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Updates from the world of electric and hybrid racing cars, bikes and even boats and planes.

British Driver Katherine Legge

Katherine Legge

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 […]

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British racer Katherine Legge has today signed for newly titled Amlin Aguri Formula E team, becoming the first female driver for the new all electric FIA Formula E Championship

Amlin Aguri

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

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Venturi Formula E Drivers, Nick Heidfeld & Stéphane Sarrazin

Nick Heidfeld

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

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Venturi Formula E Drivers, Nick Heidfeld & Stéphane Sarrazin

Stéphane Sarrazin

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

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Asia Rally

Mitsubishi Send Their Outlander PHEV to Tackle the 2014 Asia Rally

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announces that it will dispatch a team of technical support engineers for an Outlander PHEV entered in the T1.3 4×4 Electric class of the gruelling 2,200km FIA-certified Asia Cross Country Rally 2014 (AXCR) from August 9 through 15, to be run from Thailand to Cambodia. The Two & Four Motor Sports

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Punta del Este in Uruguay is described as the Monte Carlo of South America

New Formula E Punta del Este Circuit Rivals Monaco in More Ways Than One

The FIA Formula E Championship has today revealed the location and circuit layout for the Punta del Este ePrix – the host for round three of the new global electric race series on December 13 2014. The location is enough to rival Monaco for both it’s beautiful seaside presence and winding track design which is

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Jarno Trulli has today announced he is to form a new Formula E team under the banner TrulliGP as well as race for the new outfit

TrulliGP

TrulliGP is a team change from the originally planned Drayson Racing, fronted by Lord Paul Drayson. Drayson Racing have stepped down from the title and instead will act as a support provider with the team working on adopting Drayson’s wireless charging technology during the course of the year, ready for season two where it is

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2. Former F1 racer Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli is one of the most experienced Formula 1 drivers in the history of the sport. He competed in 256 Grand Prix and is third on the all-time list, behind only Rubens Barrichello and Michael Schumacher. The Italian was renowned for his qualifying pace, especially over the one-lap format in the mid-2000’s. Trulli began

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