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The E1 World Championship brought electric powerboat racing to the Red Sea waterfront, before Formula E returned to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit under floodlights. From racing on water to racing on asphalt, the city is demonstrating its capacity to host multiple top-tier events in quick succession. Saudi Arabia may have been a relatively late entrant to racing, but the Kingdom’s…

Porsche has revealed that its second Formula E team will run on a cost-neutral basis, with no additional funding allocated to expanding its presence in the championship. The German manufacturer raised eyebrows over the winter when it revealed that it would run two factory teams in Formula E when the series’ Gen4 era gets under way in December. Porsche already…

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Mercedes has announced Theo Pourchaire as its fourth development driver for 2026 alongside Anthony Davidson, Joshua Duerksen and Doriane Pin. Frederik Vesti remains in the role of third driver.Updated list of 2026 drivers and teams: www.racefans.net/2026-f1-seas…#F1 — RaceFans (@racefans.net) 2026-02-23T17:42:31.570Z Introducing our 2026 junior driver line-up (Mercedes) ‘Our…

Formula E is aiming to expand the calendar further for the arrival of Gen4 cars in the 2026-27 season, which is set to feature 18 to 19 races. The ongoing 2025-26 campaign already features a record 17 races across 11 venues with the addition of Madrid and Sanya, although Jakarta has been dropped. While the final 2025-26 calendar wasn’t announced…

Lexi Grace Boosey and Jake Dennis with Billy. (Image credit: Instagram) Jake Dennis is enjoying his month-long break in the company of his fiancee, Lexi Grace Boosey, and their pet dog, Billy, in the mountains. The couple shared glimpses of their fun time in the snow on Instagram, and the pictures prove they had a blast as they went walking…

Feb 23, 2026, 11:03 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A familiar name might be introduced at the 2031 Daytona 500 when Keelan Harvick will be old enough to enter “The Great American Race” his father won 24 years ago. Toyota Racing Development said Monday that it has signed the 13-year-old third-generation driver to a long-term deal as Kevin Harvick‘s son…

Oliver Rowland with his kids (Image credit: Instagram) Oliver Rowland is making the most of his month-long break following his podium at the Jeddah doubleheader. The Season 11 Formula E World Champion is spending quality time with his family, and his wife, Lauren Rowland, has shared proof on Instagram. The Rowlands welcomed a baby boy in November last year, and…

Formula 1 is rich enough to afford more teams than it can fit on the grid, according to a former team boss. The championship has permitted an 11th team, Cadillac, to join the field this year. Formula One Management initially rejected its application amid concerns over the loss of income existing teams would suffer if they had to share their…

Welcome to Monday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to BT52B! On this day in motorsport Satoru Nakajima is 73 today Born on this day in 1928: Hans Hermann, who shared victory in the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hours with Fritz Reiss for Mercedes, and started two grands prix for the manufacturer. He died in January Born…

Nyck De Vries (Image credit: Instagram) Things have been very different for the two Mahindra Racing drivers this season. While Edoardo Mortara has moved up the Drivers’ Standings with two poles and two podiums, his teammate Nyck De Vries has faced disappointment in three out of five races, with the Jeddah doubleheader being a complete disaster for him. De Vries…

Mahindra will put its Gen4 powertrain on track for the first time in May, roughly six months after rival Formula E teams began testing for the series’ next era. The Indian manufacturer did not officially commit to the Gen4 era until November last year, well after the original registration deadline had passed.  However, behind the scenes it had already been…

Pre-season testing for the 2026 world championship came to an end last week. The 11 days of running raised various concerns about how the latest generation of cars, built to the FIA and F1’s contentious new rules, will behave in race situations. However the tests revealed little about the competitive order. It seems the top four teams – reigning champions…

The FIA and Formula E will allow manufacturers to introduce hardware upgrades to their Gen4 cars through a new token-based system, replacing the current mid-cycle Evo update format. The process is similar in principle to the system used in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, where manufacturers are allocated five joker upgrades over a five-year homologation cycle….

Romain Grosjean is eagerly anticipating his full-time return to IndyCar racing this year having been left without a single-seater drive last year. The 39-year-old former Formula 1 driver will rejoin Dale Coyne, the team he debuted with in the series five years ago. “It’s a championship that I love and that I’ve had a lot of fun in,” Grosjean told…

Jean-Eric Vergne (Image credit: Citroen Racing) Jean-Eric Vergne continues to compete in Formula E after moving to Citroen Racing. He has been part of the all-electric series since its inaugural season in 2014 and recently competed in his 150th Formula E race in Jeddah. He remains the only driver in the championship’s history to win two consecutive world titles. Vergne…

Pascal Wehrlein with daughter (Image credit: Instagram) Pascal Wehrlein has plenty to celebrate this month. After winning Round 4 in Jeddah, the Porsche driver marked a special personal milestone, his daughter’s third birthday. The little one has occasionally joined him on the podium wearing noise-canceling headphones and was last seen lifting his trophy alongside him in Miami. As she turned…

Charles Leclerc ensured Ferrari ended preseason testing in style with a scintillating set of late laps in Bahrain that will increase hype around the Italian team’s 2026 chances. Leclerc finished the final day nearly 0.9 seconds clear of the next quickest car — that of new world champion Lando Norris in the McLaren — which is a sizeable margin over…

Aston Martin are only able to conduct short runs in today’s test at the Bahrain International Circuit due to ongoing problems with their power unit. Fernando Alonso came to a stop during yesterday’s test after covering 68 laps in his Honda-powered AMR26. Honda confirmed in a statement the team is limiting its running on the final day of pre-season testing…

Pictures from the final two days of the concluding pre-season test for the 2026 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. Nico Hulkenberg, Audi, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Nico Hulkenberg, Audi, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Oliver Bearman,…