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Table of Contents Table of Contents Why Formula E wants to add Pit Boost How Pit Boost will be implemented The FIA and Formula E announced Pit Boost ultra-fast EV recharging technology. This new element to the battery-power-only motorsport will be used in select races during the 2025 Formula E season. Pit Boost will be used first on February 14-15…

The Formula E World Championship announced on Thursday that it will introduce a new Pit Boost rule to enhance unpredictability and excitement for Season 11 motor races. The Pit Boost is a mid-race pit stop that can provide a 10 percent energy increase (3.85kWh) to race cars through a 30-second, 600kW rapid energy boost in the pitlane. Ti Gong The…

Laurence EdmondsonJan 23, 2025, 08:02 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Max Verstappen was fined for using profanity at the Singapore GP last season. Clive Rose/Getty Images Formula 1 drivers could face points deductions or bans if they repeatedly swear or criticize the sport’s governing body under revised misconduct guidelines issued by the…  read…

Sporting and technical PR has created a kind of ‘swingball’ effect for Formula E in its decade long history so far. From the self-inflicted slap in the face of the derided FanBoost concept to the more recent lunacy of the so-called ‘Golden Lap’ (which at least didn’t make it into reality), Formula E has had its fair share of duds….

Laurence EdmondsonJan 22, 2025, 04:35 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Lewis Hamilton described his first experience behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 car as “one of the best feelings of my life” after making his track debut with his new team in Maranello, Italy, on Wednesday. Hamilton completed 30 laps…

The FIA has revealed its guidelines to stewards on how they should punish drivers for actions it regards as “misconduct”. The governing body has taken the step two months after Formula 1 drivers called for “transparency” over how it used the money raised through fines levied against them for swearing or using offensive language. The FIA increased the maximum fine…

The No. 24 RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 set the fastest time of testing before this weekend’s 24 Hours of Daytona. Courtesy of IMSA The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is having a moment. Buried for decades behind bigger and more-popular racing series, the Florida-based IMSA series is fighting back — and gaining ground on its closest rivals. The momentum is…

Lewis Hamilton drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time today at the team’s Fiorano test track. Ferrari fans gathered in the early hours of the morning anticipating the first appearance of the seven-times champion in one of the Scuderia’s cars. He eventually took to the circuit at 9:16 am local time at the wheel of the team’s…

Williams Racing is delighted to confirm the appointment of Oliver Turvey as the team’s new Test and Development Driver. British racing driver Oliver is a highly-respected figure in motorsport, bringing over 15 years of experience across Formula 1, Formula E, and sportscar racing. In his new role, he will play a pivotal part in advancing Williams’ development programmes and simulator…

Lando Norris has conceded he could have won the world championship last year, after losing the title to Max Verstappen by 73 points. The McLaren driver previously claimed he would not have won the title last season even if he had driven perfectly. However he has now conceded he had a realistic chance of beating Verstappen. “It was within reach,”…

Laurence EdmondsonJan 22, 2025, 03:14 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Crowds of fans have gathered in Maranello in anticipation of Lewis Hamilton’s first track outing as a Ferrari driver at Fiorano on Wednesday. Hamilton is expected to get his first taste of a Ferrari-powered Formula 1 car at the team’s private test…

Jan 21, 2025, 10:14 AM ET Lewis Hamilton is reuniting with his former performance coach Angela Cullen as he prepares for his first season with Ferrari, sources have told ESPN. Cullen, a physiotherapist from New Zealand, worked alongside Hamilton from 2016 until early 2023 and travelled with him to races during the height of his success with Mercedes. The pair…

Laurence Edmondson, Senior Writer, F1Jan 21, 2025, 04:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Following an overhaul of Haas’ trackside engineering team, Laura Mueller will become Esteban Ocon‘s race engineer this season while Carine Cridelich will join from rivals Racing Bulls as head of strategy in March. Although there is an increasing number…

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It was hard not to feel a creeping sense of inevitability about Sergio Perez’s position at Red Bull as he slipped worryingly far from Max Verstappen’s pace. In 2023. But Red Bull were so far ahead of the competition that year Perez’s under-performance didn’t matter. The team would have comfortably won the constructors’ championship with just Max Verstappen’s contribution. So…

It was only just over six months ago that Oliver Rowland was sat on a sofa in his then UK home (he’s since moved to Dubai) recovering from illness and watching his faint Formula E title hopes dwindling as the Portland round happened without him. Missing the penultimate event of the year must have been a dejecting experience. But he…

Laurence Edmondson, Senior Writer, F1Jan 20, 2025, 04:45 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Lewis Hamilton is visiting the headquarters of his new team, Ferrari, this week week in his first official engagement since joining at the start of the year. The seven-time world champion is expected to make his track debut in…

Logan Sargeant came into 2024 with a lot to prove having qualified behind his team mate in every round during his debut season and only taken a single point. Williams left no one in any doubt about their estimation of their drivers’ capabilities when they gave their sole remaining chassis to Alexander Albon for the Australian Grand Prix – even…

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…