value of benefit to construction of an International F– Looking at advocacy, it is at for the fund. That is something we encompassed by the word the whole FIA network. series racing alongside Formula ˆ the core of the FIA’s DNA. Our are looking at in the short term. mobility and it is represented in and F˜ makes sense. ambition is to be a leading We also have to convince our the actions being taken by our The third element you mentioned revenue base of ASNs is strong. for the next couple of years? On the other side of the pyramid, global advocate for safe and clubs to undertake the lobbying clubs around the world. is engaging with members. Why is Graham Stoker We need to help them capitalise They are crucial. You cannot just we just rolled out our Crosscar sustainable mobility. Over the necessary to get countries that that crucial to what they do? FIA Deputy President for Sport on their assets, because that be a federation that carries out concept, an entry-level oŠ-road past eight years, President Jean have not signed resolutions in You mention the action of clubs We must strive to make the FIA / generates revenue, which is used sport anymore; you’ve got to vehicle, at the Sport Congress Todt has elevated the FIA’s focus regard to road safety to do so. around the world, which feeds more relevant for members. It’s to grow the sport. So we need to show that you not only provide for the MENA (Middle East and on road safety and this is strongly That is hugely important. into supporting club development. important that they know what make sure they’ve got a national sport but also that you undertake North Africa) Region and we are supported by FIA member clubs More widely, I think what is How do you see that happening in they pay for and what they get for The head of the FIA’s leadership role that’s recognised it in the best manner possible. It is bringing a car to the Philippines. throughout our global network. underlined in the mandate for the future? that. The culture in the leading Sporting pillar is targeting by government and that they are important for our eŠorts to grow I was concerned that there was A key part of my strategy for FIA Mobility clubs is very democratic, the development of strong generating strong revenue. motor sport that we demonstrate nothing like karting with the Mobility focuses on empowering and emphasises the importance of sporting authorities – and The next thing we would like those qualities, as it strongly young in oŠ-road competition in clubs through learning and good governance and collective to see is a functioning pyramid increases your position in the order to develop rally and cross exchange. A project that I have decision-making. EŠective aiming to include motor within countries, a racing eyes of government. We are now country drivers. So Crosscar will been the mentor of and that communication and engagement sport at the Youth Olympics structure where you don’t only well advanced in aspects such as be available for people to drive I helped start five years ago with member clubs is essential. have elite levels but you also environmental protection, which from, say, age ˆ– onwards, which is the FIA University, and I am In particular, I want to start have aŠordable grassroots levels. is key in motor sport, as well will be pretty aŠordable – we are committed to taking this valuable by encouraging stronger A country might come in at the as peace through sport, young trying to get the price down to initiative to the next level. interaction within the Mobility As we enter the third term of this very top level and build an Fˆ people’s involvement and women below ‡ˆ›,‰‰‰ if we can. Next to the ESADE business World Council. Having been a administration what are the chief circuit to put themselves on the in motor sport. school in Barcelona we also now member of the council for many goals you have set for motor sport map and energise tourism but If you do all those things as a Finally, if you look ahead over the have the Columbia business years, I feel it is too passive. We over the coming four years? the grassroots level is entirely national federation then you are next three months, what is on the school in New York, which delivers have some great people involved Over the first two terms, I think missing, or there might be not simply a sporting federation, immediate horizon? a new curriculum that we have and we need to encourage them we have succeeded in changing very active grassroots racing you have a wider role and it I think there might be a real developed for the leaders of to share their experience to the face of the FIA from kind of but drivers have nowhere to protects you for the future. opportunity to run an event clubs. But we can do more to build a more dynamic exchange an old-fashioned regulator to a go afterwards. So it’s that in association with the Youth make use of the growing pool of between members. modern international federation. comprehensive pyramid Motor sport in Asia seems to be Olympics in Argentina. We are However, we still have lots of hard I want to see constructed. in the limelight at the moment, examining the possibility of using work ahead of us in the four years with the FIA’s Sport Conference electric cars in a kind of mobility ‘Advocacy is at the core coming and one of the areas I’m The FIA recently established taking place in the Philippines in showcase environment and particularly passionate about is two new sporting commissions June and a new Asian Formula ˆ making them available for the of the FIA’s DNA. Our ambition motor sport development. covering Environment and Championship set to launch this athletes of the Youth Olympics. is to be a global advocate for One of the things I’m very aware Sustainability, and Disability and summer. Is Asia a key area of focus? I think that could have profound safe and sustainable mobility’ of going around the world is Accessibility. How important are The interesting thing about the eŠects on the approach to that we need to make sure the those to you as development items Asian region is what they have motor sport internationally. AUTO 07 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P72 P73 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

07 ‘He wasn’t a machine, he just drove one’

TEXT / SABINE KEHM

Michael Schumacher’s manager recalls the seven-time Formula 1 world champion as a complex but highly-regarded individual as well as a driven perfectionist on track – and explains why only a chosen few got to see the man behind the machine

Michael Schumacher inds his focus at the . “it was important to know his car in every minute detail,” says manager Sabine Kehm. AUTO 07 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P74 P75 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

Michael’s glory years at Ferrari in the early s were happily shared with the team, in those days led by FIA President Jean Todt.

embodied the typical German characteristics, was always loyal, reliable, duty-conscious, matter-of- fact. Like every ambitious person, he de­nitely did not like losing and had trouble dealing with defeat, but his de­nition of winning was never one- dimensional. He could ­nd a battle for third place extremely satisfying if he had won it and it was the maximum his performance was going to achieve. A journalist who was long at home in the Before his F break, paddocks of this world once put it very vividly, Schumacher enjoyed “He isn’t a machine, he just drives one.” success with the Mercedes junior Highly noticeable was just how incredibly team in the ‡‡ and quickly he could learn and adapt, how quickly ‘‡ World Sportscar he could change, how quickly he could grow Championships. with new conditions, new regulations, new generations. It was driven by the deep conviction

