Five things we learned from the Mexico City E-Prix
Oliver Rowland became the second different Formula E winner in as many races after surging to an unexpected victory in the closing stages of the Mexico City E-Prix. But while the Briton’s overtaking prowess handed him the win, the outright performance of Porsche drivers Antonio Felix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein was an ominous warning sign for its rivals. After…
How next season’s Formula E calendar is already taking shape
Returns to Santiago and Cape Town, as well as new venues in Phoenix and Bangkok, are options being considered for the 2025-26 Formula E calendar. Despite the current season only being one race old after the season-opener in Sao Paulo last month, discussions are already gathering pace for the next campaign with a provisional calendar set to be announced in…
RaceFans Round-up: 13th January 2025 | Motorsport
Welcome to Monday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Ace, Kei and Diego! On this day in motorsport Gianni Morbidelli was born on this day in 1968 45 years ago today a new F1 season began at Buenos Aires. Alan Jones won for Williams and Alain Prost scored the final point for sixth place on his…
Formula E’s latest plan for rookie running revealed
An extra rookie free practice session will be added to the timetable ahead of Formula E’s first Jeddah E-Prix next month. Formula E’s sporting regulations allow for an additional practice sessions to be added to schedules just for rookies, in addition to the full-day rookie tests that feature most seasons – with the 2025 edition of that set for Berlin…
Jaguar “definitely got some work to do” for Mexico City E-Prix
Formula E championship leader Mitch Evans claims that his Jaguar team has “definitely got some work to do” as he believes the package still lacks the pure performance of rivals Porsche and Nissan. Evans took victory in the season-opening Sao Paulo E-Prix from last on the grid having benefitted from several incidents and two red flags to move up the…
Rowland “would have found it hard to win” Mexico City E-Prix without late safety car
Oliver Rowland believes he “would have found it hard to win” the Mexico City E-Prix were it not for a late safety car followed by passing three cars in one lap for the lead. The Nissan driver took his first Formula E victory of the season and his first at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit on Saturday, despite only leading…
Mexico City Formula E weekend “destroyed” by de Vries
Sam Bird has hit out at fellow Formula E driver Nyck de Vries, claiming the Dutchman “destroyed” his Mexico City weekend and that the FIA needs to take action against his driving. The McLaren driver was left aggrieved at the end of the qualifying group stages at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit on Saturday as he was baulked on his…
‘All instinct’ – There was nothing lucky about Rowland’s epic win
There are plenty of mythical spectres in Mexico City, they even made a film around it. But the one that threatened to reappear (from Sao Paulo) to haunt Nissan and Oliver Rowland in the first Formula E race of 2025 eventually got banished by an inspired piece of racing exorcism. There was an element of gamble, an element of luck…
DS Penske was up to the challenge
Jean-Eric Vergne and Max Guenther set a strong pace in the second round of the Formula E World Championship in Mexico City. However, just as a podium finish seemed within their grasp, a late-race safety car intervention disrupted their plans. Mexico was hosting a Formula E race for the ninth time, but it was a first for the Gen3 EVO…
Is F1 right to overhaul its car design rules again for 2026? · RaceFans | Motorsport
In 2023, one driver won 19 out of 22 races. But last season ended with a 15-race run in which no one scored back-to-back wins – the longest such streak since the 2012-13 seasons. The constructors’ championship was still hanging in the balance on the final lap of last season, and the same could have happened in the drivers’ title…
Formula E: first points for Maserati in Mexico
On January 11, 2025, the Maserati MSG Racing scored his first points of the season at the Mexico City ePrixafter a solid performance despite difficult qualifying conditions. For the first time this season, the Italian team was able to turn a starting position into a fine comeback. Difficult qualifying, but a good trajectory The weekend of Formula E began under…
Rowland salsa’s to victory in Mexico City Formula E thriller
Oliver Rowland bounced back from losing victory in São Paulo, to win the Formula E Mexico City E-Prix. The Nissan driver had been leading the season-opener comfortably, believe a heavy penalty for a technical infraction saw him tumble down the order. He made up for it in Mexico City, where he capitalised on a late safety car to overtake the…
Rowland snatches victory from Porsche after late safety car
Oliver Rowland claimed victory in the Mexico City E-Prix, beating Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix da Costa after capitalising on a late safety car restart to snatch the win. The Nissan driver was running only fourth on lap 28 of the scheduled 36 and several seconds behind race leader da Costa and Wehrlein, both of whom had been the…
Wehrlein beats team-mate da Costa to pole as Porsche dominate
Reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein claimed back-to-back pole positions having bested team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa in qualifying for the Mexico City E-Prix as Porsche dominated. The German entered the second round of the season with a new chassis after his spectacular shunt in the Sao Paulo season-opener, but it didn’t prevent him from becoming the first driver to…
Hughes tops wet FP2 as further rain threatens
Jake Hughes topped a wet but drying second practice session for the Mexico City E-Prix, with further rain a threat for Saturday’s Formula E race. The Maserati MSG driver posted a 1m25.808s in the final moments as drivers and teams scrambled to get on top of the new Gen3 Evo machines and Hankook tyre at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in…
Hefty tome is disappointingly thin · RaceFans | Motorsport
The modern Formula 2 championship often produces even livelier racing the main event. It helps, of course, that it has a larger grid than F1 and its cars are identical. That wasn’t always so. In its original guise, Formula 2 was true formula racing, featuring competition between multiple chassis, engine and tyre manufacturers. The championship therefore proved a valuable training…
Wehrlein reveals second hospital visit after Sao Paulo shunt
Reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein has revealed he made a second visit to hospital due to headaches following his Sao Paulo shunt which ripped the halo from his Porsche’s chassis. The German suffered the spectacular accident when his Porsche was flipped over by Nick Cassidy’s Jaguar in the season-opener last month, with the top of the roll hoop and…
Farewell to Franco · RaceFans | Motorsport
Williams handed Franco Colapinto his big break in Formula 1 last year – but he’s off to pastures new for 2025. Team principal James Vowles, pictured with him here, has released Colapinto to join Alpine from this season as a test and reserve driver. Many suspect Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore is already lining him up for a race seat…
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Porsche ‘the reference’ for Mexico City E-Prix, says Nick Cassidy
Nick Cassidy believes Tag Heuer Porsche will be “the reference” team in Mexico at this weekend’s resumption of the FIA Formula E championship. The Jaguar TCS Racing man arrives at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez looking to kickstart his season, after retiring in the incident that also sent reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein’s Porsche out in horrifying fashion. The second Jaguar of…