From Go-Karting To Formula 4, Endurance And More, Here’s The Maltese Team Competing In The FIA Motorsport Games This October
The FIA Motorsports Games are taking place this October in Valencia, Spain, a prestigious event compared to the Olympics of motorsport and here’s the Maltese team selected by the Malta Motorsports Federation.
The Games are organised by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the event unites top racing talent from over 50 countries across multiple categories.
The Maltese team will be competing in six areas; Nicky Gauci in Formula 4, Ella Zammit, Ryan Borg and Micah Scicluna in Endurance, Ayrton Tonna in Karting mini, Jacob Micallef in Karting senior sprint, Benji Westwood in karting junior sprint and Dean Vella and Keith Camilleri in Esports.
Nicky Gauci is a three-time national karting champion, Refining his skills across various racing disciplines, including karting, rallying, hill climbing, and most recently, Formula 4. Gauci has raced F4 cars at Brands Hatch and Knockhill racing circuits, and competed in the last FIA motorsport games in 2022 in France at Circuit Paul Ricard where he was the fastest maltese racer. Gauci’s participation in F4 in the games marks a huge milestone for the Maltese motorsport community.
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Ella Zammit has karting in her DNA – her father Matthew has left his mark in hill climbs and she is related to well-known racer Zach Zammit. Ella also competed in the last FIA games, and since then has been training abroad. Zammit won the intervarsity karting championship in Ireland and is the only member on the endurance team who will be competing again, as it will be Ryan Borg and Micah Scicluna’s first time at the games. Zammit is the only woman competing in this year’s games and has made a name for herself as one of the most promising talents in the local karting scene.
Dean Vella, meanwhile, is Malta’s champion sim racer who has won multiple sim competitions including the Malta National sim Racing Championships in 2022 and 2024. Vella competed in the 2022 FIA games as well. Vella spends hours practising and prepping before a race, focusing on the mental side of things as of recent and also looking at post-race data analysis to see what he can improve on next time round.
Will you be watching the FIA motorsport games in October?