Formula E titles and McLaren replace Mercedes: 5 talking points ahead of season finale
2 years, 5 months ago

Formula E titles and McLaren replace Mercedes: 5 talking points ahead of season finale

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Season 8 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship reaches a dramatic conclusion this weekend for the inaugural 2022 Hana Bank Seoul E-Prix. Ahead of the double-header in the South Korean capital, here are all your talking points: Vandoorne vying for victory The Formula E World Championship title for Season 8 is Stoffel Vandoorne ’s to lose. Bad year for Bird and the Brits Veteran driver Sam Bird has competed in every season of Formula E since the series’ inception in 2014, claiming race victories in all previous years. It is also the first world championship sporting event held at the Jamsil Olympic stadium since the Olympic Games in 1988. :: Season 8 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship reaches its conclusion in Seoul, South Korea with a double-header on August 13 and 14, with both races live on terrestrial television on Channel 4 from 07:30 BST.

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Formula E announces largest-ever calendar for season 11
7 months ago

Formula E announces largest-ever calendar for season 11

The Hindu  

Formula E on Tuesday announced its provisional calendar for the 11th season of FIA Formula E World Championship, with the largest number of races and locations set for a season, following endorsement from the World Motorsport Council. Formula E will complete a 17-race season for the first time in its history spanning 11 venues as it continues to pioneer all-electric …

Formula E race may not come to Hyderabad in 2024
1 year, 4 months ago

Formula E race may not come to Hyderabad in 2024

The Hindu  

Formula E might not be coming to Hyderabad next year, as the city has in all likelihood been denied the hosting rights for the 2024 championship. Top sources in the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India have confirmed to The Hindu that Hyderabad “won’t be hosting the event” that was marked to be held in February 2024. The city …

First Formula E race had positive impact on Hyderabad’s economy
1 year, 5 months ago

First Formula E race had positive impact on Hyderabad’s economy

The Hindu  

Formula E’s first-ever race in India, the 2023 Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix, hosted in collaboration with the Telangana government, delivered an economic impact of nearly USD 84 million, according to a report. The economic study conducted by Nielsen Sports Analysis calculated an USD 83.7 million uplift to Hyderabad’s economy as a result of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s debut …

Formula E: Porsche extends commitment to 2026
1 year, 5 months ago

Formula E: Porsche extends commitment to 2026

The Hindu  

Porsche has extended its commitment to the all-electric Formula E world championship by two years until the end of 2026, the German car manufacturer and series organisers said on Monday. Porsche entered Formula E in 2019 and the current season nine is its most successful so far with four wins from 14 races. “We remain convinced that our presence and …

British driver Jake Dennis closes in on Formula E world title with victory in Rome
1 year, 5 months ago

British driver Jake Dennis closes in on Formula E world title with victory in Rome

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Formula E race calendar and standings: How Porsche’s early title lead was eroded - and the plan to extend it in Rome E-Prix
1 year, 6 months ago

Formula E race calendar and standings: How Porsche’s early title lead was eroded - and the plan to extend it in Rome E-Prix

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Formula E: Nick Cassidy, Envision Racing power to top of standings after Monaco win
1 year, 8 months ago

Formula E: Nick Cassidy, Envision Racing power to top of standings after Monaco win

Deccan Chronicle  

MONACO: Nick Cassidy of Envision Racing fired to the top of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with a storming drive from ninth on the grid to win the race in an absorbing 2023 Monaco E-Prix. Jake Dennis of the Avalanche Andretti Formula E team couldn't quite live with the lead pair but he had torn through from 11th …

Formula E Berlin E-Prix: Talking points as Porsche target home success in pivotal double header
1 year, 8 months ago

Formula E Berlin E-Prix: Talking points as Porsche target home success in pivotal double header

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Formula E: The Porsche and Jaguar technology driving the fight for the team championship
1 year, 9 months ago

Formula E: The Porsche and Jaguar technology driving the fight for the team championship

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Formula E: Who are the drivers and every team in Season 9
1 year, 9 months ago

Formula E: Who are the drivers and every team in Season 9

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Formula E talking points ahead of round five in Cape Town: Porsche powertrains dominate and South Africa debut
1 year, 10 months ago

Formula E talking points ahead of round five in Cape Town: Porsche powertrains dominate and South Africa debut

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Jean-Eric Vergne wins in Hyderabad as Formula E debuts in India
1 year, 10 months ago

Jean-Eric Vergne wins in Hyderabad as Formula E debuts in India

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Formula E: Vergne pips Cassidy by the thinnest of margins to win the race
1 year, 11 months ago

