Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon at the FFSA awards ceremony

The awards season continues with the Automobile Sports Trophies, organized by the French Federation of Automobile Sports (FFSA) which took place on Monday evening. This ceremony honored the key players in the French automotive landscape who made an impact in the past year. It was also an opportunity for the FFSA to celebrate its 70th anniversary in grand style at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

To mark the occasion, the future Alpine driver duo, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, were present to award a Gold Steering Wheel to Bruno Famin, executive director of the French brand. Four other Gold Steering Wheels were awarded to recognize the most outstanding performances of the season at the international level.

Victor Martins has thus received this trophy thanks to his FIA Formula 3 championship title, his second Golden Steering Wheel, 6 years after the one received for his world karting title.

Doriane Pin was awarded the golden steering wheel for her title in the Trofeo Pirelli Ferrari Challenge, where she dominated the competition. The driver from the French FFSA Espoirs Karting team, Arthur Dorison, also added his name to the list of winners with his victory in the FIA Karting Academy Trophy.

First winner in the history of the FIA ETCR World Cup, Adrien Tambay was also rewarded on the Parisian stage. An opportunity to honor the memory of his father, Patrick Tambay, who passed away on December 4th, and to whom a tribute was paid by his son and all 1000 guests.

Special prices for the podium of the GP Explorer.

In total, over 300 sports actors have received an award at the UNESCO headquarters, while the international stage this year counted over 50 winners. All drivers who finished on the podium of their respective competitions received a trophy for representing the tricolor abroad.

The FFSA also awarded 7 special prizes, including two that celebrated the anniversaries of an event and a category. Jean-Louis Drone (30 years of the 24h Tout-Terrain de Paris), Pierre Dubois and Fabien Calvet (40 years Trucks), and Bertrand Pignolet (40 years of the Sodikart group) received their trophy for organizing these events.

Finally, it should be noted that the GP Explorer, the F4 race organized by Squeezie, as well as the members of its final podium, Sylvain de Vilebrequin, Depielo, and Etienne Moustache, received a special award for this event that brought together over 40,000 spectators in Le Mans and more than one million live viewers on Twitch.

LES VOLANTS D’OR 🌟

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— FFSA (@FFSportAuto) December 12, 2022