9 April 2019 Archives

ELMS test Paul Ricard 2019

Tuesday April 9th, 2019Friday April 12th, 2019 Jens Jensen

The European Le Mans Series season came underway at Circuit Paul Ricard, where the teams had 17 hours of running, to get the last adjustments done before the season starts for real this weekend. 41 teams are competing in the ELMS this year, but not everybody were eager to rush onto the track. The first practice had all Porsche cars but Proton Competition #88 sitting out, with Team Project 1 #56 and Dempsey-Proton Racing #77 going out in the afternoon session on Monday. But there still was no sign of…

Envision Virgin Racing preparing for the 2019 Rome E-Prix

Tuesday April 9th, 2019Tuesday April 9th, 2019 Annika Göcke

With the all-electric series heads to Rome this week to begin its European leg. Taking place on the specially-built 2.87km Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR, the events marks the first of five European races and features a 21-turn track with drivers reaching speeds in excess of 200kph.

Mahindra Racing aims to keep good momentum heading to Europe

Tuesday April 9th, 2019Tuesday April 9th, 2019 Annika Göcke

Mahindra Racing is heading into the second half of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, heading to the Italian capital Rome for the seventh round of season five.

DS Techeetah starts second half of the season with strong team spirit

Tuesday April 9th, 2019Tuesday April 9th, 2019 Annika Göcke

With the season in full swing, there was no break for the DS Techeetah crew whose technical team and drivers went straight back to the simulator to prepare the first race of the European leg and the seventh round of the 2018/2019 ABB FIA Formula E championship – the Rome E-Prix.

Risi Competizione ready with Le Mans line-up

Tuesday April 9th, 2019 Jens Jensen

Risi Competizione has their three drivers ready for the 24 Hours of Le Mans this June. The team has signed Pipo Derani, Oliver Jarvis and Jules Gounon for their Ferrari 488 GTE in the GTE Pro category. The American-Italian team has cherry-picked a good mix of experience, youthful dare and not the least speed, who hasn’t already been signed to other teams. The team was most recently entered the Le Mans race in 2017, where they unfortunately had to retire just a few hours into the race. Their entry this…