Passionate, generous, respectful. Fierce, strong- At the Nürburgring in willed, driven. Attributes like these all form a , the year in which he would inally secure complex human being and they in no way oset his irst drivers’ title each other. In their duality, they are far more for Ferrari, with four ­xtures of a personality that dominated motor more to follow... sport for more than a quarter of a century in such an unprecedented way. And they continue to fascinate and inspire people, perhaps precisely because of the wide range of traits. but they also experienced the insecurity that Michael Schumacher is an icon, a giant, accompanies rapid fame and Schumacher’s already a motor racing legend. The epitome of the strong need for his very own private sphere, perfect racing driver, technically brilliant with something that became more and more excellent engineering know-how, mentally pronounced with increasing popularity. unbelievably strong and athletically trend-setting. With the same meticulousness that he used The record world champion, the indisputable to propel his professional development forward, primus inter pares of his time – and his time he shielded his private life and his family from covered several generations of racing drivers. the public – and consciously accepted that, as a In his career, however, he not only had to battle consequence, people had trouble in seeing more with his opponents or technology, but also with than just the one aspect. It was with Benetton in many misunderstandings that long stuck with him ‡‡“ that Schumacher The German equalled that stagnation is a step backwards, but above all became the irst like rubber from the tyres left on the track. It was ’s in the formative years it came from the fear of German F world tally of ive world only in the autumn of his career, in his Formula 1 BEYOND PERFECTION champion, dedicating titles in – this is making mistakes. After all, there had been no years with Mercedes, that people were prepared to They were part and parcel of everything for his win to the late Indianapolis, where German heroes from whom he could learn how . see more in him than the uncompromising ­ghter years, the attributes that appear to nicely ­t this team-mate Rubens not to put his foot in it. Barrichello slipped who they admired on the racing circuits of this model German, who himself was responsible for by for the win. So, Michael Schumacher absorbed what he world. While they had taken him to their hearts not wanting to correct them – he is a machine, a saw, he asked uninhibited questions, appraised before because he lived their secret dream of merciless perfectionist. As it was not his style to himself both as a person and in terms of his success and wealth, the obligation to deliver show his feelings in public, they were quickly ‘Do I have to show that performance. He also went to great lengths to seemed to have ­nally dissipated and people’s considered to be non-existent. With this weight educate and train himself not only as a racing adoration became unconditional. of evidence, as he saw it, Michael Schumacher I actually have feelings driver but also as a person, to enormous eect. Those who know him more closely could never became more and more alienated in his public so that people believe A key ­gure in such a complex and complicated understand the long-time reservations of the years. “Do I have to demonstratively show that I I’m capable of them? entity like the sacred national Italian institution media in any case. Right from the start, they knew actually have feelings so that people believe I’m that is the noble brand Ferrari, is not something the stickler for justice as they did the jester, the capable of them?” he often asked, and then on It’s two-faced’ one becomes through victories alone. generous benefactor just like the committed most occasions immediately supplied the answer: His early karting It is something one becomes when one is family man – all facets that only his circle of “It’s two-faced.” days were central to a highly enthusiastic team player. Michael Schumacher’s success friends got to see. They always valued his ability Many clichés that accompanied him for the in motor sport and Schumacher celebrated the ‘we feeling’ to listen and acknowledge the opinions of others, duration of his career are, however, true. Michael were never forgotten. even when his word had immense weight. AUTO 07 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P76 P77 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

