Energy management

Luck is often a key factor in any motor race, but that was never more the case than in Stoffel Vandoorne’s victory in the first race of the Tokyo E-Prix. Gambling on a likely safety car or red flag, the Maserati MSG driver spent the early safety car laps –...

This weekend’s Formula E doubleheader in Saudi Arabia is expected to deliver more overtaking opportunities after the unusually straightforward season-opener in Mexico City two weeks ago, where TAG Heuer Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein dominated from pole position.Energy management plays a key part in Formula E races, with drivers starting the race...

After a long layoff owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ABB Formula E Championship will resume racing on August 5 at Berlin's Templehof Airport, running six races in nine days across three circuit layouts set to conclude the 2019-20 season.Each pair of races will be run a different layout, presenting...

Honda has learned from the weaknesses it showed in energy management in Baku ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, according to its F1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe.Toro Rosso was largely uncompetitive during the race weekend in Azerbaijan, with both cars dropping out in Q1 after nearly colliding and then...

Pierre Gasly admits he is struggling to understand why Toro Rosso has not been able to recreate the level of performance it showed in Bahrain at the last two races.After a strong pre-season, Toro Rosso had a disjointed race weekend in Australia but bounced back with an impressive performance in...

Formula E's historic debut in New York City got off to a damp start, with heavy rain hitting Friday's "shakedown" runs on the new Brooklyn ePrix circuit. Take a ride with Dragon Racing's Jerome D'Ambrosio to see just how wet it was...And here's Stephane Sarrazin dealing with something New York...

Steps have been taken to ensure that the driver names and numbers displayed on cars in the FIA Formula E Championship will be more visible to spectators and television audiences as of the upcoming ePrix in Berlin on June 10-11.Each driver's race number must be visible on the rear mudguard...

Lucas di Grassi believes Formula 1 world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel would "have a hard time" in Formula E.Di Grassi raced against Hamilton and Vettel in Formula 3, finishing third in Hamilton's European title-winning 2005 season, when Vettel was fifth. The Brazilian spent the next season with GP2...

Formula E is delaying the move to open battery competition until season five, with Williams set to continue producing a spec battery for the championship.The original FE roadmap aimed to introduce open battery competition for the 2016-'17 campaign but this has proven to be too ambitious. Series CEO Alejandro Agag...

Formula E races will be extended slightly for all rounds of the 2015-'16, increasing the emphasis on energy management.The season-opening Beijing ePrix is set to run to 26 laps this season, compared to 25 in its first iteration, and Autosport understands other races will follow suit. Peak race power has...