Maximilian Günther, who won the Santiago E-Prix on 18 January 2020 (manipulated photo: copyright and under licence FIA Formula E) There was something comforting and familiar about seeing Maximilian Günther on top of the podium in Santiago. It wasn’t that we had seen this precise occurrence before — it was the German driver’s first Formula E victory, after a hard-fought battle with Antonio Felix da Costa and Mitch Evans — it was something deeper in the memory banks. Whatever the case, Günther will almost certainly have plenty more chances to flash that 250-kilowatt smile. It seemed ap ..read more

Brendon Hartley (photo used under licence and © FIA Formula E) Sometimes we see motorsport affording double World Champions an elevated status when they enter a new formula, based on their achievements up to that point. Fernando Alonso, for example, is unlikely to ever enter any form of racing without some form of factory backing, and, if you call his 2019 Indy 500 experience an anomaly, most of the time you’d expect the Spaniard to be in a car capable of winning. The 2015 and 2017 World Endurance Champion. Brendon Hartley, on the other hand, has entered Formula E with one of the cat ..read more

Sam Bird celebrates winning the first race of the Diriyah E-Prix (photo: under licence and © FIA Formula E) In one of the early seasons of Game of Thrones, Cersei Lannister offers a stinging retort to the scheming Littlefinger, who tells her, “knowledge is power.” Adopting the determined expression we would learn to respect and fear in future episodes, the woman who would go on to sit on the Iron Throne says, “power is power.” Formula E sometimes resembles an episode of Game of Thrones. In New York last season, the carnage was such that it seemed like a particularly chaotic battle on ..read more

Mitch Evans (in front) and James Calado together on the track (photo: under licence and © FIA Formula E) Amid all the fuss being made about new manufacturers coming into Formula E, there is a team that is coming into its fourth season that will fancy its chances of being in the title race — Jaguar Racing. Mitch Evans, winner of the Rome E-Prix in Season 5, is one of the championship’s strongest competitors, as can be seen from footage of his training regime at home in Monaco. Evans is joined by a new team-mate for this season. Awkwardly, I couldn’t remember where I’d met James Calado ..read more

Daniel Abt (photo: under licence and © FIA Formula E) You can see, every time Daniel Abt posts a new YouTube video, that he just loves being around cars. This is something you’d expect of a Formula E driver, but there are multiple car tribes, and each has varying levels of representation in top-level motorsport. It’s rarer than you might imagine to find a top-level driver who is from the tribe which probably would have read Max Power magazine in the nineties, but so many of Abt’s videos are about mods, whether performed by his family’s Abt Sportsline concern or someone else, that it shows ..read more

Porsche Formula E driver André Lotterer (photo: under licence and © FIA Formula E) In a photo that recently found its way onto Instagram, there is a group of Formula E drivers, sitting on a motorboat with a group of young women. Sitting back, smiling, but still managing to look ill-at-ease on the right, slightly removed from the group, was André Lotterer. He looked like a friend in an ensemble comedy. Perhaps even a Friend. The Porsche Formula E driver is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, wrapped in a very fast driver. As the marque prepares to enter Formula E as a full-time race outfi ..read more

Jean-Eric Vergne embraces Lucas di Grassi (photo: © and under licence FIA Formula E) Stuart Garlick and Conrad O’Keefe are joined by Noor Amylia Hilda, Jonty Beard, Tobi Bluhm, and Alan Robson for a comprehensive review of which person had the most wonderful and cringeworthy moments at a Formula E circuit in Season 5. E-Talking 11: Formula E Season 5 Review with Journalists and Fans The podcast, ‘E-Talking: Formula E & Electric Vehicles’, is also available on Apple Podcasts and other podcast platforms. E-Talking Podcast #11: Journalists Review the Season was originally published ..read more

Our car for the weekend, the new Nissan Leaf E+. In a special edition of the podcast, Stuart Garlick and Hazel Southwell take part in a road trip across Estonia arranged by E-Motion with Nissan, in order to test the new Leaf’s capabilities, and find a decent restaurant on a rural island. E-Talking 12: Leaf of Faith - Estonia Travel Special What is a regen pedal? Could we keep the car charged? What did we think of the car’s ‘human’ reactions to being driven? Find out! E-Talking Podcast #12: Across Estonia Travel Special with Hazel Southwell was originally published in Motion E on ..read more

Robin Frijns (photo under licence and © FIA Formula E) Another season over, but for Jean-Eric Vergne, there’s the release of knowing that he is back-to-back champion, the first in the five-year history of Formula E. After the carnage of the first race, which Vergne said had “more action than a Michael Bay movie,” today’s thriller was more of a Michael Mann movie — the camera panning to show tension, and drivers pushing each other psychologically, but none of the instant gratification of the previous day’s impatient, bad-tempered tantrum of a race, with Robin Frijns eventually winning. All ..read more

The Magnificent Seven: seven out of the eight Formula E title contenders (photo under licence and © FIA Formula E) Jean-Eric Vergne went into the New York City Formula E double-header knowing what he had to do. Finish ahead of Lucas di Grassi, and score points, and the title was his. The Frenchman must have known that things were never that simple, though. The season he’d had, not scoring a win until Sanya rolled around, showed that title defences, let alone title challenges, are as complex as claiming the Iron Throne. If he’s not careful, Vergne might find that his coronation has th ..read more