Schumacher enjoyed every success, even “What I love most of all is to sit in the garage if it wasn’t for victory, and watch the guys working,” said the trained although as his overalls car mechanic once, and his men rightfully felt attested there were plenty of those too. they were valued. Schumacher’s sense of team spirit even went so far that for him it included not only his team TEXT but also extended to his racing cars – so much so / title with Ferrari, that from now on, that he considered his car a partner with whom Champion, JEAN TODT, our lives would never be the same he jointly entered the battle that ennobled every FIA PRESIDENT again. race. For him, it was important to know his car And so it turned out, but by and to both understand it in every minute detail legend... then our relationship had already and to set it up with equal precision. The biggest changed, going beyond the usual disadvantage of Formula 1, he once said, was that team boss and driver dynamic and you could not do any of the mechanical work on and friend It’s di•cult to put into a few words becoming a close friendship. And the car like in his karting days. what Michael Schumacher means with each passing day, sharing the It is often forgotten that this is where Michael to me. When it comes to what he good times and the bad times, I Schumacher’s roots lie, in a kart circuit sitting in a / achieved as a Formula 1 driver, the found out who Michael really is. gravel pit outside the village of Kerpen-Manheim. statistics speak for themselves, Back then, he was a youngster, His inal title success with If a person’s origins mould him or her, then it is starting with those seven world still growing up. He was humble, Ferrari in “ was emphatic – very true in Schumacher’s case as he always titles and 91 Grand Prix wins, as generous, passionate, determined Schumacher won of the irst ž races to secure the crown and believed that he had to perform. For almost right well as countless other amazing and tough, but at the same time, took a record ž victories overall. up until being given the unexpected chance to records he wrote into the annals he could be fragile, with an innate break into Formula 1, it was his only life of grand prix racing, some of which shyness, that on occasion could experience, as the Schumacher family did not have will probably never be matched make him appear arrogant to the the ­nancial means to support the motor racing or beaten. outside world. career of their son. It meant he always had to rely Personally, I was extremely Realising we had certain values on benefactors. No performance, no chance – it fortunate to get to know Michael in common, we became good was as simple as that. really well, having ­rst come across friends, and that led us to embark Michael Schumacher learnt early on that him as an enormously committed on a number of projects together, results were more important than everything rival, initially in ndurance racing, such as the one with another friend, else. Before it was time to deliver, he did not and then in my ­rst years as team Professor Gérard Saillant, with allow himself to be distracted – at least not on principal at Ferrari. whom we established the ICM the racing circuits. “Blinkered,” is how he always From 1996 to 2006, we lived (Institut du Cerveau et de la called it and in fact his narrowing focus on the through an amazing decade in the Moelle Epinière), a medinstitute race during a race weekend was palpable for history of the Scuderia, as the that looks into cerebral and spinal everybody around him. This ability in a world full Maranello marque returned to cortex injuries. of distractions was what made his huge success winning ways for the ­rst time in We also shared some very possible in the ­rst place, and then accelerated it 20 years. important and sometimes di•cult over the decades. I remember saying to him, as we moments, such as his 2006 decision Fighter, competitor, racer. Many years ago, were walking up to the podium in to hang up his helmet, which meant Michael Schumacher drove suddenly and Suzuka on the October 8, 2000, that over the next few years we emphatically onto the world stage that Formula 1 after Michael had clinched his ­rst were able to spend more time provides and in doing so drove himself into the together in dierent roles, without hearts of all motor sport fans. Jean Todt and the constant pressure that comes He has remained there ever since. Those who Michael Schumacher with Formula 1. celebrate victory at the wanted to see it saw the deeply ingrained passion Ÿ . I recall his growing desire to go they were aware of themselves – every time he racing again, the pain at not being steered his car out onto the track, pulled o able to do it with Ferrari and then no-nonsense manoeuvres in his duels with the immediately after that, the chance other drivers and every time he stood on the to join Mercedes where he put all podium to celebrate a victory. Here I am a person, his experience and talent to work to here I am who I am. help create an extraordinary team, just as he’d done 15 years earlier in Maranello. Today, Michael continues to tackle his most di•cult challenge, ‘What I love most ­ghting for his life. By his side is of all is to sit in the his exceptional wife Corinna and his two grown-up children, Gina garage and watch Michael congratulates Maria and Mick, of whom he would The German was his former team boss be very proud. My thoughts and the guys working’ following Todt’s election tempted out of aection are always with him, retirement to drive for as FIA President for the the new Mercedes team irst time, in ‡. wherever I am. in the autumn of his F career, inally hanging up his helmet in . 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07 COMING HOME

As the Circuit Paul Ricard prepares to take centre stage in the latest chapter of the French Grand Prix story later this month, AUTO looks back at the Provençal track behind some of Formula 1’s most famous moments, with the men who made it possible

TEXT / DANIEL ORTELLI

After a decade of absence from the Formula  calendar, this month the sport returns to the spiritual home of grand prix racing for a new iteration of the French GP. Hosting this latest chapter in a story that takes in venues such as Reims, Rouen, Dijon and even Le Mans is a track that remains the second-most visited in the race’s history – Circuit Paul Ricard. The brainchild of the drinks magnate for whom it is named, the track at Le Castellet, Provence first hosted F in ˆ‰, with Britain’s Motor Sport Magazine simultaneously branding it the most modern autodrome in Europe and ‘nice and hygienic, not to say clinical’. In the decades that followed, during which the circuit thrived as the home of the French Grand Prix and then withered took the until its reinvention in the early ‘’’’s, the track winner’s laurels at the irst French GP held played host to some memorable moments and at Paul Ricard in , truly remarkable characters. Here, Daniel Ortelli, with Tyrrell team-mate author of Circuit Paul Ricard, Les Seigneurs de la François Cevert second and Lotus’s Emerson F recalls the men who defined a stalwart location Fittipaldi in third. at the heart of French racing. AUTO 07 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P80 P81 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

