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SLIM WORLD the Globe’S Richest Father and Son Reveal Their Plans for Motor Sport, Motoring and Mexico ENGINEERED to EXCITE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE FIA: ISSUE #3 GRAND DESIGNS FINISHING SCHOOL Inside the process of getting How the FIA’s new Formula 3 and keeping a Formula One championship is putting the Grand Prix with two of the next generation of racers on world’s top tracks P28 the fast track to F1 glory P60 STRIDING FORWARD SECURE STAGE Taking a ‘Long, Short Walk’ Behind the scenes at the World towards protecting the Rally Championship to see how planet’s pedestrians at UN the FIA keeps rally drivers and Global Road Safety Week P36 spectators safe from harm P68 P42 SLIM WORLD The globe’s richest father and son reveal their plans for motor sport, motoring and Mexico ENGINEERED TO EXCITE The one piece of technology they all agree on. pirelli.com ISSUE #3 WORLD IN ACTION THE FIA The Fédération Internationale When the richest family in the de l’Automobile is the governing body of world motor sport and the world speaks, people listen. federation of the world’s leading INTERNATIONAL motoring organisations. Founded And when that conversation JOURNAL OF THE FIA in 1904, it brings together 232 national motoring and sporting organisations from 134 countries, covers everything from Editorial Board: representing millions of motorists JEAN TODT, NORMAN HOWELL, worldwide. In motor sport, Formula One and the world GERARD SAILLANT, RICHARD WOODS, it administers the rules and TIM KEOWN, DAVID WARD regulations for all international economy to road safety and four-wheel sport, including the FIA Editors-in-chief: Formula One World Championship NORMAN HOWELL, RICHARD WOODS and FIA World Rally Championship infrastructure, you know that Executive Editor: MARC CUTLER Editor: JUSTIN HYNES these words will lead to action. Copy Editor: JEZ SMADJA Art Direction and Design: CARA FURMAN THE FIA FOUNDATION In an exclusive interview with Carlos Slim Jr, AUTO Photo Editor: CAS The FIA Foundation is an finds out what’s next on the agenda for the family independent UK registered charity Design Consultant: JAMES GREENHOW that supports an international that currently has motor sport and motoring firmly in Contributors: GEMMA BRIGGS, RICHARD programme of activities promoting their sights. ROGERS, JOE SAWARD, MATT YOUSON road safety, the environment and sustainable mobility. It was One of their goals is to help improve road safety in Logistics: MARIE DUJET established in 2001 with a donation Repro Manager: ADAM CARBAJAL of $300 million from the FIA Mexico and this cause is also being promoted around and is governed by a Board of Printing: MANOR CREATIVE Trustees. Among its activities, the the world by a new campaign from the Commission We would like to thank the following Foundation participates in various for Global Road Safety, which was established by the for their help with this issue of AUTO: UN road safety and environment FIA Foundation. During this year’s UN Road Safety FREDERIC ESPINOS, JAMES FRANCIS, related partnerships and is a member of the UN Global Road HAYLEY GALLAGHER, TRISTAN HONEYWILL, Week, the Commission launched the Long Short Safety Collaboration. ANDY MELLOR, JARMO MAHONEN, Walk campaign, which has so far seen tens of ADRIAN MOLINA, JOHN PAP, BRITTA ROESKE, AVI SILVERMAN, LAURA ANN SMINKEY, thousands of people in almost 50 countries walking KATIE TWEEDLE, CHARLIE WHITING THE FIA INSTITUTE over 100,000 kilometres to call for improvements in Advertising: The FIA Institute is an international pedestrian protection. AUTO reports on the latest STEPHANE FILLASTRE not-for-profit organisation that develops and improves motor from the frontline of the campaign. sfillastre@fia.com sport safety and sustainability. Safety improvements have also been established It leads projects that encourage the rapid development of new on the track, with a new tracking system in the World and improved safety technologies; that facilitate higher standards Rally Championship and work on a new side impact of education and training; Legal: © 2013 FIA. All rights reserved. Except to the extent system set to be introduced into Formula One. permitted under applicable copyright laws, no part of the and that raise awareness of information found in this publication may be reproduced safety and sustainability issues. AUTO offers access to all these areas and speaks to or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in The Institute was established a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written the people behind the action. permission of the FIA. in October 2004 and funds its activities through annual grants Cover image: JAMES CAREY from the FIA Foundation. 