Nelson Piquet Jr and his Jaguar ABB FIA Formula E team have agreed to part ways after the first six races of the 2018/19 season. The 2014/15 FE champion has scored just a single point so far in the current campaign and crashed out of last weekend’s round at Sanya after qualifying last. Piquet joined […]
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Lotterer “Wasn’t Interested” In Bird’s Reconciliation For Formula E Crash
Sam Bird says ABB FIA Formula E rival Andre Lotterer “wasn’t interested” in hearing him out after their Hong Kong clash, although the pair have since shaken hands regarding the incident. Lotterer led the majority of the Hong Kong race in a tight battle at the head of the field with Envision Virgin Racing driver […]
Formula E Sanya E-Prix Race Results: SPOILER ALERT
Reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne scored his first victory of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E season at Sanya in China, passing poleman Oliver Rowland before a red flag period. Rowland held the lead for much of the race, before the Nissan e.dams driver was passed by Techeetah’s Vergne at the final corner on lap 19 […]
Formula E Should Make Radical Attack Mode Changes
Jaguar’s Mitch Evans believes ABB FIA Formula E should go “radical” in how it chooses to deploy attack mode in races. FE has so far used two activations lasting four minutes with an extra 25kW of power in each of the five races to date in the debut season of the Gen2 car and attack […]
Formula E Should Make Radical Attack Mode Changes
Jaguar’s Mitch Evans believes ABB FIA Formula E should go “radical” in how it chooses to deploy attack mode in races. FE has so far used two activations lasting four minutes with an extra 25kW of power in each of the five races to date in the debut season of the Gen2 car and attack […]
Ford Says It Might Enter Formula E In The Future
An entry into the ABB FIA Formula E Championship remains one of the options for Ford as it evaluates its motorsport future. Mark Rushbrook, global head of Ford Performance Motorsports, told Motorsport.comt that FE was “still on the sheet of paper we are looking at” as it considers an entry into what he called “electrified […]
BMW Calls Up New Driver For Formula E Run
BMW’s two-time DTM champion Marco Wittmann will get his first run in the manufacturer’s iFE.18 car in ABB FIA Formula E’s Marrakesh rookie test. Wittmann, who has won 11 races and two drivers’ championships since joining the Bavarian marque’s DTM roster in 2013, has previously expressed skepticism over the all-electric series. But describing the new Gen2 […]
Jaguar Adds 2 New Drivers For Formula E Rookie Tests
Jaguar will run Pietro Fittipaldi and Harry Tincknell in the ABB FIA Formula E rookie test in Marrakech later this month. Fittipaldi spent much of the first half of 2018 on the sidelines after breaking his legs in an accident during World Endurance Championship qualifying at Spa while driving for the DragonSpeed LMP1 squad, but […]
DS Techeetah Adds 2 More Drivers For Formula E Marrakesh Test
The DS Techeetah Formula E team will field Sauber Formula 1 tester Tatiana Calderon and Super GT ace James Rossiter in this month’s Marrakesh test. Calderon, who completed two private F1 tests in 2018 with Sauber, is eyeing a Formula 2 programme and continued affiliation with the Swiss team this season. After also making her FE […]
Former Formula 1 Driver Lands Seat With Formula E Mahindra
Ex-Williams Formula 1 driver Sergey Sirotkin will test for the Mahindra Formula E team in Marrakesh this month. Sirotkin contested the 2018 F1 season with Williams but his backer SMP Racing and the British team did not strike a new deal to continue their relationship for a second campaign. The Russian driver has tested DTM machinery since […]
