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Formula E Season 11 has turned out well for most teams, with new podium winners emerging in each round. At the recently held Jakarta E-Prix, it was Mahindra Racing’s Edoardo Mortara who secured his first podium of the season and the team’s second. While he’s happy to have claimed second place in Jakarta, he feels they could have achieved even…

Jun 23, 2025, 10:00 AM ET McLaren development driver Alex Dunne will take part in first practice at the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix in place of Lando Norris. Dunne, 19, competes in Formula 2 for Rodin Motorsport and joined McLaren’s Formula 1 young driver programme in 2024. Dunne is also a reserve driver for McLaren’s Formula E team. FIA…

Formula 2 championship leader Alex Dunne will make his debut in an official Formula 1 practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix this weekend. The 19-year-old, who is part of the team’s driver development programme, will take over Lando Norris’s car for the first practice session at the Red Bull Ring. Dunne has already driven the team’s 2023 car, the…

The Formula 1 season resumes this weekend at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Formula 2 and Formula 3 will also be in action. Having held a sprint round in recent years, the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix will revert to the classic race weekend format. Join us on RaceFans Live throughout every session of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend. Look…

Cupra Kiro’s Dan Ticktum won the Jakarta E-Prix, marking his first-ever race victory in Formula E, following his maiden podium in Tokyo. A Chaotic Race in Jakarta Sees Ticktum Take the Win Dan Ticktum secured his first-ever Formula E win at the Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit. He qualified well, starting in fifth place, improving his chances of winning. The Briton consistently…

Image credit: Nico Mueller/Instagram Nico Mueller has expressed his happiness over securing his first podium of the season in Jakarta and hopes to carry the momentum into the remaining four Formula E races in Berlin and London. However, he also expressed regret for his teammate Jake Dennis, who had taken pole and was leading the race before being hit by…

The 2026 Formula 1 season will be the third time in as many years the championship consists of 24 rounds. Fernando Alonso was the only driver from the current crop on the grid for the first race of the 21st century. During his time in F1 the number of events on the schedule has grown by 41%. F1 also takes…

Fresh from his lavish 30th birthday celebrations, Andretti’s Jake Dennis secured pole position in the Jakarta Qualifying on Saturday. Dennis had finished second in both races during the last Jakarta E-Prix in 2023 and has now positioned himself to move up a spot on the podium in the final race at the Jakarta International E-Prix Circuit. Taylor Barnard of NEOM…

The 2024-25 Formula E has taken another step towards its endgame with a thrilling Jakarta E-Prix that made one of its most talked-about stars a first-time winner in the series. Here’s Sam Smith’s picks for the biggest winners and losers from round 12 of 16. Winner: Dan Ticktum In Formula E terms Dan Ticktum went from quirky upstart to slick…

Jun 21, 2025, 07:11 PM ET LONG POND, Pa. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. might already be NASCAR’s most popular crew chief. He’s certainly an undefeated one. Pressed into unexpected service, Earnhardt called the shots for 18-year-old prospect Connor Zilisch in the No. 88 Chevrolet and they landed in victory lane Saturday in the second-tier Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway….

Keep calm and carry Ticktum. It’s not a trot-out strapline that will earn millions on irritating mugs or tea towels, but Cupra Kiro boss Alex Hui thinks it was a valuable piece of advice that has opened up a box of delights for both driver and team going forward. The advice first came after Monaco back in early May when…

Jean-Eric Vergne and Maximilian Gunther showed pace on the temporary Indonesian circuit – but racing incidents prevented them from converting their obvious form into points.  While Monaco has become a double-header, Jakarta has gone in the opposite direction, going from two races in season 9 (2022-2023) to a single E-Prix this year. Race control opted for a 38-lap format, as…

Jun 21, 2025, 03:57 PM ET Perhaps not too surprisingly, Pocono (Pa.) Raceway’s all-time winningest driver, Denny Hamlin, was fastest in the field Saturday to earn pole position for Sunday’s The Great American Getaway 400 (2 p.m. ET on Amazon Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Hamlin’s Joe Gibbs Racing No. 11 Toyota will take the green flag to start the…

Dan Ticktum took a sensational first Formula E victory in a Jakarta race that was brought alive by a clash between long-time leaders Jake Dennis and Nyck de Vries. Andretti’s polesitter Dennis led the opening portion of the race from De Vries, after the Mahindra driver jumped McLaren’s Taylor Barnard to run second at the start, right through to their…

Image credit: Dan Ticktum/Instagram A new winner was very likely in Jakarta this year, and Dan Ticktum made sure he was the one lifting the winner’s trophy in Indonesia. He secured the first victory of his career at the Jakarta E-Prix. The Cupra Kiro driver started from fifth on the grid and went on to beat the leading contenders at…

After a hugely successful start to the season, McLaren’s drivers had less to smile about after the Canadian Grand Prix. It was bad enough that the team was poised to miss out on the podium places for the first time all season. Then Lando Norris took himself out by clattering into the back of Oscar Piastri while trying to pass…

Andretti’s Jake Dennis took his first Formula E pole position of the season in another typically dramatic qualifying session for the Jakarta E-Prix. The Season 9 champion defeated NEOM McLaren’s Taylor Barnard in the final duel to take an extra three championship points and put himself in a strong position for his first victory in nearly 18 months. Mahindra’s Nyck…

Season 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is coming to a close, with five races remaining on the calendar. The Jakarta E-Prix is a crucial race, and it’s hard to predict who may lift the trophy in Indonesia this year. The current season has already seen seven different race winners and fifteen drivers on the podium. Not…

Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links 2026 wet weather tyre testing ends at Fiorano (Pirelli) Motorsport director Mario Isola: ‘It’s never easy working on the development of rain tyres, because it’s hard to consistently replicate track conditions and temperature also plays an important part. That’s even more the case this year because the mule…