PAUL RICARD Born in ˆ’ˆ in Marseille, Paul Ricard deals, notably in cycling at the took the irst created ‘pastis’ and founded the Tour de France, and in the local of four F wins at Paul Ricard in ŒŽ while Ricard Group. Now known as Pernod sport, pétanque. driving for , Ricard and home to a vast array His interest in motor sport came although his association of brands, it is the world’s second later, at the end of the ˆ£’s, when with the track went back much further. largest purveyor of wines and spirits. he retired and realised that a number In his youth Ricard wanted to be of French drivers (including Jean- an artist, but his life took a dižerent Pierre Beltoise), constructors () direction: his own version of anis, and brands (Elf) were creating a liquorice and herbs would make him passion for cars and races among a millionaire by the age of ‘¡, but the public, and that racing might ALAIN PROST the Second World War forced him be a good way to not only keep The four-time Formula  world to move to Camargue with all his him busy but to promote the Ricard champion trained at Circuit Paul employees to save them from being brand. Thus he built Circuit Paul Ricard from ˆ‰¦, at the famous sent to Germany as forced labour. Ricard in only a few months, between Elf-Winfield driving school, after At the end of the war, Ricard Marseille and Toulon, and started giving up his boyhood dream of resumed making pastis, identified hosting major events in ˆ‰ on becoming a professional football by the colours yellow and blue, two and four wheels: F drivers and player at Saint-Etienne. He then won and under his progressive watch famous bikers such as Giacomo the famous Volant Elf and earned a his staž benefited from flexible Agostini and Barry Sheene raced and season in , finishing working hours, profit sharing and won at this modern and safe track. as champion. Prost won for three retirement savings. He also got So began a long love story between dižerent F teams at Le Castellet: involved in a number of sponsorship motor racing and Circuit Paul Ricard. Renault (ˆ¨¡), McLaren (ˆ¨¨/¨ˆ) and Ferrari (ˆˆ’). He still holds the record for most wins at the circuit, and only Brazil’s Jacarapagua figured more highly in his personal tally of multiple wins, with five. Prost enjoyed every moment spent at Paul Ricard, especially during private testing in the ˆ¨’s, when he listened, behind a closed door, to explaining to how the day had staged a gone for the Scuderia: “We had no lights-to- lag victory mobile phones. Forghieri’s report for Ferrari at Paul was slightly dižerent from what Ricard in ”, the year he irst became actually happened,” Prost smiles, world champion. over three decades later. The ‘Professor’ also remembers a couple of crucial overtaking FRANÇOIS CHEVALIER manoeuvres in the very fast Signes- Trained as a psychologist, François When Bernie Ecclestone bought out Beausset portion, where he had Chevalier had a passion for motor Circuit Paul Ricard in ˆˆˆ, it looked developed a special line in his early sport and worked as a driving like another coup for the then F years as a Formula Renault driver. It’s instructor at various tracks in France ringmaster. This was made possible where he passed team-mate Ayrton before sending his CV to Paul Ricard by his good relationship with Patrick Senna in ˆ¨¨ and in the summer of ˆ£ˆ. Hired that Ricard, who was happy to get rid of (March) in ˆˆ’, on his way to his December to take care of promotion the costly asset following the death second and fourth wins. “It was like alongside general manager Jean- of his father, Paul, in ˆˆ‰, and the an open temple that everybody Pierre Paoli, Chevalier was promoted tightening of anti-alcohol laws on could enter,” he recalls. when Paoli left. For almost ¡’ years the French territory. At the end of his first stint in F, he managed the track with a smile on With the French Grand Prix then Prost tested a at Circuit Paul his face and a pipe in his mouth. His secure at Magny-Cours, Ecclestone Ricard, but owner refused mix of kindness and professionalism, took Le Castellet in an altogether to sell the driver shares in his team a laid-back attitude and love for all dižerent direction, enlisting GP and Prost took a sabbatical before forms of racing were of huge benefit. promoter Philippe Gurdjian and returning to the sport in ˆˆ¡ with In ˆˆˆ, when the track was sold tasking him with renovating the Williams. He then retired with a to Bernie Ecclestone’s family trust, complex and reinventing it as the fourth world title and bought out Chevalier was in charge of ending Paul Ricard High-Tech Test Track Ligier at the end of ‘ˆ£ to create

James Hunt took his all contracts and was the last man (HTTT), with one of the first major Prost Grand Prix. Now a special sole French GP win to leave the ship. A famous painter/ events being the launch of Toyota’s adviser for Renault F, Prost will at Paul Ricard in † sculptor he now exhibits his bronzes F programme in ‘’’. this year return to the scene of for McLaren, ahead of and at motor shows, still with a smile on some of his finest wins, though John Watson. his face and a pipe in his mouth. this time in the garage. AUTO 07 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P82 P83 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

STÉPHANE CLAIR ‘Gurdjian introduced A former top-level motorcycle racer, In the meantime, Clair tried to a number of signi icant Stéphane Clair took over from convince all around him that it was Gérard Neveu in ‘’ with fresh ideas time for the return of the French improvements to maintain and a huge network of contacts and GP. “Everybody laughed at me, they the track’s position as a friends. He continued to manage thought I was crazy,” he recalls, but the return of major events to he kept working on the project with state-of-the-art facility’ Le Castellet, especially Bol d’Or, the McLaren racing director Eric Boullier famous ‘¯-hour bike race which and managing director made the circuit famous at the end Cyril Abiteboul in the F paddock. of the previous century. He also When Christian Estrosi, another PHILIPPE GURDJIAN There was an all-French created special events for runners ex-bike racer, became President of Prost’s inal Paul Ricard CHRISTIAN ESTROSI win was in ™ – the The former French Grand Prix podium at Paul Ricard in and cyclists, owners, bikers Région Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur The Mayor of Nice raced on Œ˜ when René Arnoux year the circuit hosted promoter was more than a master of won from Alain Prost and music fans, etc. in ‘’¦, the stars were finally aligned. its inal French GP. Circuit Paul Ricard as a young

ceremonies at Paul Ricard from ‘’’’- and . ASSET BERNARD CAHIER, BERNARD RICARD, ARCHIVES against champions ’¨. Gurdjian introduced a number of such as Barry Sheene and significant technical improvements, Giacomo Agostini, and then from the installation of track lighting became a Kawasaki dealer in to the construction of a video control his hometown. He turned to room, maintaining the track’s position a political career and became as a state-of-the-art facility. a right-wing MP, who in ˆˆ Gurdjian earned the circuit the voiced doubts about the French first FIA label of Excellence for Safety GP moving to Magny-Cours. before moving on to work at other Estrosi was in charge at tracks such as Sepang in Malaysia the highest level as a Minister and Abu Dhabi, where Yas Marina of Industry in ‘’’ˆ-’ after is proof of his talent and genius. F left Magny-Cours, when a He passed away in ‘’¯ when the potential new track, close to return of Formula  to Le Castellet Paris, was on the agenda. Then was still in the works. in ‘’¦ he became the President of Provence and convinced local authorities, from Nice to Marseille, that it was time to make Paul Ricard the French home of F again with a projected annual benefit of °£¦ million for the local economy (according to Deloitte experts). He signed a five-year deal with Bernie Ecclestone and announced it one year later. Now the stage is set, let the show begin!

