The FIA Motorsport Games is a biennial motorsport event administered by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It includes competitions from multiple motorsport disciplines and is entered by national motorsport authorities under their national flags. Each competition awards gold, silver and bronze medals which contribute to an overall medals table determining the winning country of the event.[1][2][3]

FIA Motorsport Games
CategoryMotorsport
CountryInternational
Inaugural season2019
Teams72 (2022)
Official websitehttps://www.fiamotorsportgames.com
Current season

History

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The first event took place at Vallelunga Circuit in Italy in 2019 and was won by Russia.[4][5]

The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 and then to 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 6 August 2021, the FIA announced that the 2022 event would be hosted at Circuit Paul Ricard in Marseille. It took place on 29–30 October 2022.[6] Russia was banned from participating in the 2022 edition because of its invasion of Ukraine.[7]

From the second edition onward, the FIA Motorsport Games will be held every two years, as opposed to an annual format.[8] The next edition is scheduled to occur in 2024 at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.

Disciplines and competitions

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There have been sixteen competitions (categories) from nine motorsport disciplines included in the programme at one point or another in the history of the games.

Discipline Competition Years
Circuit Formula racing Formula 4 2019, 2022, 2024
Sports car racing GT3 Relay 2019, 2022, 2024
GT3 Sprint 2022, 2024
Ferrari Challenge 2024
Touring car racing Touring car 2019, 2022, 2024
Drifting 2019, 2022, 2024
Rallying Group Historic 2022, 2024
Group Historic Gravel 2024
Group Historic Tarmac 2024
Group Rally2 2022, 2024
Group Rally2 Gravel 2024
Group Rally2 Tarmac 2024
Group Rally4 2022, 2024
Group Rally4 Gravel 2024
Group Rally4 Tarmac 2024
Off-road Autocross Cross car Junior 2022, 2024
Cross car Senior 2022, 2024
Cross car Mini 2024
Karting Karting Endurance 2022, 2024
Karting Junior 2022, 2024
Karting Senior 2022, 2024
Karting Mini 2024
Electric Street Auto Slalom Auto Slalom 2022, 2024
Karting Slalom 2019, 2022, 2024
Esports[9] Esports GT 2019, 2022, 2024
Esports F4 2024

All-time medal table

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The table below uses official data provided by the FIA.

No. Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Games
1   Italy 4 1 1 6 2
2   Netherlands 3 1 0 4 2
3   France 3 0 0 3 2
4   Belgium 2 3 2 7 2
5   Germany 2 2 0 4 2
6   Australia 2 0 1 3 2
7   Russia 1 0 2 3 1
8   Great Britain 1 0 1 2 2
9   Peru 1 0 0 1 1
10   Japan 1 0 0 1 2
11   Latvia 1 0 0 1 2
12   Ukraine 1 0 0 1 2
13   Spain 0 4 4 8 2
14   Czech Republic 0 2 1 3 2
15   Poland 0 1 2 3 2
16   Slovakia 0 1 1 2 2
17   Sweden 0 1 1 2 2
18   Sri Lanka 0 1 0 1 1
19   Brazil 0 1 0 1 2
20   Costa Rica 0 1 0 1 2
21   Canada 0 0 1 1 2

List of Motorsport Games

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Motorsport
Games
No. Host Games dates Race Circuit Sports
(Disciplines)
Competitors Events Nations Top nation
Total Men Women
2019 I   Rome 1–3 November ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 6 194 162 32 6 50   Russia
2020 - Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 -
2022 II   Marseille 26–30 October Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, Var 16 475 397 78 16 72   Italy
2024 III   Valencia 24–27 October Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencian Community 16 - - - 26 -   Spain
2026 IV TBC TBA TBC - - - - - -

References

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  1. ^ "FIA Motorsport Games". FIA Motorsports Games.
  2. ^ "FIA Motorsport Games". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. July 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "FIA Motorsport Games | SRO Motorsports Group". www.sro-motorsports.com.
  4. ^ "Russia wins inaugural FIA Motorsport Games at Vallelunga". 3 November 2019.
  5. ^ "FIA Motorsport Games 2019: Russia wins, Formula 4 silver for Germany - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "FIA Motorsport Games to reschedule second event to 2022". FIA Motorsport Games. August 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "FIA announces limitations on Russian participation in motorsport". March 2022.
  8. ^ "Entries flow in for FIA Motorsport Games". FIA Motorsport Games | Official SRO Motorsport Group. 2022-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  9. ^ "Esports Expansion for 2024 FIA Motorsport Games". FIA Motorsport Games | Official SRO Motorsport Group. 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-03-20.