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
Formula E The peaks, troughs and future of Formula E’s quirky underdog Mahindra’s first-ever home Formula E race comes during an important crossroads for a once great, quirky underdog of the championship – will it push on and replicate the heroics of its early years or is it doomed to continually fall short against better-equipped manufacturers?
Formula E Hyderabad’s huge challenge days out from first Formula E race Paving repairs, the erection of debris fencing and the construction of new pit garages are among the infrastructure in need of completing ahead of the inaugural Hyderabad Formula E race this weekend
Formula E Five greatest lost Formula E tracks As Formula E heads for three new circuits in quick succession – starting with Hyderabad in India next weekend – here’s our pick of the greatest past venues from the series’ history
Formula 1 Obituary: Jabouille was a trailblazer with an unusual F1 story Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who has died aged 80, made Formula 1 history with Renault’s pioneering turbocharged programme, despite not getting his big break until his mid-30s
Formula E Innocuous crash, brutal injury – Frijns’ shunt in his own words What initially looked like a harmless crash in the 2023 Formula E opener left Robin Frijns with injuries that required five hours of surgery, a week in a Mexican hospital and a long recovery process. He talked The Race’s Sam Smith through everything that happened
Formula E Nissan’s Formula E silver lining amid customer team drubbings The works Nissan Formula E team has been roundly overshadowed by customer McLaren in Gen3 so far – but may have unearthed a major asset
Formula E Ticktum’s breaking out in Formula E – can his team follow? Dan Ticktum impressed with his commitment on one-lap runs throughout the Diriyah weekend – but his NIO 333 car doesn’t have the race pace to match for now. Will that change?
Formula E Formula E’s super-team faces a long and painful recovery Expectations were high for Formula E’s all-champion team prior to the season but DS Penske has scored just seven points in the opening three rounds of the Gen3 era
Formula E Winners and losers from Formula E’s Diriyah double-header Porsche-powered drivers feature in both the winners and losers of Formula E’s second and third rounds of its Gen3 era
Formula E McLaren has its first step out of (a big) Mercedes shadow McLaren is just two weekends into its Formula E adventure and has ticked off two big milestones. But expectations are being kept in check considering the size of the shadow cast by the team its morphed from
Formula E Diriyah finish drama: ‘Well executed’ by Hughes, foreseen by Buemi The fight for fifth, sixth and seventh in Diriyah’s second Formula E race was the most bizarre finish yet in 2023. Those involved give their view on a frantic run to the line
Formula E Two fallen Formula E giants finally had a ‘little victory’ Neither 2015-16 champion Sebastien Buemi nor 11-time race winner Sam Bird finished on the Formula E podium last year but both drivers finally looked back on form in Diriyah
Formula E ‘I couldn’t control it’ – Evans slams unjust first lap penalty Mitch Evans was slapped with a five-second time penalty for triggering chaos on the opening lap that wrecked multiple drivers’ races
Formula E Porsche’s devastating charge is an ominous warning to its rivals Porsche’s Formula E rivals will be very worried after Pascal Wehrlein and Jake Dennis locked out the top two places for the second-round running. Sam Smith explains why their charges through the field were so ominous
Formula E Guenther DNS adds to Maserati’s miserable Formula E start The latest setback in Maserati’s miserable start to the Formula E season will involve Maximilian Guenther sitting out Friday evening’s opening Diriyah race following his crash in the group stages of qualifying
Formula 1 Key Schumacher Ferrari F1 engineer gets McLaren electric role A key engineer from Michael Schumacher’s dominant Ferrari Formula 1 period has joined McLaren to work on its electric racing programmes in Formula E and Extreme E
Formula E Formula E addressing mirror design after incidents, complaints The rear-view mirror design of Formula E’s new Gen3 car is under review and expected to be changed after drivers complained to the FIA that they were unable to use them effectively
Formula E Why there’s ‘almost no overtaking anymore’ in Formula E Gen3 “There is almost no overtaking anymore” with Formula E’s Gen3 cars, according to the series’ reigning champion. Why has that happened, and will a tweak to the energy allowance for Diriyah this weekend help?
Formula E What Maserati learned from its ‘brutal’ Formula E debut After testing, Maserati looked like it would make a stunning Formula E debut. Instead it was “brutal”. But did it learn enough from Mexico to avoid another battering in Diriyah this weekend?<br />
Formula E ‘You’re so tense’ – how Gen3’s changed Formula E physicality Drivers’ sweat-soaked faces in Mexico made it clear that a new physical dawn had broken in Formula E. And a new way of driving also means there’s a new style of wheel-to-wheel racing
Formula E From ski slope to sim: Formula E stand-in’s ‘blurry’ build-up Being on a ski trip doesn’t sound like the ideal preparation 10 days out from making your Formula E debut – but that’s exactly the position Kelvin van der Linde found himself in when he got the call from ABT to replace the injured Robin Frijns
Formula E Formula E’s second Gen3 round can change everything again Porsche and customer Andretti ran circles around rivals in Mexico – but the Diriyah follow-up is likely to be an entirely different contest
Formula E Two teams test Formula E’s extra brake before Saudi debut Formula E’s secondary brake system, which is planned for introduction at this weekend’s Saudi Arabia races, has been tested by at least two manufacturers – Jaguar and DS
Formula E What to expect from Abt’s surprise Formula E stand-in Kelvin van der Linde faces the daunting challenge of making his Formula E debut at one of the championship’s toughest tracks – and in a car that he’s never driven. But as ex-Audi Abt FE team boss Allan McNish tells The Race, he’s more than up for the job
Formula E How the starts of Formula E’s three eras stack up Formula E has just entered the third epoch of its nine-year existence – but how do the start to the eras compare?
