The FIA World Motor Sport Council approved Olympics-style ‘Motorsport Games’ for 2019, where racers will stand a chance to win medals. The decision was announced by the FIA as WMSC approved an Olympics-style ‘Motorsport Games’ in its meeting on Friday in Paris, where racers will perform and stand a chance to win medals for their respective countries.

The inaugural event will take place in Rome between October 31 and November 3, which will feature six categories to start with, which are: GT, Touring Car, Formula 4, Drifting, Karting Slalom and Digitial Motorsport. The winners in the respective events will win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, which will add to an overall medal table, same as how it happens in Olympic Games and or any other multi-sport Games like Asian Games or Commonwealth and more.