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Wednesday 05 February 2025 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Wednesday 05 February 2025 7:07 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Formula E’s Mexico City race saw a higher viewership number than Formula 1’s first race in Las Vegas in 2023. Formula E’s Mexico City race saw…

CBS’s coverage of Formula E’s Mexico City E-Prix drew the series’ largest viewership ever for a race broadcast in the US. Confirmed: Formula E hits cumulative audience figure of 10.5 million on CBS, a record for the series Serie claims viewership was 80 per cent higher than the 2024 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix The E-Prix audience grew 65…

Théo Pourchaire will take part in the extra Formula E practice session for rookies in Jeddah with Maserati MSG next week as he continues to evaluate his long-term future in motorsport for 2025 and beyond. The Race has learned that Pourchaire will drive Stoffel Vandoorne’s car in the 40-minute session and has already completed simulator testing for the team. The…

Nissan Formula E team has confirmed Gabriele Mini will drive for the team in the rookie practice session at next week’s Jeddah E-Prix. The Italian youngster, who will make his full-time Formula 2 debut with Prema this year whilst continuing as a member of the Alpine Academy, has already tasted FE with the Japanese marque, partaking in the previous rookie…

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 4, 2025, 11:22 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Sauber’s chief technical officer Mattia Binotto at F1 testing in Abu Dhabi in December. Gongora/NurPhoto via Getty Images In preparation for its relaunch as the Audi F1 team next year, Sauber will open a base in the United Kingdom in 2025. A Sauber…

Formula 1’s official tyre supplier Pirelli tested the latest version of its new, narrower tyres for next season at the Circuit de Catalunya today. Ferrari and McLaren supplied cars for the test. Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc drove last year’s SF-24 which had been modified to suit the tyres intended for use on cars which should be lighter than current…

It is 13 races and almost 12 months since the last non-factory Formula E victory was taken, as Maximilian Guenther powered (his quasi-works Maserati) to the chequered flag at the inaugural Tokyo E-Prix. So, has the delicate balance of fairness between manufacturers and customer teams, that pride in sporting equity of Formula E’s, been tipped too far in the manufacturers’…

Lewis Hamilton has returned to testing duties for Ferrari in a Pirelli tyre test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari has dominated off-season headlines. Last week the seven-time world champion crashed during a private three-day test at the same circuit, while he and new teammate Charles Leclerc were driving the team’s 2023 car. Hamilton was not…

Zhou Guanyu finished a distant 14th in last year’s Chinese Grand Prix, but Formula 1 highlighted his achievement as if he’d won the championship. The Sauber driver was given a dedicated spot on the grid to park on after the race so he could celebrate with his home fans. The justification for this peculiar moment was that Zhou had just…

World Endurance Championship driver Mikkel Jensen is to take on the challenge of Formula E in next week’s rookie test at the inaugural Jeddah E-Prix. The Dane, who has raced for Peugeot TotalEnergies since 2022, has been selected by Cupra Kiro to be its driver to partake in the FP0 session prior to the weekend’s full race programme. Jensen will…

Lewis Hamilton has returned to testing duties for Ferrari in a Pirelli tyre test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Hamilton’s blockbuster move to Ferrari has dominated off-season headlines. Last week the seven-time world champion crashed during a private three-day test at the same circuit, while he and new teammate Charles Leclerc were driving the team’s 2023 car. Hamilton was not…

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Two-time Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne has warned of potential unintended consequences as the all-electric championship launches its Pit Boost next week at the Jeddah E-Prix. Formula E introduced a raft of updates to its sporting and technical regulations this season, unveiling its Gen3 Evo. The car uses softer Hankook rubber and is equipped with four-wheel drive, which is used…

The Las Vegas Grand Prix will start two hours earlier this year than in previous seasons, the FIA has confirmed. The governing body of motorsport issued the starting times for all 24 rounds on the 2025 F1 calendar. Las Vegas is the only round with a different start time for its grand prix compared to last year. The first race…

The FIA’s decision to replace one of its four drivers’ advisers to the stewards has put the spotlight back on the quality of the decisions they make. Stewarding is always going to be contentious and many high-profile calls were disputed as Max Verstappen and Lando Norris’s championship fight intensified. But some of the more debatable decisions made during the course…

Manchester City star Sergio Aguero is set to take up a new sport which will see him compete alongside Brooklyn Beckham. Aguero, Man City’s all-time top scorer, is making a surprising career pivot by swapping the pitch for the racetrack. 2 Aguero is a fan of motorsport but is now set to star behind the wheelCredit: Getty And Beckham will…

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A streamlined Mercedes raced by Formula 1 greats Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio in 1955 set a record for a grand prix car on Saturday, selling at auction for €51.2 million ($53m). The sleek, silver W196 R Stromlinienwagen, one of only four complete examples in existence, was sold by RM Sotheby’s at the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart, Germany, on…

There are eight new team mate pairings on the Formula 1 grid this year as all bar two teams have signed at least one new driver. So which drivers will prevail over their closest competitors? In a season where Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen both have new team mates, and five newcomers arrive, there’s potential for surprises all the way…