Katherine Legge has been a woman of many firsts throughout her racing career and with Amlin Aguri that trend continues as she becomes the first woman driver named to compete in the FIA Formula E Championship. British racer Katherine Legge was quick to show her motorsport prowess, becoming the first female driver to secure pole […]
Amlin Aguri is a new team which started out life as Super Aguri, the famous Japanese racing team headed by Aguri Suzuki. The name change took place when Amlin, a major international insurer and reinsurer took on the role as primary sponsor. The Aguri side of the team brings with it the skills and experience
A standard, British-registered Mercedes-Benz E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID has driven from Africa to the UK non-stop on one tank of fuel. British journalist Andrew Frankel was behind the adventure. Averaging 73.6 mpg (3.1 l/100 km), the journey took him from Tangier in Northern Africa to the UK, visiting two continents, four countries and three time
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Volkswagen has announced pricing for its record-breaking XL1 model, the world’s most energy efficient production vehicle, which is now available to UK customers at £98,515 (RRP OTR). The question on our minds is which would you rather; the spaceship-esque XL1 or BMW’s hybrid i8 sports car, for a mere £1,000 more? A total production run
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British racer Katherine Legge has become the first female driver and the 11th in total to be confirmed to race in the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship after signing for the newly rebranded Amlin Aguri Formula E team. The 34-year-old former Champ Car racer becomes the first of the team’s two drivers to be
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GECO has been designed to guide drivers on their urban trips, helping them to adopt more fuel-efficient and eco-friendly driving behaviours. Objective? To reduce fuel consumption without necessarily reducing average speed. Target: 10 to 15% fuel savings. By consuming less, drivers will spend less but they will also reduce their pollutant and CO2 emissions. How
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Nick Heidfeld started karting at the age of 8 before jumping into single-seaters, dominating the German Formula Ford 1600 series. He won eight races out of a possible nine in his debut season. The following year he clinched the title in the German International Formula Ford 1800 Championship. After his success in junior categories Heidfeld
Stéphane Sarrazin is renowned as a driver with great versatility, competing across a wide range of motorsport categories throughout his career. The Frenchman picked up karting from his father who was a passionate motorsport enthusiast. During his early years he clinched two karting titles and progressed to single-seaters becoming the French Formula Renault champion in
Venturi is the latest to announce their driver line-up for the forthcoming FIA Formula E electric championship. Nick Heidfeld, the ex-Formula One German driver and Stéphane Sarrazin, the talented French driver who competes in both Rally and the World Endurance Championship, have joined the Venturi Formula E team. Nick and Stéphane are both highly experienced
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Chargemaster has installed its 10,000th public and commercial unit, marking a significant milestone in the company’s five year history. The charging point has been installed on behalf of Leicester City Council as part of a group of new units at the Enderby and Meynells Gorse Park and Ride sites through the Plugged in Midlands electric
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