During the opening two races of the 2019/20 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Alex Sims weekend went from ‘disaster’ to a sensational success after the Brit secured his maiden win in the series in Saudi Arabia. But the victory was far from expected, he claims. “Today, we seemed to get every […]
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Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird scoops the first win of the season, leading TAG Heuer Porsche’s Andre Lotterer and Mercedes-Benz EQ’s Stoffel Vandoorne in third. The battle of the German powerhouses continues after a spectacular season opener in Saudi Arabia. Starting on Pole, BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Alex Sims pulled away as the lights went […]
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Brendon Hartley says two rookies would have been a “high risk” for Porsche, which ultimately selected Andre Lotterer over the ex-Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver for its Formula E line-up. Hartley, who will make his FE debut with Dragon in the upcoming 2019/20 season, had helped Porsche with its initial private testing of its 99X […]
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The upcoming season features 14 races in 9 capital cities across five continents – starting with a double header in Diriyah in Saudi Arabia on November 22 and 23 and coming to a close in London with another double-header in July 2020. This year’s expanded 12-team entry list will see 24 of the world’s top […]
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Jaguar Formula E driver Mitch Evans hopes pre-season ‘races’ can be avoided at future group tests after encountering “crazy” situations during the non-competitive events at Valencia last week. FE added two ‘E-Prix exercises’ for the Valencia test in a bid to fully test the systems needed for the sporting rule change for 2019/20 that requires each car […]
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Robin Frijns remained fastest on Formula E’s second day of testing at Valencia, while Antonio Felix da Costa topped the afternoon running and Stoffel Vandoorne ‘won’ the simulated race session. In the session’s dying minutes, DS Techeetah’s da Costa posted a 1m15.586s lap to head the afternoon’s running – albeit 0.209s down on Frijns’s lap […]
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Ferrari World Endurance Championship driver James Calado has been signed to race alongside Mitch Evans at the Jaguar Formula E squad in 2019/20. Calado, who finished second in the 2011 GP3 championship and third in the ’13 GP2 series before joining Ferrari’s AF Corse sportscar squad, will make his FE debut in the upcoming campaign. […]
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Mitch Evans has signed a new deal with the Jaguar Formula E squad ahead of the 2019/20 season. Evans has raced with the British team since leaving GP2 at the end of 2016 and scored its first FE podium, pole and race win. He finished third in the second Hong Kong race in 2017/18, took […]
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Porsche has unveiled the 99X Electric ABB FIA Formula E car with which it will contest its maiden season in the championship. The car was revealed by Porsche’s 2019/20 FE drivers Neel Jani and Andre Lotterer at the end of an interactive launch event hosted on livestream gaming platform Twitch that took place over four […]
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New GEOX Dragon signing Brendon Hartley says that Porsche supported his move to becoming an ABB FIA Formula E Championship driver. In his first interview since being announced as a GEOX Dragon driver, the Kiwi told e-racing365 that he is “appreciative” of Porsche allowing him to form a Formula E program after he was approached […]
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