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A violent crash that left reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein trapped upside down in his Porsche was just part of the drama in a wild Formula E season-opener in Sao Paulo, won by Mitch Evans from the back of the grid. WEHRLEIN’S FRIGHTENING CRASH Wehrlein was sent flying into the wall by Nick Cassidy’s damaged Jaguar moments after Cassidy had clashed…

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Mitch Evans stormed from last to first to claim victory in the Sao Paulo E-Prix which featured two red flags, one caused by a frightening airborne crash for reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein. The Jaguar driver suffered a powertrain issue that prevented him from setting a lap in qualifying, but the increased performance of Attack Mode and a chaotic…

With the final qualifying session done, it’s time to judge who did the best job of producing a flying lap to get the best possible place on the grand prix grid in 2024. Qualifying head-to-heads No driver managed to go the entire season without being out-qualified at least once by a team mate. Max Verstappen came closest, but Sergio Perez…

Nick Cassidy has described his Sao Paulo E-Prix accident with Pascal Wehrlein, which sent the reigning Formula E champion airborne and upside down into the barrier, as “a sickening feeling”. The Jaguar driver had been towards the front of a dramatic season-opener in Brazil, in a race that featured two red flags and was eventually won by team-mate Mitch Evans…

Former Formula 2 championship contender Paul Aron has been penalised twice after the stewards ruled his team made a “deliberate” change to his car’s DRS which made it illegal. The Hitech driver’s title chances ended when he finished third in the sprint race at Yas Marina today. However the stewards disqualified him from the results of the race after finding…

Mitch Evans has revealed he was “just hoping to see the chequered flag” having taken a shock victory in the Formula E Sao Paulo season-opener from last on the grid. The Jaguar driver was plagued by a powertrain issue over the weekend that brought him to a halt in the opening practice session and prevented him from setting a lap…

In the 24th and final grand prix of the 2024 season, McLaren has an opportunity to do something many fans of theirs have never seen them do before – win the constructors’ championship. Fittingly, the team they must defeat for that honour is their oldest and fiercest traditional rival: Ferrari. After showing promising pace across the first two days of…

Nissan lost a likely easy victory in Formula E’s season-opening Sao Paulo E-Prix because a systems control issue caused drive-through penalties for all four of the cars running its powertrain. Works Nissan driver Oliver Rowland was a dominant force – leading the early stages, being efficient on energy targets and able to save his second attack mode until later than…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Lando Norris admitted he turned down offers to leave McLaren in the past, and on Sunday his loyalty could pay off as the team are on the brink of winning its first Formula 1 constructors’ championship since 1998. Norris will start ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Editor’s Picks…

The final grand prix of the season is so often the last for at least a handful of drivers on the grid. This weekend’s race sees several drivers leave their current teams for new pastures, and others start what will likely be their final grands prix. Those drivers are celebrating their time in the sport with their helmet designs this…

Pascal Wehrlein made a perfect start to the defence of his Formula E title, by securing pole position for the season-opening São Paulo E-Prix.  The German driver faced Nissan’s Oliver Rowland in the final, and posted a lap time which was 0.099s quicker.  Wehrlein looked mighty throughout every phase of qualifying, in particular in the duels when all-wheel drive and…

Lando Norris has taken provisional pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz Jnr. P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Lando Norris McLaren 1’23.682 1’23.098 (-0.584s) 1’22.595 (-0.503s) 2 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1’23.640 1’23.199 (-0.441s) 1’22.804 (-0.395s) 3 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari 1’23.487 1’22.985 (-0.502s) 1’22.824…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Lewis Hamilton will start his final race for Mercedes at the back end of the grid after being eliminated from Q1 in Abu Dhabi. Hamilton will join Ferrari next season, bringing to an end the most successful team-driver partnership the sport has ever seen. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Hamilton has won six of his…

Reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein began his title defence in perfect fashion with pole for the Sao Paulo E-Prix season-opener, besting Oliver Rowland by just one-tenth. The Porsche driver found himself nearly two-tenths behind Rowland after the opening sector around the street circuit in Brazil, but gradually pulled that deficit back over the remainder of the lap. His 1m09.851s…

Is there a better proof of concept for Formula E than eight of its nine drivers’ champions still being on the grid as it heads into its 11th season? The 22 names on the 2024-25 grid have combined for 117 wins from the championship’s 132 races and naturally monopolise a host of other all-time stats. But a significant part of…

Tomorrow Lewis Hamilton will embark on his final grand prix as a Mercedes driver. It’s unlikely, though not impossible, that he might add to the 84 victories he’s scored since joining them. But no one is about to call his tenure at the team a failure. Not everyone was convinced he’d made the right decision when, late in 2012, the…

Sergio Sette Camara has said the reasons for him losing his Formula E seat are “not so transparent” and branded the way the situation was handled by his former team as “unprofessional”. The Brazilian spent four full-time seasons in the all-electric championship, the last two with the NIO 333 and ERT outfit, which rebranded to Cupra Kiro ahead of this…

Abbi Pulling has won the 2024 F1 Academy title. Pauline Ballet – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Britain’s Abbi Pulling won the 2024 all-female F1 Academy title for the second time in a week on Friday after taking pole position for three season-ending races in Abu Dhabi. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Alpine driver was declared champion in Qatar last…