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Trulli to replace Duran in Putrajaya after contract breach
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Trulli to replace Duran in Putrajaya after contract breach

Jarno Trulli will take to the cockpit in the upcoming Putrajaya ePrix after the team owner confirmed his contracted race driver Salvador Duran was in ‘breach of contract’. An article published by Motorsport.com last night confirmed the news in an interview with Trulli, although details of the breach haven’t been disclosed. While the veteran Italian […]

Trulli to start in Malaysia after Chinese customs setback
Formula E

Trulli to start in Malaysia after Chinese customs setback

The Trulli Formula E Team look set to take part at this weekend’s Putrajaya ePrix after confirming their engines had arrived in Malaysia. It has been a troubled start to the new season for the Italian backed team having not taken part in the summer testing sessions at Donington Park, and then not making it onto […]

Buemi secures pole position in Beijing
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Buemi secures pole position in Beijing

As expected it was an eDams lockout for the first ePrix of the season with Sebastien Buemi securing pole position in Beijing. He had set the fastest time in the familiar group qualifying session, before taking pole position in the new SuperPole. There were plenty of mistakes from both sessions including Nelson Piquet Jr who […]

Formula E Team Preview: ABT
Formula E

Formula E Team Preview: ABT

Team ABT Sportsline Drivers Lucas di Grassi & Daniel Abt Team Principal Hans-Jurgen Abt 2014/15 Championship 3rd The Abt name has been around 25 years in high-level motorsport, although has never really ventured out of Germany until the Formula E Championship came around last year. You could say that the Abt family is somewhat of […]

Formula E Team Preview: NEXTEV TCR
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Formula E Team Preview: NEXTEV TCR

Team: NEXTEV TCR Drivers Nelson Piquet Jr & Oliver Turvey Team Principal Steven Lu / Yu Liu 2014/15 Championship: 4th You can trace the what was formerly known as China Racing back to the A1 GP Series, the championship which was billed as the ‘World Cup of Motorsport’. The series died after a couple of seasons, […]

Formula E Team Preview: Mahindra
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Formula E Team Preview: Mahindra

Team Mahindra Racing Formula E Team Drivers Bruno Senna & Nick Heidfeld Team Principal Dilbagh Gill 2014/15 Championship 8th Mahindra Racing has been in motorsport since 2011 but hasn’t taken a conventional path to car racing in Formula E. They started with motorcycles, starting with the 125cc class, which was later rebranded Moto3, and have […]

Formula E introduces in-race FanBoost voting
Formula E

Formula E introduces in-race FanBoost voting

Formula E will be introducing in-race ‘FanBoost’ voting for the first time at the Beijing ePrix next month. The FanBoost system last year gave three drivers the opportunity to increase their power to 180kw for five seconds, an increase over the race allocation of 150kw. The three drivers were voted for on the lead up […]

Race power increased for second Formula E season
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Race power increased for second Formula E season

Formula E will be given a welcome boost for the forthcoming season, with the cars given an extra 20khw of power during the race. During the first season, each car was limited to running with a maximum of 150kwh, excluding the extra ‘fanboost’ given to three drivers on the grid in an online poll. The […]

Beijing ePrix postponed to October 24th
Formula E

Beijing ePrix postponed to October 24th

The opening race of the second season of Formula E, due to take place in on the 17th October in Beijing will be postponed a week to the 24th October, CEO Alejandro Agag has confirmed. The decision was made to delay the ePrix by a week due to other activities that are taking place at the […]

Antonio Felix da Costa hopeful for Season 2 drive
Formula E

Antonio Felix da Costa hopeful for Season 2 drive

Season 1 race winner Antonio Felix da Costa has expressed his interest for a second year within Formula E. Although the former Amlin Aguri driver was missing from the recent test sessions at Donington Park, he has suggested that he is looking for a competitive season 2 drive. He won a race in Argentina with […]

Our Introduction to Formula E
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Our Introduction to Formula E

Read Motorsport will be covering the second season of Formula E with a team of dedicated writers bringing you the latest news, reports and features on the all-electric series. Formula E was the brainchild of Alejandro Agag, a Spanish financier who has long-standing links to motor racing. Having taken over the Campos team in GP2, […]