The race in the streets of Hong Kong was an emotional rollercoaster for HWA Racelab. The morning’s action had seen the new Formula E team coping rather well with the tricky conditions in qualifying. Stoffel Vandoorne and Gary Paffett set the two fastest times in their VFE05 cars to ensure they progressed to the Super Pole session for the top six drivers.
Read MoreDay: March 10, 2019
WRC Rally Mexico, victory for Ogier.
March 8th-10th saw the WRC arrive in the sunny clime of Mexico for Round 3 of the championship. Round 2 in Sweden saw Ott Tanak take victory for Toyota with Thierry Neuville finishing second for Hyundai and Sebatien Ogier finish in 3rd, the championship following the result of Rally Sweden saw Ogier still in command of the championship standings with xx points. Day 1 of the demanding Rally Mexico initially saw Andreas Mikkelsen set the initial pace, leading the event with teammate Dani Sordo in second. The strong run from…
Read MoreMahindra Racing drivers forced to retire after unavoidable accident
Round five of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship took place in Hong Kong today, and saw both, Jérôme D’Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein, forced into early retirement.
Read MoreThe season started in St. Petersburg
NTT IndyCar Series started on the streets of St. Petersburg i Florida. Will Power unsurprisingly took Pole Position. The Australian has always been lightning fast on this exact track, and it wasn’t surprising either that his Team Penske colleague Josef Newgarden would start from P2. But in third position we had rookie Felix Rosenqvist, who was faster than his teammate and defending champion, Scott Dixon. Andretti Autosport drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alexander Rossi took the third row. The start was one of the most undramatic in St Pete’s history, where…
Read MoreDramatic Hong Kong e-Prix for DS Techeetah
Dramatic final moments of the race in the Harbour of central Hong Kong saw DS Techeetah driver André Lotterer losing his victory that had seemed to be an absolute cinch. Team-mate Jean-Éric Vergne also suffered from a chaotic e-Prix which saw both drivers finishing P13 and P14 respectively.
Read MoreNIO scoring Championship points again on the streets of Hong Kong
NIO celebrated the category’s 50th e-Prix in style by scoring Championship points again on the streets of Hong Kong. Oliver Turvey secured a ninth place finish while Tom Dillmann ended a rollercoaster race in 12th spot.
Read MoreEdoardo Mortara celebrating Hong Kong race win for Venturi
Despite Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird initially celebrating the win with Mortara in second place on the podium, a racing incident penalty for the Brit promoted the Swiss-Italian to first place with the Monegasque outfit celebrating their first victory.
Read MoreSlippery business in Hong Kong
The third round of Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY was run in Hong Kong on slippery asphalt. The qualifying was run in the rain, where Caca Bueno took Pole Position ahead of Bryan Sellers, Simon Evans and Stefan Rzadzinski. Championship leader Katherine Legge would start from P5, in front of Yaqi Zhang and the guest driver of the weekend, Darryl O’Young. There was some close contact in the first corner, where Bueno and Sellers pulled away, while Legge braked herself past on the inside and came up to P3. Sergio Jimenez started…
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