2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Sustainability Actions: Earthday.org & Canopy Project Reforestation Programme
ETCR partnered in 2021 with EARTHDAY.ORG – the global organizer of Earth Day – to promote greater sustainability and highlight the excitement of electric mobility and the positive effect it can have on the environment worldwide and this relationship blossomed in 2022 with FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup. A key focus of the series […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Sustainability Actions: United Nations Sports For Climate Action Signatory
The FIA ETCR, as a signatory of the United Nations Sports for Climate action framework, is working on nine Sustainable Development Goals that improved the sustainability of the series throughout the 2022 season and continue to do so for 2023 and beyond. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call for action by […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Sustainability Actions: Carbon Footprint measurement & reduction
Discovery Sports Events, the FIA ETCR promoter, supports the vision outlined in the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Framework to reach net zero emissions no later than 2050. Accompanied by third party experts, the FIA ETCR promoter commits to setting a target of 50% emission reduction by 2030 and a net-zero emissions target by […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Sustainability Actions: FIA Environmental Accreditation
Discovery Sports Events through FIA ETCR is proud to be the third promoter after Formula E and Formula One to be FIA Three Stars accredited. The FIA Environmental Accreditation Programme is aimed at helping motor sport and mobility stakeholders worldwide to measure and enhance their environmental performance. By introducing clear and consistent environmental management into […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Mikel Azcona
Twice a winner en-route to third overall in the 2021 PURE ETCR standings, Azcona’s arrival at Hyundai Motorsport came with high expectations of a title challenge in the inaugural FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup. Azcona was only driver to switch manufacturers after ending his long association with the SEAT/CUPRA brand in favour of a […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Sustainability Actions: Sustainable Connections with Stakeholders
At FIA ETCR our aim is to do motorsport in a better way. Real sustainability action doesn’t happen only on track. As a promoter our aim is to identify, link and impose environmental actions through all our stakeholders. A constraining chart correlated with our EMS’ objectives has been provided to all of our suppliers and […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Bruno Spengler
Certainly one of the more intriguing newcomers to burst from the starting gates this season, Bruno Spengler marked his return to saloon car racing by making his FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup with Romeo Ferraris. While pressure might have come with a profile as lofty as his, Spengler quickly adapted to the rigours of […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Sustainability Actions: Environmental Management System
FIA ETCR’s key aim is to show that electric cars can be a key vehicle to accelerate the push towards electrification in the automotive industry. FIA ETCR is an on-track pioneer but must show global responsibility as well in all of our processes in order to conduct more sustainable motorsport. From its predecessor PURE ETCR […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Norbert Michelisz
One of three new faces in the Hyundai Motorsport N ETCR line-up, but one of only two to be making their electric touring car debut outright, Norbert Michelisz – so used to the bustle of large WTCR grids and punishing distances – was always likely to find the short, sharp and spectacular sprints of ETCR […]
2022 FIA ETCR Recap: Azcona and Hyundai Motorsport glory in Vallelunga
Mikel Azcona was crowned King of the Weekend after an extraordinary fifth round of the FIA ETCR eTouring Car World Cup, Race IT, at Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi where searing hot temperatures gave all competitors a stern test in the glorious Regione Lazio. Azcona took his first King of the Weekend win as his Hyundai […]
