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Formula E’s GEN4 hits the track in France, charging ahead with record pace and greener racing ambitions.  Just over five months ago, Formula E announced its new GEN4 car. At the time, Sylvain Filippi, managing director and chief technology officer of Envision Racing, told our sister title Air Quality News: ‘We’re accelerating faster than any other race car in the…

Laurence EdmondsonApr 21, 2026, 06:33 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Multiple Authors After a month of meetings between technical heads, drivers, team principals, the sport’s bosses and the FIA, Formula 1 has delivered a set of tweaks to its controversial 2026 regulations to counter some of the issues experienced at the opening…

(GMM) Former Formula 1 driver Nick Heidfeld is returning to motorsport in a new role – as co-founder of an all-electric junior racing series set to launch in 2027. Speaking to Blick newspaper, the German said a “new phase” of his life has begun after stepping back from racing to focus on family. “After my career, I mainly wanted to…

At a glance New 975 RSE succeeds the most successful Porsche single-seater to date Even stronger acceleration and a top speed exceeding 330 km/h Significant development progress since the introduction of Formula E in 2014 The so-called GEN4 delivers the biggest performance leap in electric motorsport to date: 600 kW (816 PS) of power, permanent all-wheel drive, new tyres and…

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Sebastien Buemi wins Imola 6 Hours, Nyck de Vries also secures podium (Image credit: Instagram) Formula E driver Sebastien Buemi, who races for Envision Racing, had plenty to celebrate as he helped Toyota Gazoo Racing secure victory in the World Endurance Championship’s iconic 6 Hours of Imola. Alongside team-mates Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa, Buemi claimed a major win in…

Porsche has launched the car that will contest the 13th season – and the start of the Gen4 era – of Formula E, ahead of the generation’s official launch on Tuesday. The car, named the 975 RSE, has already been put through its paces by both Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Mueller since manufacturers were given the Gen4 chassis after initial…

La Formula E enters a new era. With the 975 RSE, Porsche reveals a car which breaks with the image of electric racing cars as we have known them until now. The Gen4 develops 600 kW in Attack Mode — that’s 816 horsepower — compared to 350 kW for the previous generation, a 71% increase in maximum power. It features…

Formula 1 has agreed to a set of rule tweaks to address concerns about its controversial new cars ahead of the Miami Grand Prix on May 3. F1 underwent its biggest rule change this season which included a move to new V6 hybrid engines featuring a near 50/50 split between combustion and electrical power. That has led to a bigger…

Porsche has unveiled its new Formula E car, six of which will race in the first season of the electric championship’s Gen4 era. The 975 RSE – which is named in deference to the 75th anniversary of Porsche Motorsport in 2026 – first ran at Porsche’s Weissach facility in November 2025 and has since completed 1860km of testing at Monteblanco,…

Critics of Formula 1’s new style of racing and its controversial new cars have “short memories”, according to championship CEO Stefano Domenicali. Formula 1 undertook an unprecedented change to its cars this year, with new aerodynamic designs and new engines. The engines have been particularly controversial — a near 50/50 split between combustion and electrical power has created a huge…

Formula 1 may have to delay the introduction of some of the planned changes to its cars, according to Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane. A major meeting is taking place today to determine how the championship will respond to criticism of the new technical regulations it introduced for the 2026 season. Drivers expressed concerns over the dangers caused by…

Welcome to Monday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Jacob and Apoorvb Bajpai! On this day in motorsport America’s first world champion was born today in 1927 Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Published by Keith Collantine Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 – when it was originally called…

However you feel about the state of F1 in 2026, there is no debate over what has caused the huge changes in the sport this year: the new technical regulations, and the effect they have had on the cars. But as F1 faces an urgent need to address the potential for high closing speeds caused by the rules, does it…

Reload.Land returns on 2 and 3 May 2026, and this time it’s taking over one of Europe’s most iconic venues: Berlin Tempelhof Airport. Better yet, it runs alongside the Hankook Formula E Berlin E-Prix, making this weekend a landmark moment for electric mobility in Europe. As a media sponsor of Reload.Land, THE PACK is thrilled to support what is genuinely…

At the Circuito de Madrid Jarama last month, six drivers made their debut appearances in Formula E machinery, all of whom came from the world of junior single-seaters. Feeder Series spoke to the debutants ahead of and during the rookie test to get their thoughts on the experience.  By Seb Tirado Along with Joshua Dürksen at Citröen Racing – with whom…

Formula E: Electric Evolution The Formula E season break may have been going on for too long, but Formula E: Electric Evolution is now available for Formula E fans and includes everything related to the electric racing series, from drivers, teams and manufacturers to selected tracks from the Formula E World Championship. Not only this, all generation cars from GEN1,…

Need a spring break read? Here’s our verdict on five new offerings on Ferrari, Lando Norris, Adrian Newey, F1 controversies and the golden era of Super Touring cars. Forza Ferrari by Nate Saunders It is 18 years since Ferrari last won a world championship, making this their longest title-less spell, even outstripping the run ended by Michael Schumacher, Eddie Irvine…

Laurence EdmondsonApr 18, 2026, 02:04 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Multiple Authors Mercedes driver George Russell has said Formula 1’s drivers are aligned on the changes that should be made to the sport’s regulations ahead of the next round in Miami and believes there is enough “low-hanging fruit” to improve the situation…