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Image credit: Jake Hughes/Instagram Jake Hughes is celebrating his 31st birthday on May 30 and received a major boost ahead of the Round 10 and Round 11 races this weekend by finishing third in the first free practice session on Friday. The Maserati MSG Racing driver marked his birthday in Shanghai with his teammates and received a heartfelt birthday wish…

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The Beijing E-Prix, held in 2014, was the first-ever Formula E race. It didn’t just grab attention for being a high-speed electric car event styled like Formula 1 — it became widely talked about due to a mind-numbing collision between Venturi’s Nick Heidfeld and e.dams Renault’s Nicolas Prost. Both drivers were chasing the historic opportunity to become the first winner…

Ian James has been here before. At the end of the 2021-22 season, Mercedes withdrew from Formula E, leaving its back-to-back double championship-winning team searching for a backer. Now the same thing is happening again, only this time it’s McLaren – who stepped in to fill the Mercedes-shaped void previously – that is walking away, while title sponsor NEOM isn’t…

May 29, 2025, 11:07 AM ET Lando Norris can retake the Formula 1 lead from Oscar Piastri in Spain this weekend but the Briton has said the drivers’ championship remains more than just a battle between McLaren teammates. The two are separated by three points at the top of the standings after eight of 24 races and champions McLaren have…

Changes to the Monaco Grand Prix circuit proposed by Alexander Wurz would make overtaking almost no easier, drivers believe. The introduction of a new rule forcing drivers to change tyres twice made little difference to Sunday’s race in the principality, which is regularly one of the most processional on the calendar. Some teams with drivers in points-scoring positions ensured they…

Formula E star Dan Ticktum has donated $100,000 to ‘Help for Heroes’, a UK veterans’ charity, as part of an online challenge with YouTube star Mr Beast. Ticktum took part and won a high-stakes racing challenge, organised by MrBeast, the most followed content creator in the world.  In the American’s challenge series, the format sees contestants compete against world-class athletes,…

BARCELONA — Lewis Hamilton hit back at suggestions that his relationship with Ferrari race engineer Riccardo Adami has broken down, saying “it’s all just noise.” Hamilton’s radio exchanges with Adami have been a constant source of intrigue this season since the seven-time world champion’s move to Ferrari. A clip went viral after the Monaco Grand Prix of Hamilton, after finishing…

Sauber will run a different version of its livery for the second time this year at the Spanish Grand Prix. While other teams have made bolder departures from their regular liveries this year, notably Racing Bulls’ pink car at the Miami Grand Prix, Sauber’s custom designs tend to be variations on a theme. The team calls its latest look ‘Glitched…

Rain seems to go hand in hand with most of the Formula E races, as after the rain played spoilsport in Tokyo as well as Monaco, a shower is again expected during one of the two races lined up at the Shanghai E-Prix. One can expect two very different races at the Shanghai International Circuit, with the double-header having a…

McLaren took until the final round of last season to clinch the constructors’ championship but are on course to do so much earlier this year. Lando Norris’s victory in the Monaco Grand Prix last weekend gave the team its sixth grand prix victory of the eight rounds so far this season. He and team mate Oscar Piastri have each finished…

News that Nick Cassidy is set to leave Jaguar at the end of the 2024-25 Formula E season has naturally prompted the question of who his replacement might be. Mitch Evans is contracted at the team with which he has been an ever-present until the summer of 2026 – but who will line-up alongside him in the final Gen3 season?…

Mouser Electronics, the industry’s leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is proud to support the DS PENSKE Formula E team as they visit China for the Shanghai E-Prix for rounds 10 and 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Fans will be treated to another doubleheader weekend with the first race…

The FIA Formula E World Championship is set to return to China this weekend with a double-header at the iconic Shanghai International Circuit, marking Rounds 10 and 11 of Season 11. The track will welcome 22 drivers racing in their Gen3 Evo cars, making the electric car’s debut on Chinese soil in what promises to be another thrilling chapter of…

After hitting reset on the title fight with his win in Monaco, Lando Norris has the chance to show whether Formula 1‘s preseason favorite is back for good at the Spanish Grand Prix. Norris’s performance around the Monte Carlo streets he now calls home was an emphatic riposte to the criticism that has mounted since he won the Australian Grand…

There’s another packed weekend of racing coming up including Formula 1 and its support series, plus IndyCar and Formula E. The F1, F2 and F3 championships continue at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Meanwhile Shanghai, which F1 visited in March, plays host to Formula E. One week on from IndyCar’s centrepiece event, the championship heads to Detroit for a…

From the very first Formula E race held in Beijing to eight more races across four different locations in China, there have been a total of eight winners. Among them is Sebastien Buemi, who has claimed victory twice on Chinese soil. Now, the drivers have arrived in Shanghai for the upcoming double-header and have taken to social media to share…

Laurence EdmondsonMay 28, 2025, 07:39 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur believes changes to front wing flexibility tests at the upcoming Spanish Grand Prix could be a “gamechanger” for all 10 Formula 1 teams. After flexing bodywork became a point of contention within the sport last year, the…

Formula 1 completes its run of three consecutive European races this weekend with the Spanish Grand Prix. A significant rule change arrives as the championship passes the one-third mark. Will this change the pecking order we’ve seen over the opening races? Here are the talking points as F1 heads to the Circuit de Catalunya. Game-changer? Eyebrows were raised when the…