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DS Penske has become the first team to showcase its new car for the 2025 FIA Formula E Championship season in striking change. They’ve listened to the reception their special Monaco livery got when it was shown earlier this year in The Principality, and played on that theme for their 2024/25 look – gold accents with changes that make the…

DS Automobiles unveiled its new DS Penske-run Gen3Evo challenger in Paris on Wednesday. But could it be the French manufacturer’s final Formula E design? The promoters of Formula E are confident that the DS and Maserati brands from the Stellantis Automotive group will remain in the championship beyond 2026 when Gen4 begins. Jean-Eric Vergne and Maximilian Guenther will spearhead the…

Formula E’s Attack Charge concept will finally be trialled in a mock race during pre-season testing next month, with the FIA claiming the “technology is working”. One of the longest-running sagas of Formula E’s Gen3 era has surrounded fast-charging pitstops, which could appear later this season, having already been tested extensively during the off-season by teams. The concept, where drivers…

The USA hosted world championships rounds every year from the inaugural season in 1950 until it left the streets of Phoenix just over four decades later. The championship is enjoying a surge of popularity in the country now and returns this weekend for its second of three visits this year. America has had more F1 tracks than any other country,…

Photo: Nissan Sacha Fenestraz appears to be closing in on a return to SUPER GT next season, with Toyota emerging as favorite to land the Franco-Argentine racer’s signature for 2025. Fenestraz became a free agent when he was abruptly dropped by the Nissan Formula E team in favor of Norman Nato in early September, and has been exploring his options…

The ERT Formula E team has been acquired by new American owners and undergone a rebrand for the upcoming season, where it will race under the banner of Kiro Race Co and run Porsche powertrains. The team has been acquired by US-based investment firm The Forest Road Company, via additional capital from David Kaplan and Bennett Rosenthal, co-founders of Ares Management,…

In the round-up: Williams team principal James Vowles says his driver choices for next season should show everyone the team is serious about becoming championship contenders again. In brief Williams ‘serious about fighting its way to the top’ Vowles successfully courted Carlos Sainz Jnr to join his team next year alongside Alexander Albon. He said he “didn’t hesitate” to describe…

U.S.-based investment firm The Forest Road Company has taken over the ERT Formula E team, rechristening it Kiro Race Co ahead of the upcoming season. The deal has been financed by David Kaplan and Bennett Rosenthal, co-founders of Ares Management, with the series’ recent acquisition by Liberty Global said to be a key factor in the media and renewable energy…

The Formula E team formerly know as ERT has had its future assured following its acquisition by a Los Angeles-based asset management company. That takeover by the Forest Road Company was completed earlier this month and, as first reported by The Race, part of the deal is for the team – to be known as Kiro Race Co – to…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 15, 2024, 11:06 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Kimi Antonelli will replace Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes F1 garage beginning next season. Clive Rose – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Andrea Kimi Antonelli has a party trick. Name any race weekend he has driven in and he can…

Alpine will run in a predominantly orange livery at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix having revealed its third change of design this year. Meanwhile McLaren are bringing back the retro-style chrome-coloured livery they raced last year. The Alpine A524s will run in a special livery to promote the upcoming video game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Many video…

Capital for acquisition provided by co-founders of Ares Management Technical partnership also agreed with Porsche Motorsport Team will race with an American licence but remain at Silverstone The ERT Formula E team will rebrand to Kiro Race Co from the 2024/25 season after being acquired by private investment firm Forest Road. The Los Angeles-based investment firm has acquired 100 per…

Alpine will run in a predominantly orange livery at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix having revealed its third change of design this year. The team will run in a special livery to promote the upcoming video game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Many video games have appeared on F1 cars in the past. Williams famously included Sega and…

As Fernando Alonso never fails to remind us, winning the drivers’ championship is all about having the best car. Verstappen and McLaren are on course to win 2024 titles So as you’d expect, most F1 drivers who won the championship did so in a car which also won the constructors’ title in the same year. But not always: Since the…

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Oct 14, 2024, 05:53 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hailie Deegan said Monday she will move from NASCAR to IndyCar and compete in the Indy NXT Series next year with HMD Motorsports. Deegan will drive the No. 38 entry for the full 14-race calendar of the series one step below IndyCar. She will be part of a five-driver team at…

Formula E is once again facing an enforced two-month break in its schedule having not managed to replace its planned 2025 race in the Thai city of Chiang Mai. The scheduled date between the Jeddah and Homestead races in February and April was never officially confirmed as being intended for Thailand and was left as a ‘to be confirmed’ slot…

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The second of three races in the United States this season, Formula 1 headed to Austin, Texas for the United States Grand Prix – the only one of the three at a permanent circuit. But to the disappointment of many who will be attending at Circuit of the Americas this weekend, Daniel Ricciardo will not be racing after being dropped…