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While women have competed in Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship, the World Rally Championship, World Rallycross, and Formula E before, never has the entire field in one of the FIA’s headline series been made up of only women. That changed at Formula E’s pre-season test in Spain last week when the final session of the four-day test was dedicated…

Mercedes have put the car from Lewis Hamilton’s controversial 2021 championship defeat on display in the lobby at their factory. Hamilton last drove the W12 when he lost the world championship to Max Verstappen in the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi. The outcome of the race was notoriously swung when race director Michael Masi broke the rules…

Max Verstappen’s eighth win of the season last weekend means it is realistically a question of when, not if, he will clinch this year’s drivers’ championship title. The only driver who can beat Verstappen to the championship this year is Lando Norris. Charles Leclerc could theoretically tie the Red Bull driver on 393 points, but only if he takes a…

Following its entry into Formula E, Lola Cars has started exploring the next steps of its revival. The brand emerged from 12 years of dormancy earlier this year when it announced its intentions to enter the all-electric series as a powertrain manufacturer in collaboration with Yamaha. It was part of a new strategy for the famed chassis and car manufacturer…

Last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos was far from being the first F1 event to have its schedule changed significantly after it had already begun. After the planned grand prix qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was delayed and delayed and delayed due to heavy wet conditions until eventually being postponed by race control, the session was moved to Sunday…

In a sport that loves its statistics, there are few more remarkable stats to consider than this: McLaren has not won a single Formula 1 constructors’ championship title during the lives of its two current drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. For one of Formula 1’s most successful and most loved teams, McLaren have only tasted championship glory of any…

Formula E testing took place last week against all the odds and despite huge uncertainty in the days leading up to the event after a last-minute venue change. Jaguar’s Mitch Evans set the pace across four days of running, posting a 1m27.461s during the final session on Friday morning around the Jarama Circuit in Spain. But no less than five…

Season 9 Formula E champion Jake Dennis is coming into this campaign rejuvenated after losing his crown last season, according to Andretti team principal Roger Griffiths, and his driver agrees he’s coming in with a better mindset. While Dennis was a race winner and further three-time podium finisher in 2023-24, his form fell away towards the second half of the…

While the Gen3 electric single-seaters have reached the halfway point of their career, the Gen3 ‘EVO’ cars took to the track this week. More powerful, more technological and equipped with new tyres, they are machines of a new kind on which the teams will use to put on a show and try to win. Given the dramatic weather conditions that…

The controversy which surrounded Red Bull team principal Christian Horner earlier this year “had an impact” on their staff, according to a long-serving ex-F1 engineer. Julien Simon-Chautemps, whose F1 roles included three years as Kimi Raikkonen’s race engineer, believes the allegations around Horner’s behaviour influenced the departure of Red Bull’s long-serving chief technical officer Adrian Newey. Horner was cleared of…

It’s not been the best season for Aston Martin in 2024, with the team failing to score a single point over the recent triple header. So what was this team mechanic thinking during last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix weekend? Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below. A selection…

GB4 Vice-Champion Alisha Palmowski has revealed that she learned the circuit for the hastily-rearranged FIA Formula E women’s test via computer game Assetto Corsa. The young British driver, who is partaking in the test with Envision Racing, has had to frantically learn the Circuito de Jarama Madrid after the test was moved to the former Formula 1 venue from Valencia…

PRE-SEASON TEST POINTS TO ULTRA-COMPETITIVE CAMPAIGN IN ABB FIA FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Little to choose between all-electric field as drivers and teams put new GEN3 Evo single-seater through its paces in Spain. If testing this week is anything to go by, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship – a series renowned for generating unpredictable racing – could be…

Maserati: It’s one of motorsport’s most evocative names. And while the name typically accompanies thoughts of days gone by, it’s still at the cutting edge of modern motorsport. These days the brand’s headline motorsport program is in Formula E, where there’s not a single black and white photo or grainy silent film to be seen. Yet as it looks towards…

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 8, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year One of Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick and William Byron will be crowned 2024 NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday in Phoenix. James Gilbert/Getty Images If it feels like the…

Jaguar’s Mitch Evans finished the final day of pre-season testing at Jarama quickest ahead of Kiro’s Dan Ticktum and reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein. Evans topped the final session on Friday morning with a 1m27.461s, the fastest lap recorded by the all-electric championship over the last three days of testing, which left him 0.141s clear of Ticktum. The result…

Formula E carried out a mock race at Jarama yesterday afternoon, which included pitstops for the first time in six years, as the introduction of mid-race energy boost charging continues to be evaluated ahead of the 2024-25 season start next month. The Race understands that the potential introduction of the energy boosting stops, which is now under the working title…

Jamie Chadwick has spoken of her excitement at her forthcoming participation in the all-female FIA Formula E test in Jarama. The Brit, who to many is the face of female motorsport participation, is driving for Jaguar TCS Racing in the afternoon test, the first of its kind for any FIA-backed championship. Chadwick isn’t a stranger to Formula E, having tested…