Sam Smith

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Six calendar dilemmas to solve for Formula E 2025

While Formula E is getting closer to having all its deals in place for its 2024/25 calendar ahead of its submission, it's been juggling a lot of factors while trying to shape it. Here are six remaining questions

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Formula E planning mandatory test for female drivers

Plans to hold an all-female Formula E test session have been verbally agreed between teams to take place later this year as part of the promoter's push to get female talent into future race seats during the Gen4 era from 2026

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F1 reserves and F2 stars - Is this Formula E's future grid?

Formula E's rookie test in Berlin this week felt more pertinent to the overall driver market than the event usually does - and there were several reasons why. Sam Smith and Valentin Khorounzhiy examine some of the stars...

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Porsche's bruised winner is still fighting a losing battle

How many drivers have faced the sort of scrutiny - from their own team, no less - that Antonio Felix da Costa has and come out of it as winners? The 2020 Formula E champion, who might still be heading for a Porsche Formula E exit despite his Berlin win, is typically candid as he speaks to Sam Smith

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Winners and losers from FE's incident-filled Berlin double-header

Broken front wings, punctured tyres and hurt feelings inevitably came to the fore as Formula E put on two extreme races on a new Berlin layout

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Porsche's Formula E civil war can cost it the title

In the week where Porsche and Andretti extended their deal in Formula E, their drivers came to blows again on track. What did the key players have to say, and how strong is the bond really beyond the surface-level family feud?

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The explosive rifts a renewed Formula E alliance has had to heal

Porsche and Andretti have healed several potential rifts after a fraught first season together in 2023, and have now renewed their collaboration until the end of Formula E's Gen3 era in 2026

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Why are so many Formula E drivers getting hand injuries?

Sam Bird recently became the fifth Formula E driver to get a hand injury since the start of last year. What's behind these spate of similar injuries?

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Another Porsche-FIA clash + what it means for the future

Relations between the Porsche Formula E team and the FIA have become strained in the last 12 months in particular - and might not improve any time soon. That's because of the latest flashpoint over an unseen incident in Monaco and a contentious order that may have cost Pascal Wehrlein a podium

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Enough progress? Two women in Formula E's test line-up

A year and a half since her last race, Alice Powell will return to the cockpit by driving for teams' champion Envision in the Berlin Formula E rookie test. She joins F1 Academy champion Marta Garcia in the test, which marks progress of sorts, but could FE do more to encourage female participation?

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Inside a record-breaking McLaren debut (and was it good?)

Sam Bird's crash threw McLaren's 19-year-old a huge sink-or-swim opportunity in Monaco. Sam Smith charts how it happened and how Taylor Barnard coped

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Winners and losers from Monaco Formula E

If you weren't in a factory Jaguar, Monaco Formula E was generally a bruising experience. Here's our pick of who fared best and worst

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'Team-mate of the year' - Why Jaguar's main hope didn't lead its Monaco 1-2

Jaguar pulled off a teamwork masterclass in its Monaco Formula E 1-2 - including its best-placed driver in the championship volunteering to hold station behind his team-mate

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Jaguar commits to Gen4: Why it sees Formula E as its future

Jaguar has become the second existing manufacturer to commit to the Gen4 era of Formula E. With the help of Jaguar team principal James Barclay, Sam Smith looks at why it was so ready to extend its stay

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Everything you need to know about Formula E's new Gen3 Evo car

The new-look Formula E car for the next two seasons, to be known as the Gen3Evo, will boast “acceleration 30% faster than a current Formula 1 car, and 36% faster than the current Gen3” according to the series

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Do these underdog battlers deserve rescuing from the midfield?

Are Dan Ticktum and Sergio Sette Camara destined to remain Formula E's midfield heroes or should they get a chance with a bigger team?

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Formula E's ugly shunt is a serious warning

Formula E's first visit to Misano was a wild affair - and even the quietest part of the weekend featured a major flashpoint. Disaster was narrowly avoided, but Formula E has been served a safety wake-up call

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Latest delay for Formula E pitstop format explained

The saga of Formula E's reintroduction of pitstops in the 'attack charge' fast-charging format continues

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Was Formula E's Misano madness really a blueprint for the future?

Formula E's Misano round - the replacement for its much-loved Rome E-Prix - was pack racing on steroids. How much of that can FE really have in the future - and will the drivers stomach it?

