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| · 2019 Circuit of Americas: IndyCar Race Results, Recap - Herta, Honda Win! (Mar 24, 2019)
· 2019 Martinsville: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Qualifying Results - Efficient Joey Logano continues mastery of Martinsville qualifying (Mar 23, 2019)
· 2019 Circuit of Americas: IndyCar Qualifying Results - Power claims inaugural COTA pole, 56th of his career (Mar 23, 2019)
· 2019 Martinsville: NASCAR Truck Race Results - Kyle Busch keeps rolling with win at Martinsville (Mar 23, 2019)
· 2019 Circuit of Americas: IndyCar Practice Results - Power tops practice chart on opening day at Indycar Classic (Mar 22, 2019)
· 2019 Martinsville: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup - Friday Notebook (Mar 22, 2019)
· Rookie Ryan Preece has set his sights high for 2019 (Mar 22, 2019)
· 2019 Martinsville: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup - Weekend Preview (Mar 21, 2019)
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2019 Formula E: Mortara Takes First Formula E Victory In Hong Kong After Bird Penalty
2019 HKT HONG KONG E-PRIX (RD 5)
RACE RE-CAP
Edoardo Mortara inherited his first-ever Formula E victory in Hong Kong after Sam Bird was handed a time penalty for causing a collision with Andre Lotterer on the penultimate lap.
Bird and Lotterer were locked in a race-long duel, with seconds separating the pair throughout the duration of the entire E-Prix. As the clock counted down, Bird made a lunge for the lead into Turn 2 and made contact with the rear of Lotterer.
Despite the hit from behind Lotterer held position and managed to keep Bird at bay, but Lotterer soon started to slow after suffering a puncture from the earlier contact - leaving him limping home and eventually coming to a stop out on track.
This allowed Bird to swoop in front and take the chequered flag. However, Bird was later denied his second victory of the season after being issued with a five-second penalty - dropping him to sixth position.
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Abb FIA Formula E Championship To Bring Racing Back To The UK In London For Season Six
Formula E is set to bring electric racing back to the UK, with a unique track winding its way through the Royal Docks and ExCeL London in summer 2020 - for season six of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship.
British fans of Formula E and Londoners will once again be able to witness racing on the streets of the capital, as the fully-electric cars tackle the 2.4km clockwise circuit and line-up on the starting grid located inside ExCeL.
Consisting of 23 corners, the track layout will see the drivers running along the waterfront for the season finale double-header - the final two rounds of the voestalpine European races on July 25 & 26, 2020 - subject to circuit homologation and approval of the FIA World Motor Sport Council.
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Di Grassi Snatches Win From Wehrlein With Frantic Finish In Mexico City
2019 CBMM NIOBIUM MEXICO CITY E-PRIX (RD 4) RACE RE-CAP
Lucas di Grassi stole victory from under the nose of Pascal Wehrlein in a sensational sprint to the finish line on the final lap in Mexico City.
Wehrlein, who led the entirety of the E-Prix and was on course for his first-ever victory in Formula E, ran out of energy exiting the final corner and started to slow only metres from the chequered flag.
With a gaggle of cars in hot pursuit, this opened the door for di Grassi to snatch the win away from Wehrlein in front of a sell-out crowd of magnificent Mexican fans.
Leading away from Julius Baer pole position, Wehrlein held station ahead of Oliver Rowland in the opening phase of the race - with the Nissan e.dams driver making up two places with an audacious attempt up the inside of di Grassi and Felipe Massa into Turn 1.
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Bird Holds Off Wehrlein To Win Santiago Scorcher
2019 ANTOFAGASTA MINERALS SANTIAGO E-PRIX (RD 3)
RACE RE-CAP
Sam Bird handled the heat under pressure from Pascal Wehrlein to win his first race of the season in the sweltering Santiago sunshine.
With Wehrlein hot on his heels in the closing stages of the warmest Formula E race on record, Bird held his nerve with a peerless performance around the perimeter roads of Parque O’Higgins in the centre of the Chilean capital.
Bird had to keep a close eye on his mirrors with both drivers on alternative ATTACK MODE strategies. Without any activations left, Bird found himself vulnerable from behind - as Wehrlein saved his final burst of energy in a bid to vault ahead with only minutes to spare.
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Bern Completes List Of Cities On ABB FIA Formula E Championship Calendar For Season Five
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship is bringing fully-electric racing to Bern next season for the Julius Baer Swiss E-Prix - scheduled to take place on June 22.
The Swiss capital fills the last remaining spot on the season five calendar, after it was announced earlier this week that the electric street racing series is returning to Santiago in January. The schedule for the eagerly-awaited new season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship was published following the conclusion of the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) meeting in Paris today.
