Buemi confirms expectations and set the pole for Beijing ePrix
Sébastien Buemi gets the first pole position for 2015-2016 FIA Formula E season at Beijing ePrix. The Swiss driver led a Renault e.dams one-two with Nico Prost second, as Nick Heidfeld completes top3.
This weekend...
Hong Kong to hold an ePrix on October 9 2016
Hong Kong is set to feature on the calendar for season three of the FIA Formula E Championship.
The Hong Kong ePrix will take place on October 9 2016 subject to FIA track homologation. The...
Alguersuari leaves motorsport career
When Jaime Alguersuari became the youngest ever driver to partake in a Formula One race weekend, all eyes were on the young Spaniard and the exciting racing career that lay ahead of him. Just...
London ePrix double header confirmed for July 2/3
The second season of the FIA Formula E Championship will conclude in London on July 2/3.
The date for the season finale was confirmed by the World Motor Sport Council, which met today in Paris.
When...
Formula E launches Super Pole shoot-out
The fight to secure Julius Baer pole position for this season’s Formula E races will be decided in a five-car, 15-minute shoot-out.
As was the case in season one, the drivers will be placed into...
Robin Frijns to race for Andretti
Robin Frijns has been confirmed as team-mate to Simona de Silvestro at Andretti for the 2015-2016 FIA Formula E Championship.
Frijns has already been behind the wheel of the Formula E car on the final...
Turvey completes NEXTEV line-up
Oliver Turvey will race alongside reigning Formula E champion Nelson Piquet Jr at NEXTEV TCR for the 2015-2016 season.
Turvey made his Formula E debut at the London ePrix double-header in June picking up points...
Beijing ePrix Moved to October 24
The opening round of the second season of the FIA Formula E Championship will now take place on October 24.
On September 7, the Beijing authorities made a request to Formula E Holdings to postpone...
Interview with Sam Bird: So far, so good!
After an emphatic win in his home race in London at the end of last season, Sam Bird is starting season 2 of the FIA Formula E championship on a high. I caught up...
BMW to continue as official vehicle partner next season
BMW have today announced that it will continue as official vehicle partner for the 2015-2016 FIA Formula E Championship.
The German car manufacturer, who supplied course cars throughout the inaugural Formula E season, will bring...
Renault e.dams retain Prost and Buemi
Renault e.dams have today confirmed that it will retain Nicolas Prost and Sebastien Buemi for next season, the same driver line-up that clinched the inaugural teams’ title.
The pair have both been behind the wheel...
INTERVIEW with Lucas di Grassi
In a few weeks’ time season 2 of the FIA Formula E championship kicks off in Beijing. We caught up with one of last year’s star drivers, ABT’s Lucas di Grassi, to get his...
Prost powers to the top of the times
Renault e.Dams have bookended testing in terms of lap times, thanks to Nico Prost’s 1:30.513 in the dry morning session. Prost’s time isn’t the quickest that we’ve seen over the last 3 weeks here...
Duran joins Trulli Racing for the season 2 of Formula E
Salvador Duran, No 10
”I’m very happy to join the Trulli team and I’m super excited about the new season and Trulli’s new powertrain Motomatica JT-01. I’m hoping that we can be contending for the...
DS Virgin reveal season 2 livery
Ahead of the first race of the second FIA Formula E season, the DS Virgin Racing team has unveiled a new livery design that drivers Sam Bird and Jean-Eric Vergne will showcase for the...
Di Grassi continues ABT’s domination
ABT Schaeffler AS driver Lucas Di Grassi continued the team’s dominant performance, setting yet another lap record, bettering his teammate Daniel Abt’s time set on Monday by just under a tenth of a second.
The...
Duran; “We miss the noise but we have top drivers at Formula E”
After 4 out of 6 days of pre-season of FIA Formula E at Donington Park, England; our journalist Natasha Tsang had the opportunity to interview some drivers, one of them is Salvador Duran from...
Abt set record lap at Donington Day 3
Daniel Abt set the fastest time of the opening day of the second collective Formula E test at Donington today. The 1:30.250 Abt set ended up 0.771 seconds quicker than Nicolas Prost. (team/driver) put...
De Silvestro joins Amlin Andretti for Formula E season 2
Simona de Silvestro has been confirmed to pilot the No. 28 Amlin Andretti ATEC-01 all-electric racingmachine for Andretti Formula E Team in its second season of competition in the FIA Formula E Championship.
The...
Buemi sets track record on Day 2 of Formula E Test
A time of 1:31.050 saw the eDAMS driver post the fastest time of the day and beat Donnington’s lap record. Buemi, who finished runner-up in the inaugural season, set his time in the afternoon...
Formula E Testing – Day 1
Race Number
Driver
Team
1
Nelson Piquet Jr
NEXTEV TCR
2
Sam Bird
DS Virgin
6
Loïc Duval
Dragon
7
Jérôme D’Ambrosio
Dragon
8
Sébastien Buemi
Renault eDAMS
9
Nicolas Prost
Renault eDAMS
10
Jarno Trulli
Trulli
11
Lucas Di Grassi
ABT Shaeffler AS
12
Jacques Villeneuve
Venturi
21
Bruno Senna
Mahindra
23
Nick Heidfeld
Mahindra
25
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Virgin
27
Simona De Silvestro
Amlin Andretti
30
Stéphane Sarrazin
Venturi
55
Tom Dillmann
Team Aguri
77
Salvador Duran Sanchez
Team Aguri
88
Oliver Turvey
NEXTEV TCR
Sébastien...
Alguersuari won’t run with Virgin in 2016
Jaime Alguersuari announced not to participate in the second season of Formula E.
Last June, the Spanish rider is absent from the last two dates of the season because of health problems for which the...
Jean-Eric Vergne moves to DS Virgin Racing
Jean-Eric Vergne will race for the DS Virgin Racing team for the 2015/2016 Formula E season.
The Frenchman, who competed for Andretti last season finishing seventh overall with two podiums, will race alongside Sam Bird...
Villeneuve signs for Venturi alongside Sarrazin
Former Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve will race for Venturi during the second season of Formula E, alongside Stephane Sarrazin.
The 1997 champion will replace Nick Heidfeld at the Monaco-based team who enter the...
FIA Homologates manufactures for second Formula E Season
The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile has today approved the homologation of the eight manufacturers that will provide powertrains to the 10 teams competing in the second season of the all-electric FIA Formula E Championship.
From...
Formula E 2014-2015 season analysis
This was the first season of Formule E, a unique and innovative project. The FORMULARAPIDA.NET director, Arnau Viñals, brings you the analysis of a very exciting season with young and experienced drivers, most of...
WMSC reveals dates for season two Formula E calendar
The FIA WMSC, which met today in Mexico City, has approved the calendar for the second season of the FIA Formula E Championship. It is made up of 11 races, hosted in 10 cities,...
Piquet becomes the first ever Formula E champion, Bird wins at home
Nelson Piquet has done it! The Brazilian driver made a comeback to remember from 16th on the grid to 7th that makes him the inaugural FIA Formula E champion. The China Racing driver beats...
Buemi wins in London, championship still undecided
Sébastien Buemi won his third race of the season at the Battersea Park, London. This victory pushes the Swiss up to 2nd place in the Championship with real chances of winning tomorrow. D'Ambrosio was...
Buemi on pole ahead of title rivals
Sebastien Buemi claimed Julius Baer pole position ahead of today’s Visa London ePrix four tenths clear of Jerome D'Ambrosio (Dragon Racing) and Lucas di Grassi (Audi Sport ABT).
Buemi, who set his time during the...
