Formula E Da Costa’s headline turnaround masked growing pains at Porsche Antonio Felix da Costa grabbed headlines with the overtakes that earned him victory in Cape Town, but that doesn’t mean all the parts of a complicated Porsche Formula E adaptation are solved – as his engineer explains
Formula E Three new races that could join Formula E’s calendar in 2024 Formula E’s next calendar could feature more races in North America – and a first race in Japan with a maiden Toyko E-Prix potentially taking place in April
Formula E Five glitches Formula E still needs to sort for Gen3 to thrive Formula E’s solved some Gen3 problems (and the racing is generally great). Here are five more things on its to-do list to make 2023 a success
Formula 1 When Grosjean flirted with Formula E – and why he didn’t join Before he committed to a future in IndyCar and LMDh, an “interested” Romain Grosjean was a serious consideration for a Formula E team – and the possibility progressed further than you might realise
Formula E From ‘meh’ to ‘amazing’ – driver-led call for key FE change Cape Town E-Prix winner Antonio Felix da Costa is spearheading a call for sparking skid plates to be added to Formula E cars in the near future in an effort to improve the all-electric series’ visual appeal
Formula E Mahindra suspension concerns were known pre-season The design of the Mahindra Formula E car’s suspension, concerns over which prompted four cars to be pulled from the Cape Town race, was known pre-season to be a potentially problematic one
Formula E Formula E’s new hire could avert another manufacturer exodus After the troubled start to Gen3 shook manufacturers’ faith, Formula E bringing in Audi’s former motorsport chief is a smart move
Formula E Formula E driver debut as Lotterer vacates seat for Jakarta Andre Lotterer will miss Formula E’s Jakarta double-header in June and be replaced at the Avalanche Andretti team by former Formula 2 driver David Beckmann
Formula E What Formula E teams discussed in first Gen4 concept meeting The first significant meeting discussing the concept of the Gen4 Formula E car – and the Gen3.5 evolution model for 2025 – took place at the Cape Town E-Prix last week
Formula E Sunstroke, three crashes, salvation: Buemi’s surreal weekend Sebastien Buemi has had his fair share of strange experiences during his career. But a Cape Town Formula E weekend in which he suffered sunstroke and a massive shunt, before recovering from last to fifth, broke new ground
Formula E ‘Weekend destroying’ pile-up prompts Formula E review calls Formula E teams want clearer procedures in place to avoid any repeat of the serious Cape Town qualifying accident that ended Jaguar driver Sam Bird’s participation in the event
Formula E Winners and losers from Formula E’s Cape Town epic From maybe to the greatest winning pass in Formula E history to pre-race dramas that meant five cars didn’t even take the start, the inaugural Cape Town E-Prix had everything
Formula E Wehrlein got away with Cape Town blunder but it may hurt later Formula E championship leader Pascal Wehrlein left Cape Town with an unchanged points advantage despite crashing on lap one. Sam Smith got Wehrlein’s take on his error and explains why it wasn’t more costly
Formula E ‘A real issue’ – Cape Town E-Prix penalty draws sharp rebuke Maximilian Guenther says he was let down by a lack of “accurate signals” in getting a Cape Town E-Prix penalty that’ll now become a grid drop
Formula E Da Costa’s Mansell-style move will enter Formula E legend Was this the best pass for a race win in Formula E history? Antonio Felix da Costa talks Sam Smith through the high-speed dummy that earned him Cape Town victory
Formula E Why Mahindra pulled all four cars from Cape Town Formula E race The reason for Mahindra withdrawing its own Formula E cars and customer Abt Cupra’s entries for today’s Cape Town E-Prix appears to be a flexing issue on its rear suspension
Formula E Envision’s appeal against contentious Buemi penalty dismissed The Envision Racing Formula E team has had an appeal against the penalty that cost Sebastien Buemi a podium place at the recent Hyderabad E-Prix dismissed
Formula E The fallout from Formula E’s strangest incident of 2023 so far Formula E drivers have sought clarification from the FIA over debris being left on the track under normal racing conditions after a specific incident in the Hyderabad E-Prix earlier this month
Formula E Formula E’s Monza? Cape Town tweak creates fastest FE track A change to the Cape Town track layout means Formula E’s South African venue is likely to be the fastest circuit it’s used so far, given the series a Monza equivalent
Formula 1 7 tales from South Africa’s last world championship car race Formula E’s maiden Cape Town E-Prix this weekend will mark the first world championship car race in South Africa since F1’s last visit in 1993. Sam Smith remembers seven key storylines from that incredible weekend