GÉRARD NEVEU Now CEO of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), Gérard Neveu first came to Paul Ricard as a radio announcer for local station Vitamine during the French GPs at the tail-end of the ˆ¨’s. Philippe Gurdjian hired him in the spring of ‘’’ as track director and Neveu thus took charge of all testing sessions during the era when the circuit was closed. When Gurdjian left in ‘’’¨ Neveu was promoted to general manager and convinced the circuit’s administrators it was time to re-open the gates to fans. The move proved successful, but when Neveu realised that it would be tough to achieve F’s comeback in Provence in the Circuit Paul Ricard, Les Seigneurs de la short term, he moved on, launching F, by Daniel Ortelli (Editions Gilletta, May ˜™Œ), Œ› pages, ˜”™ pictures by Bernard the WEC with Pierre Fillon and the Asset, Bernard and Paul-Henri Cahier, Automobile Club de l’Ouest in ‘’‘. ˜,™ euros (www.editionsgilletta.com) AUTO ¤ SP PPR ¤ 280 X 347 MM ¤ VISUEL:SOLUTIONS ENERGETIQUES INTERNATIONAL ¤ PARUTION= ¤ REMISE LE=18/MAI/2018 PP • EXE

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08 Safari towards safety

Kenya’s mobility and sporting clubs are working

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TEXT / xxx GAIA PELLICCIOLI

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adding value to motorists with The club’s PSV Defensive improving the riding skills and “The association will partner with unique and growing needs,” explains Driver and First Aid experience of drivers of the elite Kenyan athletes to run the Training Programme Automobile Association of Kenya AAK President Jinaro Kibet. has been designed in motorcycle taxis, helping them to campaign,” says Kibet. “This will help “Currently it is estimated that an partnership with St John earn valid licences and informing draw people’s and the government’s average middle class family has at Ambulance to bene it them of the value of safety gear. attention to it as the athletes are / public service drivers. least two cars,” he adds. “For the “The initiatives have been respected by all in the country.” AAK this is an expansion of potential executed as pilot programmes and While the drive to improve road Moving in the market/members within the family.” have provided critical information safety is a key pillar of AA Kenya’s For President Kibet, one of the to guide us in scaling them for policy engagement, servicing the keys to the AAK’s success – which long-term sustainability and impact needs of members in a sustainable right direction currently has †,‡‡‡ active members within the road safety agenda in way remains at the club’s core. and ˆ‰ branches distributed across Kenya,” says Kibet. In a country where the vast the territory – is collaboration with With ž“ per cent of road deaths in majority of cars on the road are often the private sector in order to deal Kenya occurring among pedestrians, aged, used imports, the club has with a changing marketplace. the club’s Safe Walk to School lobbied the government to address “To ensure membership growth,” Children’s Training Programme is an the environmental consequences of ‘Welcome to the real hub of Africa’ economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. he says, “the association has area of keen focus. “In Kenya, most vehicle population growth. says the sign you read when you While the country still has ž‰ established partnerships with children walk to school every day “The government is in the enter Nairobi, but if the Kenyan per cent of its population living insurance companies/brokers as If the growth in membership is African countries and NGOs took with a majority of them attending process of implementing a policy capital is proclaiming its ambitions below the poverty line according well as new and second-hand motor a sign of the club’s robust health, on part, focused on road safety data schools located near busy roads,” on the reduction of the age of boldly, it has every justification: the to UNICEF, improved economic dealers to provide membership a wider level, increasing motorisation management and the importance of Kibet explains. second-hand imported vehicles country is currently one of the most circumstances have led to a services to clients. has led to a concomitant increase in regional cooperation in tackling the “With children being identified as from eight to five years,” says Kibet. economically, financially and growing middle class with greater “However, in view of the road crashes and fatalities. road safety scourge. one of the most vulnerable road user “In addition, the law will require that logistically dynamic states in Africa. spending power – and in recent changing marketplace, due to the “According to the National The toll on the country’s roads groups at risk across several levels, imported vehicles are inspected Despite the fact that it does not years that has meant an increased development of technology, it has Transport and Safety Authority, † has led to a growing focus on road AA Kenya, in partnership with every five years to check for the possess an abundance of natural demand for mobility. In ˆ‡†“, become necessary for the AAK to passengers have lost their lives as of safety matters for AA Kenya and National Transport and Safety level of emissions as well as resources as do many of its Kenya’s motor vehicles sales grew change the mode of acquisition †‰ April, ˆ‡†™,” says Kibet. “A total of its president. Authority (NTSA) and the Kenya road-worthiness.” neighbours, the former British by †ˆ.† per cent, according to CEIC and retention of members. ,ˆ‡“ lives were lost on the Kenyan “The AAK has for the past Tra”ic Police, is raising the next Despite the achievements of the colony was reclassified as a lower data. Serving the needs of an “The association is now looking roads in ˆ‡†‰ compared to ,‰š™ several years been lobbying the generation of responsible road users association, there is still room for As mobility on Kenya’s to middle-income country in ˆ‡†ž increasingly motorised population towards investing in technology who died by the same time in ˆ‡†“.” government for the introduction of through our Safe Walk to School further growth according to Kibet. roads grows, AAK and reached a medium-term growth is the Automobile Association of (mobile applications) that will create Speeding, drink-driving and a a structured and standardised driver Road Safety Programme.” “Our Strategic Plan has prioritised president Jinaro Kibet is rate of š.™ per cent in ˆ‡†“, Kenya (AAK). More Kenyans are being convenience for members in joining lack of driver training, among other training curriculum,” says Kibet. To promote road safety in the membership as our reason for working to ensure that educated on safe driving safety improves too. according to the World Bank, “Over the years AA Kenya’s growth through a range of new AAK and in their quest for services.” factors, have contributed to this “This finally fruit, and in ˆ‡†™ country, the AAK will this year be existence,” he says. “We have making it one of the fastest growing has been driven by the purpose of AAK-backed initiatives. fatality rate. Kibet highlights specific the government introduced a new running the FIA’s # š‡‡LIVES road set targets to grow each of our sections of road and specific sectors driver training curriculum for safety campaign, the first worldwide business units to scale for greater TARGETS FOR GROWTH of the Kenyan population where the Learner Drivers, Public Service outdoor campaign on road safety social impact. Targeted services for diverse clients risk is most prevalent. Vehicles (PSV) Drivers and produced in partnership with “We believe the greatest value have enabled the motoring club to “The Northern Corridor Instructors Training.” advertising giant JCDecaux. we can add to our members is to adapt to a complex environment, [Mombasa to Malaba] registers the The club has been working champion the road safety agenda where the economic-demographic highest number of crashes, fatalities closely with the National Transport in a country with a poor road safety development and shortcomings and injuries, with †‰‡ registered and Safety Authority to roll out a culture. Our approach seeks to in the management of mobility black spots attributed to poor road number of road safety initiatives. ‘We believe the greatest leverage technology to create value and transport are two sides of engineering, poor driver education This has gone a long way in value we can add to our for members and drive member the same coin. and poor enforcement of tra”ic advocating for motorists rights, engagement through partnerships “In Kenya there is a vehicle rules,” he explains. “The most increasing road safety awareness members is to champion locally as well as globally.” population of ˆ.“ million and †.ˆ a”ected age group are young as per the UN Decade of Action the road safety agenda’ The future of AA Kenya, which million motorbikes, and both are people aged †™-žš, who are the pillars as well as generating revenue will be celebrating its centenary in expected to increase at a high rate most productive members of our for the club. ˆ‡†¦, has never looked brighter. annually,” says Kibet. society. The economic cost of road The initiatives focus heavily on In this context, even providing crashes is ‡‡ billion Kenyan driver training and include a series e”ective emergency rescue services pounds annually, which is š.‰ per of Ladies’ Auto clinics, a partnership has become a challenge. cent of Kenya’s GDP.” with industry players to increase “The objective of any emergency It’s a situation that in December knowledge among female motorists rescue is to reach the caller within ˆ‡†‰ resulted in the Kenya National on how to be safer drivers. the shortest possible time,” adds the Transport and Safety Authority – The club also initiated a PSV club president. “More cars on the in co-operation with UNECE, the Defensive Driver and First Aid road means heavier tra”ic, a”ecting World Bank and other international Training Programme. Funded by the our response time. transport groups – organising FIA, this programme, designed in “To deal with this we have a Road Safety Workshop for partnership with St John Ambulance, established a Rider Rescue Team, Anglophone Africa in Nairobi, helps equip public service drivers which has the ability to reach a with FIA President Jean Todt in with defensive driving and first aid member within a shorter time attendance in his capacity as the skills for accident prevention and than a van would. The rider is able UN Secretary General’s Special post-crash care response. AAK is also heavily to deal with minor breakdowns Envoy for Road Safety. Furthermore, the club has involved in projects to help Kenya’s most and, where not possible, a rescue The workshop, in which road launched a Boda Boda Safer Rider vulnerable road users van is availed.” safety experts from more than ˆ‡ Training Programme aimed at on their way to school. 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Kenya Motor Sports Federation / Heeding the rallying call

