Organized in cooperation with the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED) and FIAT, the TOSFED Looking for its Star social responsibility project is being held for the fifth time this year.
The qualifying rounds of the project, which aims to bring licensed young people aged 28 and under to motor sports and are limited to 600 participants, will be held at TOSFED Körfez Racetrack. The qualifiers will be held as two separate groups on 21-22-23-24 June and 16-17-18-19 August, while the first group registrations will be held between 22 May - 12 June, and the second group registrations will be held between 03 July - 31 July. .
After all participants' theoretical training, Fiat Egea racing cars will compete against time, and after the advanced trainings and final qualifications on September 14-15, the fastest 10 male and 4 female drivers won the 3 TOSFED Star for 2023 races with Fiat Egea racing cars at no cost. In the series, they will have the opportunity to compete.
Also this year, a special category has been created for those who will apply from the provinces of Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Adıyaman, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Adana, Kilis, Malatya, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa and Elazığ, which were declared Disaster Areas due to the earthquakes that took place on February 6, 2023. In this category, a quota of 25 people in total, 25 for the first qualifying and 50 for the second eliminations, was allocated and the transportation, accommodation and participation fees of these candidates will be covered by TOSFED.
In his statement, TOSFED President Eren Üçlertoprağı said, “Our social responsibility project, TOSFED Searching for its Star, in which we have introduced more than 1700 young drivers to automobile sports with the support of FIAT, is being organized within a wider scope this year as well. We will continue to bring new talents to our sport with the eliminations we invite all our self-confident young people. In addition, this year, we will ensure that 50 young people from the earthquake zone can participate in this project free of charge, by covering all their expenses.” said.
Registration for the project can be done online at tosfedyildiziniariyor.com.