First Transorientale – Saint Petersbourg to Beijing is completed!
Stage 16: Hohhot to Beijing – total of 665km “I want the Transoriental to finish up at the foot of the Great Wall of China” – René Metge A course driven only in liaison and in convoy to rally through...
View ArticleF1′s Ecclestone at Olympic velodrome
To see if he might learn something Bernie Ecclestone has been spotted at the Olympic Games in Beijing. But the F1 chief executive is not just there to while away the days in formula one’s August break,...
View ArticleF1 world seeks bizarre routes back to Europe
“You need a plane,” said Mercedes’ Haug. “By boat, we will run out of time before Barcelona.” Two days after the chequered flag in Shanghai, the world of formula one is still clamouring to leave the...
View ArticleSuperleague Formula Series pulls out of Chinese rounds
The nations cup series was expected to contest rounds in Beijing on October 29/30 and Shanghai a week later Superleague Formula Series has been forced to pull out of its scheduled trip to China later...
View ArticleA horse called Damon Hill, a medallist at McLaren
Rarely do the worlds of formula one and the Olympics collide. But casual viewers of the prestigious equestrian dressage event could hardly believe their ears when a commentator said a German competitor...
View ArticleFIA Formula E preliminary 2014 calendar presented to the FIA
The races will feature Formula cars powered exclusively by electric energy Formula E Holdings (FEH), the promoter of the FIA Formula E Championship, today presented the FIA with a preliminary list of 8...
View ArticleMichelin confirmed as official tyre supplier for FIA Formula E Championship
“FIA Formula E Championship and Michelin both share the same commitment to ensuring safety” The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has today confirmed that Michelin will be the official...
View ArticleMcLaren Group embraces China
McLaren demonstrated the importance it places upon China The McLaren Group is proud to join an official delegation to China from the UK, led by the Prime Minister David Cameron. This high profile visit...
View ArticleCounting down to FIA Formula E action with Renault
Spark-Renault SRT-01 Es spend three days being tested at a circuit in Issoire With less than five months to go before the FIA Formula E Championship kicks off in Beijing, China, on September 13, the...
View ArticleFormula E: Teams receive the first batch of single-seater electric cars
“We are delighted to have reaped the fruit of our collaboration with Renault.” – Frédéric Vasseur The FIA Formula E Championship is gradually building up to the new competition’s first race in Beijing,...
View ArticleNelson Piquet Jr to test Formula E at Donington
Nelson has a successful history in single-seater racing Current Global Rallycross championship leader Nelson Piquet Jr will drive tomorrow for Team China Racing at the official FIA Formula E test day...
View ArticleVettel slams Formula E ‘cheese’
World champion Sebastian Vettel has slammed the FIA’s new fully-electric single seater series, Formula E. The new series, featuring nearly silent cars and an impressive collection of teams and drivers,...
View ArticleFormula E set to take on F1
But some big and familiar names are involved in Formula E. As a brand new, global single seater series prepares to launch off the grid, boss Alejandro Agag insists Formula E is not trying to take on...
View ArticleWolff concerned about radio crackdown, super license issue
Toto Wolff on Friday expressed concerns about F1’s new radio communications clampdown. The likes of Red Bull’s Christian Horner and F1 legend Alain Prost earlier welcomed the news that...
View ArticleFormula E electrifies Beijing! (updated)
Held in the streets of Beijing, the inaugural round was closely contested throughout. Saturday, 13 September 2014 will go down in the history of motor racing as the day on which the first ever FIA...
View ArticleHeidfeld defends Formula E after Vettel attack
Nick Heidfeld has defended the new Formula E series following criticism from within the F1 paddock. F1’s reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel recently slammed the fully electric powered series –...
View ArticleTodt tips Ferrari to end crisis quickly
Jean Todt insists Ferrari is not in the sort of crisis today that he found at Maranello more than two decades ago. The Frenchman, now FIA president, said any comparison between when he was drafted in...
View ArticleLauda slams Formula E series
Niki Lauda is the latest F1 figure to slam the new ‘Formula E’ series. The all-electric and nearly silent single seater series, promoted by Alejandro Agag and sanctioned by F1’s governing FIA, kicked...
View ArticleSuccessful shakedown under gazing sun
In Buenos Aires, Argentina Round 4 of the inagural FIA Formula E season has started on the east coast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Trulli Formula E’s drivers Jarno Trulli and Michela Cerruti had a...
View ArticleFIA president Jean Todt gets UN role
He will assist the UN Secretary General in mobilising sustained political commitment towards road safety. FIA president Jean Todt, the man who had the vision of creating an all-electric racing series –...
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