Everybody knows Kenya for its In February, FIA President Jean long-distance athletes, but the Todt, who also serves as the UN sporting event that has for many Secretary General’s Special Envoy for given the country a trademark of Road Safety, o”icially opened the excellence is the Safari Rally, once WRC Safari Rally Project’s (WRCSRP) seen as the longest, toughest and new headquarters in Nairobi, most enthralling event on the FIA together with WRCSRP CEO Kimathi. World Rally Championship calendar. The Safari Rally Project was Founded in †¦š to funded by the Kenyan government commemorate the coronation of earlier this year with US°ˆ.š million Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, the and the KMSF has already set up a Safari Rally lost its place as a SRP Steering Committee for the worldwide event in ˆ‡‡ˆ for a re-admission of the event to the variety of reasons, including a lack world championship by ˆ‡ˆ‡. of sponsorship caused by the During talks with Kenyan President economic crisis of the time. Uhuru Kenyatta, Jean Todt confirmed It is no wonder, then, that the his determination to use the WRCSRP dream of Kenya Motor Sports as a launch pad to promote road Federation (KMSF) President Phineas safety in Africa. Kimathi – shared by the FIA and the “For Kenya, Safari is both pleasure Kenyan government – is to restore and business,” explains Kimathi. this legendary competition to its “The WRC Safari Rally was once the former glory and once again secure main source of revenue and the a spot on WRC calendar in the vehicle by which the country was not-too-distant future. And, if you sold as one of the world’s most look at the latest events in which the beautiful and tranquil places, with KMSF is involved, that dream could the best people, wild game and be close to becoming a reality. geographical features.

