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Jun
15
2024
By Mpho Rantao
UK’s LOLA Cars unveiled as new team to join Formula E

UK’s LOLA Cars unveiled as new team to join Formula E

MOTORSPORT
There is a new competitor on the Formula E (FE) grid for the 2025/26 season and they are no stranger to motorsport, but rather to electric motorsport.  Lola Cars announced its involvement in the all-electric ABB FIA Formula E World Championship from season 11 (2024/25), and its commitment from the GEN3 Evo era to the GEN4 era. FE announced Lola’s entry midway through the tenth season (2023/24) as another manufacturer competing for the coveted FE World Championship drivers' and manufacturer teams’ trophies. This commitment ensures the British car group's participation in the championship for at least six seasons.   “We are…
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May
27
2024
By ALAN BALDWIN
Leclerc ends his Monaco jinx with a dream home win

Leclerc ends his Monaco jinx with a dream home win

MOTORSPORT
FERRARI'S Charles Leclerc celebrated a boyhood dream come true as the first home winner of Formula One's showcase Monaco Grand Prix since Louis Chiron triumphed in 1931. It was also the first time the 26-year-old had stood on the Monaco podium in six attempts and came after two standing starts from pole position in a race halted when first-lap collisions took out a fifth of the field. McLaren's Oscar Piastri finished runner-up, 7.1 seconds behind after 78 laps without a chance to overtake on a street circuit that often produces processional races, and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was third. "It means a lot,"…
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May
26
2024
By Mpho Rantao
Jaguar expresses GEN4 commitment in Formula E

Jaguar expresses GEN4 commitment in Formula E

MOTORSPORT, MOTORING NEWS
JAGUAR TCS Racing has confirmed a long-term commitment to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship by signing to participate in the GEN4 era, set to commence in 2026 and running through seasons 13-16. Jaguar is one of Formula E’s most successful teams, boasting many race wins including with its current drivers in the 2023/24 season, New Zealanders Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy. Cassidy is currently the leader of the 2023/24 drivers standings in the FE championship series. Jaguar TCS Team principal James Barclay (left), Nick Cassidy, race winner Mitch Evans (centre), and DS Penske's Stoffel Vandoorne (right) at the…
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May
25
2024
By Mpho Rantao
Software Scare & Shanghai Showdown: China’s FE Return Heats Up

Software Scare & Shanghai Showdown: China’s FE Return Heats Up

MOTORSPORT
FORMULA E greets its fans with the Chinese greeting “Ni hao” ahead of its eleventh and twelfth rounds in the world championship series.  The People’s Republic of China returned as hosts to the Formula E (FE) calendar, but this time in a different city from its first stint (a Beijing street circuit), in Shanghai. Nicolas Prost (e.dams-Renault) leading the way in the first Formula E street race in Beijing, China, 2014. Picture: Formula E. The Chinese double-header is the home race for the ERT team, which is one of the few original FE teams to have joined from the start…
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May
20
2024
By ALAN BALDWIN
Verstappen holds off charging Norris to win at Imola

Verstappen holds off charging Norris to win at Imola

MOTORSPORT
MAX Verstappen held off a late charge by McLaren's Lando Norris to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix by less than a second. Red Bull's triple Formula One world champion took the chequered flag just 0.725 of a second ahead of the man who beat him at the previous round in Miami and sensed he might snatch another. The win was Verstappen's fifth in seven races this season, the 59th of his career and the third edition in a row at Imola. Last year's race at the Italian circuit was cancelled due to heavy flooding. "I had no grip anymore.…
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Apr
27
2024
By Mpho Rantao
Jaguar’s Mitch Evans wins an intense Monaco E-Prix battle  

Jaguar’s Mitch Evans wins an intense Monaco E-Prix battle  

MOTORSPORT
MITCH Evans fulfilled his racing dream as he crossed the finish line to take his (and Jaguar’s) first win at the Monaco E-Prix after only making the podium in four previous races.  The eighth round of the Formula E championship in the Principality featured a number of plot twists and damaged front wings collected by the track circuit barriers. "FINALLY!! Amazing work by everyone. Honestly, I have been waiting so long for this, way before Formula E. Great teamwork with Nick,” Evans said on a team radio post-race. Evans came from third to take his first chequered flag in the streets of…
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Apr
27
2024
By Mpho Rantao
McLaren’s Sam Bird ruled out of E-prix, replaced by Barnard

McLaren’s Sam Bird ruled out of E-prix, replaced by Barnard

MOTORSPORT
NEOM McLaren driver Sam Bird has been ruled out of the Monaco E-Prix this weekend, hampering his challenge for the Formula E (FE) championship.  The British driver crashed into the wall at turn two (known as the Saint-Devote corner) during the first free practice session ahead of the main race.  https://twitter.com/wearetherace/status/1784116761710731703 Bird crashed into the run-off zone at the end of the start-finish straight a few minutes before the end of the session, smashing his front right wheel into the track barrier. According to his team, Bird sustained a hand injury and will be replaced by their reserve driver, fellow…
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Apr
26
2024
By MWARV KIRUBI, BIRD STORY AGENCY
The unsung participants at the 2024 World Rally Championship Safari Rally Kenya

The unsung participants at the 2024 World Rally Championship Safari Rally Kenya

MOTORSPORT, MULTIMEDIA
WHEN Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen emerged as top finishers at the 2024 World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya and stepped onto the podium at Hell’s Gate National Park to freely spray champagne over colleagues and rally officials, one might have been forgiven for presuming that this was an all-mens' event. One would have presumed wrong. Apart from four all-womens' teams participating in the race, four Kenyan women made crucial contributions to the event. Here, bird story agency sheds light on these four women. Charlene Tuja, Rally PhotographerIn the male-dominated field of rally photography, Charlene Tuja stands out as…
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Apr
18
2024
By JOE CASH
F1 faces a fresh challenge on return to China

F1 faces a fresh challenge on return to China

MOTORSPORT
FORMULA One returns to China for the first time since 2019 with even world champion Max Verstappen facing a new challenge at a circuit that provided his Red Bull team's first Grand Prix victory 15 years ago. The weekend will host the first sprint of the season, with only one hour of free practice on Friday to fine-tune the cars and do tyre assessments, and the teams have only simulator data to go on. The last time they raced at the Shanghai International Circuit, the cars had 13-inch tyres and a flat floor instead of the current 18-inch Pirelli rubber…
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Apr
10
2024
By Mpho Rantao
Formula E double-header arrives at Misano Circuit. 

Formula E double-header arrives at Misano Circuit. 

MOTORSPORT
Formula E is set for a double dose of action in Italy this weekend. The series is set to take place at the Misano Circuit, in Rimini, for an exhilarating double-header racing weekend. Get ready for back-to-back races as the championship stages its sixth and seventh rounds following a competitive Tokyo Eprix. While Formula E has held races in Italy since its inception, this marks the series' inaugural visit to the Misano circuit, which is a stone's throw from Imola's iconic track used in Formula One (Emilia Romagna Grand Prix).  Past Formula E races in Italy were held at the Circuito Cittadino…
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