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Maximilian Guenther picked up where he left off after winning Friday’s first race of the Jeddah E-Prix by topping the final practice session of the weekend. The session, despite being in daylight, took place in cooler but more humid conditions following overnight rain, with that rain also a potential threat for the race later on. As with Friday night’s race,…

New Williams driver Carlos Sainz Jnr was impressed by the team’s live launch of its 2025 car at Silverstone. Sainz, who has joined the team from Ferrari, was first to drive the new FW47. It left its garage on schedule just over half an hour after the team began a live broadcast from the track. The team suffered a difficult…

The first Formula E in Jeddah lived up to its promise for the Maserati MSG Racing team, which left the Saudi Arabian city circuit with a double points finish. Jake Hughes, who started from 7th on the grid, exploited every opportunity to finish 5th and score 10 points, while team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne, after starting 14th, took 10th place and 1…

It’s finally arrived. After a lengthy gestation period, Formula E’s new Pit Boost made its debut in the first race of the Jeddah E-Prix. The 34 second stops – 30 seconds of charging with 34 seconds total mandatory stationary time – came as drivers entered a window of 60-40 percent state of charge. The end result was a race fought…

Feb 14, 2025, 02:18 PM ET Dale Coyne Racing signed Dutch driver Rinus VeeKay on Friday, completing the full-time grid for the 2025 IndyCar Series season. VeeKay, 24, will pilot the No. 18 Honda for DCR. “Very exciting news,” VeeKay said. “I am happy to announce my partnership with Dale Coyne Racing for the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season. It…

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It’s reckoned that William Shakespeare came up with the term “Gild the Lily” in his 1595 work, King John. It means to add unnecessary ornamentation to something beautiful in its own right. In other words, to overly meddle with something that is pretty great anyway. Throwing in such a big addition as the Pit Boost stops to the Formula E…

Maximilian Guenther pulled out a last-lap move on Oliver Rowland to win Formula E Race 1 in Jeddah EPrix, with Taylor Barnard in third. Polesitter Guenther led the field away through the tight left right of Turns 1 & 2 while Rowland edged by Wehrlein at Turn 4 with the Porsche slipping wide of the apex. Things would go from…

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 14, 2025, 11:57 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Williams boss James Vowles has revealed Franco Colapinto, who recently signed as a reserve driver with Alpine, has a deal in place to return to Williams in the future. Colapinto started nine grands prix with Williams last year after he was picked…

Maximilian Guenther ended Pascal Wehrlein’s pole position streak, beating the reigning Formula E champion in the final of the qualifying Duels for the first race of the Jeddah E-Prix. The DS Penske driver set a final time of 1m14.911s, 0.286s quicker than TAG Heuer Porsche man Wehrlein, despite dropping a tenth by running too deep in the Turn 10-11 chicane….

Feb 14, 2025, 06:27 AM ET A German court has found three people guilty of attempting to blackmail the family of Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher, with the plot leader sentenced to three years in prison. All three, including the 53-year-old ringleader and his son, were found guilty on Wednesday by the Wuppertal district court of trying to extract money…

Williams has become the second Formula 1 team to reveal its new car for the upcoming season. The team held an event at Silverstone to present its Mercedes-powered FW47. The car has been revealed in what the team calls a “bespoke one-off livery”. It will uncover its definitive livery at F1’s official pre-season launch event in London next week. In…

The collaboration with Magnifi aims to enhance viewer engagement through real-time information and AI-powered highlights Magnifi has announced it has become an official partner of Formula E. The collaboration aims to enhance the series’ replay and social content, automating workflows and increasing fan engagement through the provision of real-time driver and circuit details using Magnifi’s AI-driven highlight generation platform. Magnifi’s…

Formula E breaks new ground this week as, after multiple delays, its Pit Boost recharging technology – which offers a 10% energy increase (3.85kWh) – will finally be used in-race for the first time. And while that can hardly be classified as jumping in at the deep end considering just how long the series has been waiting to get this up…

Kusk Maini was quickest in the Formula E Rookie Free Practice session ahead of the Jeddah E-Prix, moving to the top of the times in the final minutes of the 40-minute session at the Jeddah Corniche circuit. The Mahindra driver’s time of 1m17.184s was 0.304s quicker than Nissan’s Gabriele Mini who vaulted up the timesheets as the checkered flag fell….

Feb 13, 2025, 10:00 AM ET McLaren’s Oscar Piastri is targeting the Formula 1 championship in 2025 after his team principal, Andrea Stella, promised “equal opportunities” for both drivers’ title campaigns ahead of the new season. Piastri occasionally found himself playing a support role to Lando Norris last year as his more experienced teammate made a late, but ultimately unsuccessful,…

Jamie Chadwick and Tatiana Calderon returned for another taste of the all-electric series for the Jeddah Formula E Rookie Practice – with both gaining valuable experience ahead of future opportunities in the series. Photo credits: Simon Galloway/Mark Sutton | LAT Images Following on from their strong showings at the all-women test before Formula E’s 11th season started, Jamie Chadwick and…

Oliver Rowland led Norman Nato in a Nissan one-two in the first practice of the Jeddah E-Prix. Rowland, the winner last time out in Mexico City, first moved to the top of the timesheets with 15 minutes of the session remaining, then improved to a 1m15.849s. The Briton’s pace-setting time was 0.131s quicker than his teammate, who moved up the…

As shown by McLaren’s Silverstone “launch” event on Thursday, Formula 1‘s launch season will look a lot different from normal in 2025. Last year’s constructors’ champions kicked off their season with a filming day at Silverstone in a 2025 car boasting a camouflaged livery, featuring no sponsors and with the intention of making camera shots hard for other teams to…