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Autosport
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Sport
Gary Watkins

How the returning motorsport ‘Olympics’ is aiming to make its mark

Bigger, bolder and, with one or two caveats, better.

The FIA Motorsport  Games is back after a two-year COVID-enforced hiatus for a second edition with all guns blazing. This weekend at Paul Ricard and its environs a total of 72 nations represented by around 450 boys and girls, men and women will battle it out for gold, silver and bronze across 16 disciplines. You won’t hear anyone, at least not from the FIA, use the ‘O’-word, but that’s what they are, motorsport’s very own Olympics, complete with a glitzy opening ceremony in nearby Marseille and the all-important medals table.

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