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The Citroën brand name will return to global motorsport later this year following the announcement that it will join the Formula E grid for the 2025-26 season. The French firm is set to replace fellow Stellantis brand Maserati at the Monaco-based MSG team, ending a long-running saga over the future of the Italian nameplate in the championship. It will join…

Citroen has finally confirmed its joining Formula E today as it replaces Stellantis sibling brand Maserati at the MSG team.  Although its line-up is yet to be announced, as reported by The Race last month, Citroen will race with a bona fide superteam as Nick Cassidy and Jean-Eric Vergne will be in the hot seats come the Sao Paulo E-Prix…

Laurence EdmondsonSep 12, 2025, 03:26 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Oscar Piastri has ruled out taking a more ruthless approach to this year’s title fight if it comes at the risk of jeopardising his long-term success with McLaren. Piastri is engaged in a tense battle with teammate Lando Norris for this year’s…

Lewis Hamilton would have started the Italian Grand Prix immediately behind his team mate Charles Leclerc. But his penalty from the Dutch Grand Prix one week earlier left him five places further back. He made amends soon after the start, working his way up to sixth place. Further progress proved difficult, however. Ferrari delayed his final pit stop in the…

Welcome to Friday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Opposition parties slam brakes on proposed grand prix change (The Age) ‘A source with knowledge of the contract said F1 had pushed for an expanded race period to increase their control over access to the park and images broadcast from the circuit to extract more money from sponsors….

Sep 11, 2025, 05:54 AM ET Jamie Chadwick is confident the evolution of a pathway for women into motorsport will continue to help provide access to more opportunities, both on and off the track. Former three-time W-Series champion Chadwick is set to return to action in the UK this weekend when the European Le Mans Series heads to Silverstone for…

After last year’s constructors’ championship fight went down to the final round, the 2025 contest has been a disappointment. The season was only a few races old when people stopped asking whether McLaren would repeat their 2024 triumph and started wondering just how early they might take the title. As long ago as May, McLaren looked set to clinch the…

Beyond the often brash, committed public relations spin, 2025 has been a difficult year for Formula E, and for several reasons. At the tip of a warhead that has slowly hurtled towards it has been the health of its grid. Brittle, shaky and volatile are all adjectives that can be used to summarise the stability of its future line-up. Each…

Max Verstappen let it be known how unimpressed he was with McLaren’s management of their drivers during the Italian Grand Prix. McLaren pitted drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in the reverse of their usual sequence at Monza, bringing the lead driver in second. They told both drivers they would preserve the running order, but were caught out by a…

Congress’ attempt to target BRS in the Formula-E case has backfired, with electoral bond purchases revealing potential quid pro quo concerns for the party itself. Critics argue if bonds indicate corruption for BRS, the same scrutiny applies to Congress and BJP Published Date – 10 September 2025, 10:53 PM Hyderabad: By attempting to corner BRS working president KT…

Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday submitted its report in the Formula E race case to the state government and sought sanction to prosecute former minister and BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao, senior IAS officer Arvind Kumar and others.  After nine months of probe into the alleged irregularities in hosting the Formula E race in Hyderabad during the…

BRS working president KT Rama Rao has called the ACB’s Formula‑E case against him “bogus,” insisting all Rs. 46 crore released for the event was properly transferred to the designated account. In a bold retort, he challenged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to a live televised debate and lie‑detector test to let the public decide who is truthful. Updated On – 9…

The Telangana ACB has submitted its investigation report on the Formula-E race case after a nine-month probe. The report, given to the Chief Secretary, may lead to a chargesheet with the Governor’s nod. KTR and Arvind Kumar were repeatedly questioned Published Date – 9 September 2025, 08:04 PM Hyderabad: After nearly a nine-month-long investigation, the Telangana Anti-Corruption…

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links François Provost, le Directeur General de Renault, s’exprime a notre micro sur l’avenir d’Alpine en F1 (Canal Plus) Renault CEO Francois Provost: ‘I’m very happy to be here today. Indeed, the main purpose of my visit is to reaffirm that we are staying in Formula 1. We’re staying…

BRS MLA Harish Rao accused the Congress government of fabricating the Formula-E case to divert attention from the Group-1 recruitment fiasco. He claimed selective media leaks and ACB proceedings were orchestrated to cover the government’s failures Published Date – 9 September 2025, 10:56 PM Hyderabad: Former Minister and BRS senior MLA T Harish Rao on Tuesday ridiculed the…

Hyderabad: Former minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Tuesday strongly dismissed the Formula E case as a ‘bogus case,’ calling it a politically motivated attack. He openly challenged anyone to subject him to a lie detector test, saying he was willing to stay back and undergo the examination if anyone wished.Responding to reports that the Anti Corruption…

Lando Norris rubbished suggestions McLaren’s use of team orders on Sunday set a potentially damaging precedent. McLaren swapped the running order of their drivers in the closing stages of the race after Norris suffered a slow pit stop which dropped him behind team mate Oscar Piastri. McLaren had chosen to pit Piastri first, despite the fact he was running second…

The ACB has reportedly established a quid pro quo, stating that ₹44 crore was routed to the BRS through electoral bonds by a sponsoring firm linked to the Formula E event. Published Sep 09, 2025 | 6:40 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 09, 2025 | 6:40 PM The ACB questioned KTR and former Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar multiple times over…

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