Lewis Hamilton, a very well paid 33-year-old driver will start his 2018 season with major sponsors like Mercedes-Benz and Pretonas making up the 3 quarters of his Sponsors payout and smaller sponsors round out the total of his sponsorship for the season.
Jean-Eric Vergne extended his lead at the top of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, narrowly edging out Lucas di Grassi in a nail-biting finish on the shores of Uruguay for the CBMM Niobium Punta del Este E-Prix.
In the sixth race of the season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, the MS&AD Andretti Formula E team narrowly missed out on points. António Félix da Costa (POR) finished the Punta del Este E-Prix (URU) in 11th place.
Panasonic Jaguar Racing raced to another fourth place finish in the ABB FIA Formula E Punta del Este E-Prix showing the team’s continuous improvement since entering the electric street racing series.
The Brazilian from the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler squad produced an impressive performance around the fastest track of the season. In the morning’s free practice di Grassi was faster than the rest of the field by more the four-tenths of a second at the wheel of his Audi e-tron FE04. The Audi driver also set the fastest lap in the ‘Super Pole’. However, it was not di Grassi who started the race from pole position, but in fact the initially fifth placed Jean-Eric Vergne in the Techeetah.
Sebastien Buemi headed the time charts in Free Practice 1, the first timed ABB FIA Formula E Championship session ahead of today’s Punta del Este E-Prix.
Edoardo Mortara will serve a ten-place grid drop in today’s Punta del Este E-Prix after his Venturi team was forced to change the monocoque on one of his cars.
Lucas di Grassi emerged fastest in the second and final ABB FIA Formula E Championship free practice session before this afternoon’s qualifying session at Punta del Este.
Hopes of Indycar staging a race in New Zealand remain a pipe dream at the moment despite talk of Pukekohe Park Raceway attempting to entice the American series Down Under.
We are now in the very short period between when the various Formula 1 teams are back at base after the 2018 pre-season testing days at the Spanish 'Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya', unusually interrupted by snow this year, and the first Grand Prix of the year at Melbourne.
Nissan will reach a crucial milestone later this month when it tests its Season Five ABB FIA Formula E Championship car according to Global Director of Motorsport Michael Carcamo.
Once again this year, Scuderia Toro Rosso and its Official HR Partner, Gi Group, are running Formula Future, the innovative education project which opens the doors of the Faenza technology factory to talented youngsters with a passion for motorsport. Those chosen will be able to work alongside highly qualified professionals and grow professionally and personally, on a course that combines theory and practice with a Blended Learning approach.
The ABB FIA Formula E Championship continues this Saturday, 17thof March, with the Punta del Este E-Prix (URU). So far this season, MS&AD Andretti Formula E have scored points at every venue visited, and BMW works drivers António Félix da Costa (POR) and Tom Blomqvist (GBR) will look to continue that streak by the Playa Brava Beach.