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14 Photo: Formula E Formula E has announced that one of the sessions at pre-season testing next month will have a requirement to feature female drivers. Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit will host testing on November 4-7, ahead of the season-opening Sao Paoulo E-Prix a month later. On the test’s final day, teams will be required to have a woman in…

Formula E has today announced that the first-ever all-women test session of an FIA Championship will take place on Thursday 7th November at Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, as part of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s pre-season testing schedule. The first-of-its-kind test in the all-electric FIA World Championship provides elite women racing drivers the opportunity to drive the…

Formula E has announced an all-female test in Valencia, Spain, set to take place on 7th November. Confirmed: This is the first time an International Automobile Federation (FIA) championship has staged an all-female test Each team will be required to field at least one woman for the half-day test, but encouraged to field two Drivers will take part in media…

In the round-up: Oscar Piastri says he would have preferred being able to race during 2022 instead of spending a year as a reserve driver. In brief Piastri ‘would have preferred racing’ in 2022 After winning junior championships in three consecutive seasons, culminating in the 2021 Formula 2 title, Piastri spent 2022 as Alpine’s reserve driver, before grabbing the chance…

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Dubai begins with Captains’ Day ahead of opening game DUBAI: The captain of Bangladesh’s women’s cricket team said her team will remain professional during the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup despite their disappointment about the last-minute relocation of the tournament from their home country. The decision to move the competition, which begins on Thursday…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two NASCAR teams — one of them co-owned by Michael Jordan — filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France on Wednesday, claiming the new charter system limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the series, its tracks and its suppliers. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports filed suit in the…

FIA Formula E has announced a groundbreaking all-female test session to take place on November 7th at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. The test will complete the week-long pre-season testing programme ahead of the Season 11 opener in Sao Paulo on December 7th. All Formula E teams will be required to run at least one driver in the test,…

Nico Mueller is targeting a maiden Formula E victory as he finally gets his chance to move from giant-killing underdog to consistent frontrunner. In his first interview since being confirmed as a Porsche factory driver and team-mate to Jake Dennis at Andretti for the 2024-25 season, Mueller spoke to The Race about the importance of his 2024 performances, how he…

The U.S. Grand Prix saw a spike in ticket sales once Max Verstappen stopped winning so regularly, according to Austin circuit boss Bobby Epstein. The race at the Circuit of the Americas will take place on Oct. 21, having established itself as one of the most popular events on the F1 schedule. Editor’s Picks 2 Related It will host the…

Formula E organisers have officially confirmed that an all-female pre-season test will take place next month ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Pre-season testing for the all-electric championship will get underway at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia between 4-7 November for all 11 teams and 22 full-time registered drivers, which will be the only official running before the season begins…

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem says the sport’s governing body will “never get the credit” it deserves for running Formula 1. The former rally driver will mark the third anniversary of his election to the top job at the FIA. He will soon have a re-election campaign to focus on. Although the governing body of motorsport is responsible for much…

Earlier this month marked 10 years since the first Formula E race was held in Beijing, and since then there has been no shortage of drivers with varying abilities who have tried their hand in the all-electric championship. This includes a Formula 1 world champion, Le Mans 24 Hours race winners and Indy 500 victors, but not all made the…

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The FIA and Formula E are continuing to drive through plans to introduce fast-charging pitstops to the championship next season, despite an ever-decreasing appetite for them from teams and manufacturers. The latest twist in the saga of the heavily-delayed ‘attack charge’ format is the addition of a mandatory test ahead of the 2024/25 season as the FIA tries yet again…

Cyril Blais has been appointed Team Principal of Maserati MSG Racing ahead of Season 11 of the FIA Formula E World Championship. Blais had previous been Deputy Team Principal along with the team’s co-Managing Partner, Jose Aznar, the pair steadying the team’s ship after the shock departure of James Rossiter before Season 10. The Frenchman joined the team in its…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 1, 2024, 06:24 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Charles Leclerc is curious to see how he compares to Lewis Hamilton when the pair become Ferrari teammates next season. Hamilton shocked the Formula 1 world in February when he announced he would leave Mercedes and move to Ferrari in…

Fernando Alonso says Formula 1 drivers must accept they are role models and act accordingly even when they don’t want to. The two-times world champion also revealed he did not choose to become a racing driver, claiming it was something his father led him into. F1’s most experienced driver of all time, who has started 395 races, made the remarks…

Having secured a race seat with Red Bull-owned RB, Liam Lawson is mindful he could lose his Formula 1 chance in a matter of months if he fails to perform for the rest of the season. The 22-year-old New Zealander, announced as Daniel Ricciardo‘s replacement at the Italy-based outfit last week, will return to racing at a sprint weekend in…

Sep 30, 2024, 04:43 PM ET Renault will end Formula 1 engine production at their Viry-Chatillon factory after the 2025 season, with the French carmaker’s Alpine team set to race with power units made by another manufacturer. Alpine announced in a statement on Monday that the facility outside Paris, which employs more than 300 staff, would become a ‘Hypertech’ centre…