Category: Formula E

ABB FIA Formula E Championship has announced their 2019/20 racing schedule. The majority of the races are current events, but South Korea is a new addition. London returns after a few years out. And then we have two TBC races on the calendar so far. The race on 14 December clashes with the FIA World Endurance Championship race in Bahrain, so that puts drivers like Sebastien Buemi and Sam Bird in a difficult situation, if they choose to continue at Nissan e.dams and Envision Virgin Racing respectively – that is…

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ABB FIA Formula E Championship ran the tenth round of the 2018/19 season in Berlin. The old Tempelhof airport was the place to host the race, being a near permanent feature in the Formula E calendar. Sebastien Buemi had taken Pole Position in front of Stoffel Vandoorne and Lucas Di Grassi. Gary Paffett and Alex Lynn occupied fourth and fifth position, followed by Daniel Abt who was the best local hero in P6. Championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne would start the race from P8, while the closest competitor – and teammate…

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ABB FIA Formula E Championship held the season’s ninth round in Monaco. Although it wasn’t entire the Formula 1 track, they still included the iconic marina section and start/finish straight as a part of the lap. Jean-Eric Vergne had Pole Position ahead of Pascal Wehrlein, Oliver Rowland, Felipe Massa, Sebastien Buemi and Alexander Sims. With Alexander Lynn in P7, there were six different teams in top  seven. It wasn’t, however, Vergne who had been the quickest in qualifying, but Rowland instead. He had a three-position grid penalty due to an…

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The eighth round of ABB FIA Formula E Championship was run at the streets of Paris, where there was once again drama before, during, and after the race. Oliver Rowland got Pole Position in front of his Nissan e.dams teammate Sebastien Buemi, as well as Robin Frijns and Felipe Massa. The drama in qualifying was at both Mahindra Racing cars, Jerome D’Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein, were disqualified, since they had driven with too low tire pressure on both cars. Thus they had to start from P21 and 22 instead of…

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ABB FIA Formula E Championship race in Rome was wet and disrupted. Andre Lotterer had taken Pole Position in qualifying ahead of Mitch Evans, Jose Maria Lopez, Stoffel Vandoorne and Maximilian Günther. Championship leader Antonio Felix da Costa started from P11, and had his biggest challenger, Sam Bird, right next to him in P12. Second in the championship, Jerome D’Ambrosio was down in P18! Many overtakings needed to happen for the two to remain at the top of the championship when the day was over. The asphalt was wet from…

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Venturi Formula E Team is looking forward to contesting the next five races on European soil – which includes their home race in Monaco on 11 May.

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This weekend’s Rome E-Prix marks the first of five Formula E races in continental Europe, the championship having criss-crossed the globe over the course of the opening six rounds with visits to the Middle East, North Africa, the Americas and, most recently, NIO’s home events in Hong Kong and China.

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With the all-electric series heads to Rome this week to begin its European leg. Taking place on the specially-built 2.87km Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR, the events marks the first of five European races and features a 21-turn track with drivers reaching speeds in excess of 200kph.

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Mahindra Racing is heading into the second half of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, heading to the Italian capital Rome for the seventh round of season five.

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With the season in full swing, there was no break for the DS Techeetah crew whose technical team and drivers went straight back to the simulator to prepare the first race of the European leg and the seventh round of the 2018/2019 ABB FIA Formula E championship – the Rome E-Prix.

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Panasonic Jaguar Racing are doing a driver change in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. Nelson Piquet Jr. are no longer part of the team, after both parties have decided to end their deal after one and a half seasons. Piquet Jr. is the very first Formula E Champion in history, when he won the title in 2014/15. It’s been a bit tough for him to follow up on that result, since the Brazilian has been unlucky to be in teams without podium potential, or only on very limited occasions.…

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The 6th round of ABB FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19 was run in the Chinese city of Sanya, and that gave another twist in the championship. Oliver Rowland from the Nissan eDAMS team had secured Pole Position, ahead of the defending Champion Jean-Eric Vergne in DS Techeetah, Antonio Felix da Costa in BMW i Andretti Motorsport, while Daniel Abt in Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler started the race from P4. Alexander Sims in BMW i Andretti Motorsport wasn’t able to participate in the super pole, even though he were amongst the…

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The race in the streets of Hong Kong was an emotional rollercoaster for HWA Racelab. The morning’s action had seen the new Formula E team coping rather well with the tricky conditions in qualifying. Stoffel Vandoorne and Gary Paffett set the two fastest times in their VFE05 cars to ensure they progressed to the Super Pole session for the top six drivers.

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Round five of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship took place in Hong Kong today, and saw both, Jérôme D’Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein, forced into early retirement.

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Dramatic final moments of the race in the Harbour of central Hong Kong saw DS Techeetah driver André Lotterer losing his victory that had seemed to be an absolute cinch. Team-mate Jean-Éric Vergne also suffered from a chaotic e-Prix which saw both drivers finishing P13 and P14 respectively.

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NIO celebrated the category’s 50th e-Prix in style by scoring Championship points again on the streets of Hong Kong. Oliver Turvey secured a ninth place finish while Tom Dillmann ended a rollercoaster race in 12th spot.

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Despite Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird initially celebrating the win with Mortara in second place on the podium, a racing incident penalty for the Brit promoted the Swiss-Italian to first place with the Monegasque outfit celebrating their first victory.

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The season’s fourth round of ABB FIA Formula E Championship was run in Mexico City, on the shorter version of the Formula 1 track. Top three drivers in the qualifying all had experience in Formula 1, with Pascal Wehrlein on Pole Position ahead of Lucas Di Grassi and Felipe Massa. Oliver Rowland, Antonio Felix da Costa and Sebastien Buemi were the last drivers also in the Super Pole. Championship leader Sam Bird had a terrible qualifying, where he didn’t set any time at all due to technical problem with the…

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