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McLaren tweaks 2025 Formula E livery; CGR firms IndyCar line-up
McLaren Racing reveals slightly tweaked livery for 2025 Formula E season, as CGR firms up its IndyCar line-up. McLaren – The NEOM McLaren Formula E Team today unveiled its livery for the 2024/25 season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The 2024/25 season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will see…
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Barnard secures full-time McLaren Formula E drive alongside Bird
Taylor Barnard has secured a full-time Formula E seat with McLaren Racing in 2025 alongside Sam Bird in a new line-up. The NEOM McLaren Formula E Team today announces its full driver lineup for the 2024/25 season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The team is delighted to announce that Taylor Barnard will…
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Bird will make his Formula E return at Shanghai EPrix
Sam Bird has made his recovery to make his FIA Formula E return for this weekend’s Shanghai EPrix with McLaren Racing. The NEOM McLaren Formula E Team is pleased to confirm that Sam Bird will be making his competitive return at the 2024 Shanghai E-Prix, taking place later this week. Since incurring an injury during…
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Bird undergoes operation as Barnard to continue at McLaren
Sam Bird has undergone a successful operation on his injured hand, as Taylor Barnard will continue to race with McLaren in Berlin Formula E weekend. The NEOM McLaren Formula E Team is pleased to confirm that Sam Bird has undergone a successful surgery on his left hand, following an injury he incurred during the Monaco…
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Bird didn’t expect a win after ending McLaren’s Formula E streak
Sam Bird reflects on ending McLaren’s winless Formula E streak in Sao Paulo EPrix after a supreme drive and fantastic last-lap pass. The Briton ended his 37 race winless streak to give NEOM McLaren their first Formula E victory. It was an incredible finish to Formula E’s second visit to São Paulo, as NEOM McLaren’s…
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Jaguar, McLaren unveil new Formula E challengers for 2024
Jaguar Racing and McLaren have unveiled new FIA Formula E challengers for 2023/24 season with a new line-up but somewhat similar livery to last year. Jaguar – Between Kiwis Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy, they hold 15 wins, 37 podiums, 11 pole positions and 1,076 championship points in Formula E, in addition to a lifetime…
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McLaren signs Bird to complete its Formula E line-up
McLaren have signed Sam Bird to complete its Formula E line-up for 2023/24 season as he replaces Rene Rast. The NEOM McLaren Formula E Team today announces that Sam Bird will be competing for the team in the 2023/24 season of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Sam will be competing alongside Jake Hughes,…
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THE SEASON’S MOST GLAMOROUS RACE: GEN3 GRID BID TO MASTER THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF MONACO
The famous Principality will get the second half of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s 2022/23 campaign underway this weekend Monaco may be renowned for its glitz and glamour, but it is the glory that ABB FIA Formula E World Championship competitors will be chasing on Saturday (6 May), as the Principality prepares to welcome the all-electric single-seater…
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Bird signs a new FE contract with Jaguar; Armstrong joins Hitech GP in F2
Sam Bird and Jaguar Racing have inked a deal to remain together in Formula E, as Marcus Armstrong joins Hitech GP in F2. Sam Bird: Bird joined Jaguar last year alongside long-term runner Mitch Evans. He finished sixth in the drivers’ standings with wins against his name straight up in the first year together. He…
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Formula E: Bird controls Race 2 of New York EPrix amid late drama behind
Jaguar’s Sam Bird controlled Race 2 of Formula E New York EPrix from Envision Virgin’s Nick Cassidy and DS Techeetah’s Antonio Felix da Costa. Pole-sitter Sam Bird led the way in Race 2 of Formula E New York EPrix from Jaguar teammate Mitch Evans, with Envision Virgin’s Nick Cassidy in third, but Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein…
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Formula E: Bird wins red-flagged Race 2 in Saudi Arabia from Frijns
Jaguar’s Sam Bird was victorious in Race 2 of Saudi Arabia Formula E weekend after the race was red-flagged due to late incident. Pole-sitter Robin Frijns led the way in his Envision Virgin car to start Race 2 of Saudi Arabia Formula E weekend as Jaguar’s Sam Bird make quick work of Dragon’s Sergio Sette…
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Cassidy replaces Bird at Virgin Racing from 2020/21 Formula E season
New Zealand-born Nick Cassidy will replace Sam Bird at Envision Virgin Racing for 2020/21 FIA Formula E Championship. Having drove for Envision Virgin in the Formula E rookie test, it comes as no surprise that Super Formula and Super GT champion Cassidy will make a move to Europe to compete in the all-electric series from…
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Bird leaves Virgin Racing to join Jaguar from 2020/21 Formula E season
Sam Bird will leave the Envision Virgin Racing family to join Jaguar Racing from 2020/21 FIA Formula E Championship season onward. This is a first for Bird since the inception of the all-electric Formula E series that he will drive for a new team, as he is to leave the Envision Virgin Racing family at…
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Mortara inherits Hong Kong Formula E win after penalty to Bird
Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara has been confirmed as the winner of 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship’s Hong Kong EPrix after penalty to Envision Virgin’s Sam Bird. Bird was put under investigation by the FIA stewards in the closing stages of a crazy Hong Kong race which saw multiple safety car periods along with a red flag…
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Formula E: Bird heads Wehrlein after Buemi’s crash to win in Santiago
Envision Virgin’s Sam Bird scored the win in 2018/19 FIA Formula E Championship’s Santiago ePrix ahead of Mahindra Racing’s Pascal Wehrlein and Audi’s Daniel Abt. It was a clean start from pole-sitter Sebastien Buemi in the Nissan e.Dams from Pascal Wehrlein as Sam Bird cleared Audi’s Daniel Abt to slot in third with HWA Racelab’s…
