Electric Racing

Abt and Di Grassi continue at Audi

Friday July 12th, 2019 Jens Jensen

Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler continue with no changes to their driver line-up, when Season 6 of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship starts later this year. The German team are the first to confirm their drivers for the upcoming season, ahead of the Season 5 finale, which is run this weekend in New York. They are the only team to retain the drivers throughout all 56 Formula E races run so far. Both drivers have won for the team, and Lucas Di Grassi currently sits second in the Championship, 32…

Seoul Formula E track revealed

Tuesday July 2nd, 2019 Jens Jensen

The ABB FIA Formula E Championship has revealed the track for their brand new event in Seoul. The track will be used for the first time in the 2019/20 season, where the electric series will visit South Korea for the first time. The race will be held in the area that hosted the Olympic Games in 1988. They will race past the Olympic swimming arena and baseball stadium. And the success from Mexico City will have a bit of a twist here. The cars will race into the Olympic Athletics…

Close race on narrow Swiss track

Saturday June 22nd, 2019 Jens Jensen

Round 11 of ABB FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19 was run in the Swiss town of Bern. It’s the second year a row where the city hosts a Formula E race, but it was a completely different track compared to last year. The track this year was much narrower, so the drivers knew beforehand that the qualifying would be important – even more important than usual in the electric series. Championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne had taken Pole Position, ahead of Mitch Evans, Sebastien Buemi, Pascal Wehrlein, Maximilian Günther, Sam Bird,…

Formula E 2019/20 schedule announced

Saturday June 15th, 2019 Jens Jensen

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…

Home victory in Berlin

Saturday May 25th, 2019Sunday June 9th, 2019 Jens Jensen

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…

12 Jaguars loose in Berlin

Saturday May 25th, 2019Monday May 27th, 2019 Jens Jensen

Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY had come to the season’s eighth round, that would be run at the old Tempelhof airport in Berlin. Caca Bueno had taken Pole Position in front of his teammate Sergio Jimenez and Simon Evans. Championship leader Bryan Sellers started in P4, just ahead of the new driver in the field, Adam Carroll. Carroll replaces Stefan Rzadzinski, since the Canadian had damaged too many cars and the other drivers were very upset with him in Monaco, after hitting both Rahal Letterman Lanigan cars in just a few metres…

Electric battle in the Principality

Saturday May 11th, 2019Tuesday May 21st, 2019 Jens Jensen

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…

Clumsy start at Monaco

Saturday May 11th, 2019Monday May 20th, 2019 Jens Jensen

The season’s 7th Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY race was run in Monaco, on the shorter version of the Formula 1 track. Caca Bueno had taken Pole Position, in front of his teammate Sergio Jimenez, while championship leader Bryan Sellers would start from P3, ahead of Stefan Rzadzinski. Katherine Legge had been unlucky in the qualifying when she had not just one but two punctures. The guest driver this time was Anthony Beltoise, who would drive from ninth place out of the 12 cars in the field. The start was a chaos,…

Eight winners in eight races

Saturday April 27th, 2019Friday June 7th, 2019 Jens Jensen

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…

Turbulent Paris race

Saturday April 27th, 2019Friday July 12th, 2019 Jens Jensen

Den sixth round of Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY was run on the streets of Paris. Bryan Sellers had taken Pole Position in front of Caca Bueno, Stefan Rzadzinski, Sergio Jimenez, Katherine Legge and Simon Evans. Jimenez was leading the championship prior to the weekend, but with only a few points between the drivers we could get a new championship leader on Saturday afternoon. The VIP driver of the weekend was British racing driver Archie Hamilton, who had qualified in P9. The asphalt was dry at the start of the race, but…

Wet and disrupted Formula E in Rome

Saturday April 13th, 2019Tuesday April 23rd, 2019 Jens Jensen

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…

Changing weather in Rome

Saturday April 13th, 2019Tuesday April 23rd, 2019 Jens Jensen

The fifth round of Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY was run on the streets of Rome, where the race started on dry asphalt. Sergio Jimenez had taken Pole Position ahead of Bryan Sellers and championship leader Simon Evans, and second place in the championship, Katherine Legge. As always there was a VIP driver participating in the race. This time it was Luca Salvadori, who normally rides motorbikes. The start went fine, with less drama that we often see on the first lap. Sellers didn’t have the best start from P2 and was…

Venturi plans to add strong podium finishes to their Season 5 achievments

Thursday April 11th, 2019Thursday April 11th, 2019 Annika Göcke

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.

NIO Formula E Team aiming for point-scoring finish in Rome

Thursday April 11th, 2019Thursday April 11th, 2019 Annika Göcke

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.

Envision Virgin Racing preparing for the 2019 Rome E-Prix

Tuesday April 9th, 2019Tuesday April 9th, 2019 Annika Göcke

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.

Mahindra Racing aims to keep good momentum heading to Europe

Tuesday April 9th, 2019Tuesday April 9th, 2019 Annika Göcke

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.

DS Techeetah starts second half of the season with strong team spirit

Tuesday April 9th, 2019Tuesday April 9th, 2019 Annika Göcke

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.

Piquet Jr out, Lynn in

Thursday March 28th, 2019 Jens Jensen

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.…

Chaotic Formula E race in China

Saturday March 23rd, 2019 Jens Jensen

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…

Fourth winner in four weekends

Saturday March 23rd, 2019Thursday March 28th, 2019 Jens Jensen

Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY continued to surprise, when the season’s fourth round was run in Sanya, China. Caca Bueno had taken Pole Position for second race in a row, with Simon Evans in P2, while championship leader Bryan Sellers qualified third. It was worse for the first contender, and Seller’s teammate, Katherine Legge, who would only start from eighth position. Guest driver David Cheng started on the last row, but he was also given a Drive-Through penalty for blocking Bandar Alesayi in the qualifying. The weather was the opposite of the…