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Cassidy signs off in style with double win in London as Porsche clinches teams’ and manufacturers’ titles

daniel.fountain — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 20:48:26 +0000

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LONDON: Nick Cassidy capped off his final weekend with Jaguar TCS Racing in spectacular fashion, claiming victory in Round 16 at the London E-Prix.

The win marked his third in a row and Jaguar's fifth in six races, wrapping up an emotional send-off for both the New Zealander and team principal James Barclay.

Cassidy’s lights-to-flag triumph at a sold-out ExCeL London also secured him second place in the FIA Drivers’ World Championship.

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Oscar Piastri wins Belgian Grand Prix, extends F1 championship lead

rbksa — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:18:53 +0000

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Sun, 2025-07-27 16:00

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Series leader Oscar Piastri grabbed an early lead and extended his title advantage on Sunday when he drove to a perfectly-controlled triumph ahead of McLaren team-mate and title rival Lando Norris at a rain-delayed Belgian Grand Prix.

The 24-year-old Australian managed his tires expertly to remain out of reach in the closing laps as the Briton, 25, who had started on pole, closed in on a harder-wearing compound, finishing 3.415 seconds clear as McLaren reeled off their sixth 1-2 in a dominant season.

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Cassidy seals round 15 win in London E-Prix as Porsche lead team and manufacturer standings ahead of season finale

daniel.fountain — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 19:52:35 +0000

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Sat, 2025-07-26 22:47

LONDON: Nick Cassidy claimed victory in the London E-Prix on Saturday in Round 15 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.

He delivered Jaguar TCS Racing a third consecutive win ahead of Sunday’s season finale.

The New Zealander, competing in his final weekend for Jaguar, crossed the line ahead of Mahindra Racing’s Nyck de Vries and TAG Heuer Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein, after a dramatic mid-race battle that saw Cassidy time his overtakes and strategy to perfection.

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Norris on pole as McLaren lock out front row at Belgian Grand Prix

rbksa — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 16:29:33 +0000

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Sat, 2025-07-26 19:29

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium: Lando Norris resisted mounting pressure from his McLaren team-mate and series leader Oscar Piastri on Saturday to take pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix.

The 25-year-old Briton, whose mother is Belgian, shrugged aside concerns over his struggles on Friday to clock a best lap in one minute and 40.562 seconds, beating Australian Piastri by 0.085 seconds as McLaren reeled off a convincing front row lock-out.

It was his fourth pole this year and the 13th of his career.

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Motor rally accident kills three spectators in France

rbksa — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:35:56 +0000

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Sat, 2025-07-26 18:35

SAINT-JUST, France: Three spectators died in central France on Saturday after a car driven by a 22-year-old woman racer veered off the road during an auto rally, authorities said.

The driver of the modified Peugeot 208 that hit the spectators and her 51-year-old woman co-driver were taken to hospital but without life-threatening injuries, prosecutors said.

Two men died at the scene and prosecutors later announced that a third man, airlifted to hospital, succumbed to his injuries.

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Verstappen assures Red Bull he will always deliver

rbksa — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:53:37 +0000

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Sat, 2025-07-26 16:53

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium: Max Verstappen said Red Bull could always count on him, as the four-times Formula One champion gave new team boss Laurent Mekies a winning start in a Saturday sprint at the Belgian Grand Prix.

The race was the first since Christian Horner, who led Red Bull into Formula One in 2005, was dismissed by the team’s owners.

Verstappen seized the lead on the opening lap from second at the start and kept McLaren’s Oscar Piastri behind him to secure his and the team’s first win of any sort since Imola in May.

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‘Incredible’: Ben Sulayem says F1’s future has never looked more exciting

daniel.fountain — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:35:51 +0000

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Arab News

Fri, 2025-07-25 19:34

DUBAI: Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, believes the future of Formula 1 has never looked more exciting as the 2025 season heads for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.

With the current season delivering some of the best action seen in recent years, and with plenty more still to come, Ben Sulayem feels the arrival next year of a new team, a new venue and new regulations will reinforce the championship’s global appeal.

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FIA and Formula E agree 10-year extension to electric world championship

daniel.fountain — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:21:47 +0000

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LONDON: The FIA and Formula E have agreed a 10-year extension to their partnership, securing the future of the FIA Formula E World Championship until at least 2038.

