Mahindra must not target “anything less than” the championship in the first season of Formula E’s Gen2 era, according to new signing Jerome d’Ambrosio. Mahindra led the teams’ standings after Felix Rosenqvist won back-to-back races in Hong Kong and Marrakesh in the early part of the 2017/18 season, but its title bid was derailed by […]
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BMW Says Formula E Debut Win Was Very Unexpected
BMW did not expect Antonio Felix da Costa’s win in the inaugural ABB FIA Formula E Ad Diriyah E-Prix despite sweeping pre-season testing, motorsport boss Jens Marquardt says. Da Costa’s triumph from pole position gave BMW Andretti victory in the very first race the manufacturer had entered as a full FE manufacturer. BMW had topped all three days of pre-season testing at […]
Rosenqvist Explains Decision To Leave “Booming” Formula E
Felix Rosenqvist says he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to compete for Chip Ganassi Racing in IndyCar, even though that required an exit from the “booming” ABB FIA Formula E series. The Swede, who won three Formula E races in two seasons with Mahindra, will make an unexpected final start in the electric championship this […]
Life In Pictures: Formula E’s Nelson Piquet Jr.
Formula E star Nelson Piquet Jr. then and now. Video description: In association with Motorsport Images, Nelson Piquet Jr. takes us through the early years of his racing career, the infamous Singapore GP crashgate scandal, and how he has come to drive for Jaguar Racing in the growing Formula E championship.
FULL RACE VIDEO: Formula E Season Opener Was Frantic, Full Of Action
Antonio Felix da Costa won the Ad Diriyah E-Prix, the opening round of the 2018-19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship and the first race for the new Gen2 car. ***UPDATE: Full video of the race now featured above. Reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne finished second, having led the middle phase of the race before being hit […]
Ad Diriyah Formula E E-Prix: BMW Nabs First Gen 2 Pole
BMW Andretti’s Antonio Felix da Costa topped a delayed, revamped and disrupted ABB FIA Formula E qualifying session for the Ad Diriyah E-Prix. After wet weather cancelled the planned FP1 and FP2 sessions, qualifying took place just a short while after a hastily rescheduled practice run did occur. Qualifying was organised into two groups instead of […]
Driver Says No To Formula 1 After Joining Formula E
Oliver Rowland says he is no longer aiming for a Formula 1 race drive after sealing his ABB FIA Formula E deal with the Nissan e.dams squad. Rowland, the 2015 Formula Renault 3.5 champion, finished third in the 2017 Formula 2 championship before working as Williams’s ’18 official young driver, which included a run at […]
Agag Moves From CEO To Chairman Role For Formula E
ABB FIA Formula E founder Alejandro Agag will switch from his current role as CEO to become the championship’s chairman. The series will appoint a new CEO “in the coming months”, according to an FE statement, with Agag continuing in that position “until the new person joins Formula E”. Agag and FIA president Jean Todt […]
BMW: Formula E “Favorite” Tag Is Just Audi Smokescreen
BMW motorsport boss Jens Marquardt reckons Audi labeled his outfit the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E pre-season favorite because it “wants to distract” its rivals. Audi team principal Allan McNish told Motorsport.com that BMW is “the one that we are going to be chasing as a principal point”, after the Munich-based marque topped all three days of […]
Jaguar eTrophy Racing Series To Launch With 11-Car Grid
The inaugural Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy race will take place with an 11-car grid after Alice Powell was confirmed as the VIP driver for the championship’s opening round. The first season of the ABB FIA Formula E support series begins with the first of 10 rounds at the Ad Diriyah E-Prix this weekend. Jaguar will enter […]
