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The final lap caught the attention of people worldwide, but the most interesting part of the Mexico City E-Prix was what was happening beforehand. Here are four things Read’s Elliot Wood picked up from Formula E’s latest race. Andretti is the team to beat With such short circuits, a condensed schedule and limited track time, […]
Audi Sport ABT’s Lucas di Grassi won the 2019 Mexico City E-Prix in a chaotic finish that involved five cars fighting for victory. Poleman Pascal Wehrlein had led the first 44 laps of the race, but had overworked his tyres and was low on energy going into the final lap. This allowed those behind to […]
Following an impressive debut Formula 1 season so far, Pierre Gasly could be about to earn a promotion from Toro Rosso to sister team Red Bull. Almost a year ago, Read Motorsport published a piece on why former GP2 champion Gasly would be Toro Rosso’s greatest asset this season and after several headline results have […]
Formula 1 teams will do anything to gain an advantage, no matter how small, and fairness doesn’t often come into it. It’s incredibly difficult to get all 10 F1 teams to agree unanimously, such is the natural competitivity between them all, and when they do, it’s normally because they know they’ll be a lot worse […]
China will make a return to the Formula E calendar next season with a race in Sanya, a city located on Hainan Island in the south of the country. Beijing held the season opener for the first two seasons of FE, and thus the first ever FE race, with Hong Kong replacing it for the […]
Daniel Abt dominated the Berlin E-Prix, leading the first ever Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler one-two for his second win of the season. Abt was untouchable from pole, and finished the lengthy 45 lap race with a 6.7 second buffer over team-mate Lucas di Grassi. The German also took fastest lap. The poleman was under investigation, […]
Daniel Abt took his second career pole position in Berlin, although the first pole of the season for the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team is currently under investigation. The German topped the first qualifying group, but was then put under investigation for switching to 200kW mode before the final sector of his 170kW warm-up lap. […]
Championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne topped the second free practice session at the Berlin E-Prix for Techeetah. Vergne set his best lap with four minutes to go, displacing title rival and 2017 Berlin winner Felix Rosenqvist from the top spot. Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler driver Lucas di Grassi was on top for most of the session, […]
Lucas di Grassi was fastest in the opening practice session in Mexico City, although the reigning champion has another grid penalty hanging over him for this weekend’s race. The Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler driver was one of four to complete a 200kW lap of the Mexico City circuit alongside Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara, Andretti’s Antonio Felix […]
DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird topped the first free practice session in Santiago, with most drivers struggling with the bumps around the Chilean circuit. The Briton set his time very late in the session, which was stopped with more than three minutes left on the clock after Venturi’s Maro Engel crashed into the barriers at […]
Lucas di Grassi’s less than ideal start to the Formula E season will continue after he was handed a 10-place grid penalty for today’s Santiago ePrix. The Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler driver had an inverter change prior to the shakedown session yesterday, his second of the season. He was forced to make an inverter change […]
Alejandro Agag can understandably be stressed if he thinks the Formula E season finale is a poisoned chalice. Like London before it, Montreal has turned the final round of the championship into a political and local issue that has received far more attention than the events on the track. Montreal was never originally intended to […]