In this handout image supplied by Formula E, Nicolas Prost (FRA), Renault e.Dams, Spark-Renault, Renault Z.E 16 during the FIA Formula E Championship Hong Kong ePrix at the Central Harbourfront Circuit on October 9, 2016 in Hong Kong, China. The third season of Formula E, the racing category of electric cars that has attracted attention […]
Mercedes-Benz has dominated Formula One over the past few seasons and soon it could do the same in the burgeoning electric car racing series that is Formula E. Formula E organizers have agreed to reserve a team entry for Mercedes for the 2018/2019 season, officially the series’ fifth. Under the agreement, Mercedes could take […]
Venturi established two new FIA world speed records for an electric vehicle at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States. The team broke their own record that was set in 2010 with Roger Schroer behind the wheel of the VBB-3, a 3000 hp electric machine. An official speed of 549.43 kph was recorded and […]
Audi is going to intensify its future commitment in the world’s first racing series for fully electric race cars. Starting in the 2016/2017 season that opens in Hong Kong on October 9, Audi will increase its involvement in Formula E Team ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport. In addition, it is planned to incorporate Formula E into […]
Volvo is moving closer to a significant involvement in the FIA Formula E Championship, Motorsport.com can reveal, via its performance arm Polestar Performance. The Swedish manufacturer, which currently races in the World Touring Car Championship, is evaluating plans to enter Formula E in some capacity in the near future. Discussions are believed to be ongoing […]
The Formula E car will sport a new look for the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Championship, thanks to the introduction of a new front wing. The new two-tier wing makes the fully-electric single-seater look more aggressive and unlike any other racing car in the world. “Formula E aims to be different, and this new front wing […]
Double World Touring Car champion José María López will leave the WTCC at the end of the year, it has been confirmed, with the Argentine remaining in the Citroën family with a move to DS Virgin Racing in Formula E. With Citroën ending its factory involvement in the WTCC at the end of the current […]
BMW may be the next major automaker to join the Formula E Championship. The electric car racing series already sees the likes of Audi, DS, Mahindra and Renault either fielding a team or supporting one, and will also see Jaguar enter with its own team when season three kicks off in October. BMW motorsport boss […]
The second season of the FIA Formula E championship came to a bizarre conclusion at London’s Battersea Park earlier on Sunday, with Renault e.dams driver Sebastien Buemi clinching the title after a fierce battle with rival Lucas di Grassi. A collision between the two drivers just moments after lights out left them out of contention […]
Gearing up for the season’s finale at Battersea Park in July, the FIA Formula E Championship is about the reach new heights. The fully electric formula racing series concludes its second season and the outlook is positive.Thinking about how the championship has evolved in just a short amount of time, it leaves the scepticism raised […]
The second season of the FIA Formula E Championship will be decided at the double-header finale at Battersea Park on July 2 and 3.At the Visa London ePrix either Lucas di Grassi or Sebastien Buemi will succeed Nelson Piquet Jr as the champion of the world’s first all-electric single-seater series. Sam Bird retains a mathematical […]
Gearing up for the season’s finale at Battersea Park in July, the FIA Formula E Championship is about the reach new heights. The fully electric formula racing series concludes its second season and the outlook is positive. Thinking about how the championship has evolved in just a short amount of time, it leaves the scepticism […]
The FIA and DMSB have unveiled an electric kart during the FIA Formula E Championship round in Berlin last weekend.The World Motor Sport Council announced in March that the FIA Electric and New Energy Championships Commission was interested to create the FIA eKarting Cup; a championship to run karts made by a single chassis and […]
Sébastien Buemi has won the Formula E race in Berlin and is now one point behind of championship leader Lucas di Grassi who finished in third position. Jean-Eric Vergne started from pole position, but was directly overtaken by Buemi. Both swapped positions a couple of laps later and afterwards Buemi regained the lead by performing a […]
Ferrari’s CEO Sergio Marchionne announced that Ferrari will never build an electric car. He drove a Tesla and afterwards said that the idea of a Ferrari without an internal combustion engine would be “an obscene concept” and that it’s something Ferrari will never do. Fortunately the world’s first 100% electric Ferrari was recently completed by […]
Following a post-race disqualification and loss of his win at the most recent FIA Formula E event in Mexico City, Lucas di Grassi answered by taking home a victory — and regaining the series points lead — at the Long Beach ePrix on Saturday. DS Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird started out front for the […]
Car maker says the short, frenetic racing of rallycross is a perfect arena to demonstrate advances in electric powertrain technology.Volkswagen is pushing for World and Global Rallycross Championship regulations to be developed for all-electric supercars, as a way to show off the advancing capability of the technology. The company currently competes in rallycross with factory-developed Beetles powered […]
D’Ambrosio has two career Formula E wins — both as result of di Grassi DQs The FIA Formula E Championship ran its fifth race of the season on Saturday, with Lucas di Grassi taking the win in the Mexico City ePrix. But a disqualification following the event stripped those honors from di Grassi, giving the […]
The world’s first sanctioned electric car racing series, the Formula E Championship, is now into its second season and by all accounts appears to be growing in popularity.Now there’s a new electric car racing series in the works, this time GT-based, and the first car to be nominated for the series is none other than […]
The Atacama Solar Race, Latin America’s sun-powered automotive rally, is preparing its 2016 edition in an effort to bring alternative energy to Chile’s northern region, organizers said. This is the fourth year that La Ruta Solar, a non-governmental organization, is organizing the race. La Ruta Solar uses the Atacama Solar Race to promote solar culture […]
