Antonio Felix da Costa’s years of dedication have paid off: the DS Techeetah driver has dominated the 2019-20 Formula E season and come home with the championship with two races remaining.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
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Formula E’s Six-Race Berlin Finale Layout Is Honestly Kind of Genius
Formula E is one of those racing series that actually kicked off its season before the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the meat of its mid-season races. So, in response, FE rescheduled its entire European stretch in a span of nine days at a single track. And their plan for it kind of rules.Read more… Continue Reading […]
How To Watch Formula One, Formula E, NASCAR, And Everything Else Happening in Racing This Weekend: August 8-9
Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we let you know what’s going on in the world of racing, where you can see it, and where you can talk about it all in one convenient place. Where else would you want to spend your weekend?Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
There Is A Huge Driver Shuffle Going On In Formula E
Oh boy, there is a huge game of musical chairs going on in Formula E right now. It’s looking like most teams will have at least one driver change ahead of the kickoff of the 2020-21 season. For the most part this kicked off with the sacking of Daniel Abt by Audi for hiring a […]
Notoriously Inexpensive Formula E Is Getting Even Cheaper
With the cost to run a championship-level Formula One team has hovered around the half-billion dollar level for the last decade or so. Now, obviously that cost will be significantly decreased with the new regulations mandating teams spend no more than $145 million starting in 2021. Knowing that, what do you think it…Read more… Continue […]
This Formula E Team Has A Totally Awesome Livery Designed By An 11-Year-Old
In a recent contest which paired the Envision Virgin Formula E team with award-winning illustrator Rob Biddulph and National Geographic Kids, children 13 and under were given the opportunity to draw a climate change-influenced Formula E livery. And the winner would get their livery on a real Formula E car. The contest…Read more… Continue Reading […]
Formula E Will Run A Nine-Day Six-Race Event For All The Marbles To End Its Current Season
While American racing series pushed forward with returns to on-track action over a month ago as this country’s coronavirus numbers continued to worsen, European series have been a bit more apprehensive to jump back in. Where NASCAR has been racing twice a week for a month, travelling throughout the Southeast, Formula…Read more… Continue Reading at […]
Audi Driver Who Used Ringer In Online Race Dumped From Own Team
Daniel Abt got dropped from Audi Sport team ABT. The team with his name on it. How do you get dropped from your own team? Getting a ringer to sub in for you during an online race and getting caught.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Audi Formula E Racer Daniel Abt Disqualified And Fined For Using A Ringer In Online Race
Daniel Abt, who usually drives for Audi in the Formula E electric car racing series, was fined and disqualified from the remainder of the Race At Home Challenge online series this weekend that had replaced regular Formula E races since the pandemic began after he confessed to allegations that he had someone else drive…Read more… […]
Audi Formula E Racer Daniel Abt Disqualified And Fined For Using A Ringer In Online Race
Daniel Abt, who usually drives for Audi in the Formula E electric car racing series, was fined and disqualified from the remainder of the Race At Home Challenge online series this weekend that had replaced regular Formula E races since the pandemic began after he confessed to allegations that he had someone else drive…Read more… […]
How A Formula E Racer Is Dealing With The Season Imploding
British racing driver James Calado is not new to the sport, he’s an FIA World Champion with Ferrari in the World Endurance Championship, having won his class at Le Mans last June. Nor is he new to open wheel racing, having spent his formative years rising through the ranks of the European single seater theater […]
How A Formula E Racer Is Dealing With The Season Imploding
British racing driver James Calado is not new to the sport, he’s an FIA World Champion with Ferrari in the World Endurance Championship, having won his class at Le Mans last June. Nor is he new to open wheel racing, having spent his formative years rising through the ranks of the European single seater theater […]
How A Formula E Racer Is Dealing With The Season Imploding
British racing driver James Calado is not new to the sport, he’s an FIA World Champion with Ferrari in the World Endurance Championship, having won his class at Le Mans last June. Nor is he new to open wheel racing, having spent his formative years rising through the ranks of the European single seater theater […]
Formula E Has Cancelled All Of Its Scheduled Events
The FIA Formula E season is looking like it’s been left for dead in 2020. While the series started racing back in November and has already completed its first five rounds, the remaining nine rounds of the series have been cancelled or postponed. Without running eight full rounds of the championship, it will not be…Read […]
Formula E Has Cancelled All Of Its Scheduled Events
The FIA Formula E season is looking like it’s been left for dead in 2020. While the series started racing back in November and has already completed its first five rounds, the remaining nine rounds of the series have been cancelled or postponed. Without running eight full rounds of the championship, it will not be…Read […]
Formula E Is One Step Closer To Scrapping The Whole Season
The FIA’s all-electric open wheel racing series is on the ropes for the 2019-20 season. Having started in November, the racers have already completed 5 rounds of the championship, but with Thursday’s announcement that all races in May and June have been indefinitely suspended, there are only two race weekends…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The New Formula E Car Looks Like It’s Straight Out Of Science Fiction
Last week Formula E teased next season’s aerodynamic updates to the Spark SRT05e chassis, dubbed the “Gen 2 Evo” design. Tuesday morning we finally got a look at the updated design and all it entails. There are a few moves here that make Formula E’s design a bit less spaceship than it currently is, while […]
Formula E Is Evolving
Thursday night Formula E tweeted out the above image teasing the “Gen 2 Evo” chassis, which is expected to be a facelifted aerokit for the Spark SRT05e chassis. This should be the car used for season seven (2020/21) and extend through the end of season eight before Gen 3 is introduced. Read more… Continue Reading […]
Chinese Formula E And Formula One Rounds In Jeopardy Of Cancellation As Coronavirus Spreads
Over 600 people have contracted the Wuhan coronavirus, and it has killed 17 people as of January 23rd. China is a massive international travel market with millions of people passing through its borders every year, and as a result of the virus’ ease of transfer the country is cancelling many large scale sporting…Read more… Continue […]
How Motorsport Has Evolved, 2004 Through 2019
Jalopnik began in 2004, which, in internet years, is a long time ago. But it’s also a long time ago in motorsport years, because the plethora of changes to racing over the past 15 or so years have transformed the sport into something entirely different than it was back then—generally, for the better.Read more… Continue […]