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Peugeot announces 2025 WEC line-up as Jakobsen joins in
Peugeot Racing has announced its line-up of #93 and #94 crews for the 2025 FIA WEC season, as Malthe Jakobsen joins in. The PEUGEOT 9X8 #93 will be driven by Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen, and Jean-Éric Vergne, an experienced and complementary trio that has already demonstrated its ability to excel on the most demanding…
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Pirelli completes another 2025 test with Alpine, Aston Martin at Spa
Pirelli Motorsport completed their latest F1 2025 tyre test with Alpine and Aston Martin at Spa-Francorchamps, as Stoffel Vandoorne gets his first chance. Day 1 – Pirelli’s tyre development programme for the 2025 season continues. There are two days of testing taking place this week at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, the work carried out with the…
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Maserati signs Vandoorne and Hughes for 2025 Formula E season
Maserati Racing has gone for an all-new line-up by signing Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes for the 2025 FIA Formula E season. McLaren – The NEOM McLaren Formula E Team today announces the departure of Jake Hughes, concluding the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Jake made his competitive debut in the ABB FIA…
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Guenther, Daruvala leave Maserati; Vandoorne moves out of DS
Maserati announces departure of Maximilian Guenther and Jehan Daruvala from its fold for 2025 Formula E season, while Stoffel Vandoorne is confirmed to leave DS Penske. Maserati – Maximilian Guenther and Jehan Daruvala are to leave Maserati MSG Racing, the team have confirmed. Guenther joined Maserati MSG Racing at the start of Formula E’s GEN3…
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Peugeot firms up its crews for 2024 WEC season
Team Peugeot has firmed up its crews for 2024 FIA WEC season, as they have also confirmed Malthe Jakobsen as its reserve. With the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) due to kick off on 24-25 February at the official prologue in Qatar, Team Peugeot TotalEnergies has begun final preparations for the new campaign, determined…
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DS Penske showcases tweaked Formula E livery for 2024
DS Penske has showcased a tweaked livery for the upcoming Formula E season as they go for shiny gold and black combination. DS PENSKE is excited to unveil the Team’s new racing car livery for the Season 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. This season, the DS PENSKE livery takes a dramatic…
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DS Penske retains Vergne and Vandoorne in Formula E
DS Penske has retained both Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne for the 2023/24 Formula E season. DS PENSKE is delighted to announce that Jean-Éric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne will continue to lead its driver line-up for the upcoming season. The duo has been paired together since the announcement of the partnership between Penske Autosport and…
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Vandoorne secures full-time Peugeot drive for 2024 WEC season
Aston Martin F1 reserve Stoffel Vandoorne has secured a full-time FIA WEC seat with Peugeot Sport for the 2024 season. Stoffel Vandoorne, current reserve driver for Peugeot Sport was named Team Peugeot TotalEnergies official driver for the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) 2024 season. The 31-year-old Belgian driver will be at the wheel of…
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Vandoorne gets first chance to drive Aston Martin car at Spa
Stoffel Vandoorne got his first taste of the Aston Martin car during the two-day Pirelli F1 tyre test at Spa-Francorchamps along with Lance Stroll. With the summer break, Pirelli held a two-day tyre test at Spa-Francorchamps on Tuesday and Wednesday where Aston Martin and McLaren ran the wet weather compound owing to the conditions prevailing…
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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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McLaren signs deal with Aston Martin to use its reserve drivers
McLaren and Aston Martin have reached an agreement for the services of the latter’s reserve drivers for selected F1 2023 races. After securing the services of Mick Schumacher from Mercedes for the 2023 F1 season, McLaren has inked another deal with Aston Martin to use its reserve pair of Stoffel Vandoorne and Felipe Drugovich as…
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Sargeant selects his race number for debut F1 season in 2023
Logan Sargeant has selected his race number for his debut F1 season in 2023 as the #2 returns to the grid. Having only secured enough superlicense points in the final F2 round of 2022 season, Sargeant had his F1 debut confirmed with Williams alongside Alexander Albon. The British team revealed their intentions of hiring the…
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Vandoorne joins Aston Martin in test and reserve role for F1 2023
Formula E champion Stoffel Vandoorne has joined Aston Martin in test and reserve capacity from the 2023 F1 season onward. Having won the 2021/22 Formula E title with Mercedes, Vandoorne has switched to DS Penske for the 2022/23 season with the German manufacturer bowing out of the championship. And seemingly he became a free agent…
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DS signs Formula E deal with Penske as Vandoorne joins team
DS Automobiles has signed new deal with Penske Autosport to start a new Formula E partnership, as Stoffel Vandoorne joins alongside Jean-Eric Vergne. On 14 August, in Seoul, the curtain fell on Season 8 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, with the second generation of car completing its final laps on track. Over…
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Piastri on offer by Alpine to McLaren if Ricciardo doesn’t makes it
Alpine has offered Oscar Piastri to McLaren if Daniel Ricciardo is unable to compete in F1 Bahrain GP after his positive COVID-19 test. With Ricciardo down due to COVID-19, Alpine has offered its reserve driver Piastri to McLaren if the Woking-based outfit wants to take him in as a replacement for the upcoming Bahrain GP…
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Formula E: Mortara ends Valencia Test on top by 0.041s over Vergne
Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara was fastest to end Formula E Valencia Test by 0.041s from DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne and Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne. After a break on Wednesday, Formula E test action returned for its final day at Valencia on Thursday, as Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara ended up fastest with a 1m25.763s lap from DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric…
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Formula E: Vandoorne edges out Mortara by 0.044s on D2 of Valencia test
Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne ended up Day 2 of Formula E Valencia test on top from Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara and Andretti’s Jake Dennis. Mercedes bounced back on Day 2 of Formula E test at Valencia with Stoffel Vandoorne ending up fastest with a 1m26.045s lap which was 0.044s quicker than Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara whereby Andretti’s Jake…
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Mercedes presents 2022 Formula E livery as de Vries, Vandoorne stay on
Mercedes has presented its 2021/22 Formula E livery for its final season as Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne remaining in the cockpit. Mercedes has finally shared its Formula E livery for the 2021/22 season which will be its final year in the championship. They have done so just the night before the official pre-season…
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Formula E: Vandoorne fights back to win Rome’s Race 2 from Sims
Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne wins Race 2 of Formula E Rome EPrix from Mahindra’s Alexander Sims and Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein. It was a Safety Car start for Race 2 of Formula E Rome EPrix as Envision Virgin’s Nick Cassidy led the way from Venturi’s Norman Nato, Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein, Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne and Mahindra’s Alexander Sims…
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Seidl says McLaren pushing to be ready for ’21 with Mercedes partnership
Mercedes’ Toto Wolff and McLaren’s Andreas Seidl discuss their reserve driver arrangement and their new use of shared power units. McLaren and Mercedes share a pool of reserve drivers to pull from, and have committed to using this format in 2021, as they did in 2020. The arrangement became a relevant topic last year, with…
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Video: Fittipaldi wins Austria Virtual GP; #10 Acura takes ’21 Daytona 24H
Enzo Fittipaldi beat Arthur Leclerc in a thrilling first F1 Virtual GP at Red Bull Ring, as #10 Acura won the 2021 IMSA Daytona 24 Hours after late puncture to #01 Cadillac. The F1 Virtual GP returned for the 2021 season but with a small twist of it being a charity event and having a…
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Vandoorne, Gelael, Blomqvist in for ALMS/WEC; FE starts ESports series
Stoffel Vandoorne, Sean Gelael and Tom Blomqvist will compete in Asian Le Mans and WEC in 2021, as Formula E starts ESports series. The current Mercedes and NIO Formula E drivers, Vandoorne and Blomqvist, have teamed-up together with former F2 driver Gelael, to compete in the LMP2 class of the 2021 Asian Le Mans and…
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Photo/Video: Alonso ends on top from Mercedes duo in Abu Dhabi F1 test
Fernando Alonso was fastest in F1 Young Drivers’ test in Abu Dhabi from Mercedes’ Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne. The one-day test at Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi had eight F1 teams run with two cars each, barring Haas, which only had Mick Schumacher testing. The two outfits, who did not run at…
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Wolff giving FE drivers F1 test; Horner talks Vips, Vasseur adds on Kubica
Toto Wolff on the reason to have Formula E drives for F1 test as Christian Horner speaks on Juri Vips and Frederic Vasseur on Robert Kubica. On Friday, it was announced that Mercedes would be entertaining their Formula E pairing for a post-season young drivers’ F1 test after the Abu Dhabi weekend, with both Nyck…
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F1: Sakhir new entrants; Vandoorne hurt; Grosjean greets team/saviours
The F1 Sakhir GP is certainly going to be a bit of an unknown, not just in track terms, but also with all the shuffle which happened since Bahrain GP. The biggest news story as F1 fans awoke on Wednesday morning was that of a driver change at Williams, which saw a COVID-positive Lewis Hamilton…
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De Vries stays with Vandoorne as Mercedes launch 2020/21 Formula E car
Nyck de Vries and Stoff Vandoorne will continue to race in FIA Formula E Championship as Mercedes launch their 2020/21 car. Having entered in Formula E last year, where they ended up third in the teams’ standings with 147 points, Mercedes will look forward to enhance its chances in 2020/21 and go all out to…
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Formula E: Vandoorne ends 2019/20 season with a Mercedes 1-2 finish
Mercedes secured a 1-2 finish to end the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship in Berlin with Stoffel Vandoorne winning from Nyck de Vries. Pole-sitter Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne made a good start in the final Formula E race of the 2019/20 season in Berlin to lead the way from Nissan’s Sebastian Buemi and Audi’s Rene Rast…
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Mercedes caught by regs, looks to give Gutierrez F1 test for superlicense
Mercedes were caught out by change in regulations as they look for solution which includes giving F1 test to Esteban Gutierrez for superlicense. COVID-19, and the heightened risk of drivers being unable to partake due to a potential positive test – as was seen with Sergio Perez – has forced F1 teams to take another…
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Vandoorne beats Wehrlein to win Formula E ESports title
Formula E had its sixth round in the Race at Home Challenge with Stoffel Vandoorne winning the championship from Pascal Wehrlein. The sixth and seventh Formula E Race at Home Challenge ESports round took place at New York’s circuit. As in other rounds, they had two races, where one was the Challenge Grid with a…
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Video: Vandoorne wins in Formula E, Button/Alonso get title/victories
Formula E had its sixth round in the Race at Home Challenge with Stoffel Vandoorne winning as All-Star ESports Series continued with Fernando Alonso winning again as Jenson Button got the title. Formula E Race at Home Challenge: The sixth Formula E Race at Home Challenge ESports round took place at New York’s circuit. As…