Formula E: Vergne pips Cassidy by the thinnest of margins to win the race

The Hindu  

Two-time Formula E World Champion Jean-Eric Vergne, racing for DS PENSKE, produced an exhilarating finish to win the maiden Hyderabad E-Prix and return to winning ways in front of a sell-out crowd on Saturday. On a dusty street circuit navigating along the banks of the iconic Hussain Sagar Lake, the Frenchman brought all his experience into play and deployed a …

Racers brief Hyderabad on Formula E
1 year, 11 months ago

Racers brief Hyderabad on Formula E

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: As Hyderabad gears up for one of the most awaited international events to be held in the city — ABB FIA Formula E World Championship - two racers who are going to be in the thick of all the racing action, have shown glimpses of what Formula E is like. Andre Lotterer of Team Avalanche Andretti and Jean Eric …

Formula E: Pascal Wehrlein completes brilliant double victory in Diriyah to take Championship lead
1 year, 11 months ago

Formula E: Pascal Wehrlein completes brilliant double victory in Diriyah to take Championship lead

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Formula E: Pascal Wehrlein holds off Jake Dennis to win thrilling first race in Diriyah
1 year, 11 months ago

Formula E: Pascal Wehrlein holds off Jake Dennis to win thrilling first race in Diriyah

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Formula E: Sam Bird on how London Marathon experience can aid search for elusive first title
2 years ago

Formula E: Sam Bird on how London Marathon experience can aid search for elusive first title

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Formula E 2023: McLaren target title in debut season after taking over Mercedes team
2 years ago

Formula E 2023: McLaren target title in debut season after taking over Mercedes team

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Formula E 2023: Reigning champion Stoffel Vandoorne insists it’s ‘back to zero’ as new season starts in Mexico
2 years ago

Formula E 2023: Reigning champion Stoffel Vandoorne insists it’s ‘back to zero’ as new season starts in Mexico

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Formula E: Belgian Vandoorne wins world driver’s title, team Mercedes wins constructors' title
2 years, 5 months ago

Formula E: Belgian Vandoorne wins world driver’s title, team Mercedes wins constructors' title

Firstpost  

Stoffel Vandoorne won once this season, in Monaco, but scored points in 15 of the 16 races, and finished on the podium seven times. Paris: Stoffel Vandoorne clinched the Formula E world driver’s title on Sunday after finishing second in the final race of the season in Seoul. His Mercedes team won the constructors’ title for the second year in …

Hyderabad | Formula E in India in 2023 will take electric mobility to the masses
2 years, 6 months ago

Hyderabad | Formula E in India in 2023 will take electric mobility to the masses

The Hindu  

The arrival of Formula E in India marks yet another significant milestone for racing enthusiasts in the country. I believe it can bring downstream opportunities, as well as prove an incentive to develop grassroots interventions in the sport,” says Akbar Ebrahim, former racer, and President of Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India. Conducted as a series of 16 races, …

Formula 1: Aston Martin retain Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll for 2022 season
3 years, 4 months ago

Formula 1: Aston Martin retain Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll for 2022 season

Firstpost  

Aston Martin, formerly known as Racing Point, currently sit seventh in the constructors’ championship, with Vettel recording their best result — finishing second in Azerbaijan. London: Aston Martin on Thursday announced an unchanged driver line-up for the 2022 Formula One season, with four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll both retained. The team, formerly known as Racing Point, currently …

Formula E: Champions Mercedes to pull out of tournament after 2022 season
3 years, 4 months ago

Formula E: Champions Mercedes to pull out of tournament after 2022 season

Firstpost  

Dutchman Nyck de Vries won the world title on Sunday while his Mercedes team claimed the constructors’ trophy after a race staged around Berlin’s old Tempelhof aerodrome. Mercedes, who won the Formula E world championship last weekend, announced on Wednesday that they were pulling out of the sport at the end of the 2022 season. “Therefore, Mercedes will reallocate resource …

Formula E: Mercedes' cars to be painted black for remainder of season as statement against racism
4 years, 5 months ago

Formula E: Mercedes' cars to be painted black for remainder of season as statement against racism

Firstpost  

Mercedes earlier changed its Formula One livery from silver to black for the 2020 season. Stuttgart: The Mercedes cars in Formula E will go all-black for the remainder of the season as a statement against racism, the automaker said Wednesday. “Our team will contest the season’s final six races with an all-black base livery, taking a firm stand against racism …

Formula 1 2020, Styrian GP: Mercedes once again at the top, Ferrari's embarrassment continues and other talking points
4 years, 6 months ago

Formula 1 2020, Styrian GP: Mercedes once again at the top, Ferrari's embarrassment continues and other talking points

Firstpost  

Sunday’s Race Day of Formula 1’s first-ever Styrian Grand Prix can be classified as a thriller, for at least the first and last two laps. Onboard with @LandoNorris as he powers his way through the final two laps to snatch P5 at the Styrian Grand Prix 🚀 The @McLarenF1 driver is P3 in the driver standings after two races 🏆#AustrianGP …

