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BMW not concerned about Le Mans rookies in WEC Hypercar roster

BMW Motorsport boss Andreas Roos believes the credentials of event newcomers Raffaele Marciello, Marco Wittmann and Sheldon van der Linde will negate their lack of experience in the Le Mans 24 Hours on 15-16 June and says the WRT-run programme will have the “perfect combination”.

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BMW hails WEC progress but "too many mistakes" remain

Andreas Roos, boss of BMW M Motorsport, believes the German manufacturer again “did some steps on pure pace”, even though a series of penalties for its two Hypercar entries prevented it from following up on the points-paying finishes of Qatar and Imola.

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BMW hail WEC progress but "too many mistakes" remain

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Aron: Results on Berlin Formula E debut may “not tell the full story”

The 20-year-old Estonian is due to make his first start in the all-electric championship on Saturday as he fills the Envision seat vacated by Sebastien Buemi, who has clashing World Endurance Championship commitments at Spa.

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Monaco E-Prix: Pole for Wehrlein after Jaguar errors

The Porsche driver, who won last time out in the Misano E-Prix and is now championship points leader courtesy of his pole, steadily increased his margin to Vandoorne over all three sectors around the Monte Carlo circuit.

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Monaco E-Prix: Evans dominates practice as Barnard gets up to speed

Jaguar's Evans was in strong form on Saturday morning across each of the two 30-minute practice sessions, as the Kiwi ended with a 1m29.521s around the Monte Carlo circuit.

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BMW's Vanthoor frustrated by "harsh red flag" call in Imola WEC qualifying

The Belgian was pushing for a place in the Hyperpole session ultimately topped by Antonio Fuoco in a Ferrari top three sweep when he rotated the WRT-run M Hybrid V8 on the exit of the fast Piratella left-hander. Having avoided contact with the wall and got going again, Vanthoor felt…

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Misano E-Prix: McLaren's Hughes beats Vergne to pole

The McLaren driver had been on impressive form throughout the entirety of qualifying and come the final duel looked likely to claim only his third career Formula E pole.

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Formula E teams Envision, Mahindra pick drivers for Berlin/Spa WEC clash

The trio of changes come as the event in Germany on 11-12 May clashes with the World Endurance Championship’s Six Hours of Spa, with Envision drivers Sebastien Buemi and Robin Frijns, as well as Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries, set to prioritise the Belgium event.

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Tokyo E-Prix: Guenther wins after late pressure from Rowland

The German took the lead of the race with 10 laps remaining, having circulated inside the top three throughout and built enough of a lead to retain the top position after taking his final Attack Mode.

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Tokyo E-Prix: Guenther resists late Rowland pressure to win

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Vote to allow Formula E drivers with WEC Spa/Berlin clash to race rejected

An electronic vote was put to all 11 Formula E team principals during the Sao Paolo E-Prix event this weekend to determine whether an FIA regulation that would prevent certain drivers from racing in Berlin could be bypassed.

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Peugeot set to field two drivers in at least one Spa 6 Hours entry

The French manufacturer has revealed that the only candidate to replace Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne, who will be on Formula E duty in Berlin that weekend for sister marque DS with Penske, is Malthe Jakobsen. The 20-year-old Dane was announced last summer by Peugeot last year as its WEC…

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Diriyah E-Prix: Cassidy beats Frijns to secure first win for Jaguar

Cassidy, who finished third in the opening race in Saudi Arabia, took the lead as early as lap five having started third on the grid.

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When Alonso and Norris almost tasted success at Daytona

The forthcoming Daytona 24 Hours features a plethora of ex-F1 stars who have all made the transition to endurance racing.

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When Alonso and Norris almost tasted success at Daytona 24 Hours

The forthcoming Daytona 24 Hours features a plethora of ex-F1 stars who have all made the transition to endurance racing.

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BMW reveal WEC Hypercar drivers; Raffaele Marciello and Marco Wittmann to debut

The pair were named on Wednesday along with Rene Rast and Robin Frijns when the German manufacturer firmed up the line-ups in the two M Hybrid V8 LMDhs that will compete under the BMW M Team WRT banner during its maiden season in Hypercar.

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BMW reveals WEC Hypercar drivers, Marciello and Wittmann to debut

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Mexico City E-Prix: Wehrlein wins after post-race investigation

The German was the dominant force in the race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit after starting from pole and leading the majority of the laps in a largely processional affair.

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Mexico City E-Prix: Porsche's Wehrlein under investigation after winning FE opener

The German started from pole and led the majority of the laps in a largely processional affair at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.

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Mexico City E-Prix: Wehrlein edges out Buemi to claim pole for opener

The German found one tenth in the opening sector compared with his Envision rival before increasing the gap to more than three tenths in the second timing zone.

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The reunited Formula E partnership that could finally flourish

The opening round of the 2023-24 Formula E campaign only gets underway next week in Mexico City and already the season has produced its first ‘winner’ – sort of.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain

The Bahrain 8 Hours saw Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa enjoy an easy run from pole position to win the 2023 Hypercar title in the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid. The sister #7 car shared by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, which came to the weekend…

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Five things we learned from Formula E pre-season testing

Less than three months separated the season finale in London from the start of Formula E pre-season testing in Valencia last week and the beginning of a new campaign.

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FIA reveals further details on Formula E Valencia battery fire

The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the garage of battery supplier WAE (formerly known as Williams Advanced Engineering) at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain.

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