Sam Smith

Formula E

‘I fired him off’ – Formula E’s first 2022 clash explained

Robin Frijns and Oliver Rowland were at odds over their early race clash in Formula E’s season-opener, with the pair describing it as being “t-boned” and “a bit of fisticuffs” respectively

Formula E

Vandoorne explains how he threw away Formula E opener win

Stoffel Vandoorne said he only had himself to blame for handing victory in the Formula E season-opener in Diriyah to Mercedes team-mate Nyck de Vries

Formula E

Formula E’s talented 2022 rookies face an uphill struggle

Formula E’s trio of new stars don’t lack talent, but will still struggle to match the crop that came before owing to their individual circumstances. Sam Smith outlines what each driver should be aiming for

Formula E

Formula E set to change guidelines to fix driving standards

The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is set to have clearer guidelines for on track penalty decisions in an effort to attain clearer consistency during races

Formula E

The top five Formula E driver debuts

Antonio Giovinazzi, Dan Ticktum and Oliver Askew make for an intriguing 2022 Formula E rookie crop. Here are the benchmark performances from newcomers that they can aspire to in Diriyah this week

Formula E

Is Formula E’s rule tweak for Maserati wise or risky?

Formula E made a swift amendment to its rules to cement Maserati’s 2023 arrival. Was that sensible pragmatism by a series that needs manufacturer names, or potentially problematic?

Formula E

Formula E curveball threat will remain despite format rejig

The randomness of last season’s Formula E title fight is unlikely to be repeated in 2022. But there will still be curveballs, according to Jaguar’s Mitch Evans

Formula E

The rollercoaster career of Nissan’s philosophical new signing

Maximilian Guenther has packed quite a lot of adversity – some self-induced – into his short Formula E career. And also been brilliant. With BMW departing, here’s how he feels about his new life at Nissan

Formula E

Mercedes’ luckless Formula E star’s last chance

Stoffel Vandoorne arguably deserved to be Formula E world champion with Mercedes in 2021. He’s sanguine about his horrendous luck – and quietly very, very confident as he begins the team’s final season

Formula E

Top five Formula E season-opener dramas

Terrifying crashes. Floods in a city where it never rains. Improbable wins and bizarre penalties. Formula E has a habit of eventful season-openers

Formula E

Formula E finally allows capacity crowd again

Formula E’s 2022 season-opening Diriyah E-Prixs will be its first races run with full spectator capacity in almost two years

Formula E

Formula E races to be shown live on Channel 4 this year

Formula E races will be shown live on Channel 4 this season after a new deal between the championship and the British terrestrial broadcasters was completed recently

Formula E

Formula E rules changed so Maserati can use DS powertrains

A new provision has been added to the Formula E rules to make Maserati’s 2023 entry plan possible via some technology sharing and rebadging

Formula E

A Porsche/Andretti tie-up could be huge for Formula E

The latest twist in the fascinating jigsaw of 2023 Formula E Gen3 team/manufacturer alliances could bring together motorsport giants Porsche and Andretti

Formula E

Why Mercedes’ Formula E under-the-radar reshuffle matters

Reigning champion Mercedes may have stability in most areas heading into its final Formula E season, but two ‘new’ arrivals could help it strength its grip on its crown

Formula E

The driver brain drain threat looming over Formula E

Much of Formula E’s grid has existing ties to manufacturers that are pouring into the top class of endurance racing

Formula E

Formula E’s race-winning cast-off is a genius hire for Jaguar

In Norman Nato, the Jaguar Formula E team has picked up a consummate professional who is also very familiar with the package of a major rival

Formula E

India poised to join Formula E calendar in 2023

Formula E is poised to finally achieve its long-held goal of a race in India, with the launch of a major new project to get Hyderabad on the 2023 calendar

Formula E

Porsche recruits ex-Audi man to lead Formula E team

Porsche’s new Formula E chief is someone with championship experience not only in the all-electric series, but also in the DTM and World Rallycross

Formula E

Audi can still win in Formula E even after factory pullout

Audi is still providing engineering support in Formula E this year, despite ending its factory programme. It’s for that reason that Robin Frijns expects Envision Racing to still be a threat for wins in 2022