Historic Alexanderplatz creates stunning backdrop for ePrix in German capital on May 21 The Berlin ePrix will take place on a new bespoke track in the heart of the German capital. The 2.030km circuit, which remains subject to approval from the Berlin city authorities, and FIA track homologation, […]
Ex-Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica has been linked with a switch to Formula E.Kubica was seen as one of F1’s brightest talents before a near-fatal crash during the 2011 Ronde di Andora rally in the F1 off-season saw him suffer a partial amputation of his forearm, and compound fractures to his right elbow, shoulder and […]
After claiming pole position earlier in the day, DS Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird held off FIA Formula E Championship Leader Sebastien Buemi, denying the Renault e.Dams racer the chance to claim back-to-back victory at the Buenos Aires ePrix. Whilst Bird lined up at the top of the grid, Buemi began at the opposite end after […]
Jean-Éric Vergne secured his first points for DS Virgin Racing as he claimed a valuable six points at the FIA Formula E Punta del Este ePrix.Starting at the back of the grid after a hard qualifying session, which saw him blocked in sector three, the Frenchman made up ground on those ahead of him […]
After securing the team’s first podium finish of the 2015-16 FIA Formula E season during an eventful race in Putrajaya, Malaysia, last month, Sam Bird will be looking for another strong performance on the streets of Punta del Este in order to consolidate his position within the top 3 of the driver championship standings. […]
Sky News reports JLR is prepping an all-electric racer and electric road car tooIs Jaguar preparing a Formula E racer? According to a new report that has surfaced online, it would seem so. Sky News has apparently learned that Jaguar will very soon announce its intention to run in Formula E – the all-electric motorsport series […]
In the wake of Dieselgate, Volkswagen has been cutting costs left and right in order to prepare for the many, many billions of dollars in fines it’ll need to shell out. As a result, it’s had to make some very difficult decisions. First, it gutted its design department — up until this year one of […]
The brains behind Citroen’s all-conquering World Rally Championship and World Touring Car Championship machines will be involved in the DS Virgin Formula E programme next year. Citroen Racing deputy director Xavier Mestelan Pinon, who has been with the French manufacturer since 1995, will assume a head of DS Performance role as of January 1. Pinon […]
It has been rumoured for months, but today Mexico City confirmed that it will host round five of the 2015/16 FIA Formula E Championship on a slightly revised version of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. It will be the first time that Formule E races on a permanent track, although located in the centre of […]
Lucas di Grassi claimed his second FIA Formula E Championship win in a race at Putrajaya in Malaysia that was packed with incident from start to finish.Even before the race had started Stephane Sarrazin was in trouble as his Venturi cut out on the dummy grid. With the Frenchman unable to take up his place […]
Renault e.dams is preparing to defend their Teams’ Champion title before the opener of the second season of the FIA Formula E Championship in Beijing and are looking for a drivers’ title as well as expectations run high on Renault’s input in the development of the car. Just over a year ago, one mentioning being […]
Leading payments brand Visa Europe has today announced it is to expand its partnership as the Official Payment Partner of the FIA Formula E Championship.Having joined Formula E for the European leg of the inaugural season, Visa has now increased its global ties with the series for the next three seasons. Visa Europe will continue […]
Adrian Newey, one of the most successful Formula 1 race car designers, is working on a pure electric road car that might be launched in 2018.Newey has stepped back from active duty in Formula 1 and has now a free role within Red Bull Technologies to work on projects he like. Insiders reporting that he is […]
Ex-Formula One racer Mark Webber believes the sport has lost its appeal and the depth of driver talent is the worst it has ever been.Webber, a nine-time grand prix winner, competed in over 200 races across a 12-year period for the likes of Jaguar, Williams and Red Bull. He narrowly missed out on the title […]
The Mahindra Racing Formula E team is pleased to announce that Nick Heidfeld has joined the team for the 2015/16 season. Nick will drive Mahindra Racing’s second generation car, the M2Electro for the coming season of the all-electric racing series. Earning more than 250 points over an eleven year F1 career and competing in every […]
Daniel Abt set a new Formula E lap record as testing resumed at Donington Park. On day three of six, the Abt Schaeffler driver used the full 200kW qualifying mode to record a lap of 1:30.250, comfortably quicker than Sebastien Buemi’s previous best of 1:31.050s, set on the final day of last week’s test. “When […]
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve could race in the second season of Formula E after testing for the Monaco-based Venturi team last week.The secret test took place at Paul Ricard, where Villeneuve joined Stephane Sarrazin, who has been re-signed by the team for a second season. Villeneuve completed a full day of testing in […]
McLaren boss Ron Dennis says that while he expected McLaren-Honda to be performing better this season, he is convinced that the decision to go with Honda still beats the alternative of being a Mercedes customer team. “We had every reason to think that we would be in a better situation than the one we find […]
The team is owned by a Chinese businessman with strong links to South Africa.Questions have emerged over President Jacob Zuma‘s foundation’s sponsorship of the China Formula E racing team, which is owned by a Chinese businessman with links to South Africa. Pictures emerged two weeks ago of the foundation’s logo splashed across panels in the […]
By Harry Tucker. Com.news.au FOR ME, car racing has always been associated with roaring engines and the smell of fuel.So, when the inaugural Formula E season kicked off in September last year, I wasn’t that fussed.I like electric cars, I just didn’t think they could match up to the power and prestige of Formula 1. […]