Sentences with phrase «formula e»

Esteban Gutierrez got another F1 chance after spending a year with Ferrari in 2015, but Kvyat's fellow Toro Rosso reject Jean - Eric Vergne spent two years as Ferrari's development driver and ended up giving it up to focus on Formula E. It'll be interesting to see how Dany's career goes from here.

The publication said he completed «a number of laps» and also reports that if the Polish driver feels ready and comfortable in the car, he could actually race in Formula E as soon as this season.

Sim - racer Bono Huis bagged $ 25,000 for pole position and pretty much raced off into the distance, looking unstoppable out in front ahead of Formula E driver Felix Rosenqvist, who was the only pro-driver to be able to challenge the sim - racers.

Kubica built on the momentum of his GP3 outing with Trident by testing a Formula E test car at the Donington Park track on Tuesday.

Formula E's $ 1 million eRace in Las Vegas saw a fanboost glitch decide the race before the result was changed after the chequered flag.

It's definitely an effective look, and those streaks of Nissan's traditional red really set it off, especially on something that looks as cool as the new Formula E car.

As well as looking awesome, it would also more closely match the livery Renault uses for its Formula E team, something that'd surely help to strengthen the Renault brand across its motorsport activities.

However, with Renault pumping more and more resources into its Formula 1 programme, the decision has been taken not to continue in Formula E after the 2017/18 season, which begins in December.

Nissan is the world leader in producing mass - market zero - emission road cars, so its presence in Formula E makes total sense.

Formula E will mark Nissan's first major motorsport project since it built a front - engined, front - wheel drive LMP1 car to race at Le Mans.

Japan is a country at the forefront of new technologies with one of the biggest followings of Formula E.

After winning its first race last year, Mahindra is ramping it up in the 2017/18 Formula E season and currently leads both the Drivers» and Teams» Championships courtesy of drivers Felix Rosenqvist and Nick Heidfeld.

«Not only is it great to welcome a new manufacturer to the Formula E family, it's great to see our first Japanese manufacturer entering the frame, showing truly how global the electric revolution is.

The e.Dams - Renault squad has been a part of Formula E since the series started in 2014 and has been incredibly successful, winning all three teams» championships and giving Sebastien Buemi the drivers» title in 2015/16.

«At first glance the season five Formula E car looked to our design team like an EV - powered supersonic bird in flight.

Significantly Nissan will become the first Japanese manufacturer to enter the sport, something Formula E boss Alejandro Agag is understandably thrilled with.

Alongside his commitments in Formula E with the Techeetah (yep, still find that name amusing) team, he'll also compete in the WEC with Manor in LMP2.

We've already had one in Formula E but this weekend in Bahrain the WEC paddock seems to be going nuts with it.

Season Two and Season Three Formula E champions and on - track rivals, Sebastien Buemi and Lucas di Grassi, both almost came together on lap five of the race when battling for position.

E-mobility is currently very popular in the world, but anyone who is honest and identifies with motor racing does not think much of Formula E.

Formula E has a bit of a reputation for chaotic races and the first race of season four in Hong Kong absolutely lived up to it.

Will fast Formula E veterans like Bird and Vergne be able to mount a consistent challenge?

From this year's pick, stand - out drivers include Briton and five - time Formula E race winner Sam Bird, season one Formula E champion Nelson Piquet Jr (who has switched teams and joined Jaguar for season four), the Mahindra dream team of Nick Heidfeld and Felix Rosenqvist, Formula E rookie Andre Lotterer, and general dude Antonio Felix da Costa.

It's fair to say that Lewis Hamilton got well and truly roasted for posting a clip of Formula E from three years ago and reacting as if it was live.

He'll drive alongside two - time Formula E race winner and former Marussia F1 driver Jerome d'Ambrosio, who's been with the team from the beginning.

Dailysportscar reported that the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car would act as the safety car for the Porsche Supercup, taking the opportunity to have a dig at F1 and Formula E along the way.

Season four welcomes back many existing manufacturers - Jaguar, Mahindra, DS Virgin and constructors» champions Renault e.Dams - but is also embracing new faces into the Formula E paddock.

If you don't know about it yet, it's set to be the first driverless racing series, and at the recent Hong Kong ePrix they raced the DevBot again Formula E presenter Nicki Shields.

Mercedes and Porsche will also enter the all - electric series from season six, choosing to devote their time, money and attention on Formula E for the future.

Audi has ramped up its Formula E involvement for this year and effectively taken over the ABT team it's been associated with since the beginning.

Due to a shift in its motorsport programme, Audi will remain in the DTM series but leave the WEC to put more focus on the factory Abt Schaeffler Formula E team.

The best Formula E race of all time?

One of the best things Formula E has to offer is the incredible selection of drivers.

The two have an extensive history of battles on the Formula E tracks.

Whilst the action at the front was clean, the midfield eventually remembered that this was a Formula E race and something bonkers had to happen.

Battersea Park did a great job of hosting the season one and two finales in London, however protests resulted in the removal of the event from the Formula E calendar and there have been no definitive plans for its return.

They're interesting comments though, given that Ferrari has stated it would like to enter Formula E in the future.

Up ahead Rosenqvist cruised to his third Formula E victory and second in a row.

Like every form of motorsport, Formula E revolves around technology and the constant evolution to make the cars the best they can be.

Formula E isn't the easiest series to get to grips with for a rookie, what with all the challenges of driving an electric car and managing the battery usage.

Well that's what happened to two Formula E teams when they rocked up for the pre-season test at Valencia this week.

It only seems like yesterday that Formula E was this exciting new single - seater championship, breaking new ground for electric motorsport whilst also having a whole bunch of awesome drivers.

Or will some of the Formula E rookies jump straight in at the top?

The opening round of Formula E Season 4 took place this weekend but Lewis Hamilton seems to be more interested in what happened in the very first Formula E race back in 2014.

Although great news for Formula E, it has resulted in the withdrawal of these iconic brands from racing championships such as WEC and DTM.

It is well known that Formula E is vastly becoming the championship to be involved in for global manufacturers.

The Andretti team hasn't had a brilliant time of it in Formula E lately.

It also keeps the same driver line - up, with arguably Formula E's fastest driver Sebastien Buemi looking to avenge his defeat last season and regain his title.

Not only Formula E's best race to date, but one of the most bizarre, bonkers, and totally brilliant races motorsport has seen in years.

BMW has also been an important part of Formula E, partnering with Andretti on its current race car in addition to being the official vehicle partner of Formula E, providing us with the gorgeous BMW i8 safety car and i3 medical and course car.