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BMW iFE.18 and BMW i Andretti Motorsport team launched in Munich
Munich. The stage is set for the car and the team with which BMW will contest the ABB FIA Formula E Championship as of Season 5. On Friday, BMW i Motorsport presented the new BMW iFE.18 and the new BMW i Andretti Motorsport team at BMW Welt’s double cone in Munich (GER). The all-electric racing car impresses with a fascinating design, whereas the showpiece of the BMW iFE.18 – the innovative drivetrain – is hidden deep inside. The drivetrain was developed using the expertise of the same engineers that designed that of the BMW i3. BMW i and BMW Motorsport are working on the Formula E project in tandem, thereby facilitating a technology transfer between series development and motorsport unprecedented in this form. The two BMW iFE.18 cars, which will be in action for BMW i Andretti Motorsport in the Formula E races around the world as of December, will have the BMW works drivers António Félix da Costa (POR) and Alexander Sims (GBR) at the wheel.
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UK Software Engineer Named As First Modis Formula E Innovation Manager
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship and Modis have today revealed the name of the first-ever Modis Formula E Innovation Manager - Barnee Lloyd, who will join the electric street racing series on a six-month internship ahead of the upcoming season.
Modis - official partner for professional solutions in IT and engineering - launched the global search for aspiring innovators to join Formula E in May earlier this year. The Innovation Manager Challenge drew nearly 2,000 applications from over 60 countries with the ambition of helping implement and deliver a brand-new software platform for the opening round of season five - under the experienced mentorship of Eric Ernst, Head of Technology at Formula E.
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Formula E Links Up With Best Young Minds In Art And Design To Create New Trophies
Formula E has teamed-up with Central Saint Martins - a world-famous arts and design college - to challenge some of the most innovative and creative young minds to develop a new set of trophies for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship.
The electric street racing series worked in conjunction with a selection of product design graduates from the highly-acclaimed arts school - a constituent college of the University of the Arts London - in a bid to invent bespoke trophies that visually capture and resemble the unique identity of Formula E.
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Champion Vergne Closes Season In Style With Audi Securing Team Title In New York
Jean-Eric Vergne picked up his fourth win of the season at the final race of the 2017/18 ABB FIA Formula E Championship in New York to round-off a sensational day of sport for the French nation.
The TECHEETAH driver - and newly-crowned Formula E champion - fended off pressure from the outgoing title-winner Lucas di Grassi in a fight to the flag reminiscent of the nail-biting finish from earlier this season in Punta del Este.
The pair were nose-to-tail for the majority of the second phase of the race, with di Grassi eventually weighing-up the risk and settling for second place alongside his team-mate Daniel Abt who finished third. The double podium finish and di Grassi’s seventh in as many races sealed the teams’ title for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler.
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Di Grassi Takes Victory In New York As Vergne Clinches Abb FIA Formula E Championship
Lucas di Grassi took his second consecutive win of the season in New York, as Jean-Eric Vergne fought through the field to move out of reach of title rival Sam Bird and secure the ABB FIA Formula E Championship with one round to spare.
Both title contenders started on the back foot after a difficult qualifying session, but Vergne drove a resilient race from the back row of the grid to fifth position - beating Bird and extending his lead to 31-points and clinching the Formula E crown regardless of the result tomorrow.
After being excluded from qualifying due to technical infringement, it looked like the championship would go down to the wire once more. However, Vergne calmly and carefully moved his way up the order leaving Bird defenceless - becoming the fourth different champion in as many seasons.
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Race Report: New York City E-Prix Race 2
The iconic streets of Brooklyn, New York, were the perfect place to end Season Four of the FIA Formula E Championship. In the second race of their home-country doubleheader, MS&AD Andretti once again fought hard to get a points finish and end on a high note.
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Four years of electrifying Formula E racing celebrated with Williams Advanced Engineering
As season four of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship comes to a close in New York City this weekend, the team at Williams Advanced Engineering is celebrating the successful partnership that has powered the series since its inception.
“The series has progressed quickly from an idea on a napkin to one of the most innovative and competitive categories in motorsport,” said Alejandro Agag, Founder & CEO of Formula E. “At the start we didn’t have any teams or drivers, not even a car. Williams Advanced Engineering were instrumental in getting Formula E off the ground, building and producing a bespoke battery in under a year. The battery unit has proved to be reliable and consistent for 40 cars - over more than 40 races.”
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Formula E Set To Race in Sanya In Season Five
Formula E is set to race in Sanya next season, marking the return of the electric street racing series to Mainland China on March 23 - for round six of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship.
Sanya - a popular tourist destination on the southern tip of Hainan - will see the futuristic new-look Gen2 cars battling it out on the shores of the South China Sea. Formula E has previously raced in China, with Beijing hosting the first-ever E-Prix around the grounds of the Olympic Park in 2014 - as well as the opening round of season two.
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2018 Formula E: Di Grassi Claims First Win Of Season On Streets Of Zurich
Reigning champion Lucas di Grassi climbed from fifth on the grid to secure his first win of the 2017/18 ABB FIA Formula E Championship and mark a momentous victory on the return of circuit racing to Switzerland in over six decades.
The Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler driver stood on the top of the podium at the Julius Baer Zurich E-Prix and became the first winner of a single-seater race in Switzerland since Juan Manuel Fangio in Bremgarten in 1954.
Di Grassi made his move during the first stint of the race after narrowly missing out on super pole in qualifying. The Brazilian picked off the leading pack one-by-one over the course of the opening period of the race - crucially taking the lead from Mitch Evans approaching the mid-race car swaps and held station to the chequered flag.
DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird kept his championship hopes alive with second place and a sixth podium finish of the season. Bird started the race as the only realistic contender to table-topper Jean-Eric Vergne and needed desperately to reduce the 40-point gap.
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Formula E And Virtually Live To Launch New Ghost Racing Game Allowing Fans To Compete Against Drivers In Real-Time
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship has partnered with Virtually Live to create a world’s first in esports, providing the opportunity for fans to race against the Formula E drivers in real-time using a ground-breaking live ghost racing app across multiple platforms starting with mobile and PC - with full virtual reality becoming an addition in the future.
The innovative ghost racing game utilises cutting-edge telemetry and Virtually Live’s proprietary technology platform, allowing a race to be replicated using computer-generated imagery in real-time. The action precisely mirrors the positioning and order out on track, while also allowing fans the chance to clip and share their experiences, achievements and near-misses on social media.
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· 2019 Formula E: Mortara Takes First Formula E Victory In Hong Kong After Bird Penalty
(Mar 11, 2019)
· Abb FIA Formula E Championship To Bring Racing Back To The UK In London For Season Six
(Mar 06, 2019)
· Di Grassi Snatches Win From Wehrlein With Frantic Finish In Mexico City
(Feb 17, 2019)
· Bird Holds Off Wehrlein To Win Santiago Scorcher
(Jan 27, 2019)
· Bern Completes List Of Cities On ABB FIA Formula E Championship Calendar For Season Five
(Oct 12, 2018)
· BMW iFE.18 and BMW i Andretti Motorsport team launched in Munich
(Sep 14, 2018)
· UK Software Engineer Named As First Modis Formula E Innovation Manager
(Aug 14, 2018)
· Formula E Links Up With Best Young Minds In Art And Design To Create New Trophies
(Aug 13, 2018)
· Champion Vergne Closes Season In Style With Audi Securing Team Title In New York
(Jul 16, 2018)
· Di Grassi Takes Victory In New York As Vergne Clinches Abb FIA Formula E Championship
(Jul 16, 2018)
· Race Report: New York City E-Prix Race 2
(Jul 16, 2018)
· Four years of electrifying Formula E racing celebrated with Williams Advanced Engineering
(Jul 13, 2018)
· Formula E Set To Race in Sanya In Season Five
(Jul 05, 2018)
· 2018 Formula E: Di Grassi Claims First Win Of Season On Streets Of Zurich
(Jun 11, 2018)
· Formula E And Virtually Live To Launch New Ghost Racing Game Allowing Fans To Compete Against Drivers In Real-Time
(Jun 09, 2018)
· Formula E And FIA Release Schedule And Details Relating To Season Five
(Jun 07, 2018)
· Formula E And Modis Launch Search For Bright Innovator As Part Of Life-Changing Internship
(May 20, 2018)
· Hwa AG Set To Join Formula E As Customer Team In Season Five
(May 11, 2018)
· Vergne Victorious On Home Soil With Win On Streets Of Paris
(Apr 28, 2018)
· Rosberg To Make First Public Demonstration Of Gen2 Car In Berlin And Joins Formula E As A Long-Term Investor
(Apr 13, 2018)
· Formula E Back In The Big Apple On Streets Of Manhattan To Open New York Auto Show
(Apr 02, 2018)
· Mercedes Eq To Partner With Formula E For Select Races Across Europe
(Apr 02, 2018)
· Vergne Edges Out Di Grassi In Nail-Biting Finish In Punta
(Mar 18, 2018)
· Abt And Audi Secure First Formula E Win In Mexico
(Mar 04, 2018)
· Audi and Formula E: chasing seconds in the simulator
(Jan 04, 2018)
· Mathias Soler-Obel Announces His Plans To Race In The USF2000 In 2018
(Dec 20, 2017)
· Colton Herta To Test With MS&AD Andretti In Formula E Rookie Test
(Dec 18, 2017)
· Renault will exit Formula E at the end of Season 4
(Oct 25, 2017)
· Formula E Brings Racing Return To Switzerland
(Sep 21, 2017)
· Vergne Victorious, Di Grassi Crowned Champion
(Jul 31, 2017)
· 2017 Formula E: Di Grassi Win Sets Up Thrilling Finale
(Jul 30, 2017)
· Porsche Set To Compete In Formula E From 2019/20 Season
(Jul 28, 2017)
· Mercedes Benz commits to Formula E, departs DTM
(Jul 24, 2017)
· 2017 New York City GP: Formula E Race Recap - Bird Flies High With New York Double
(Jul 16, 2017)
· Bird Soars To Historic Qualcomm New York City Eprix Win
(Jul 16, 2017)
· Formula E To Make History In New York With First Zero-Emission Eprix
(Jul 13, 2017)
· Formula E Reveals New Locations On More Compact Season Four Calendar
(Jun 19, 2017)
· Buemi Wins In Berlin After Mahindra Pitstop Confusion
(Jun 11, 2017)
· Red Hot Rosenqvist Hands Mahindra First Win
(Jun 10, 2017)
· Disney Emea Joins Forces With Formula E For Disney-Pixar's Cars
(Jun 09, 2017)
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