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The top 10 Formula E drivers of 2022-23

As in previous years, the title battle went down to the final round of the 2022-2023 Formula E Championship after another frenetic season of racing. There were no fewer than seven winners across the campaign, representing six different teams and using three different powertrains, such was the competitiveness of the…

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Hughes re-signs with McLaren Formula E team

Hughes joined McLaren having spent two years with Mercedes as the German manufacturer’s reserve and development driver during its time in Formula E, before the operation was taken over by McLaren this season.

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Hughes re-signs with McLaren Formula E team as Rast leaves

Hughes joined McLaren having spent two years with Mercedes as the German manufacturer's reserve and development driver during its time in Formula E before the operation was taken over by McLaren this season.

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Why 2023’s most unpredictable series is a refreshing tonic

Formula 1 races this year have become an exercise in inevitability. Even if Max Verstappen is beaten to pole, or is bumped down the grid by a penalty as in Spa, it seems only a matter of time until he gets to the front. Red Bull’s reign of dominance has…

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London E-Prix: Dennis crowned champion, Evans wins disrupted race

The Briton finished third on-the-road in a tense penultimate round which would have been enough for the title, but the result was guranteed when he was promoted to second after Antonio Felix da Costa was handed a three-minute penalty for a technical infringement after finishing second.

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London E-Prix: Dennis crowned champion, Evans wins twice red-flagged race

The Briton finished third on-the-road in a tense penultimate round, which would have been enough for the title, but the result was guranteed when he was promoted to second after Antonio Felix da Costa was handed a three-minute penalty for a technical infringement after finishing second.

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London E-Prix: Evans pips Cassidy to pole, Dennis set to start second

Envision Racing’s Cassidy was fastest in the first and second sector during the final duel against his fellow Kiwi, putting him more than two tenths up on Evans.

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Rome E-Prix: Evans beats Jaguar team-mate Bird to pole

Bird – who at one stage in qualifying had been stripped of a place in the duels due to a stewards’ decision, before being reinstated – was fractionally quicker than Evans through the opening sector.

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Rome E-Prix: Evans sets the pace in FP2 ahead of Dennis

The Jaguar driver was already top of the times with a lap that would have been good enough to end the session fastest heading into the final five minutes.

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Rome E-Prix: Evans sets the pace in FP2 ahead of points leader Dennis

The Jaguar driver was already top of the times with a lap that would have been good enough to end the session fastest heading into the final five minutes.

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Portland E-Prix: Dennis takes championship lead with pole

On his team's home turf, Andretti driver Dennis produced a lap of 1m08.931s in the pole shootout to beat Nissan rival Fenestraz by a scant 0.079s.

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Portland E-Prix: Nissan's Nato sets the pace in second practice

Nato left it until the final minute of the 30-minute session to set the best lap of 1m09.101s, eclipsing Maserati MSG driver Guenther by 0.139s.

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Could Le Mans 24 Hours safety car rule changes prompt an LMP2 upset?

For this year’s centenary edition of the endurance racing blue ribband, the previous system of splitting the field behind three safety cars spaced around the 8.467-mile circuit has been dropped and a single pace car will be used in the event of a serious incident.

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TDS LMP2 car gets three-minute penalty for Le Mans FP1 Aston Martin crash

The TDS-entered ORECA-Gibson 07 entered under the Tower Motorsports banner suffered heavy damage when Thomas clouted the TF Sport-run D'Station Aston Martin Vantage GTE that Casper Stevenson had spun into the barriers at the fast sweeper before Tertre Rouge.

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TDS LMP2 car gets three-minute penalty for Le Mans FP1 crash

The TDS-entered ORECA-Gibson 07 entered under the Tower Motorsports banner suffered heavy damage when Thomas clouted the TF Sport-run D'station Aston Martin Vantage GTE that Casper Stevenson had spun into the barriers at the fast sweeper before Tertre Rouge.

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Hughes: First FE podium "not too far" as McLaren targets race pace gains

Former Formula 2 racer Hughes moved to Formula E this year with McLaren, having previously acted as a reserve driver for the British-based team in 2021-22 when it was owned and operated by Mercedes.

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First FE podium "not too far" for Hughes as McLaren targets race pace gains

Former Formula 2 racer Hughes moved to Formula E this year with McLaren, having previously acted as a reserve driver for the British-based team in 2021-22 when it was owned and operated by Mercedes.

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DTM champion van der Linde was "jinxed" in season opener

Van der Linde scored just five points across the two races at the 2.297-mile track in Germany, and his lack of one-lap pace was a particular cause of concern as he failed to qualify higher than 15th in his BMW M4 GT3.

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DTM Oschersleben: Engelhart leads Porsche 1-2-3-4 in Sunday's race

Preining had looked set for a third career victory in the DTM having led the race comfortably from pole position until the final 10 minutes, when his Manthey EMA team was found to have not correctly completed the pitstop procedure.

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DTM Oschersleben: Perera puts Lamborghini on pole, Aitken second

Perera set a lap of 1m21.370s in his SSR Performance Lamborghini Huracan GT3 on the DTM’s first visit to Oschersleben since 2015, beating Aitken's Emil Frey Racing Ferrari 296 GT3 to pole by just 0.018s in a closely-contested qualifying.

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DTM 2023: Full list of drivers, teams and manufacturers

A total of 28 drivers will compete in the DTM in 2023, representing 14 teams and six different manufacturers.

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Six reasons to watch DTM in 2023 after ADAC takeover

Gerhard Berger’s decision to shut down the ITR and sell the brand rights of the DTM at the end of last year came as a shock to many, including those that were part of the championship. However, it has brought the DTM under the umbrella of ADAC, Germany’s premier automobile…

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Mercedes leads the way in official DTM test at Spielberg

Following its takeover of DTM from ITR, the ADAC organised two days of testing in Austria on Saturday and Sunday to help teams gear up for the new season.

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Mercedes leads the way in official DTM test in Austria

Following its takeover of DTM from ITR, the ADAC organised two days of testing in Austria on Saturday and Sunday to help teams gear up for the new season.

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Rast, Ricky Taylor combine at Tower LMP2 team for Le Mans 24 Hours

Rast and Taylor will race as team-mates for the first time in the centenary edition of the French endurance classic this year, sharing an ORECA-Gibson 07 entered by the TDS Racing with Tower Motorsports owner John Farano.

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