Left: Double Safari Rally winner Tommi Mäkinen on the inal WRC-counting event in ‘’’‘. Right: FIA President Jean Todt at the opening of the new WRC Safari Rally Project HQ. AUTO 08 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P90 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey Pillars of the Federation

‘The Safari remains untamed. It’s still wild, unyielding and will always be the toughest battle between man and machine’

Media coverage of rallying has pouring onto the roads monthly, helped bring the sport closer to without an equally fast many people, including the young. corresponding expansion of the “When a car without a mu”ler road network; although the zooms past on any road in Kenya government has already added over kids call it ‘SAFO’, short for a Safari š,‡‡‡km of new roads. competing car,” says Kimathi. “Some The East African country is teams have employed rallying ranked among those with the worst experts and mechanics who are road safety record globally based on transforming young drivers into a World Health Organization (WHO) competitors. We see this trend report titled ‘Global Status Report on growing in all areas, especially Road Safety ˆ‡†š’. The fatality rate in autocross, which does not cost is alarming, with the ,‡‡‡-plus “This country needs the event KMSF technically in the last ˆž The Safari has remained that much. people who lost their lives last year to shore up its brand visibility and months,” says Kimathi. “We have a popular event – Kenyan “Secondly, we also have various also including pedestrians. Karan Patel was ifth double its US°† billion in tourism also contracted a Bulgarian on the ‘’˜™ edition in a divisions including training rallies Kimathi is determined to change revenue, through the WRC company to provide a WRC- Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X. for beginners, which progress to this trend with help from the most Promoter’s platforms and domestic standard timing system, we’ve Division II, I and finally Premium. vibrant and visible car market on the channels,” adds Kimathi. invested heavily in safety as well Each is divided to include †‡ continent through the Safari Rally. After organising the ˆ‡†™ Safari as increasing our inventory of or more drivers, depending on “Young Kenyans with talent may Rally as a round of the African technical equipment.” seeding points.” not have cars, but we are moving Championship, Kimathi, together The responsibility of motor racing to a stage where the WRC Safari with FIA Vice-President Surinder towards the community remains at Rally Project can encourage car Thatti and WRCSRP Event Secretary SAFARI INFLUENCE the core of the KMSF’s work. owners to use the grounds at Helen Shiri met with the FIA and the The other objective of the “Crucially, [we need to] use for training,” concludes Managing Director of the WRC federation, as its president explains, motor sport to promote road safety the KMSF president. Promoter, Oliver Ciesla, to begin is to develop motor racing in such in Kenya and Africa,” says Kimathi. “WRCSRP intends to develop a preparations for the Safari to be an a way that more young people “Road accidents claim more than national rally academy where drivers FIA WRC candidate event in ˆ‡†¦. can be encouraged to participate ,‡‡‡ lives annually and several are taught about rallying, defensive “The ˆ‡†¦ WRC Safari will be real in the sport. thousand in the †ˆ-ˆ¦ age bracket driving and being good drivers, with in all aspects,” explains the Kenyan “The turning point for motor are maimed in our country.” the slogan that you are the ‘only ASN’s president. sport in Kenya was ˆ‡‡“ when the Kenya is a new emerging market sane man on the road, be your “The roads will be †‡‡ per cent country’s largest commercial bank, for the motor vehicle industry with brother’s gatekeeper by driving safe on closed private land, meaning KCB, injected more money into the ¦,‡‡‡ imported second-hand cars according to the highway code’.” †‡‡ per cent focus. The ride is not sport and professionalism,” says guaranteed to be smooth though, Kimathi. “The government also came because the Safari, even at its up with support for Kenya to host current †‡ per cent of the original the Intercontinental Rally Challenge š‡‡‡km format, remains [IRC]. This is in tandem with more untamed. It’s still wild, unyielding disciplines being revamped, such and will always be the toughest as rallying, autocross, , battle between man and machine, rally raids, endurance events, with no margin for error.” karting and the Rhino Charge To achieve this ambitious [o”-road competition].” objective, the KMSF is focusing on “Each of the eight rounds of the two fronts: the professionalisation Kenya National Rally Championship of its rally o”icials and the have since been held in various improvement of equipment. parts of the country, starting in “The FIA has injected US°†‰‡,‡‡‡ town centres followed by spectator for training, the upgrade of radio stages attracting more than †‡,‡‡‡ ...While countrymen Carl Tundo and Baldev Chager equipment, safety and medical fans and really taking rallying to took their Mitsubishis parameters in re-equipping the the people.” to a one-two in March. 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Green 09 TOP 10 ROAD LEGAL CAR LAP RECORDS* machines 01 02 The Nürburgring Nordschleife was built almost 

