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Envision Racing has announced that Alisha Palmowski and Alice Powell will drive for the team in the upcoming all-female FIA Formula E test in Valencia. Palmowski will make her FE bow after a hugely impressive 2024, in which she claimed Vice-Champion status in the GB4 Championship, winning three races, scoring 11 podiums as well as two pole positions. Powell is…

Haas ended last season at the bottom of the championship standings. It has raised its game this year and now lies seventh, just three points off RB. However Ayao Komatsu, who took over as team principal at the start of the year, said the team needs the boost offered by its new partnership with Toyota to continue competing at this…

Ex-Formula E racer Sacha Fenestraz says his former Nissan teammate in the all-electric series, Oliver Rowland, is so talented that he “is easily on a par” with three-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen. In a recent interview with Motorsport Latam, Fenestraz explained how his perspective on his teammate evolved during their time together in Formula E. The French-Argentine racer…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 10, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 The Haas Formula 1 team has announced a new multiyear technical partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing, the motorsport department of the Japanese car manufacturer. Toyota Gazoo Racing, which competes in the World Endurance Championship and the World Rally Championship,…  read…

The Toyota name is returning to Formula 1 for the first time in 15 years through a new tie-up with Haas. The world’s largest car manufacturer by volume will become an “official technical partner” to the team which lies seventh in the world championship. Toyota branding will appear on the VF-24s from next week’s United States Grand Prix at the…

FIA Formula E driver Oliver Rowland has received high praise from a former team-mate, who has claimed his talent is “on a par” with that of Max Verstappen. Sacha Fenestraz, who was recently ousted by Nissan, has said that the reigning World Champion Verstappen complimented his former partner, with whom he is friends. The Argentinian made the claim in an…

Sacha Fenestraz believes one of the reasons his time in Formula E came to a premature end is because he failed to match team-mate Oliver Rowland, who he claims “is easily on a par” with Max Verstappen. The French-Argentine endured a difficult sophomore season in the all-electric championship for Nissan, claiming only five points finishes from 16 races and ending…

Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari all participated in testing for Pirelli at Mugello this week. The test at the circuit which held the Tuscan Grand Prix four years ago focused on revised compounds for next year and the new, slightly smaller tyres F1 will switch to in 2026. McLaren became the second team after Aston Martin to test the latter….

Team radio is not just a critical element of operating a modern Formula 1 team, keeping drivers informed and receiving feedback on the car during a race, it’s also become central to how fans consume the sport. From the selected radio clips played out on the world feed broadcast to live feeds for all 20 drivers available through F1 TV,…

In the round-up: Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has backed the recently-agreed changes to Formula 1’s 2026 regulations. In brief Krack praises 2026 F1 rules changes F1’s planned rules for 2026 originally envisaged a drastic reduction in aerodynamic performance. However teams agreed earlier this month to relax some of the restrictions, and Krack said he is pleased with the…

Does the name Freddie Slater sound familiar? Or Deagen Fairclough? Perhaps James Piszcyk? Probably not, although these young men were champions in a Formula 4 championship somewhere in the world in 2024. Imagine for a moment if these drivers were allowed to take part in a test in next season’s Formula E cars. That would be strange, wouldn’t it? Yet…

Formula 1’s sprint races tend to be processional affairs which serve only to diminish the intrigue ahead of the main event by giving an early glimpse of how each car performs. But Formula One Management insists everyone loves them so they’re seemingly here to stay. Moreover, F1 is especially fond of scheduling them at the end of seasons, so half…

In the round-up: US presidential candidate Kamala Harris reveals she’s a Lewis Hamilton fan. In brief Harris endorses Hamilton Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party candidate for US president, revealed she watches Formula 1. “It’s so good,” she told Sirius XM. “We love it, our whole family does.” Asked if she was only declaring her interest in the series because of…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 8, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Over the Dutch Grand Prix weekend, Haas gave ESPN behind-the-scenes access to capture a glimpse of what life is really like inside a Formula 1 team. The idea was to document — with a camera and a notebook — the…

Source: Sam Bagnall / Getty INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Andretti is addressing his decision to step back from his leadership role at Andretti Global. In late September is was discovered that Andretti had decided to relinquish his ownership stake in the racing team that he had been in charge of since buying into Team Green in 2002. The team was then…

After years of F1’s scriptwriters limiting him to a supporting role, rather than a main character, Valtteri Bottas could hardly have had a better opening chapter written for him after moving to Sauber – then Alfa Romeo – in 2022. While Kevin Magnussen stole much of the spotlight by finishing one place ahead of him in the opening round in…

In the round-up: Former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer says he never had the level of control he wanted with the team. In brief Szafnauer felt misled over lack of control at Alpine Otmar Szafnauer, the former team principal at Alpine until he was removed by the team before the summer break in 2023, says he did not receive the…

Last week, Formula E revealed that it will be the first-ever International Automobile Federation (FIA) championship to hold an all-female test event. Taking place in November as part of official preseason testing in Valencia, each team will be required to field at least one woman for the half-day session, but encouraged to field two. In addition to the on-track action,…

Formula E celebrated a decade of racing last month that’s encompassed 10 seasons, 133 E-Prixs, nine champions and 86 drivers. And it’s made it this far against a backdrop of initial scepticism, near-collapse after just three races, a rebirth, a boom, and a return to the brink, but now has an acceptance of sorts. It’s that respect and approval that…