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Winners and losers from Formula E's first Misano weekend

Formula E's first visit to Misano was dominated by heartbreak for those who led on the final lap of the two races

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The 'very stupid mistake' behind the Rowland/Nissan implosion

Senior figures from Nissan explain why Oliver Rowland ran out of useable energy midway through the final lap while leading the second Misano E-Prix.

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Porsche's future and blow to FE - da Costa's brutal DSQ explained

The disqualification handed to Porsche's Antonio Felix da Costa which stripped him of victory in yesterday’s Misano E-Prix, has left a febrile atmosphere between Porsche and the FIA. The Race explains the penalty logic and the ramifications:

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Da Costa stripped of Misano win due to truly bizarre infraction

Porsche driver Antonio Felix da Costa has been disqualified from the first Misano E-Prix hours after having taken a crucial Formula E win at the permanent Italian circuit

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'Really horrible' - Feuds and fury after Formula E's wildest race

Formula E's Misano race was arguably, as a whole, its craziest ever. Driver opinion was split - but some focussed their rage on their rivals.

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Will victory heal the da Costa/Porsche relationship?

Antonio Felix da Costa's Porsche Formula E future didn't look great following recent events away from the race weekend. Then he won at MIsano. So what now?

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Formula E's plan for headaches racing at a MotoGP track creates

Will Formula E's first races at MotoGP track Misano be a track limits and kerb abusing mess? Here's how the series is trying to prevent that

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Porsche's response to Formula E driver discord suggestions

A shock mid-season test for a driver from a rival team plus talk of internal discord suggest Antonio Felix da Costa's Porsche Formula E future is in doubt. Here's what the team says

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Lola-Yamaha reveals which team will run its Formula E entry

The Formula E team Lola and Yamaha will partner with for their debut next season has been announced

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Ex-Mercedes F1 junior handed Formula E debut

Reigning teams' champion Envision Jaguar is having to drop both of its drivers for the Berlin race because of a WEC clash. It's signed an ex-Mercedes F1 junior as one of the replacements

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Silverstone in line to replace London as Formula E host

Silverstone is likely to become a Formula E venue in the future. Here's why - and what it means for the series' identity

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Formula E's latest support series called off four days from start

The Race understands that the NXT Gen Cup - the one-make, Mini-based electric junior series - will no longer support Formula E at four of its European plans as planned for financial reasons

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What now for da Costa after Porsche's extraordinary move?

The unprecedented Formula E move of testing another driver in season has left question marks over Antonio Felix da Costa's career at Porsche. Sam Smith explains what's happened, and what might come next

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Shock test hints at Porsche Formula E line-up change

Porsche has begun to look into a possible change in its driver line-up for the next Formula E season after recently testing Abt Cupra driver Nico Mueller

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Impossible achieved: How successful was Formula E's Tokyo debut?

Formula E's Tokyo race was a decade in the making, but it's finally happened. How successful was it? How likely is a second edition? And what needs to change? Sam Smith assesses the series' maiden race in the world's biggest metropolis

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Winners and losers from Formula E's Tokyo debut

Formula E's high-stakes Tokyo debut was a success - but some of its frontrunners had a Japan trip to forget

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The factors behind a classic Formula E upset

On Nissan's home turf and with faster Porsches behind, Maximilian Guenther and Maserati pulled off an unlikely win at the inaugural Tokyo E-Prix. Sam Smith explains how

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Dark places to career rebirth - McLaren's reforged leader

In the context of career crossroads Sam Bird’s recent spectacular re-emergence from the downcast and troubled to a victorious force is a signpost of inspired determination

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Major vote of confidence for Formula E as Nissan commits to Gen4

Hot on the heels of a new manufacturer joining, Formula E now has an extended commitment from one of its existing brands - with Nissan staying put for the Gen4 era. That says plenty about the series' course correction following a troubled Gen3 build-up

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Second manufacturer boom? Who could follow Lola into Formula E

Lola is the first manufacturer to commit to a full-fledged Formula E programme since 2019. More could well follow - but what is the outlook for those already on the grid?

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Lola picks Formula E for its motorsport comeback

Lola Cars - a name synonymous with CART, Le Mans 24 Hours success and occasional F1 entries - is set to return to international motorsport and enter Formula E next season