Updates from the world of electric and hybrid racing cars, bikes and even boats and planes.
After the first round of battle at Silverstone, the three LMP teams, Audi, Toyota and Porsche are readying themselves for another six hour slog to victory at the infamous Belgian circuit; Spa-Francorchamps. The result after Silverstone puts Toyota in good stead, having completed the course with a one-two victory over Porsche who came third on […]
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Ho-Pin Tung – the first Chinese driver to ever test a Formula 1 car – reckons that the all-new FIA Formula E Championship will feature ‘super-close’ racing, after testing the fully-electric Spark-Renault STR_01E race car for the first time last week. Tung, who has tested F1 cars for Williams and Renault, piloted the single-seater at
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Formula E is gaining traction as the new line-up of TV presenters has been announced. Nicki Shields will be track side and in the pitts giving up to the minute information on what’s going on as it happens during the races plus Jack Nicholls will be in the commentary box and joined by four time
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After a tough Easter weekend, Toyota were there overall victors, finishing with a 1-2 at the Silverstone 6 hour race. Drivers, Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and Sebastian Buemi drove the winning car in an exciting and eventful race, cut short by bad weather and red flagged. The UK held up it’s reputation for both crowd
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GT Academy winners Wolfgang Reip and Lucas Ordóñez – plus three-time Japanese Super GT champion Satoshi Motoyama – have a totally new set of buttons to learn when they jump behind the wheel of the Nissan ZEOD RC. While Reip and Ordóñez began their racing career pushing buttons on their PlayStation controllers, the talented racers
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Circuit details for the second round of the 2014/2015 FIA Formula E Championship have today been revealed with the layout of the new Putrajaya ePrix. The Putrajaya Formula E race, or ePrix, takes place six months from now on October 18 and forms the second of 10 races for the inaugural 2014/2015 season. It has
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This Easter sees the start of the new 2014 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The new season sees many rule changes, to try to make the sport more eco friendly by, for example, by dramatically reducing the amount of fuel allowed – 30% less than the 2013 season. Hybrids have taken over
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Three-time Japanese Super GT champion Satoshi Motoyama will join Nissan GT Academy winners Lucas Ordóñez and Wolfgang Reip on the driver line-up for the revolutionary electric Nissan ZEOD RC at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. Motoyama will make his fourth Le Mans start aboard the Nissan racer which combines a 300 horsepower electric powertrain with a 400 horsepower/40 kilogram/1.5 liter turbocharged petrol engine. The Japanese ace completed his first
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Organisers of the FIA Formula E Championship have today announced a new partnership with leading carbon capture company Global Thermostat to significantly reduce the CO2 emissions generated by the series and to jointly promote sustainable technologies. Beginning this September in Beijing, Formula E is the FIA’s global motorsport championship featuring fully- electric open-wheel cars racing
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The FIA Formula E Championship, the world’s first fully-electric race series, has today confirmed that all of its official pre-season tests will be held at Donington Park circuit in the UK with free admission to fans. Beginning on July 3, the 10 Formula E teams will be given five full test days with every one
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