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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…

Pascal Wehrlein set pace on Day 1 of Formula E pre-season test in Valencia, as Moto3 teams updated on riders post Malaysia accident. The first day of testing saw three hours and some rapid times set from the outset as Pascal Wehrlein powered the Porsche to the top of the timesheets. The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship returned to…

Max Verstappen is no longer in imminent danger of triggering an automatic race ban after completing the Mexican Grand Prix weekend without collecting any more penalty points. The Red Bull driver has been three penalty points away from incurring a ban since the British Grand Prix. Having avoided any further incidents since then, he will now have three points deducted…

There were two blocks of three-hour sessions on Tuesday, and the benchmark was pushed even further as Edoardo Mortara took the fastest time of the day in the morning’s running, the Mahindra driver clocking a best of 1:21.493. The Indian manufacturer didn’t have to look too far for their second driver on the timing board, as Nyck de Vries was…

This Monday at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, the traditional pre-season tests of the Formula EThe first of three days of testing offered the drivers three hours of driving, at the end of which Pascal Wehrlein and his Porsche have propelled themselves to the top of the rankings. The German set a new Formula E lap record at the…

Mahindra ended the second day of Formula E’s test as quickest, following two strong lap times in the Tuesday morning session.  Edoardo Mortara set a 1m 21.493 – the fastest lap of the test so far – on Tuesday morning, ahead of team-mate Nyck de Vries.  A disjointed afternoon session saw lap times three-tenths slower than what Mortara posted, and…

Oct 28, 2025, 05:44 PM ET A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed NASCAR’s counterclaim against the two teams suing the racing series over antitrust allegations. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell issued the summary judgment in favor of 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, dismissing NASCAR’s claim that 23XI co-owner Curtis Polk illegally colluded with other teams during negotiations for new……

Porsche looked to have maintain their dominance in the powertrain segment, as Dan Ticktum topped the final session’s running for Cupra Kiro, ahead of Nico Müller’s Porsche. Four Porsche-powered cars also finished in the top six in the morning session, while Mahindra showed pace all through the day’s testing on Tuesday. Mahindra looked quick during the day’s testing | Credit:…

Lewis Hamilton asked Ferrari seven times whether any action was being taken against drivers who cut the first corner at the start – including his team mate. Charles Leclerc was one of five drivers who missed turn two at the start of the race. He left the track behind Hamilton and Lando Norris, rejoined in front of them, but only…