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As F1 reaches its halfway point RaceFans analyses how each pair of team mates is performing, starting with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda. Whatever motivated Red Bull’s decision to dispense with Christian Horner’s services last week, his handling of the team’s second car alongside Max Verstappen cannot have inspired confidence in his leadership. Sergio Perez may have finished…

New Formula E champion Oliver Rowland wasn’t even on the grid two years ago. He pretty much voluntarily dropped off it halfway through a coruscating 2023 season, his second with Mahindra, with the team in a state of rebuild and with an initial Gen3 package that was easily the least competitive on the grid. Rowland admitted as much in the…

British driver Oliver Rowland has become the 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion, after an incredibly hard fought race on the streets of Berlin – while Jaguar made it two wins from two on the Tempelhof circuit this weekend. Nissan Formula E Driver Oliver Rowland achieved a life-long dream of lifting a FIA single-seater title this weekend (13 July),…

Welcome to Monday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to ryanmack09! On this day in motorsport 40 years ago today Hockenheim’s round of the World Sportscar Championship was marred by several fires in the pits, the worst of which left Porsche boss Norbert Singer hospitalised for weeks with burns. His drivers Hans-Joachim Stuck and Derek Bell won….

For a huge portion of the current Formula E season, the talk has been about how it’s Oliver Rowland’s championship to lose, and how he’s already got it nailed down. Talk became truth on Sunday when the Nissan driver emerged from Berlin with enough of a points buffer to ensure that reigning champion and nearest contender Pascal Wehrlein couldn’t overhaul…

Oliver Rowland didn’t win the race at the Berlin E-Prix on Sunday, yet he was undoubtedly the biggest winner of the day at the Tempelhof Airport Circuit. The Nissan driver finished fourth, but his 12-point score was enough to crown him the new Formula E World Champion, bringing his total in the Drivers’ Standings to 184 points. The moment became…

New Zealand Formula E drivers Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy. Photo: Paulo Maria / AFP Formula E is poised to extend an exclusive deal with motorsport’s world governing body that will ensure it remains the only all-electric racing series sanctioned by the FIA for decades to come. Majority owned since last year by telecoms company Liberty Global, Formula E began…

Last Updated:July 12, 2025, 18:50 IST Formula E will extend its exclusive FIA agreement, staying the sole fully electric championship. Official confirmation is expected in London. (Credit: X) Formula E is poised to extend its exclusive agreement with motorsport’s global governing body, the FIA — a move that will ensure it remains the world’s only fully electric championship under official…

The official Formula 1 film has finally arrived to great fanfare. Formula One Management hope the film will prove as successful as its Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive in bringing a new audience of fans to the championship. The film combines major Hollywood names with the full endorsement of the F1 world. Star actors don’t come much bigger than Brad…

Image credit: Mitch Evans/Instagram Mitch Evans had won the first race of this Formula E season in Sao Paulo but had failed to finish in the top ten in any of the subsequent races. However, before the season could come to a close, Evans bounced back in style, winning Round 13 of the Berlin E-Prix on Saturday. The Jaguar TCS…

Hampered by suspension problems (a common issue affecting all cars) while in third place, French driver Jean-Éric Vergne was forced to retire, while Maximilian Günther finished sixth after spending most of the race in the top five. Berlin and its legendary historic Tempelhof airport are hosting the two German rounds of the Formula E World Championship this weekend. The weather…

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Mitch Evans finally ended his point-less streak with a victory in the Berlin E-Prix for Jaguar, converting pole position into the win over another wet contest this Formula E season. The Kiwi led for most of the race whilst managing an issue with his brakes and having to fend off an ambitious Pascal Wehrlein, who was chasing a home victory…

As Mitch Evans crossed the finish line at the Berlin E-Prix on Saturday, the Jaguar TCS Racing driver joked on the radio with his team that they might have to remind him where the podium was. He said he had forgotten after such a long wait for a win — or even a podium. Evans had won the Formula E…

The McLaren Formula E team’s imminent demise is also bad news for current manufacturers’ championship leader Nissan. With efforts to save the McLaren team and relaunch it under a new identity failing, Nissan loses its customer team and development ally overnight. It’s also a huge blow to its chances of a manufacturers’ crown next season. The top two cars from…

Max Verstappen has a decision to make following this week’s shock announcement byRed Bull. Team principal Christian Horner was shown the door earlier this week having run the team since it entered F1 20 years ago. Can you come up with the best caption for this picture or the pair with Verstappen’s team mate Yuki Tsunoda? Post your funniest suggestion…

Image credit: Antonio Felix Da Costa/Instagram Portuguese Formula E driver Antonio Felix Da Costa paid tribute to Portuguese footballers Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva at the Berlin E-Prix. His car had the names of the two late footballers on the brim as he participated in the first free practice session, FP1, at the Tempelhof Airport Circuit on Friday….

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Goodwood Road and Racing (Festival of Speed Live Stream) Felipe Massa: ‘It’s just an amazing feeling to drive the 2008 car after a long time. It was just amazing to be part of the Ferrari team for so long and this was definitely my best year. A car…

The Berlin E-Prix kickstarted at the picturesque Tempelhof Airport Circuit on Friday. The first free practice took place in the evening and ended with a dramatic collision between TAG Heuer teammate Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Felix Da Costa. Wehrlein went on to top FP1 while Da Costa suffered damages to his car. According to Formula E, the incident will be…