From destroyed Amazonian rainforests to the Himalayas, Extreme E is ‘future of off-road racing’
5 years ago

From destroyed Amazonian rainforests to the Himalayas, Extreme E is ‘future of off-road racing’

CNN  

CNN — When Alejandro Agag first touted the idea of Formula E to his close friend and Formula 1’s long-time puppet master Bernie Ecclestone, he was bluntly told he was destined for failure. He said, ‘Listen, don’t do it, you’re going to crash.’ Luckily, we didn’t.” Five years on from its series opener, Ecclestone has been far more receptive as …

Formula E boss hopes racing series will ‘accelerate’ adoption of electric vehicles
5 years ago

Formula E boss hopes racing series will ‘accelerate’ adoption of electric vehicles

CNN  

CNN — Electric racing series Formula E is at the vanguard of promoting a greener sport and its new boss believes it will benefit the planet as a whole. “I think when you see the Porsches, the Mercedes, the Audi’s, the big OEMs coming in, it shows the basic value in the technology development, but also in engaging with the …

Formula E opener a race to forget for Felipe Massa
5 years, 1 month ago

Formula E opener a race to forget for Felipe Massa

The Hindu  

It was a great start to the 2019-20 Formula E season for Virgin-Audi’s Sam Bird, who won the opening race at the Riyadh Street Circuit. The car was good enough to make the Super Pole but I messed it up,” Massa, who finished 15th overall last season with 36 points and a single podium, said after the first race. READ …

Formula E: Sam Bird wins first race of new season in Saudi Arabia
5 years, 1 month ago

Formula E: Sam Bird wins first race of new season in Saudi Arabia

CNN  

CNN — Since its inaugural season in 2014, Formula E has undergone a multitude of changes, from technology to personnel. 😂😃 Once again the only team and driver to have won in every @FIAFormulaE season to date!#DiriyahEPrix #ABBFormulaE pic.twitter.com/fzG26DbxTN — Envision Racing November 22, 2019 Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird flew to victory in the Ad Diriyah ePrix in Diriyah, …

Formula E: Germany’s ‘Big Four’ compete for the first time in motorsport history
5 years, 1 month ago

Formula E: Germany’s ‘Big Four’ compete for the first time in motorsport history

CNN  

CNN — Given the history of motor racing stretches back to the 1890s, finding any new ‘firsts’ in the sport is rare. “So to have those big four competing together I think is going to be absolutely incredible – and obviously they’re all going to be there trying to own this championship.” Video Ad Feedback Formula E car vs. the …

Formula E 2019-20: Porsche and Mercedes' debut, Jean-Eric Vergne's title defence, and other talking points ahead of Championship
5 years, 1 month ago

Formula E 2019-20: Porsche and Mercedes' debut, Jean-Eric Vergne's title defence, and other talking points ahead of Championship

Firstpost  

After a four-month-long break, Formula E is back. Vandoorne raced in Formula E last season with HWA Race Lab, the former avatar of Mercedes’ Formula E team. Find out how to watch here >> https://t.co/kcwvDbbzht https://t.co/bsad2KG4pm — Formula E November 14, 2019 Teams’ Championship: Battle of the Titans In the last five seasons, only twice has the same team won …

Formula E 2019-20: From car manufacturers to influx of world champion drivers, what's new this season
5 years, 1 month ago

Formula E 2019-20: From car manufacturers to influx of world champion drivers, what's new this season

Firstpost  

For those who want to get up-to-pace for the 2019-20 Formula E season, this post will serve as a quick guide to what’s new this season. For the 2019-20 Formula E season, there’s a host of world champions from other series who will join the veterans. New venues this season Formula E’s objective to race on the city streets is …

Formula E: Mercedes are coming… Should the world’s most unpredictable racing series be worried?
5 years, 5 months ago

Formula E: Mercedes are coming… Should the world’s most unpredictable racing series be worried?

