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Sebastien Buemi claims his ninth career pole in Formula E as Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s domination in practice fails to carry over into qualifying. As heavy fog continued to lurk over the Moulay El Hassan circuit, Group 1 consisting of André Lotterer, Lucas di Grassi, Tom Blomqvist (replacing Kamui Kobayashi), Jérôme D’Ambrosio and José María […]
The final practice session of season three of the FIA Formula E Championship went to Mahindra Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist. First practice over, installation laps done, the focus of this session was last minute tweaks to the setup and 200kw laps in preparation for qualifying and the final race of the season. However, before representative times […]
Weather conditions immaculate, it was championship leader Lucas di Grassi who topped a fairly incident free first practice session. In comparison to yesterday’s practice sessions, the opening phases of this practice session were quiet, with teams going out more spread out as the Renault’s headed out onto track first. A Third of the way into […]
Renault e.dams’ Nico Prost ended second practice on top as team-mate Sebastien Buemi brought the session to an abrupt end. Track conditions evolving, both Renault e.dams led the Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport drivers out onto the track once again, but it was Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne who topped the timing sheets early on. With many drivers opting […]
Sebastien Buemi’s championship rival Lucas di Grassi ended the session at the summit of the timing sheets after the Swiss driver was left frustrated with his car following his 200kw lap. With the title showdown set to be between one each of their drivers, both Renault e.dams and both ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport drivers headed […]
DS Virgin’s Sam Bird took the spoils in the only practice session of the day as Tom Dillmann suffered issues for the second consecutive day. With this session being the only practice session before qualifying and a six-lap longer race, teams headed into the session with a variety of objectives to achieve over a 45 […]
Mahindra’s Felix Rosenqvist led a Mahindra one-two at the end of FP2 as Mahindra and DS Virgin look strong heading into qualifying. After a rain filled shakedown and a damp, green first practice session, FP2 was constantly full of track action as teams used as much of the final 30 minutes of practice as possible […]
DS Virgin’s Alex Lynn set the pace early on in New York around what was a green and damp track. Sebastien Buemi’s substitute and debutant Pierre Gasly was the first driver out on track, followed by a shed load of other drivers as they attempted to play catch up after yesterday’s shakedown session was ruined […]
Defending champion Sebastien Buemi bounced back from a disappointing Mexico City ePrix to win his second Monaco ePrix, fending off championship rival Lucas di Grassi in the closing stages of the race. Prior to the race getting underway, Faraday Future Dragon Racing’s Loic Duval was dropped from 12th to the back of the grid for exceeding […]
Asia, Africa, South America and North America done, Formula E kicks-off its four round European tour this Saturday on the historic streets of Monaco around a modified version of the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix circuit. Monaco was one of the locations to feature on the calendar for the inaugural season of the FIA Formula E Championship, but did not […]
Reigning Formula V8 3.5 Champion Tom Dillmann will get the opportunity to make his Formula E debut as he substitutes for Venturi’s Maro Engel in next month’s Paris ePrix. With Mercedes driver Maro Engel set to miss next month’s Paris ePrix due to his DTM commitments, Venturi have opted to bring in someone who has had […]
German manufacturer BMW has revealed it will field its own works team in season five of the FIA Formula E Championship. Joining forces with the Andretti Formula E team this season, the partnership was seen as a way to share resources and gives BMW the perfect opportunity to assess the option of joining the all-electric series as a manufacturer […]