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Claiming a Guinness World Record, introducing the sport to new faces and hosting a competition that focused on inclusion – all in a day’s work when Google Cloud and Formula E collaborated last year. Some 1,130 people attended an AI hackathon event staged around the London E-Prix in July as Google Cloud and Formula E offered the chance for contestants…

The 2025 Formula 1 season is still two months away but we already know what some of the main points of interest for the upcoming year will be. Will Red Bull’s new driver secure his place at the team for years to come? Will the FIA replace Mohammed Ben Sulayem? And are Formula One Management cooking up more changes for…

Posted on 19th January 2025, 0:0118th January 2025, 13:19 | Written by Keith Collantine Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to MarkG! On this day in motorsport The 2009 world champion is 45 today Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Posted on 19th January 2025, 0:0118th January 2025, 13:19Author Keith CollantineCategories…

New Alpine team mates Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan posed together at the final race of last year where the newcomer made an unexpected debut at short notice. But speculation over Doohan’s future started long before he began his first full season, after Alpine hired Franco Colapinto to join a young driver roster which already included Paul Aron and Ryo…

Oliver Rowland has said that the improved effects of Attack Mode in the GEN3 Evo cars has been “a breath of fresh air” for Formula E. The Briton kickstarted his Season 11 campaign with a brilliant victory in the Mexico City E-Prix, utilising his attacks perfectly – albeit with a little help from the Safety Car – to snatch the…

Hyundai could be the next major manufacturer to enter Formula E but it definitely won’t be there at the start of the Gen4 era in 2026. The Race revealed last month that Hyundai has had recent talks with McLaren about joining forces for a Formula E programme from 2028, the halfway mark of the Gen4 ruleset. That suggestion has now…

The bench, consisting of Justices Bela M Trivedi and PB Varale, declined to intervene in the orders passed by the High Court, but allowed withdrawal of the petition on the request of the senior counsel representing KT Rama Rao Updated On – 15 January 2025, 05:37 PM Hyderabad: The Supreme Court…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain KT Rama Rao’s petition to quash criminal proceedings against him in connection with the hosting of the Formula E racing championship, and told the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader that the allegations of corruption against him need to be examined first. Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and Telangana leader of opposition KT Rama…

Hyderabad: Congress MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday alleged that former minister KT Rama Rao got the Formula E car race to Hyderabad only for the benefit of his friends. “He claims that he got the race organised to build the image of Hyderabad. Going by the monetary transactions that took place, it shows there were other motives,” he…

Hyderabad: Former minister and BRS working president K T Rama Rao appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday for questioning in the Formula-E case. Sources said KTR admitted to approving the transfer of funds from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) to the race organizers, but maintained that the procedural adherence and compliance with rules was the responsibility of…

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea of Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA and former minister K T Ram Rao seeking quashing of criminal proceedings against him in the alleged Formula-E race case.KTR moved the apex court challenging Telangana High Court‘s order refusing to quash a FIR against him in the case. A bench of Justices Bela…

KTR appears before the ED for questioning. (Screengrab) Tension built up at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Office in Basheerbagh in Hyderabad on Thursday, 16 January, when BRS working president KT Rama Rao arrived. He had to appear before a team of the ED for questioning on his alleged role in what has come to be known as the Formula E…

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former MAUD Minister K.T. Rama Rao, an accused in the FIR registered in the Formula E race case, appeared before Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad on Thursday (January 16, 2025). | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Hyderabad on…

Former Telangana minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K T Rama Rao is set to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Formula E race scam on Thursday, a day after he withdrew his plea, seeking the quashing of the FIR in the case, from the Supreme Court. KTR was quizzed for seven hours by the…

NEOM McLaren Formula E team boss Ian James has described Taylor Barnard as an ‘exciting young talent’ as the team looks to promote younger drivers. Barnard stunned everyone at the opening round of Season 11 in São Paulo, utilising his Attack Modes perfectly amid two red flags to take third place, becoming the youngest-ever FE podium-finisher in its history. He…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea of BRS MLA K T Ram Rao seeking quashing of criminal proceedings against him in the alleged Formula-E race ‘scam’.The MLA moved SC challenging Telangana HC’s order refusing to quash an FIR against him. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and P B Varale said that it was…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to examine a plea filed by BRS working president KT Rama Rao against the order that refused to quash an FIR against him in the Formula E race case. After a bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Prasanna B Varale said it was not inclined to interfere with the high court order, Rao’s…

“When you lose that’s when you really need to become one [in the team] and it shows everybody’s character. I think everybody is pushing hard to help me turn this around.” Just 10 months ago, those very words from Antonio Felix da Costa began another article that was written under very different circumstances than those the Portuguese driver currently finds…

Formula 1 race engineers need to stop mincing their words according to Rob Smedley, who came to fame for his messages to Felipe Massa during their time at Ferrari. In the days when F1 radio messages were still a novelty in race coverage, Smedley gained recognition for his instructions to Massa, memorably telling him: “Felipe, baby, stay cool,” during the…