CNN  

Story highlights F1 heavyweights Mercedes join Formula E in Season Six Only manufacturer competing in both Formula 1 and Formula E Mercedes ran affiliate team HWA Racelab to get ahead of competition They will "hit the ground running," says Formula E boss CNN — When a big fish enters a small pond it’s bound to make waves. “But since day …

Formula E: Jean-Eric Vergne on brink of winning successive titles in New York as Lucas Di Grassi, Mitch Evans chase glory
5 years, 6 months ago

Formula E: Jean-Eric Vergne on brink of winning successive titles in New York as Lucas Di Grassi, Mitch Evans chase glory

Firstpost  

Jean-Eric Vergne heads into the last race 22 points clear of Audi’s Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi and 25 ahead of Jaguar’s New Zealander Mitch Evans. New York: The all-electric Formula E title will be decided in Sunday’s season finale after series leader Jean-Eric Vergne failed to score in the first of two races in New York. The French reigning champion, …

Jean-Eric Vergne crowned back-to-back Formula E champion
5 years, 6 months ago

Jean-Eric Vergne crowned back-to-back Formula E champion

CNN  

CNN — Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne became the first driver to successfully defend the Formula E title as a seventh-placed finish in the final race of the 2018-19 season in New York Sunday was enough to wrap up the championship. @JeanEricVergne claims his second successive ABB FIA Formula E Championship after the 2019 #NYCEPrix 🏆🏆 #ABBFormulaE pic.twitter.com/Tqi11DaW39 — Formula E July …

Formula E: ‘Who will win? I don’t have a clue’: World’s most unpredictable championship comes to an end
5 years, 6 months ago

Formula E: ‘Who will win? I don’t have a clue’: World’s most unpredictable championship comes to an end

CNN  

CNN — After 11 races and eight different winners, one of the most exciting seasons in recent motorsport history comes to an end this weekend. “It’s so difficult for anyone to catch him,” former IndyCar driver and Formula E commentator Dario Franchitti told CNN Sport. We are now in a position where literally anyone in Formula E can win a …

Bern ePrix 2019: From Jean-Eric Vergne's best performance of season to unusual Red Flag controversy, takeaways from Formula E race
5 years, 6 months ago

Bern ePrix 2019: From Jean-Eric Vergne's best performance of season to unusual Red Flag controversy, takeaways from Formula E race

Firstpost  

The temporary street circuit that hosted the 2019 Bern ePrix in Switzerland was labelled a ‘rollercoaster’ by the series and its drivers, thanks to its unique characteristics. Jean-Eric Vergne, the reigning Formula E champion and Techeetah driver, crossed the line in the first place - ahead of Jaguar Racing’s Mitch Evans and local hero Sebastian Buemi of Nissan. The race …

Mercedes-Benz and Porsche to join Formula E
5 years, 7 months ago

Mercedes-Benz and Porsche to join Formula E

CNN  

CNN — Porsche and Mercedes-Benz will be competing in Formula E next year as the all-electric series revealed its new bumper calendar for the 2019/20 season. Video Ad Feedback Mercedes looks ahead to joining Formula E 02:27 - Source: CNN Since its inception five years ago, Formula E has been at the forefront of promoting green travel, and some of …

Formula E Sanya E-Prix result: Jean-Eric Vergne dedicates victory to Charlie Whiting after sixth new winner this season
5 years, 9 months ago

Formula E Sanya E-Prix result: Jean-Eric Vergne dedicates victory to Charlie Whiting after sixth new winner this season

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Formula E: Jean-Eric Vergne ends pointless run with victory at Sanya
5 years, 9 months ago

Formula E: Jean-Eric Vergne ends pointless run with victory at Sanya

CNN  

CNN — The unpredictable start to the Formula E season continued in Sanya as the sixth race brought a sixth different winner. Handout/Getty Images South America/Getty Images Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne became the first double champion in the sport's history, defending the title he won last season thanks to three race victories. Handout/Getty Images North America/FIA Formula E via Getty Images …

Formula E: The unpredictable racing series where the driver makes the difference
5 years, 9 months ago

Formula E: The unpredictable racing series where the driver makes the difference

CNN  

Story highlights There have been five different winners in first five races of new Formula E season "The driver counts more than the car" - Buemi New rules are making races more unpredictable CNN — Five races, five different winners. Handout/Getty Images North America/FIA Formula E via Getty Images Robin Frijns won his second E-Prix of the season, storming to …

Formula E: The ‘new futuristic championship’ aiming to connect with fans
5 years, 10 months ago

Formula E: The ‘new futuristic championship’ aiming to connect with fans

CNN  

CNN — With quirky features such as attack mode and fan boost, it’s a racing series that has been likened to Mario Kart. Handout/Getty Images South America/Getty Images Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne became the first double champion in the sport's history, defending the title he won last season thanks to three race victories. Handout/Getty Images North America/FIA Formula E via Getty …

Stoffel Vandoorne seals switch to Formula E with HWA
6 years, 3 months ago

Stoffel Vandoorne seals switch to Formula E with HWA

The Hindu  

Stoffel Vandoorne has announced he is joining HWA in Formula E after a difficult spell in Formula One with McLaren. McLaren's F1 team will have two new drivers in Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris next year after Fernando Alonso confirmed he would depart and Vandoorne lost his seat. READ | Vandoorne offered no explanation after losing McLaren seat But …

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