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Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Ed! On this day in motorsport The Toleman TG185 showed great potential once it finally ran 70 years ago today Jose Froilan Gonzalez claimed pole position for the Argentinian Grand Prix 40 years ago today Toleman launched their TG185 in London. However the car did not start…

Nissan’s Oliver Rowland won the Mexico City E-Prix after a late-race charge that saw him pass both Porsche drivers – Antonio Felix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein – as well as Andretti’s Jake Dennis. Mahindra Racing also scored another points finish, with Nyck de Vries finishing eighth. Rowland wins, 0.4 seconds ahead of da Costa Wehrlein completes podium Formula E…

Formula E made its 10th trip to Mexico last weekend, and Motorsport Week has all the latest news and reaction from round two of the season. The race was a dramatic high-speed thriller with two late Safety Cars playing into the hands of Nissan’s Oliver Rowland, who took a smash-and-grab win from under the noses of the Tag Heuer Porsches…

Mahindra team principal Fred Bertrand says the outfit “is committed to Formula E”, despite the Indian manufacturer having yet to formally decide on its future in the all-electric championship. Mahindra has been part of Formula E since the championship’s inception back in 2014, during which time it has taken five victories and finished a season-best of third in the 2015-16…

For the first time in more than a decade, Formula 1 will have two drivers over 40 years of age on its grid when its new season begins in March. Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 40th birthday earlier this month while fellow multiple champion Fernando Alonso turns 44 later this year. They are the first pair of forty-somethings to share the…

Formula E teams have been informed that pitstops will definitely return to the championship for the first time in seven years at the next round in Jeddah, as the series commits to one of the biggest decisions in its history. The questions now are whether the mandatory 600kW ‘pit boost’ stops for energy top-ups will add further strategic intrigue or…

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Oliver Rowland became the second different Formula E winner in as many races after surging to an unexpected victory in the closing stages of the Mexico City E-Prix. But while the Briton’s overtaking prowess handed him the win, the outright performance of Porsche drivers Antonio Felix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein was an ominous warning sign for its rivals. After…

Returns to Santiago and Cape Town, as well as new venues in Phoenix and Bangkok, are options being considered for the 2025-26 Formula E calendar. Despite the current season only being one race old after the season-opener in Sao Paulo last month, discussions are already gathering pace for the next campaign with a provisional calendar set to be announced in…

Welcome to Monday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Ace, Kei and Diego! On this day in motorsport Gianni Morbidelli was born on this day in 1968 45 years ago today a new F1 season began at Buenos Aires. Alan Jones won for Williams and Alain Prost scored the final point for sixth place on his…

An extra rookie free practice session will be added to the timetable ahead of Formula E’s first Jeddah E-Prix next month. Formula E’s sporting regulations allow for an additional practice sessions to be added to schedules just for rookies, in addition to the full-day rookie tests that feature most seasons – with the 2025 edition of that set for Berlin…

Formula E championship leader Mitch Evans claims that his Jaguar team has “definitely got some work to do” as he believes the package still lacks the pure performance of rivals Porsche and Nissan. Evans took victory in the season-opening Sao Paulo E-Prix from last on the grid having benefitted from several incidents and two red flags to move up the…

Oliver Rowland believes he “would have found it hard to win” the Mexico City E-Prix were it not for a late safety car followed by passing three cars in one lap for the lead. The Nissan driver took his first Formula E victory of the season and his first at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit on Saturday, despite only leading…

Sam Bird has hit out at fellow Formula E driver Nyck de Vries, claiming the Dutchman “destroyed” his Mexico City weekend and that the FIA needs to take action against his driving. The McLaren driver was left aggrieved at the end of the qualifying group stages at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit on Saturday as he was baulked on his…

There are plenty of mythical spectres in Mexico City, they even made a film around it. But the one that threatened to reappear (from Sao Paulo) to haunt Nissan and Oliver Rowland in the first Formula E race of 2025 eventually got banished by an inspired piece of racing exorcism. There was an element of gamble, an element of luck…

Jean-Eric Vergne and Max Guenther set a strong pace in the second round of the Formula E World Championship in Mexico City. However, just as a podium finish seemed within their grasp, a late-race safety car intervention disrupted their plans. Mexico was hosting a Formula E race for the ninth time, but it was a first for the Gen3 EVO…

In 2023, one driver won 19 out of 22 races. But last season ended with a 15-race run in which no one scored back-to-back wins – the longest such streak since the 2012-13 seasons. The constructors’ championship was still hanging in the balance on the final lap of last season, and the same could have happened in the drivers’ title…

On January 11, 2025, the Maserati MSG Racing scored his first points of the season at the Mexico City ePrixafter a solid performance despite difficult qualifying conditions. For the first time this season, the Italian team was able to turn a starting position into a fine comeback. Difficult qualifying, but a good trajectory The weekend of Formula E began under…

Oliver Rowland bounced back from losing victory in São Paulo, to win the Formula E Mexico City E-Prix.  The Nissan driver had been leading the season-opener comfortably, believe a heavy penalty for a technical infraction saw him tumble down the order.  He made up for it in Mexico City, where he capitalised on a late safety car to overtake the…