WEC/Le Mans

Peugeot headlines 2022 WEC entry but could miss Le Mans

Peugeot’s return, Robert Kubica at Prema and the absence of ByKolles’ ‘Vanwall’ are among the 2022 World Endurance Championship entry talking points – but the new Peugeot’s debut might not come until after the Le Mans 24 Hours

Formula E

Formula E’s most self-critical driver is well overdue a title

Three agonising title defeats, yet just two race wins – and a lot of brutal honesty. Mitch Evans really should’ve been Formula E champion with Jaguar by now. 2022 could be his year

Formula 1

How we made the Huntingdon Grand Prix happen

In the build-up to The Race Media Awards, Sam Smith relives the day he unleashed 50 years’ worth of Lola racing cars into a British town centre

Formula E

Why Maserati picked Formula E and how its plan will work

Maserati will end a very long absence from top-level international motorsport in 2023, but what made it pick Formula E for its return and which team is it likely to pair up with? Here are the answers

Formula 1

The epic but disjointed racing history Maserati FE team joins

Maserati’s return to international motorsport in Formula E is a new chapter in its glorious motorsport heritage – but that heritage is mostly a long, long time ago

Formula E

Maserati returns to motorsport with 2023 Formula E entry

Maserati will end a 66-year factory absence from international single-seater racing by joining the Formula E World Championship grid in 2023

Formula E

A major early intrigue of the 2023 Formula E driver market

Lucas di Grassi is yet to complete a race for his new Venturi Formula E team but his future beyond the 2022 season is already set to be one of the key early talking points of the season. Sam Smith explains

Formula E

The state of play in Formula E’s frenzied team silly season

As a key deadline approaches, Formula E teams and manufacturers are taking steps towards finally agreeing their Gen3 alliances

Formula E

DS Techeetah’s Formula E future in flux as Gen3 decision looms

The future of the DS Techeetah squad in Formula E is set to be decided in the coming month, with a potential series exit among the options. Sam Smith explains more

Formula E

What Formula E’s F1-influenced cost cap does and doesn’t fix

Formula E’s new team and manufacturer financial regulations are unambiguously a good thing – but some believe they don’t go far enough

Formula E

What will be the key to Formula E’s new qualifying format?

Formula E has a radical new qualifying format for 2022, and it’s one that will finally reward any true one-lap specialists

Formula E

Inside Formula E’s zero-to-hero fortnight

The Race’s Sam Smith remembers how Formula E journeyed from a championship-low to a glorious highpoint in Monaco in the latest of our writers’ 2021 reflection columns

WEC/Le Mans

Robbed of Porsche win, Franchitti finally got Le Mans debut

Dario Franchitti was in talks with Porsche to finally contest the Le Mans 24 Hours when he had his career-ending accident. Last weekend he had chance to ‘scratch the itch’ and race at the track at last – but it just made that itch itchier

Formula 1

A tragically shambolic race in a toxic F1 season – Zolder ’81

Forty years ago today, amid the political rancour of the 1981 Formula 1 season, the handling of a pre-start protest at Zolder triggered a horrific accident that left an injured mechanic sprawled on the grid as the race continued around him. Sam Smith revisits the incident with some of those caught u

Formula 1

The ‘ghost’ driver who raced on the fringes of F1

Sam Smith tells the tale of a long-forgotten 1990s racing driver, packed with all the mystery, intrigue and drama of a classic Christmas ghost story

Formula E

Why Formula E teams will need a ‘rethink’ in 2022

The final season of Gen2 racing in Formula E this season will challenge teams and drivers more than ever according to one leading technical figure in the world championship

Formula E

Jaguar could be Mercedes Formula E team’s ideal saviour

Mercedes is on its way out of Formula E. But its team is set to live on. Will it be as a Jaguar customer?

Formula E

Jaguar drops Le Mans hint as it looks to expand its racing

Jaguar’s restructured its motorsport division and has eyes on expanding beyond Formula E. A hydrogen electric Le Mans 24 Hours project looks tempting to its boss

Formula E

Formula E’s full plan to tackle its massive budget disparities

Some Formula E manufacturers had €65million budgets for 2021. Others got by on €10m. But the days of big spending gulfs in the FE paddock are numbered

Formula E

Super Formula handling, no rear brakes: Driving Formula E Gen3

Formula E’s new Gen3 car for 2023 features a big power increase, a radical approach to braking technology and a more single-seater feel than its predecessors – as its test driver explained in an exclusive interview