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Formula 1 rookie Isack Hadjar says he is rarely as angry as the furious radio outbursts last year make him seem. The Racing Bulls driver vented his frustration on several occasions last year during an often frustrating Formula 2 campaign. He finished the year second in the championship but was often dogged by misfortune. Several of Hadjar’s irate radio messages…

Formula E’s Race Director Scot Elkins is to retire from his position after April’s Miami E-Prix due to personal reasons. Elkins, who has held the post for the last seven years, will be replaced by his deputy, Marek Hanaczewski, who was in charge for the season-opener in São Paulo. The FIA has said that Elkins and Nawrecki will swap roles…

Formula E will have another race director from the Monaco E-Prix in May onwards after Scot Elkins decided to step down from the position he has held for the last seven years. The FIA says his decision is “due to personal reasons” although Elkins had recently joined motorsport timing and technology solutions company Al Kamel as its new chief executive…

Formula E will see a Race Director change post the Miami EPrix with Scott Elkins leaving, as Toyota unveils 2025 WEC livery. Formula E – ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Race Director for the last seven years, Scot Elkins has decided to retire from his position in race control after the forthcoming Miami E-Prix (12 April) due to personal…

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 6, 2025, 09:17 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 In 2025, 30% of the Formula 1 grid will be made up of rookies, with six drivers making their full season debut this year. Three of those rookies have one or more grand prix starts to their name, but none of them…

Long-time Formula E race director Scot Elkins will retire from his role following this year’s Miami E-Prix, with his deputy Marek Hanaczewski set to take over. Elkins, who has fulfilled the role since 2017 and has become a common presence during Formula E’s broadcast of race control-to-driver radio communications, cited the recent passing of his father as a significant factor…

Six drivers will embark on their first full Formula 1 seasons this year – the most newcomers since 2013. Half of the half-dozen don’t have a single start to their names yet, while the other three have already experienced the thrill of lining up on a grand prix grid at least once. But all of them are striving for the…

Jamie Chadwick will drive for Jaguar TCS Racing in the Rookie Free Practice session at the Formula E Jeddah E-Prix, marking her second outing in the Jaguar I-TYPE 7. Photo credits: Jaguar TCS Racing Jamie Chadwick is set to drive for Jaguar TCS Racing in the Rookie Free Practice session at the upcoming Jeddah E-Prix. As part of an additional…

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 5, 2025, 01:15 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Two days of Pirelli tyre testing — featuring Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri — have come to an end at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain. The test represented a third opportunity for Hamilton to get behind the…

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…