years ago but still remains the ultimate challenge McLaren XP1LM NIO EP9 for the world’s leading car manufacturers Lap time: 6m43.2s Lap time: 6m45.9s Kenny Brack 26th May 2017 14th May 2017 Three-time F1 World Champion Jackie these may not last long. Lamborghini is NORDSCHLEIFE Stewart famously dubbed it the ‘The Green already eyeing an assault on the SUV title Hell’ due to its incessant high-speed with its new Urus later this year. NORTHERN LOOP corners through the forests of Germany’s One record that has stood the test of Eifel mountains, but the Nürburgring time is the fastest race car around the track Nordschleife remains the ultimate proving – set 35 years ago in a Le Mans Porsche ground for today’s top car manufacturers. 956C. Current top-level racers include the 03 04 Five of the top 10 road car lap records Sudschleife Grand Prix circuit so never have have been set since May 2017 and the race the chance to challenge that time. But that GT2 RS to the top sees no signs of abating. The may be about to change if Porsche decides Length (Nordschleife) Radical SR8LM Lap time: 6m47.3s Lap time: 6m48.28s most recent attempt was from Porsche in to turn up with its 919 Hybrid LMP1 car. In Lars Kern Michael Vergers April, which set the sixth fastest time in a April it smashed ’s lap record 20.832 km 20th September 2017 26th August 2009 911 GT3 RS (to go with its third at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit as the 12.944 miles set last year). Records have also toppled first destination in a ‘World Tour’ from this recently for the fastest four-door saloon now-retired LMP1 Car. The Green Hell could (Jaguar XE) and SUV (), but be its ultimate test. Number of corners 73 05 FASTEST SINGLESEATER ROAD CAR FASTEST FOURDOOR SALOON 06 (33 left / 40 right) Lamborghini Huracan Performante Porsche 911 GT3 RS Lap time: 6m52.01s Lap time: 6m56.4s Marco Mapelli Kevin Estre 5th October 2016 16th April 2018 Formula Ford EcoBoost Jaguar XE SV Project 8 FASTEST RACE CARS Lap time: 7m22s Lap time: 7m21.20s AROUND NORDSCHLEIFE Vincent Radermecker 4th September 2012 28th November 2017 FASTEST LAP TIME SET BY RACE CAR 07 08 FASTEST UTE FASTEST SUV START (Weissach Package) Lap time: 6m57s Lamborghini Aventador SV Lap time: 6m59.73s AND FINISH 4th September 2013 Marco Mapelli 6m11.13s 18th May 2015 Porsche 956C 1983 Nürburgring 1000Kms qualifying VF Ute Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio Overall record set by Lap time: 8m19.47s Lap time: 7m51.7s Stefan Bellof Fastest lap time set in race: 6m25.91s Rob Trubiani Fabio Francia June 2013 September 2017 09 10 FASTEST TOURING CAR LAP TIME** FASTEST FRONTWHEELDRIVE CAR ACR Lap time: 7m01.3s GT-R Nismo Lance David Arnold Lap time: 7m08.679s 1st September 2017 SÜDSCHLEIFE 8m34.813s 30th September 2013 Set by SOUTHERN LOOP Volvo S60 * All lap times set on Nordscheife (not including GP track) during WTCC practice Civic Type R Mk.5 2017 ¡GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT¢ Polestar TC1 McLaren XP1LM and NIO EP9 are road-legal cars, but XP1LM lap was done Lap time: 7m43.8s 26th May 2017 without number plate and the NIO EP9 lap was done on NIO-branded slick tyres Radical lap time done in road-legal trim according to EVO magazine, which 24 April 2017 ** Set on the full circuit with the GP layout collaborated on the timing with Germany’s AUTO 10 UP AUTO DRIVING TECH COVER AUTO REAR INSIDE AUTO FINAL #23 FRONT ASKS FORCES REPORT STORY FOCUS VIEW THE FIA GRAPH LAP P94 Q Gallery The Big Takamoto Karting’s WEC in Anand Mahindra’s future focus Michael Club World: Nürburgring Nico Rosberg News Question Katsuta new FIA focus All roads lead to Rome Schumacher Kenya in numbers on Formula E 2018 standard A foundation for safer cities Paul Ricard Asian F3 Championship EDF’s electric dream #3500LIVES – Hollywood star Patrick Dempsey RACE TRACKS REALIZED Pillars of the Federation

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

battery shows Formula E’s technical evolution. There’s also a worldwide movement in e-mobility. That’s the future, big time. It opens so many opportunities straight away: local emissions to zero, which is the health concern; there are huge benefits there. Overall emissions, no; it’s going to take some time, but there are high opportunities with renewables WORLDWIDE LEADER to do the whole chain. IN CIRCUIT DESIGN So it’s going to be a world-changer and that’s why I believe in it. We are going into a sustainability revolution in general, where mobility is going to play a big role.

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Will you get more involved with Formula E? I’m quite happy with where I am at the moment. I really believe in e-mobility and in di†erent ways I’m also an investor in other 10 spaces around e-mobility. I would love to leave Charging a footprint in this area. How do you think your old team, Mercedes, will fare when they enter Formula E for Season  ( ­€- )? forward We all know Mercedes. When they do something, they do it properly, so I’m quite convinced they’re going to do well. But there’s Porsche, Audi and BMW as well, so it’s going to 2016 Formula 1 champion FINAL What was the Generation Two Formula E car be a huge battle out there. Nico Rosberg explains why he’s LAP like to drive? the last It was good fun! There was no seat fitting What if Toto Wol asked you to run the Mercedes investing in Formula E and word beforehand but I fitted perfectly, which is Formula E team? why he believes the world of always good, and it really felt like a proper First of all, I stopped F’ – among many reasons single-seater. I had the feeling of wanting to – because of the demand it has on time: it’s mobility is about to enter a take it to the limit. Of course, it’s slower than just such a huge commitment. And the role “sustainability revolution” a Formula ’ car, but I didn’t really miss the of a team principal, like Toto has, and the sound… It’s a di†erent world. way you’d have to do it would be such a life commitment, because all the other guys are TEXT Why have you invested in the championship? committing their lives to it. So to do well you / I’ve believed in it for a long time and I’m very have to do the same and not just do it as a TONY THOMAS pleased with the direction it’s going in. The part-time job. Right now, I don’t see myself in Berlin ePrix was the perfect opportunity to any such role. The new freedom I have in my CIRCUIT DESIGN. ALL DISCIPLINES. ONE SOURCE. CIRCUIT DESIGN join forces and try to promote the sport a life – which I value a lot – freedom over my Tilke is the largest and most in uential designer for race tracks and automotive facilities in the world. We are renowned for our contact us: little bit in my home country, and to showcase time, has been a really powerful step for me. state-of-the-art race tracks and have completed more than 1.000 projects in over 50 countries. Our company consists of passionate +49 241 9134 0 the Gen — car. It’s a very strong message – the I don’t see myself going away from that any experts and creative doers to design and realize tomorrow’s iconic circuit design. [email protected] first car to do the whole race distance with a time soon. But you never know… www.tilke.com FIA MAGAZINE RM 11-03 RG:Mise en page 1 23/05/18 11:19 Page 1

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