Top FIA championships will work together to avoid calendar clashes in the future. Racing in multiple series has become harder and harder in recent years. Clashes have meant drivers have been unable to take part in events, and stopped one off appearances like Nico Hulkenberg’s Le Mans outing. Organisers of Formula One, Formula E, and […]
Sebastian Vettel took the victory on the streets of Monaco, heading a Ferrari 1-2 and extending his lead at the top of the championship. Crashes, safety cars, and controversial strategies determined the order after 78 laps of the tight street circuit. A typical day out in Monaco. An early pitstop for polesitter Kimi Raikkonen lost […]
Jenson Button will start today’s Monaco Grand Prix from the pit lane. McLaren tweaked the set up on Button’s car after qualifying, breaching parc ferme regulations. The Brit, returning for a one of appearance this weekend, was already set to start the race from the back of the grid. Button qualified ninth, but had a […]
The next generation of Formula E battery has completed its first full race simulation. The 2018/19 battery, provided by McLaren Applied Technologies, should have double the amount of useable energy as the current battery, meaning drivers will be able to complete a full race in one car. Professor Burkhard Goschel, president of the FIA’s Electric […]
Nico Prost believes he could challenge Lucas Di Grassi for second in the championship, if he can solve his qualifying troubles. The Renault e.dams driver was left frustrated after another poor qualifying saw him start ninth on the grid for his home ePrix. Though he was able to recover to take home fifth, he believes […]
Lewis Hamilton was fastest around the streets of Monaco in the first practice session of the weekend. The Mercedes driver ended the session 0.196s faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Vettel was top of the times early in the session, but was knocked down the order as drivers improved. Both Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas went faster […]
Sebastien Buemi is not putting himself under extra pressure to build up a gap before the New York ePrix. Buemi is expected to miss both races in the double header due to World Endurance Championship commitments. His absence would be the perfect chance for championship rival Lucas Di Grassi to close in on Buemi, with […]
Formula E fans have become used to seeing Mahindra on the podium this season. The team has taken four third place finishes so far this year, and is currently third in the teams’ championship, but Nick Heidfeld doesn’t think it can take that position for granted. “Before [Monaco], we were fifth position or sixth position […]
Abt Audi Sport’s Daniel Abt believes he has the pace to challenge at the front of the field, but is yet to maximise the outcome. Abt is ninth in the championship, more than 40 points behind team mate Lucas Di Grassi. The German is yet to finish higher than sixth this season, whilst Di Grassi […]
Felix Rosenqvist felt the full course yellows cost him an advantage and the chance to move up through the field. The Mahindra driver had been conserving energy well in his first stint, and looked set to remain in his first car for at least a lap longer. The strategy was his best bet at moving […]
Daniel Abt was left with “a horrible feeling” after his car stopped on the final lap of the race. The German was set to take a sixth place finish, matching his best result of the season, when he car shut down just three corners before the chequered flag. “I thought ‘ok, P6, it’s not the […]
Mahindra’s Nick Heidfeld believes he could have kept up with the race leaders, if it hadn’t been for backmarkers. The German finished third as part of Mahindra’s best ever race result, but fell away from Jose Maria Lopez and Sebastien Buemi in the later stages of the race. Heidfeld blames the battling backmarkers ahead of […]