Rene Rast “deserves a whole year” in Formula E based on his performances in the six-race Berlin 2019-20 season finale, according to Audi team-mate Lucas di Grassi. Audi’s impending exit from the DTM could leave Rast without a flagship drive next year, although he is widely expected to retain the […]
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Stoffel Vandoorne led Mercedes to its maiden Formula E victory in the final round of the season as Nyck de Vries earned the team a 1-2 finish in Berlin. With Oliver Rowland also scoring his first series win in the preceding day’s race on the extended Tempelhof Airport circuit, it […]
Jaguar Formula E driver James Calado is set to miss the final two Berlin races in August and will likely be replaced by new reserve Tom Blomqvist, Autosport understands. Calado was signed by Jaguar for the current 2019-20 campaign but will lose his seat to Envision Virgin Racing driver Sam […]
New Zealander Simon Evans won the second Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy championship over Brazilian Stock Car driver Sergio Jimenez ahead of the series’ imminent demise. The production-based Formula E support category has been axed after just two seasons of its original three-year deal to trail certain FE events as a result […]
Andre Lotterer has criticised double DTM champion Rene Rast for a “touring car” move on the final lap of the fifth Berlin Formula E race that cost him a podium. Porsche driver Lotterer was third in the dying stages of the race won by Oliver Rowland for Nissan e.dams, but […]
Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa has explained the cause of his penultimate-lap retirement from the fifth Berlin race, which meant he nearly crashed into Sebastien Buemi. The duo were making progress after a qualifying session in which both drivers failed to set a time after tripping over one […]
Audi driver Lucas di Grassi reckons his race-five Berlin Formula E crash with Antonio Felix da Costa was “clearly da Costa’s fault”, despite receiving a five-second time penalty. He and newly crowned champion da Costa were recovering from a group-one qualifying blunder that put them at the back of the […]
Oliver Rowland expertly controlled the fifth Berlin race to score his maiden Formula E victory over Robin Frijns, as Rene Rast just crept onto the podium with a last-lap overtake. Rowland built a 1% useable energy advantage on the extended Tempelhof Airport circuit to control proceedings over Envision Virgin Racing […]
Antonio Felix da Costa has explained the out-lap gaffe that meant he and three other Formula E champions did not set a qualifying time for the fifth Berlin race. The latest FE title winner was late to leave the garage for the group one shootout between the top six drivers […]
Venturi Racing team principal Susie Wolff says the squad’s performance in the four Berlin Formula E races after the coronavirus break has been “hugely disappointing” and “alarming”. Prior to the five-month, 158-day mid-season hiatus, drivers Felipe Massa and Edoardo Mortara had combined to score a points finish for the team […]
Tom Blomqvist will replace out-going Formula E driver James Calado at the Jaguar team for the final two races in Berlin following a World Endurance Championship calendar clash. As previously reported by Autosport, Calado’s maiden FE season was expected to end early owing to the 12/13 August races at Tempelhof […]
DS Techeetah driver Antonio Felix da Costa, who will likely win the Formula E title this afternoon, went quickest in Sunday practice on the conventional Berlin circuit. If the Portuguese driver wins the E-Prix at the Tempelhof Airport later today, he will be guaranteed of the 2019-20 championship. Similarly, carrying […]
Tom Blomqvist will replace out-going Formula E driver James Calado at the Jaguar team for the final two races in Berlin following a World Endurance Championship calendar clash. As previously reported by Autosport, Calado’s maiden FE season was expected to end early owing to the 12/13 August races at Tempelhof […]
Oliver Rowland reckons he could have passed the DS Techeetahs “at any point” to win the fourth Berlin Formula E race “apart from when the team asked me to”. The Nissan e.dams driver ran in third behind eventual winner Jean-Eric Vergne and newly crowned champion Antonio Felix da Costa for […]
Jean-Eric Vergne beat team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa with the final lap in Berlin qualifying to secure DS Techeetah a Formula E record of five consecutive pole positions. Having topped the group one session, reigning champion Vergne was the last driver to take to the track in superpole and he […]
An angry Felipe Massa says he ‘doesn’t understand the inconsistent’ Formula E stewards and has criticised his Venturi Racing team for mixing up its Berlin E-Prix strategy. The 11-time Formula 1 race winner was handed a drivethrough penalty in the third FE race in the German capital after he was […]
Jean-Eric Vergne has explained how a software glitch and a malfunctioning regen paddle while using attack mode cost him a probable victory in the third Formula E race in Berlin. The defending champion dominated qualifying to secure pole position over BMW Andretti driver Maximilian Guenther by 0.495s and led comfortably […]
Maximilian Guenther won an incredibly tight Formula E race for BMW Andretti at home in Berlin by just 0.1s over Robin Frijns as polesitter Jean-Eric Vergne slipped to third. The 22-year-old managed his energy expertly to mount a late surge and pass Vergne but was forced to defend from Frijns […]
Defending Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne smashed his rivals to pole by half a second in Berlin as points leader and team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa could only manage ninth. A brilliant last run in superpole, where he was fastest in all three sectors, secured him a 1m06.277s effort to […]
The Dragon Formula E team has announced that Sergio Sette Camara will replace Brendon Hartley for the final six races of the season in Berlin. Red Bull and AlphaTauri Formula 1 reserve driver Sette Camara joins Nico Muller at Dragon for the six races at Tempelhof Airport next month. Earlier […]