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News Summary Lola takes direct control of its Formula E team, ending ABT’s operational involvement. The team will compete as Lola Formula E Team, although Yamaha remains a technical partner. Gerry Hughes joins as deputy team principal, overseeing sporting operations and the team’s day-to-day activities. Lola has confirmed a major restructuring of its Formula E operation ahead of the 2026/27…

IndyCar champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon lost his life in a horrific crash in the season finale at Las Vegas 15 years ago today. Running in the middle of a 34-car pack on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Wheldon was caught up in a multi-car accident and launched into the fencing on the outside of the oval. IndyCar…

Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has filed a petition in a city court seeking discharge in the Formula E race case. The former IT minister is the prime accused in the case registered in connection with the alleged irregularities in conducting the Formula E race and has recently filed the petition under relevant sections…

Max Verstappen’s 73rd career victory was surely one of the most overdue of his career. At his 10th attempt, the Red Bull driver finally won the Singapore Grand Prix. He’d come close several times before. Verstappen had started second four times and converted three of those into second-place finishes. On the other occasion he was wiped out by the Ferrari…

Formula 1 team bosses have said they want to know where the season finale will be held by mid-October. The series intends to run its final two races as planned in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. However ongoing disruption caused by the US-Iran war has put that in doubt and led F1 to enlist the Imola circuit as a potential alternative…

10 years ago today Lance Stroll scored his most recent victory to date, in his final race before he became a Formula 1 driver. Just two weeks shy of his 18th birthday, Stroll’s promotion to F1 with Williams the following year had already been announced. He had clinched the European Formula 3 championship earlier in the season and won both…

CUPRA KIRO driver Pepe Marti has shared pictures from his visit to the Paris Motor Show in October 2026, where the team revealed its new Formula E car for the GEN4 era. Marti posted a series of pictures on Instagram and added a caption about his busy travel schedule ahead of the new season. Pepe Marti’s Paris diary: CUPRA KIRO…

Formula E began with a deal scribbled on a napkin in a Paris restaurant. There was no archive of famous races or family tradition of watching it on a Sunday afternoon. The first race did not take place until 2014. The battery technology was so limited that drivers had to jump out of one car halfway through and climb into…

As one of only five drivers selected globally to test with Jaguar’s Formula E racing team in London and recently signing with Australian motorsport legend Marcos Ambrose, 20-year-old Xavier Henderson is on a fast track to motorsport success. The Peppermint Grove resident has had a breakout rookie season in the Australian Formula Ford Championship, including finishing second outright in round…

Formula E has seen two of its stalwarts retire at the end of Season 12, but Antonio Felix da Costa is evidently convinced he has plenty of longevity. The all-electric championship bade farewell to two champions in the form of Sebastien Buemi and Lucas di Grassi, upon the conclusion of the end of the Gen3 era. Drivers like Buemi and…

Cadillac remain yet to score a point in their first season in Formula 1 but Valtteri Bottas says their progress is clear to see. “We are definitely seeing an improvement somewhere every weekend,” he told the Financial Times. “It’s not necessarily in the results yet, but it’s in how we operate as a team in different areas.” Bottas scored all…

The future of Taylor Barnard was most certainly one of Formula E‘s biggest off-season anomalies. That speculation is now over. The British driver has been a revelation in the all-electric championship since his debut in Season 10, as a replacement for the injured Sam Bird at the Monaco and Berlin E-Prix weekends. It earned him a full-time seat alongside the…

Taylor Barnard has finally secured his Formula E future by signing with newcomer Fortescue Zero Racing for the start of the Gen4 era in the 2026-27 campaign. The 22-year-old was without a drive after two-and-a-half seasons in the all-electric series, starting with McLaren before contesting the 2025-26 campaign with DS Penske. But with DS Automobiles pulling out before its partner…

Jake Hughes will return to the Formula E grid for the 2026/27 season after signing with American squad CUPRA KIRO. The British driver will partner Pepe Marti as the championship enters its high-performance GEN4 era, marking its first season competing without a rookie driver. Hughes brings extensive electric racing experience to the team, having debuted with McLaren during the 2022/23…

CUPRA has showcased several new products and technologies at the Paris Motor Show. The highlights include a new styling package for its Raval electric hatchback, a new Formula E car for the 2026/27 season and an updated audio system developed with Sennheiser. The company also displayed the Tindaya show car, which offers a glimpse of its future design plans. The…

Formula E is set for major changes ahead of the 2026/27 season, which will mark the beginning of the GEN4 era. Mitch Evans, Taylor Barnard and Maximilian Gunther are among the drivers moving to new teams as the championship prepares for its next phase. Evans is moving from Jaguar to Opel, Barnard is leaving DS Penske for Fortescue Zero Racing,…

CUPRA used the Paris Motor Show to launch a CUSTOM CUPRA by ABT pack for its Raval electric hatch, unveil its GEN4 Formula E car and expand its Sennheiser audio tie-up. How do you follow a launch that doubled its own forecasts? CUPRA’s answer in Paris is to make the Raval look faster. The brand’s urban EV now gets the…

What did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the Singapore Grand Prix. Since 2008, RaceFans has surveyed its readers to discover which races they enjoyed the most – and least – during the season. Take part in our latest poll here. Give this race a score out of 10 based on how much you enjoyed it: 10…

Credit: Simon Galloway/LAT Images Cupra Kiro have announced Dan Ticktum’s replacement at the squad for Formula E’s upcoming season. Jake Hughes will return to the Formula E grid for Season 13, partnering the incumbent Pepe Martí at the squad for the upcoming Gen4 era. Hughes last raced for Maserati at the end of Season 11, before stepping aside as the…