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Verstappen feels enlightened after Formula E visit for community service
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen feels enlightened after completing first of the two days from his community service with the stewards during FIA Formula E Championship race in Marrakesh. Following his verbal and physical spat with fellow Formula 1 rival Esteban Ocon in the 2018 Brazilian GP, Verstappen was handed a two-day community service by…
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Jerome D’Ambrosio survives mayhem in Marrakesh and becomes the championship leader
The Marrakesh ePrix did not fail to deliver a thriller with Mahindra Racing’s Jerome D’Ambrosio winning a crazy race after several crashes as Robin Frijns and Sam Bird completed the podium. The start of the race had drama already when Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne tried a highly optimistic maneuver on the inside of race leader Virgin’s Sam Bird, it ended up with…
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Sam Bird will start the Marrakesh e-Prix on Pole
Sam Bird claims a fantastic pole position at the Marrakesh e-Prix. The British driver, coming from qualifying group 3, has managed to que quickest in both regular qualifying and superpole and has beaten the dominant Techeetah, BMW and Nissan cars. The second qualifying session of the season got underway on a sunny and dusty conditions…
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Virgin Racing unveils 2018/19 Formula E car as Frijns joins Bird in line-up
Robin Frijns will make his FIA Formula E Championship return in 2018/19 season with Envision Virgin Racing team alongside Sam Bird, it has been announced. Not only the British outfit revealed its new Gen2 car for Season 5, it also announced its new driver line-up with Bird continuing on for his fifth season while joined…
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Can Bird stop Vergne from winning Formula E title in New York?
The 2017/18 FIA Formula E Championship is going down to the wire as DS Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird chases Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne in the title-deciding finale double-header on the streets of New York this weekend. At the start of the 2017/18 Formula E season, not many would have put in the money for Vergne as…
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Formula E: Evans claims first pole for Jaguar in Zurich ePrix
Jaguar’s Mitch Evans claimed pole for the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship race in Switzerland after the Kiwi beat Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer and DS Virgin’s Sam Bird – also securing the team’s first pole in the all-electric series. Session-by-session running: Q1: The pre-qualifying lottery was such that the first group itself had both the Formula…
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Daniel Abt wins at home in the Berlin ePrix
The German driver of Audi imposes himself without encountering resistance in the Formula E ePrix in Berlin, after the pole position of this morning. Di Grassi contributed to the Audi one-two, ending in second position. The leader of the championship, Jean-Eric Vergne, completed the pódium. Abt did a great start and maintained the first position without…
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Daniel Abt is the fastest in the qualifying of the Eprix in Berlin
The German driver of Audi, Daniel Abt, has set the best pace in the superpole of the ePrix in Berlin. Therefore, he will start in first position at home. An astonishing Oliver Turvey will start second. The driver of Nextev has barely pass to the qualifying. However, once he was qualified, he has made a very…
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Andre Lotterer punished with 10 positions at the start of the Berlin ePrix
First of all, Andre Lotterer’s yesterday race was intense. Most of the time he involved in fights, and battling with Lucas di Grassi. During the second half of the race after a stop on boxes and a car switch he had to fight. The Brazilian and the German driver in several moments put the regulation…
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Vergne, comfortably leads the Formula E championship after winning the Eprix
Jean-Éric Vergne has won comfortably the eprix in Paris, which consolidates him a little bit more as a leader of the Formula E. Behind the French has crossed the finish line Lucas Di Grassi, after passing André Lotterer at the last laps. Sam Bird had compleated the pódium. Due to a crash between Mitch Evans and Nico…
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Jean-Eric Vergne invicible at the qualifying
Jean-Eric Vergne had no rival at the qualifying of the FIA Prix of Paris at the Formula E, at the eight test of the season. The French qualified ahead of Bird his rival at the championship. The qualifying group draw was surprising because all the leaders of the championship were selected in the first group.…
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Sam Bird wins Rome ePrix after Rosenqvist retirement
DS Virgin Racing driver, Sam Bird has taken the win in the first ever FIA Formula E ePrix in Rome. The Briton finished just ahead of Lucas Di Grassi, who complete an amazing race. André Lotterer completes podium positions while pole sitter, Felix Rosenqvist has retired after a crash when he was leading. It was…
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Felix Rosenqvist takes pole position for Rome ePrix
Felix Rosenqvist has taken pole position for the first Rome ePrix of FIA Formula E history. Swede driver set a fantastic lap during Super Pole. Mahindra Racing driver Felix Rosenqvist has taken the pole position for round 7 of Formula E 2017/2018 championsip in Rome, setting a lap time of 1:36.311. He set a perfect…
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Vergne defeats Di Grassi after race-long tussle at Punta del Este
It was a long-race duel, that the 2017-18 Formula E season saw at its visit to Uruguay. The electric series left no one unmoved in what is already one of the classic events of the championship. Jean-Éric Vergne and Lucas di Grassi may have finished in the same places they started the race from, but…
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Bird and Vergne lead free practices in Santiago
Formula E is already in Santiago. On a first contact with a bumpy and fast track, Sam Bird has taken the best time of the first session, which ended earlier than scheduled due to an accident for Maro Engel. FP2 ended the same way, with Nico Prost hitting the wall with two minutes to go…