Motorsport

Formula E has announced content creator MrBeast’s (Jimmy Donaldson) ethical snacking company, Feastables, as the official snacking provider of the championship. The multi-season partnership is now active across digital platforms, live events, and retail integrations, starting with the 2025 Hankook Berlin E-Prix, which runs from July 11 to July 13. All about Formula E and MrBeast’s collaboration The deal includes…

The difficulties McLaren endured in its attempted – and ultimately failed – bid to save its Formula E teams were a consequence of both circumstance and, allied to that, the world’s only all-electric world championship living in a bit of a bubble. The NEOM McLaren Formula E licence has had approximately six months to find new investment and a future….

Pierre Gasly went into Sunday’s British Grand Prix wondering if he would score a point again all year. However the Alpine driver pulled off a superb performance on Saturday and Sunday to score the team’s best result of the season so far. It lifted them onto a total of 19 points – but despite that tally they remain rooted to…

The Kiro team has reacted swiftly to try to ringfence Formula E’s newest race winner Dan Ticktum after significant interest from its powertrain supplier Porsche became known earlier this month. The Race can reveal that Kiro activated an option on Ticktum’s services in the first week of July, meaning that Ticktum is now contractually locked into a fifth season with…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Apple bids for Formula 1 rights in US after success of Brad Pitt film (Financial Times) ‘The iPhone maker is challenging Disney’s ESPN — Formula 1’s current American broadcaster — when the broadcast contract becomes available next year, according to two people familiar with the discussions.’ ESPN Formula…

Antonio Felix Da Costa won the last Formula E race in Berlin. This year, he has dedicated his race to the late Portuguese footballers Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva. The two tragically died in a car crash last week, leaving fans across the globe in shock and grief. The TAG Heuer Porsche driver shared a touching tribute to…

Christian Horner stressed the positives at the end of his 406th and – we now know – final race in charge of Red Bull. There wasn’t a great deal to be positive about. Max Verstappen had taken pole position but, racing a dry-focused set-up on a wet day, went off several times and could only salvage fifth place. The team’s…

Can the visually impaired also enjoy the fun and thrill of a Formula E race? Yes, it’s now possible — thanks to a new initiative by Formula E and Google Cloud: an AI-powered audio race report. This initiative promotes inclusivity and makes motorsport more accessible for blind and visually impaired fans. Google Cloud will work with the Royal National Institute…

Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as team principal, the team confirmed Wednesday. Horner has been in charge of F1’s Red Bull team since 2005 and oversaw its dominant runs at the start of the 2010s and the current decade. Sources within Red Bull have told ESPN that the atmosphere within the team has grown…

Red Bull has fired Christian Horner, who has headed the Formula 1 team for 20 years since they entered the world championship. Horner’s replacement is Laurent Mekies, who until now was in charge of Red Bull’s second Formula 1 team, Racing Bulls. “With immediate effect, Laurent Mekies will take over the duties of CEO at Red Bull Racing,” the team…

LONDON, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Formula E and its Official Cloud Partner, Google Cloud, today announced a new initiative to make motorsport more accessible for blind and visually impaired fans through an innovative, AI-powered, audio race report. Unveiled at the Google Cloud Summit in London by Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds, the project uses Google Cloud’s generative AI technology…

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On July 4, NIO launched its Champion Edition lineup to mark the 10th anniversary of its Formula E championship win. The special-edition models—based on the new ET5, ET5T, and EC6—will be available for upgrades and have begun arriving in stores from July 5. The Champion Editions of the new ET5 and ET5T start at 316,000 yuan for the…

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Drugovich sampled next year’s smaller tyres A green and gold day for 2026 Pirelli tyre development (Pirelli) ‘Two Brazilians were driving today: Felipe Drugovich was behind the wheel of the Aston Martin AMR25, while Gabriel Bortoleto was driving the Sauber C45. Both cars were specially adapted to suit…

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship heads to familiar territory this weekend, as Berlin is set to host Rounds 13 and 14 at the iconic Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, the most-raced location in series history. As the only city to feature on the calendar every season since Formula E’s inception, the German capital is a cornerstone of the Championship,…

Taylor Barnard has come a long way in just a little over a year since his Formula E debut. The 21-year-old NEOM McLaren driver is all set to compete at the Berlin E-Prix, the only circuit besides Monaco where he has raced before. What makes his return to the Tempelhof Airport Circuit special is the fact that he scored his…

Nico Hülkenberg‘s breakthrough podium for Swiss-based Sauber at the British Grand Prix will boost belief in the future Audi works team, according to team principal Jonathan Wheatley. Hulkenberg, 37, finished third at Silverstone for his first podium finish in 239 starts — an achievement many thought would never happen for a driver who made his Formula One debut 15 years…

Lando Norris’s chances of winning the British Grand Prix shot up when the stewards issued his team mate a 10-second time penalty on lap 25. Oscar Piastri was leading by 3.6 seconds at the time and clearly needed to pull out almost seven seconds more over his team mate to be in a position to win. Norris, second, had become…

As the Formula E season enters its final two race weekends – double-headers in Berlin and London – McLaren is getting ready to close a four-year chapter in electric racing. After entering Extreme E in 2022, the brand joined the Formula E fold a year later, absorbing the back-to-back double championship winning Mercedes team. But with its title sponsor exiting…

Nico Hulkenberg used all the experience of his 238 previous grands prix to make the pivotal tactical calls which finally delivered his first podium finish. The race started on a track which was still wet in parts but drying rapidly. At first Hulkenberg resisted the temptation to switch to slick tyres as the Sauber strategists saw a window of opportunity…