Formula E Why Formula E’s driver roster could change like never before Gen3 particularities and an impending salary cap could drive some veterans out of Formula E, creating a major refreshing of the grid
Formula E Formula E finds solution for controversial new 2023 rule Formula E and its teams have found a solution to the unpopular new-for-2023 rookie rule with a dedicated rookie practice at the Rome E-Prix
Formula 1 Obituary: Legendary team manager David Price David Price, a much-loved team manager whose career spanned junior categories to Le Mans and Formula 1, has died aged 75. Sam Smith pays tribute
Formula E Formula E’s new title favourite saved a crucial break point A hefty crash ahead of the Hyderabad E-Prix threatened Pascal Wehrlein’s supreme early-season momentum – but he and his Porsche team avoided breaking under the pressure and instead extended their championship leads
Formula E A typo, debris and ‘VIP’ quality – Vergne’s unlikely win explained Jean-Eric Vergne and the new DS Penske superteam looked midfield at best in the opening rounds of Formula E’s Gen3 era. That all changed in India as Sam Smith explains
Formula E Winners and losers from Formula E’s first race in India A Formula E race that set new high marks in terms of drama and action in the Gen3 era owed much to drivers getting it right and wrong. Here are our Hyderabad winners and losers
Formula E ‘You guys want to win or what?’ – Evans anger beyond Bird crash The team-mate wipeout was the hammer blow – but Formula E title hopeful Mitch Evans already felt irked by his Hyderabad E-Prix before that
Formula E Envision wants power rule clarity as Buemi protest dismissed The Envision Formula E team was left confused and angry after its protest against Sebastien Buemi’s post-race penalty in Hyderabad was dismissed by the FIA
Formula E McLaren’s mirror stuck in steering wheel crash explained McLaren driver Jake Hughes crashed out of Formula E’s Hyderabad E-Prix in a bizarre and freak incident in which debris tore off his car’s mirror and left part of it lodged in his steering wheel
Formula E ‘I destroyed my team’s race’ – Jaguar’s India Formula E meltdown Sam Bird accepted full responsibility for the Hyderabad Formula E crash that eliminated him and Jaguar team-mate Mitch Evans while both were in the top five, saying he is “very disappointed in myself”
Formula E Software clash suspected as cause of Wehrlein’s big crash Porsche’s investigation into Pascal Wehrlein’s violent Hyderabad Formula E practice accident could focus on the potential for conflicting software having caused the accident
Formula E New junior series launched as potential Formula E feeder Former Mahindra Formula E team boss Dilbagh Gill is launching a new two-tier junior series called the ACE Championship, potentially using old FE cars as its basis
Formula E Will Hyderabad track hinder Gen3’s first chance to show off? Track temperatures could hit 50C in Hyderabad on Saturday – which should widen a key Formula E performance window. But a lack of surface grip might scupper the chance to exploit that
Formula E Formula E delay came after vehicles allowed on track in error The 45-minute delay to the start of FP1 in Hyderabad came after dozens of public vehicles entered the track not long before the first official Formula E session was due to begin
Formula E Wehrlein to hospital for checks as Porsche investigates crash Formula E championship leader Pascal Wehrlein is undergoing precautionary hospital checks after his Hyderabad crash that led to Porsche parking all four of its cars in opening practice
Formula E Why track limits are suddenly a factor at new FE street circuit Track limits seldom matter on street circuits but at Formula E’s inaugural Hyderabad E-Prix they could become one of the flashpoints
Formula E Five things Formula E’s new tracks need to get right Formula E is heading to three brand new venues in quick succession – a big achievement and a big challenge for a street-racing series. Here are the pitfalls Hyderabad, Cape Town and Sao Paulo need to avoid
Formula E Why Formula E’s old heroes are struggling so much in 2023 Stoffel Vandoorne and Mitch Evans were the class of Formula E’s late Gen2 era, but they’ve struggled to get going in Gen3. Sam Smith chats to them both to find out why
Formula E Formula E Gen3 is slower than Gen2 so far. Does it matter? Formula E’s Gen3 car was billed as being much faster than Gen2. So far, it’s slightly slower. Sam Smith explains the reasons and the implications
Formula E This notorious enigma now looks like a potential world champion Pascal Wehrlein has, at times, been a hard nut to crack, but there’s something different about him in 2023. Porsche’s strong start to Formula E’s Gen3 era can only be helping that
