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In his first year as a Formula 1 driver, Oscar Piastri did much to justify the hype which accompanied his arrival. After all, he is the driver McLaren sensationally lured away from Alpine’s young driver programme, infuriating their rivals by handing him a full-time seat alongside Lando Norris. By the second half of last year Piastri was regularly showing Norris…

As the 11th season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship begins, the electric motorsport is entering a new era that will see both the racing and the broadcast being taken to the next level. SVG Europe sat down with Tim Glass, broadcast and content director at Formula E, to reflect on the unique challenges of keeping up with the…

Who was the best at starts this year? Who contributed the least to their team’s points tally? These telling statistics reveal the best and worst performances by each of the 24 drivers over the 24 grands prix of 2024: Max Verstappen Max Verstappen spent 560 laps in the lead, more than twice as many as any other driver Sergio Perez…

Referring to the reported nod from Governor Jishnu Dev Varma to arrest him, Rama Rao observed that Revanth Reddy appeared to have got the desired result after falling at the feet of the BJP leadership in Delhi and holding secret meetings with industrialist Gautam Adani in Jaipur Published Date – 17 December 2024, 05:16 PM Hyderabad: Amid…

Sergio Perez joined Red Bull in 2021 from Racing Point. Mark Thompson/Getty Images Sergio Perez’s departure from Red Bull’s Formula 1 team is likely to be confirmed before Christmas, sources have told ESPN. Since the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Perez has been negotiating whether to remain on as an ambassador in 2025 or to walk away from the Red Bull company…

The 2024 Formula 1 season was one of its most thrillingly open contests in years. Not only did seven drivers from four different teams win races, all of them picked up more than one victory. While Max Verstappen clinched the championship for the fourth year in a row, Lando Norris was still in the hunt with three rounds to go…

Days after the Telangana Cabinet gave its nod to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to initiate action against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao in Formula E race case, the former minister said on Tuesday that he was ready to face it legally.  Rama Rao took to social media platform ‘X’ to react to the Cabinet’s decision,…

With Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma giving his nod, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is set to initiate action against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former minister K. T. Rama Rao in Formula E race case. The matter was discussed during the State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday. Minister for Information and Public…

For the last few months, BRS working president, KTR had been under the radar of the investigating agencies in Telangana. In accordance, the ACB has now filed a case against KTR in regard to the Formula E scandal that is alleged against him. As per the latest reports, the ACB has filed a case against KTR for allegedly giving verbal…

Fast charging is a key topic of discussion when it comes to electric vehicles, and when the GEN3 car was introduced two seasons ago, it should have become a key theme in Formula E, too. Now, after a long wait, Pit Boost is finally set to arrive. Pit Boost will have drivers come in for a 30-second pit stop to…

HYDERABAD: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials are expected to register a First Information Report (FIR) in a day or two for the alleged misappropriation of Rs 55 crore while planning for the 2nd edition of Formula E racing. Former minister (MA&UD) and BRS working president KT Rama Rao, former principal secretary (MA&UD) Arvind Kumar, and HMDA chief engineer BLN Reddy…

Laurence Edmondson, Senior Writer, F1Dec 16, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 It’s that time of year again: a chance to divide opinion and awaken the trolls by ranking the top 10 drivers of the Formula 1 season. We’ve attempted to remove car performance from the equation and focus on each…

Lewis Hamilton’s last-lap pass on George Russell in their final race together at Mercedes did not prevent the seven-times world champion being out-scored by his team mate over the course of 2024. But it did put Hamilton narrowly ahead in the points battle between their pair over their three years as team mates. Hamilton scored 697 points to Russell’s 695:…

It’s almost time for seasonal selection boxes to be desecrated! That heady festive tradition of gorging on favoured confectionery, while slowly losing consciousness to a TV programme you’d never otherwise consider watching.  We all did it as kids, didn’t we? Instead of carefully selecting from said tawdry cellophane box, you’d scoff the lot before Christmas dinner, attracting diffident looks from…

Dec 15, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Abbi Pulling still has a long road ahead to reach Formula 1 after winning the all-women’s F1 Academy title, but it remains the target and she believes time is on her side. Part of the Renault-owned Alpine F1 team’s academy, the 21-year-old Briton will have a fully funded seat with Rodin Motorsport in Britain’s…

Max Verstappen clinched the drivers’ championship with two rounds to spare this year. It was a much closer contest than last season. Verstappen claimed the 2023 title by winning 19 of the 22 grands prix. Red Bull were only beaten once that season, and it was clear anyone not in an RB19 was never going to win the title that…

Formula E’s 2024-25 season started with a remarkable last-to-first victory for Jaguar’s Mitch Evans, who didn’t even manage to set a qualifying time yet emerged on top in a wild race. No one has ever won an FE race from last on the grid before, but does it rank as the best through-the-field drive in series’ history? Here’s Sam Smith’s…

Red Bull driver Sergio Perez turned up at the team’s base at Milton Keynes in the United Kingdom with a special gift for their employees. He presented them with 2,000 bottles of tequila as part of a promotion for a sponsor. Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below….