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Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Thursday granted permission to the state government to proceed with prosecution and custodial questioning of Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and former minister K T Rama Rao (KTR) in the alleged misappropriation of funds related to the Formula E race held in Hyderabad in 2022, people familiar with the matter said. An official privy…

Laurence EdmondsonNov 20, 2025, 05:19 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Four-time champion Max Verstappen wants to change his career race number from 33 to 3 next year, assuming he does not win the championship and cannot continue with the No. 1. Since 2014, F1 drivers have been allowed to pick a race…

Welcome to Friday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Inside Audi’s secret F1 base as it prepares for ‘difficult’ debut (Autocar) ‘Crucially, Audi has opted to build its own power unit, no doubt discontented by the optics of becoming a client – a subordinate to Mercedes-AMG, Honda, Ferrari or Red Bull-Ford. This, chief operations officer Christian Foyer…

HYDERABAD: Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Thursday gave approval to prosecute former state minister and BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao in connection with alleged financial irregularities linked to the Hyderabad Formula E race.The sanction comes two months after the state government forwarded the file seeking approval to proceed against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader. The case centres…

Hyderabad: Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has approved the prosecution of BRS working president and former minister KT Rama Rao in the Formula E financial irregularities case.Sources said the sanction came through on Nov 17, but was made public only on Thursday. News of Raj Bhavan’s nod immediately triggered a war of words between Congress and BJP over the alleged delay…

A judge has told Felipe Massa he can bring part of his legal case against Formula 1, the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone to trial in the UK. The former Ferrari driver is claiming £64 million in damages over the series’ handling of the notorious ‘Crashgate’ episode which he believes cost him victory in that year’s world championship. In a decision…

Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Verma on Thursday gave his nod to prosecute Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and Sircilla MLA K T Rama Rao in the alleged Hyderabad Formula E case. The state’s anti-corruption bureau (ACB) had written to the Governor on September 9 to seek his permission to begin the prosecution proceedings against Rao, popularly known as KTR,…

Nov 20, 2025, 07:25 AM ET Felipe Massa came runner-up in the 2008 F1 world title by just one point. James Manning/PA Images via Getty Images Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa’s £64 million claim against F1, its governing body the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone can go to trial, a High Court judge has ruled. Lewis Hamilton’s first F1 world championship in…

In a move that feels almost like a homecoming, the Nissan Formula E Team has welcomed one of the championship’s most decorated drivers back into the fold. Sam Bird (pictured), the only man to have started every single Formula E race since the series lit up Beijing in 2014, will join the squad as reserve and development driver for the…

Formula E veteran Sam Bird has been signed by Nissan as its reserve and development driver for the forthcoming 12th season of the all-electric championship. Bird, who has been an omnipresent figure in Formula E since its inception in 2014, looked to be heading out of the series after NEOM McLaren’s withdrawal at the end of last season. At Season…

LAS VEGAS — Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc downplayed Ferrari chairman John Elkann’s criticism of their performances this season, insisting the comments were intended to be positive. Elkann caused a storm after F1’s most recent race in Brazil when he said that, while Ferrari’s mechanics and engineers were operating at a high level, the rest of the team — which…

Feature by Katy Fairman Formula E is one of the most competitive motorsports in the world, with almost 75 percent of the grid ending up on the podium last year and all 11 teams earning themselves a top three finish. This level of competition has resulted in 10 different champions across our first 11 seasons, with only one person being…

Nov 19, 2025, 05:35 PM ET We’ve reached the final leg of the 2025 Formula 1 season! This weekend, the action hits Sin City for the Las Vegas Grand Prix. George Russell won last year’s race, finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second place and Carlos Sainz Jr. in third. Las Vegas first held a Formula 1 grand prix in…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Brown: The deal that kept McLaren alive and how I rebuilt the team (High Performance) ‘I think the fact that they’ve both been a little bit grumpy at times with us actually tells you things have been fair and balanced because we’re trying to make sure they race…

Every so often a concept car gets revealed that is meant to give a glimpse of “the future of motorsport.” You know the kind: unfathomable aerodynamics, a million horsepower, and an unthinkable proposed top speed that’ll turn your organs inside out. They’re always a bit ridiculous and far-fetched. But now there’s a new concept car from motorsport’s crystal ball –…

Porsche Cayenne Electric Highlights German luxury and sports car manufacturer Porsche has globally unveiled its second all-electric SUV on November 19. The Cayenne Electric is now the flagship EV from the brand and brings several cutting-edge technologies and developments from the carmaker to set new benchmarks in the luxury EV space. From wireless car charging to Formula E tech, here’s…

Nov 19, 2025, 07:59 AM ET Las Vegas first hosted a grand prix in 1981 for two years. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images LAS VEGAS. It’s the third grand prix in the Mojave Desert in this format, and last year’s race saw Max Verstappen celebrate his fourth F1 world title. The title race is closer this year, with Verstappen and Oscar…

Next August, it will be exactly a decade since Mitch Evans rocked up at Donington Park, along with Adam Carroll and Harry Tincknell, as they entered into a kind of shootout to see which two of the three would get a full-time role with Jaguar as it made its return to international motorsport after 11 years in Formula E. At…

Being a Formula 1 steward is a tough gig at the best of times. But the pressure of a world championship fight brings a much higher level of scrutiny. Every decision which comes from the stewards’ office suddenly has the potential to swing the championship outcome one way or another. That was the case at the last round when Oscar…