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It was a difficult day for the defending champion in Mexico City, however, Buemi was able to leave Mexico with a consolation point for fastest lap. Despite having to take an overnight flight from Monza and missing the shakedown, normal service seemed to resume when practice came around as the Swiss driver topped both practice […]
Anything that could have gone wrong for ABT’s Lucas di Grassi in Mexico City seemed to go wrong in Mexico City, yet somehow the Brazilian managed to win a manic Mexico City ePrix as he went from last to first to close the gap to defending champion Sebastien Buemi. “What an incredible change of fate, […]
British drivers Oliver Rowland and Alex Lynn are currently lined up as replacements for Sebastien Buemi and Jose Maria Lopez respectively at the Mexico City ePrix if any travel complications arise. Toyota LMP1 drivers Buemi and Lopez are scheduled to participate in the Mexico ePrix, however, both will miss the shakedown and potentially a practice session or […]
Nico Prost made it three consecutive fourth-place finishes in season three of the FIA Formula E Championship to hold onto third place in the championship, whilst helping extend Renault e.dams’ lead in the teams’ standings. What turned out to be another relatively clean and quiet race for the Frenchmen that saw him in third-place for a couple of […]
Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne has confirmed his reserve role at Ferrari will not continue into the 2017 Formula 1 season. The ex-Toro Rosso driver was a Ferrari test driver and officially the team’s reserve driver for the 2016 season, but will now switch his entire focus to the FIA Formula E Championship, with Ferrari announcing Italian […]
A strong performance from NextEV NIO around the streets of Buenos Aires brought home a haul of 12 points, which elevates them above MS Amlin Andretti and DS Virgin to fourth in the teams’ standings, but they could’ve come home with more. NextEV NIO drivers Nelson Piquet Jr. and Oliver Turvey both successfully reached Super Pole, before qualifying fifth and […]
Jose Maria Lopez has joined defending champion Sebastien Buemi in outlining World Endurance Championship commitments as his priority over the FIA Formula E Championship, meaning he will miss the New York ePrix if both calendars remain the same. Lopez is a new addition to the Toyota WEC team and is set to become the new team-mates of Kamui Kobayashi and […]
Local hero Jose Maria Lopez fought his way through the field to claim points in consecutive races to salvage something for the DS Virgin team in Buenos Aires after a promising day faded away. Setting the pace in a flag-filled first practice and teammate Sam Bird topping the timing sheet in practice two, hopes were high […]
Mahindra Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist had to settle for the consolation prize of fastest lap after an issue in the pits cost him a decent points haul to follow up his maiden podium in Marrakesh last time out. Getting used to the new track was no issue for the rookie, putting his Mahindra second in practice […]
Sam Bird put his DS Virgin top of the timing sheets to close out practice 2 with a lap done under yellow flag conditions, though swears he backed off for the yellow flag. With the track still green after a session which never got going due to da Costa crashing and then stopping out on track to bring […]
DS Virgin’s Sam Bird has been the one to take it to defending champion and current championship leader Sebastien Buemi in the opening two rounds of the season and Bird has no plans of letting off. The British driver’s excited to be back in Buenos Aires but knows there’s work to be done if he’s to win […]
Panasonic Jaguar Racing is ready to face one of if not the most difficult track on the 2016/17 Formula E calendar, Puerto Madero. Finding the perfect compromise between race pace and thermal management in the heat of South America is vital for teams this Saturday for a good result, as Jaguar look to build on their double […]