Tag: Gen3

  • Round 6 – Sao Paulo E-Prix

    Round 6 is now complete, lets take a look at what happened during the first ever Sao Paulo E-Prix weekend. FP1- Envision Racing’s Sebastien Buemi managed to top the timesheets for the first practice session with a 1m 12.341s, as speeds hit more than 266km/h down the Sambadrome straight. Behind Buemi, is the Nissan of…

  • Round 5 – Cape Town E-Prix

    Round 5 is here, and we are in Cape Town South Africa for a first time appearance, lets take a look at how the weekend went. FP1- Maserati’s MSG Racing’s Edoardo Mortara topped the timesheets with a time of 1m 09.700s. It’s the first time in Season 9 that one of the Maserati cars have…

  • Hyderabad Preview

    The 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will be making an historic debut in India this weekend, with the city of Hyderabad playing host to Round 4 of Season 9. After a pair of storming night races in Diriyah produced a new standings leader and an overtaking masterclass across the second and third rounds…

  • Mexico City Preview

    The season opener is finally here as we head to Mexico for Round 1 of Season 9; the 2023 Hankook Mexico City E-Prix, where we are jumping into the Gen3 era! Mexico has always been a mainstay on the Formula E calendar, since its initial appearance. With the first race taking place in Season 2,…

  • Portland added to Season 9 calendar

    The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is set to race for the first time in Portland, Oregon on 24th June next year, following approval at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting. Portland will host Round 12 of the updated Season 9 calendar of 16 races in 11 cities, which also includes championship debuts…

  • Daruvala joins Mahindra Racing

    Mahindra Racing has added single-seater racer, Jehan Daruvala to the team’s roster as its Reserve Driver for Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The 24 year old is the first and only Indian Formula 2 race winner and has recently completed three Formula 1 tests with McLaren. Having won four Formula…

  • Hughes signs with McLaren Neom

    Jake Hughes will complete NEOM McLaren Formula E Team’s driver line-up for the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, with the outfit announcing he will compete alongside Rene Rast. Hughes can count on more than 10 years experience in single seaters across BRDC Formula 4, where he became its inaugural champion, Formula Renault, and…

  • Season 9 sporting regs announced

    Formula E and the FIA announced a series of updates to the sporting regulations for Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship following approval by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. Laps replace time- Races will now run laps instead of time period. To maintain consistency with the switch to laps, Safety…

  • Maserati announce Season 9 line-up

    Maserati MSG Racing has confirmed their driver line-up for Season 9, which is Edoardo Mortara and Maximilian Guenther. Mortara extends his relationship with the outfit as Maserati joins the fold for Gen3, whilst Guenther makes the move after stints at Dragon, BMW/Andretti and Nissan. The former put himself in the picture for Drivers’ World Championship…

  • Cape Town added to Season 9 Calendar

    The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is set to race in Cape Town, South Africa for the first time on 25th February 2023, following approval at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting. The original calendar draft unveiled after the WMSC meeting in June featured three calendar slots to be confirmed, with the already…

  • DS Automobiles, Penske Autosport to partner as DS Penske

    DS Automobiles one of Formula E’s most successful marques is set to begin a new chapter as a partner of PENSKE AUTOSPORT, with the newly christened DS Penske. Not only this, they have confirmed their driver line-up for Season 9, they welcome the current World Champion, Stoffel Vandoorne alongside double champion, Jean-Eric Vergne. With the…

  • Ticktum sticks with NIO 333

    Dan Ticktum will be competing for a second year in Formula E with NIO 333, with the driver signing on for Gen3’s bow and Season 9 with the Anglo-Chinese team. Ticktum impressed in his debut campaign, regularly mixing it with outgoing teammate Oliver Turvey. His high of the season came in Rome with points and…

  • Tokyo targets Formula E race for Season 10

    Japan has taken the first positive step towards hosting a round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship after Formula E and Tokya Metropolitan Government today signed an agreement with the goal of delivering a race in Tokyo. Governor of Tokyo, Yuriko Koike and Jamie Reigle, CEO Formula E met this morning at an…

  • Buemi joins Envision

    Envision Racing has just signed Sebastien Buemi on a multi-year deal, starting with the inaugural Gen3 campaign in Season 9, racing alongside Nick Cassidy at the outfit. The Season 2 champion, has joined the British-based team after having a long association with both Nissan and Renault, run by e.dams which stretched back all the way…

  • Hankook becomes Tyre Supplier to Formula E

    Hankook will be the new and exclusive Technical Partner and Tyre Supplier of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. At an event in the Swarovski Crystal World in Austria, Hankook officially presented the newly developed Hankook iON race tyres to guests and representatives of Formula E. The new tyres has been developed in close…