BMS national teams booked for FIA Games and FIM African Nations
19 Oct 2024
Botswana Motor Sport (BMS) national team is set to participate at the 2024 Federation International Automobile (FIA) motorsport games and International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) Motorcross of African Nations (MXOAN) in Spain and Morocco respectively.
The 2024 FIA Motorsport games are set to commence on October 22 ending on the 28th, with 27 categories of racing which include GT Racing, Formula 4, Karting, Esports and Touring Cars and Rallycross.
Botswana will for the first time send a team of three riders in partnership with CYRO Motorsport Group, who will participate in the categories of Esports GT with Mosiami Bogosing, Esports F4 with Farai Munyongo and Karting Sprint Senior with Muhammad Ahmad.
The FIM MXOAN 2024 is scheduled for October 25- 27 and the team will leave for Marrakech, Morocco on October 22.
Showcasing talent from across Africa, Botswana has fielded a team of eight drivers who will compete in various categories of MX Lites with Jordan Maloba and Louren Erasmus; MX High School category where Radikolo Linchwe will be participating; Elang Chibana will compete in the MX Ladies; the MX2 category will have Euan Harmse and Kosmas Mamaloukos and finally the MX1 will have Anton Henriksen and Da’rtagnan Lobjoit.
Briefing the media in Gaborone Friday, BMS president Kagiso Modibedi said both games represented pivotal opportunities for Botswana. He said with a combined participation in these games, Team Botswana aspired to achieve excellence, promote national pride and inspire the next generation of athletes.
Furthermore, Modibedi said through FIA, BMS would be in a position to build a framework for the sport and attract more drivers.
The FIA qualifications was done through the e-racing Ola Botswana Qualifiers Challenge, in a collaboration with CYRO Motorsport Group and BMS.
The initiative offered Batswana, within the country and abroad an opportunity to race online against each other using state-of-the-art racing simulators to identify Botswana’s best gaming race drivers; showcasing the latest in technology and online connectivity in Botswana.
The Ola Botswana qualifiers identified Dr Zaeem Tayob, a Motswana doctor residing in Pretoria, Bogosing and Munyongo. However, Dr Tayob will not be able to compete and represent the country due to his unavailability on the set dates.
Meanwhile, Modibedi announced the return of the 1 000 km race which will be a partnership of BMS with CYRO Motorsport Group and Botswana Off Road Racing Championship (BORCC) in 2025, as part of the BORCC series. ENDS
Source : BOPA
Author : Ketshepile More
Location : Gaborone
Event : press conference
Date : 19 Oct 2024
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