Helio Castroneves sole member of 2025 HOF class at IMS | Motorsport
Feb 12, 2025, 01:52 PM ET Four-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves will be inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame on May 22. The sole member of the Class of 2025 that was announced Wednesday, Castroneves was selected by a national panel of more than 150 journalists, participants and historians in his first appearance on the ballot….
RaceFans Round-up: 13th February 2025 | Motorsport
Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links The start of a new chapter ✨ Partner of the Automobile Club de Monaco since 2011, TAG Heuer now becomes the very first title sponsor of 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝟏 𝐓𝐀𝐆 𝐇𝐞𝐮𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐨 🤩 — Le début d’un nouveau chapitre ✨ Partenaire de… pic.twitter.com/bbPnseUZYw — Automobile Club…
Will Andretti’s huge shake-up hurt or boost its last title winner?
On paper there will be no major aftershocks for Andretti’s Formula E arm from the dramatic and far-reaching changes to the parent company’s structure that came at the end of 2024 as the group’s founder Michael Andretti stepped back from day-to-day responsibilities. But there are also hints that the Formula E team would actually like its place in the Andretti…
Why Saudi’s Formula E race has moved – and what its future holds
Saudi Arabia will host Formula E for a seventh time this week, but it’ll be the first E-Prix weekend to be held anywhere other than Riyadh as it hits a shortened version of the Jeddah Corniche Formula 1 track. The change has come about through the previous Diriyah street track, rightly lauded for its challenge and complexity, being consumed by…
F1 ‘monitoring’ Rwanda-DRC developments amid potential race | Motorsport
Feb 12, 2025, 10:56 AM ET Formula 1 has said it is closely monitoring developments after concerns were raised by the Democratic Republic of Congo over a potential race in Rwanda. In a letter to F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali on Tuesday, DR Congo foreign minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner urged the Liberty Media-owned sport to end talks with Rwanda as…
Hollywood star Idris Elba invests in brand new Formula E team as he reveals ‘deep and personal’ reason for decision – The US Sun
IDRIS ELBA has invested in a brand new Formula E team – and has revealed the “deep and personal” reason for the decision. The Hollywood star, 52, is part of a star-studded group to get involved in KIRO CUPRA. 4 Idris Elba is part of a group who have invested in Formula E team Kiro Race Co 4 Idris Elba…
Eddie Jordan-led group buys London Irish out of administration | Motorsport
Feb 12, 2025, 04:54 AM ET A consortium led by former Formula 1 team owner and Irish businessman Eddie Jordan has bought the London Irish rugby club over a year after the Premiership team was suspended from all rugby for being unable to pay its players, the club said on Wednesday. The financial crisis forced the club to enter administration…
Nissan’s Pit Boost Debut in Jeddah
Sign up for our popular daily email to catch all the latest EV news! Nissan Formula E Team is set to build on its recent victory in Mexico City as it takes on the first-ever Jeddah E-Prix. The double-header event marks a new chapter in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship and introduces the much-anticipated Pit Boost feature. Key…
All 24 circuits on Formula 1’s packed 2025 grand prix calendar · RaceFans | Motorsport
What makes a great venue for a Formula 1 race? The world championship takes in a wide range of courses: Permanent tracks and closed streets; Long straights and complex sequences; Super-fast corners and tight chicanes. What combination of these adds up to the ultimate Formula 1 track? Does it only matter if they provide a varied race with lots of…
RaceFans Round-up: 12th February 2025 | Motorsport
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Perplexity tried to sponsor an F1 team — but got blocked by a bigger tech company (The Verge) ‘All new Red Bull Racing partnerships need to be approved by Oracle, the team’s biggest sponsor. Their five-year deal, signed in 2022, is worth around $300 million and is considered…
Former professional footballer Sergio Aguero to become Porsche racing driver – The Irish News
Former professional footballer Sergio Aguero to become Porsche racing driver – The Irish NewsSkip to main content Life The ex-sportsman will make a one-off appearance in the Formula E Grand Prix series behind the wheel of a Porsche 99X Electric. Expand Sergio Aguero (right) will take part in the Formula E Grand Prix race in Miami from March 5 to…
Idris Elba takes on Formula E team role
Actor and director Idris Elba is among several new strategic investors in the Cupra Kiro Formula E team. The Golden Globe award-winning actor who has starred in films including Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom and award-winning TV series Luther, previously visited the 2018 Paris E-Prix and drove the demo Gen2 Formula E car. Elba was announced as an investor…
Will Verstappen move on? Unexpected F1 predictions for 2025 | Motorsport
The Formula 1 offseason: What better time for speculation about what’s to come? F1’s 2025 campaign promises to be thrilling for a number of reasons. Considering Lewis Hamilton‘s blockbuster move to Ferrari and a competitive field that is expected to be as tight as it was last year, it might be the hardest season to call in years. Preseason testing…
Idris Elba among new investors in Kiro Formula E team
Luther star and Hollywood A-lister Idris Elba is among a group of new investors in the Kiro Formula E team. Kiro, which rebranded from ERT for the start of the current season, announced its expanded ownership on Tuesday. Elba is joined by Atlanta Hawks owner Tony Ressler and Steve Bornstein, former president and CEO of ESPN – among others – in…
Formula E: Jeddah E-Prix Preview
After a month away on charge, Formula E returns this weekend at a new home in Saudi Arabia. Motorsport Week has all the info you need ahead of the Jeddah E-Prix. The first double-header of Season 11, the all-electric championship has vacated its former street circuit home in Riyadh and moved to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit – the country’s home…
RaceFans Round-up: 11th February 2025 | Motorsport
Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Willis, Tom.Y, David Benford, Markie and Pete! On this day in motorsport Lawson, 23 today, is Max Verstappen’s first Formula 1 team mate who is younger than him Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free read more www.racefans.net
IMG charged with commercialising Formula E archive
IMG will manage footage of all races, qualifying rounds, and pre-season testing sessions, as well as ancillary content. (Jaguar Racing via Getty Images) IMG, the sports, media, and entertainment heavyweight, has agreed a deal with the Formula E all-electric motor racing series that sees it become the competition’s exclusive media archive rights manager. The agency will take over the dissemination…
The TV challenge of Formula E’s new pitstop era
Formula E knows only too well that tests and recces only go so far. It’s real-time action of something new, with inherent jeopardy attached, that proves the pudding. The return of scheduled pitstops to Formula E (for the first time since the Gen1 mid-race car swaps ended seven years ago) via the energy boosting system that has been over two…
IMG agrees multi-year deal to manage Formula E archive
IMG has agreed a multi-year deal to exclusively manage and license the worldwide video archive rights for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The agreement will see IMG manage more than 1000 hours of archive footage of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship on its digital archive platform. This includes all races, qualifying rounds and pre-season testing alongside…
FIA may ‘shut down’ F1 driver radio over swearing | Motorsport
The FIA could increase censorship of Formula 1 drivers’ radio communications over swearing, president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has indicated. Ben Sulayem began taking a tough line on drivers’ use of profane expressions last year. Charles Leclerc was fined and Max Verstappen was ordered to perform “public work” at an FIA event in Rwanda for swearing in official FIA press conferences….