04/80 05/80 AUTO/CUE NEWS/ From Mexico’s new racing P12-19 From the globe’s race circuits and roads, dynasty to UN Global Road the stories making the headlines, including Safety Week, this is AUTO Drayson Racing’s attempt to break an FIA Contents Land Speed Record, the imminent arrival of Formula E, and the latest beneficiaries of the Motor Sport Safety Development Fund 74 ANALYSIS/ At work with the garage P20 THE BIG QUESTION band Experts discuss whether Formula One is abandoning its heartland in favour of new markets P22 SIDE BY SIDE How a new side impact system will improve safety for F1 drivers in the 2014 season P24 SIM CITY In Qatar, the Williams Technology Centre is putting the finishing touches to a driving simulator that will help save lives FOCUS/ P28 FORMULA FOR SUCCESS From dream to sometimes harsh reality, AUTO looks at the tricky business of getting and then keeping a Formula One Grand Prix P36 WALK OF LIFE Volunteers across the world put their best 60 foot forward for UN Road Safety Week ‘ A LOT OF PEOPLE P42 MEXICO: SPECIAL REPORT With its economy booming and its racing stars WERE AGAINST shining, Mexico is on the rise – and the world’s IT, BUT AS WE CAN richest family is at the heart of the expansion SEE NOW IT WAS P60 INSIDE THE NEW EURO ZONE The only way is up for the FIA’s new Formula 3 68 THE RIGHT THING European Championship and its chief architect Safety for the TO DO.’ Gerhard Berger counter culture P68 SAFETY FOR THE LONG RUN Ensuring safety for all at the World Rally GERHARD BERGER ON A NEW F3 FOR EUROPE Championship is a huge undertaking for the FIA, as AUTO discovered at Rally Portugal FINISH/ 44 P74 FREEZE FRAME Mexico’s new F1 pit stops require total focus, even when revolutionaries teams are playing the waiting game. P76 STATS AT THE BACK Safety In Numbers – AUTO enumerates the World Health Organisation’s latest Global Road 28 36 Safety report Making grand The world P78 BACK TO THE FUTURE prix designs a walks tall for Ford’s Global Trends and Futuring manager racing reality pedestrians reveals the five things she believes we’ll all be demanding of our cars in the coming years 06/80 07/80 AUTO/MOTIVE Peugeot on the rise PEAK PERFORMANCE When Peugeot pulled out of top-level sports car racing attempting to smash the current record of 9:46.164, set at the beginning of 2012 citing a ‘challenging economic last year by New Zealander Rhys Millen. environment’, few insiders expected the motor sport- Of the T16, Loeb says: “I have driven many types steeped company to stay out of the headlines too long. of car in my career, but this is very, very different. Its Sure enough, just a year on from its withdrawal from acceleration, performance and stopping power are more Le Mans, Peugeot is back in the limelight, this time in the like those of a Formula One single-seater than a rally car.” company of nine-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Peugeot is no stranger to Pikes Peak, winner in 1988 Loeb (right) and an 875hp monster called the 208 T16, and 1989 with legends Ari Vatanen and Robby Unser. a car specifically designed to tackle one of motor sport’s All eyes will be on it at this year’s attempt, on 30 June. most famous challenges – the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. The oldest race in the US after the Indianapolis 500, Pikes Peak sees competitors tackle 156 corners up a 19.99km course that rises to an altitude of 4,301m, hence its nickname, the Race to the Clouds. Loeb will be Peugeot’s Pikes Peak car is powered by a twin-turbo V6 petrol engine that develops 875hp, giving it a 0-100km/h time of just 1.8 seconds. “It’s a rocket,” said Loeb after his first test in the 208 T16.“The first time you drive it, each gear change stuns you. The shifts are really brutal.” TEXT: XXXXXXX PHOTO: XXXXXXX XXXXXXX PHOTO: TEXT: 08/80 09/80 AUTOAUTO/MOTIVE/FOCUS Road Safety F1 FOR ALL Led by FIA President Jean Todt and Formula One Safety to highlight the need for improvements in Management CEO Bernie Ecclestone, F1’s stars pedestrian protection and better road safety. came together to support UN Global Road Safety Todt said: “It is paramount that we protect Week in May of this year. pedestrians and the FIA is delighted that F1 has They were joined by 200 local school children embraced this initiative to help save lives in such to walk one of their favourite stretches of road, a positive way. It shows how motor sport can the grid at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. It help draw attention to such an vital issue. This formed part of the Long Short Walk campaign, fusion of sport and mobility to improve road an initiative of the Commission for Global Road safety is at the core of the FIA’s beliefs.” Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton accompany local school children in a Long Short Walk on the Circuit de Catalunya before the Spanish Grand Prix PHOTOGRAPHY: LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC LAT PHOTOGRAPHY: 10/80 11/80 AUTO/ROUTES Hyundai Stories making the headlines from begins testing the world of the FIA family 2014 WRC challenger Hyundai, which last September announced its intention to return to News the World Rally Championship after a decade, has begun testing its 2014 Le-Mans Prototype for FIA record attempt challenger, the i20 WRC.
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