Announced on Friday, the new multi-year agreement between the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile and Formula E ensures the world’s premier all-electric racing series will continue to operate under the FIA’s governance for another decade beyond the current deal.

The extension is a pivotal moment for Formula E, which has recorded 20 percent year-on-year growth since its inaugural race in 2014.

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Piastri takes pole for Belgian GP sprint race ahead of Verstappen

rbksa — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:06:47 +0000

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Fri, 2025-07-25 17:05

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium: Series leader Oscar Piastri secured pole position for Saturday’s sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix when he beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.477 seconds with a devastating record lap in his McLaren.

The 24-year-old Australian, who leads the drivers’ championship by eight points ahead of McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, clocked a fastest lap in 1min 40.510sec on Friday to seize the prime starting position.

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Red Bull’s post-Horner era begins with sprint qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix

rbksa — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:08:53 +0000

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Fri, 2025-07-25 11:42

BRUSSELS: Laurent Mekies didn’t get long to settle in as Red Bull team principal on his first Formula 1 race weekend leading his new team.
There was just one practice session for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday before Red Bull and Mekies get straight into competitive action with qualifying for Saturday’s sprint race.
The hectic schedule is an extra challenge as Mekies takes over from Christian Horner, who had led the team since it entered F1 20 years ago until he was abruptly fired just over two weeks ago.

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Formula E and PIF tackle green skills gap

rbksa — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:39:09 +0000

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Mon, 2025-07-21 15:57

LONDON: A major electric motorsport-backed education initiative is targeting Britain’s critical shortage of workers in green industries, with Formula E’s Driving Force program, presented by PIF E360, predicted to reach over 50,000 students worldwide by the end of 2025.

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Saudi Motorsport accelerates as 2nd Round of Hill Climb Championship concludes in Taif

bassam.zaazaa — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 19:53:33 +0000

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TAIF: Saudi driver Faisal Al-Qabbani secured first place in the second round of the Saudi Toyota Championship Hill Climb that concluded on Saturday in Aqabat Al Muhammadiyah, Al Shafa.

Al-Qabbani overall clocked the fastest time of 1 minute, 43.116 seconds, meanwhile Maamoun Al-Qabbani came in second with a time of 1 minute, 43.962 seconds, said a media statement.

Jean Lahoud claimed third place with a time of 1 minute, 45.681 seconds.

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Britain’s Rowland takes Formula E title with two races to spare

daniel.fountain — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:39:28 +0000

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Sun, 2025-07-13 19:35

BERLIN: Nissan’s Oliver Rowland won the Formula E title for the first time and with two races to spare on Sunday, the Briton becoming the all-electric series’ 10th different champion in the space of 11 seasons.

Rowland had needed to lead Pascal Wehrlein by 59 points after the second of two races in Berlin, the championship’s penultimate weekend, and he did it by finishing fourth with his Porsche rival only 16th despite starting on pole.

The Briton now has 184 points with Wehrlein on 125.

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Mitch Evans wins in Berlin, Rowland’s Formula E title bid on hold

daniel.fountain — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 16:46:50 +0000

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Sat, 2025-07-12 19:41

BERLIN: Jaguar's Mitch Evans won the first of two Formula E races in Berlin on Saturday as Nissan's Oliver Rowland failed to finish on a grey and soggy afternoon that left the Briton's title bid on hold for another day at least.

Rowland would have been champion with three races to spare had he finished 69 points clear of closest rival Pascal Wehrlein but instead he retired with a damaged car and his lead reduced to 50.

It was the leader's first retirement of the season.

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Sauber’s success is an F1 anomaly as teams switch focus to 2026

rbksa — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:53:20 +0000

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Mon, 2025-07-07 09:47

SILVERSTONE, England: Sauber celebrated a rare podium finish with Champagne donated by its Formula 1 rivals. After all, this wasn’t meant to be its year.

Mercedes sent over a staffer to Sauber bearing bottles of Champagne and a message of congratulations after Nico Hulkenberg’s surprise third place at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. It was his first podium as a driver and the team’s best finish in 13 years.

Sauber personnel jumped and sang as the sparkling wine was sprayed around the team’s hospitality site.

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