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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Mahindra Racing drivers forced to retire after unavoidable accident
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.
Read MoreDramatic Hong Kong e-Prix for DS Techeetah
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.
Read MoreNIO scoring Championship points again on the streets of Hong Kong
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.
Read MoreEdoardo Mortara celebrating Hong Kong race win for Venturi
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.
Read MoreSlippery business in Hong Kong
The third round of Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY was run in Hong Kong on slippery asphalt. The qualifying was run in the rain, where Caca Bueno took Pole Position ahead of Bryan Sellers, Simon Evans and Stefan Rzadzinski. Championship leader Katherine Legge would start from P5, in front of Yaqi Zhang and the guest driver of the weekend, Darryl O’Young. There was some close contact in the first corner, where Bueno and Sellers pulled away, while Legge braked herself past on the inside and came up to P3. Sergio Jimenez started…
Read MoreWell-known faces in front in Mexico
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…
Read MoreHistoric Mexico round
It was a historic Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy day at the second round of the season, which was run in Mexico City. The first piece of history was already written Saturday morning local time, when Katherine Legge took the first ever Pole Position for a female in electric racing. It was not only a big achievement for her, but with Rahal Letterman Lanigan teammate Bryan Sellers in P2, which made the team estatic. The winner from the first round, Simon Evans, had qualified in P3, while the VIP driver of the…
Read MoreAudi goes to Lanzarote
Audi Sport has had their works drivers on a small trip to Lanzarote. But this wasn’t pure holiday, even though the weather was perfect for it, but their now legendary fitness week. This was the fourth time that the team had gone for Club La Santa, where Tom Kristensen and the team physio Vincenzo Tota had planned a week of secret activities for the 8 works drivers in DTM and Formula E. Loic Duval, Robin Frijns, Jamie Green, Nico Müller, Rene Rast, Mike Rockenfeller, Lucas Di Grassi and Daniel Abt…
Read MoreFormula E commitment hampers Lotterer
Andre Lotterer won’t be at the 1000 Miles FIA World Endurance Championship race at Sebring in March. The Rebellion Racing driver has been told by his ABB FIA Formula E Championship team, DS Techeetah, that he will be going in the simulator, since Sebring is right between two Formula E weekends. He and teammate Jean-Eric Vergne will have to prepare for the race in Sanya in China. He will be replaced by Mathias Beche, who lost his seat in the Rebellion LMP1 car, when Nathanael Berthon was announced in car…
Read MoreScorching Formula E visit in Santiago
It was a scorching hot third round of this year’s ABB FIA Formula E Championship, when the series visited the capital city of Chile. With 37-38 degrees Celcius air temperature and 45-46 degrees asphalt temperature, it was a really difficult for the drivers to take care of the batteries and tires through the 45 minutes plus a lap. Lucas Di Grassi finally drove his Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler to Pole Position, but because his in-lap was too slow after Super Pole, his time was deleted and had to start from…
Read MoreD’Ambrosio wins dramatic Marrakesh EPrix
The Marrakesh E-Prix started with a first-corner clash, saw the top ten shaken several times when the drivers used the attack mode and surprised with a dramatic finish.
Read MoreFormula E returns to action in Marrakesh
After just under a month’s break, the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship resumes this weekend, as it returns to the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakesh for the third consecutive year.
Read MoreEnvision Virgin Racing looking to build on momentum in Marrakesh
With the all-electric series returning to Marrakesh for the second round of season five, taking place on January 12, Envision Virgin Racing plan to build on their current momentum, having scored podium finishes in both previous visits to the North African venue.
Read MoreArther Leclerc joins Venturi Formula E Team for Marrakesh test
Ahead of the Rookie test on 13th January, Venturi to announced that Monagasque driver, Arthur Leclerc will join Frenchman Norman Nato for the forthcoming Rookie Test.
Read MorePietro Fittipaldi and Harry Tincknell to test Jaguar I-TYPE 3 in Marrakesh
Panasonic Jaguar Racing welcome back test drivers Pietro Fittipaldi and Harry Tincknell ,who will both drive the Jaguar I-TYPE 3 in the one-day test on January 13th following the Marrakesh E-Prix.
Read MoreBenoît Tréluyer and Nyck de Vries enhancing Envision Virgin Racing during Rookie Test
Envision Virgin Racing have confirmed that Benoît Tréluyer and Nyck de Vries will drive for the team, during the forthcoming Formula E Rookie test in Marrakesh on 13th January.
Read MoreSomething old and something new at Audi
There will be something old and something new at Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, when the second round of this season’s ABB FIA Formula E Championship will be run in Marrakesh this weekend. There is nothing new amongst the racing drivers, where 2016/17 Champion Lucas Di Grassi and the double 2017/18 race winner Daniel Abt will pilot the cars. But there will be a Rookie test this Sunday, where all current and previous Formula E drivers aren’t allowed to participate. So Audi needs to find two new guys for that test.…
Read MoreBruno Spengler and Marco Wittmann driving for BMW i Andretti Motorsport at Rookie test
Just one day after the second race of the season in Marrakech, BMW i Andretti Motorsport will attend next Sunday’s official rookie test for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship with two BMW works drivers and DTM champions at the wheel of the BMW iFE.18.
Read MoreDaniel Juncadella and Raffaele Marciello to attend rookie test for HWA Racelab
Test and development driver Daniel Juncadella and Raffaele Marciello will support HWA Racelab gathering further information with the new Gen2 cars during the Rookie test in Marrakesh.
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