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Feature by Katy Fairman Just like that the official Formula E pre-season test comes to a close for another year. Six sessions, 18 hours of track time and 5,474 laps completed. All 20 full-time drivers got a chance to familarise themselves with their Gen3 Evos around the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, with lots of learnings coming out of the four-day test. …

Formula E is one again showcasing female talent at the top level of electric single-seater racing as it prepares to host its second official Women’s Test during pre-season testing for the 2025/26 season. Following the success of last year’s landmark session in Madrid, the upcoming test will take place at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 31 October. The test…

The FIA has absolved Liam Lawson of blame for an incident at the Mexican Grand Prix which saw the New Zealander nearly collide with two marshals running across the race track. Lawson narrowly missed the marshals, who were on the circuit at Turn 1 despite the FIA race director rescinding an instruction to go to the track to collect debris…

Formula E’s Valencia testing days are done, with a month’s break now ahead of the final season of the Gen3 ruleset and what could prove to be its closest campaign to date. The grid might be down to 20 cars for the first time since 2018, after McLaren’s exit in the summer, but with some key big driver seat switches,…

Written by Teagan Crump, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri Both test sessions on Thursday were topped by Nissan drivers, a change from Wednesday’s Mahindra dominance, during Formula E’s final day of pre-season testing in Valencia. Norman Nato claimed first in the morning test, with teammate and reigning champion Rowland claiming the afternoon’s fastest time. Norman Nato led the morning test |…

Lando Norris claimed his first grand prix victory in Miami last year, after his peers such as George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jnr did the same. But last weekend he reached double digits before all of them. His Mexican Grand Prix victory was the 10th of his career, making him the 36th driver in Formula 1 history to…

Mahindra are the early team to beat heading into the 2026 Formula E season, following a stunning showing across pre-season testing.  While reigning world champion Oliver Rowland topped the final session of the test on Thursday afternoon, he failed to beat Edoardo Mortara’s 1m 21.493 from Tuesday morning.  However, Rowland’s lap was the second best, with Nissan team-mate Norman Nato’s…

Oct 30, 2025, 10:35 AM ET Laura Villars announced her bid to run for FIA president in September. Kym Illman/Getty Images Swiss-Italian driver Laura Villars said she is challenging the FIA’s election rules in a Paris court case that could delay the auto racing governing body’s upcoming election. Villars is fighting electoral rules which made it harder for her and other…

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship has reappointed sport communications agency Soapbox as its retained UK PR agency for the upcoming Season 12. The renewal follows a record-breaking season for the all-electric racing series, which saw new highs for its cumulative TV audience and global fanbase. Soapbox will continue to run a proactive PR campaign to build awareness in…

Whoever wins the world championship this year, McLaren will know that at least one of their drivers could have done. Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have finished ahead of each other at least 10 times apiece since the season began. That means each has taken points off the other. But if one of them had always scored the best result…

Mahindra Racing’s Edoardo Mortara found himself quickest again on the third day of pre-season testing in Valencia, having finished yesterday best of the rest too. Mortara managed a 1m21.680s, with the session starting in damp conditions from overnight rain.  Joining Mortara at the top end of the timings was Andretti’s Jake Dennis and Nyck de Vries in third, making it two Mahindras…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Analysis: Crashgate – The long shadow cast by F1’s notorious 2008 Singapore Grand Prix Massa told £64m High Court fight over Hamilton’s 2008 F1 title ‘will fail’ (The Mirror) ‘He added: ‘Mr Massa argues that, but for the FIA’s handling of the crash, he would have won the…

Written by Maahika Banerjee, Edited by Vyas Ponnuri The past three months have been defining ones for the 2025/26 Formula E season. With major driver changes, the arrival of a new team and the departure of another, the stage is set for what promises to be an electrifying pre-season test in Valencia from 27–31 October 2025. Formula E returns to…

Oct 29, 2025, 01:05 PM ET Marco Andretti is retiring from racing, a decision that likely means the “Andretti Curse” at the Indianapolis 500 will never end. The 38-year-old grandson of Mario Andretti announced on social media Wednesday that he will not attempt to enter the Indianapolis 500 next season and will instead turn his attention to his daughter, business…

DS Automobiles began its 11th season in Formula E at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, with the same motivation as ever and a partially renewed driver line-up  This is the 12th year of Formula E, and almost as many for the French manufacturer, which hopes to add to its already impressive list of achievements. So, when the black and…

Ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix, Yuki Tsunoda made it clear he was prepared to do what Red Bull asked of him to help his team mate’s championship bid. “Being as high as possible will create more opportunities to play around with the strategy in favour of the team,” said Tsunoda, envisaging scenarios where he could “help Max to have…

Oct 29, 2025, 10:19 AM ET Felipe Massa outside Royal Courts of Justice in London. The Brazilian driver lost the 2008 F1 title by one point to Lewis Hamilton. James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images Felipe Massa’s High Court claims are a “misguided attempt” to reopen the result of the 2008 drivers’ championship, in which he was the runner-up to Lewis…

The 2025-26 Formula E field might be one team smaller than last year’s, following the demise of McLaren, but there’s no shortage of quality in it: 14 of this year’s 20 drivers have at least one win to their names. It’s now a field that boasts nine champions, following Oliver Rowland’s success with Nissan last season – but will that…