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Formula E has agreed a live broadcast deal with Chinese digital multimedia company Tencent. Contract: All 16 E-Prix, including practice and qualifying sessions, will be shown live Tencent Sports, Tencent Video, Tencent News, WeChat Channels and QQ will carry coverage Context: This is a one-year streaming deal for Formula E, so it will not affect the all-electric series’ existing deal…

The Dutch Grand Prix will be held for the last time in 2026. Alex Pantling – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images The Dutch Grand Prix will be removed from the Formula 1 calendar after 2026, it has been confirmed. F1 announced a one-year extension for the race — held at the Circuit Zandvoort — on Wednesday, but also confirmed the…

Car number 63 started the Qatar Grand Prix from pole position but Max Verstappen immediately seized the lead on his way to victory number 63. He and the other two multiple champions on the grid – Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso – now have 200 grand prix victories between them. Hamilton scored his 105th win earlier this year but over…

The Cupra brand will continue in Formula E for the next two seasons as an official partner of the newly named Kiro Race Co team. Part of the Volkswagen range of brands and formerly Abt’s title partner in FE and Extreme E for the past two seasons, Cupra is a sporting subsidiary of Sociedad Espanola de Automoviles de Turismo (SEAT)….

Sergio Pérez is set to leave Red Bull at the end of the 2024 season, sources have told ESPN. According to multiple sources, Red Bull have decided to move on from Pérez after Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Team boss Christian Horner hinted at Pérez’s impending exit after the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday. “I’m going…

Kiro Race Co has announced a new title sponsor with just days to go before the start of the new FIA Formula E season. The American outfit has signed a deal with electric vehicle brand Cupra, a former affiliate of ABT, and will now be known as Cupra Kiro. Part of the Volkswagen Group, the Spanish brand launched in 2018…

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader™ empowering innovation, is gearing up to sponsor the DS PENSKE Formula E racing team as they begin Season 11 at the Sambadrome in São Paulo, Brazil, on December 7. Mouser is sponsoring the team throughout the 2024/2025 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship racing season in…

Esteban Ocon has apologised to factory staff at Alpine following the announcement he will not participate in what was supposed to be his final race for the team this weekend. Alpine confirmed yesterday Ocon has been released from his contract one race early so Jack Doohan can make his grand prix debut this weekend. The team said the agreement will…

Formula E’s Kiro Race Co has announced a multi-year manufacturer partnership with Cupra ahead of the 2024/25 season. Confirmed: The team will be known as Cupra Kiro from this upcoming season Meanwhile, Formula E renews partnership with Hackett London, which will continue to supply uniforms and other garments to series staff under its Hackett Sport brand Context: Fresh after departing…

Formula 1 could expand to 12 teams now that General Motors brand Cadillac has been accepted as the 11th from 2026, according to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. F1 has always had provision for 12 teams in the rules, but there was strong opposition from commercial rights holder Liberty Media and existing teams to going beyond 10 before a deal…

Formula E and ITV have struck a new free-to-air broadcast deal for the UK and Ireland, with all 16 E-Prix and qualifying sessions for Season 11 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to be shown live on ITV4 and ITVX. ITV will also host nine races live on ITV4, as well as a new bespoke highlights show after…

With four rounds to go, the fight for sixth place in the constructors’ championship looked set. Haas, on 46 points, eyed the threat from RB, 10 points behind them. They gave little thought to Williams in eight place, much less ninth-placed Alpine, 32 points behind. Then came Brazil, where a windfall result for Alpine more than tripled their points haul…

The Pit Boost concept which will require Formula E drivers to make a mandatory pitstop is set to be implemented during races in the upcoming 2024/25 season, Autosport understands. The technology, which means the new Gen3 Evo cars will receive a 10% battery recharge at 600kW that will take approximately 30 seconds, has finally been given the green light after…

The penultimate grand prix weekend of the 2024 season was also the final sprint round of the championship. The Qatar weekend was another where the stewards and their decisions were a major talking point. With a change in pole sitter and a rare stop-go penalty handed out that transformed the race. As surprising as it seems, some of the most…

Dan Ticktum and David Beckmann will race for the Kiro Formula E team in the all-electric championship this season, having officially been announced just days before the campaign begins. Both drivers were finally confirmed on Monday, although their names already featured on the official entry list for the 2024-25 Formula E World Championship which was released last week. The lateness…

Kiro Race Co has confirmed that Dan Ticktum and David Beckmann will drive for the team in Season 11 of the FIA Formula E World Championship. The team, formerly known as ERT, becomes the final team to announce its driver line-up, with the now-American squad, running with Porsche powertrains, opting for the German marque’s reserve driver. The outgoing Sergio Sette…

The Formula 1 constructors’ championship and Formula 2 champion will be decided in the series’ final two rounds in Abu Dhabi this weekend. Join us on RaceFans Live throughout every session of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. Look out for the live page on the site during every session and follow all the action with your fellow RaceFans. Here’s…

FORMULA E has announced that it has topped the Global Sustainability Benchmark in Sport (GSBS) for the third consecutive year, maintaining its leadership of the Corporate, Environment, Social and Governance (CESG) ranking since its inaugural year. GSBS – the independent sustainability rating organisation that specialises in CESG ratings – ranked Formula E with the Best Total Performance, while topping the…

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s responses over Sergio Perez’s future changed noticeably in the wake of the Qatar Grand Prix, where the team’s hopes of winning a third consecutive constructors’ championship ended. Previously Horner was at pains to stress Red Bull’s faith in Perez’s ability to turn his dire season around. But last night his words carried unmistakeable overtones…