Get the inside track on all things Formula E with The-Race.com's Formula E journalist Sam Smith and other Formula E insiders. They regularly get together to dis...
The 2024-25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship began with a bang in Sao Paulo with Mitch Evans taking an extraordinary last to first win in his new Jaguar Gen3Evo machine.
That was only part of a dramatic landscape to a race that also included two red flags, the last of which was for Pascal Wehrlein’s inverted Porsche. The reigning champion emerged unscathed from the wreck after tangling with fellow assumed title rival Nick Cassidy’s already damaged Jaguar.
Other stellar performances analysed include Taylor Barnard’s remarkable third place and Oliver Rowland’s strong weekend which was devalued and unrewarded due to team errors and poor reliability.
We hear from Rowland and Barnard, as well as Jaguar TCS Racing boss James Barclay who describes some of the trickier moments from another complex and scintillating race.
Host Andrew van de Burgt and reporter Sam Smith dive in to the fall-out from a spectacular opener that saw the true return of potent attack mode and an upswing in lap time largely thanks to All-Wheel-Drive and a new tyre compound.
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Formula E season 11 preview
A big fat 2024/25 ABB FIA Formula E season preview from The Race’s Formula E team sees a team-by-team prospect guide dug in to as anticipation for what could be the closest ever campaign reaches a crescendo.
Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt are joined by one of the pre-season favourites Oliver Rowland as the Nissan driver talks about his hopes and aims after an excellent season last time around. The British ace also gives his opinions on Formula E’s capturing of a new ITV broadcast deal on the eve of the world championship starting in Sao Paulo.
Also joining the show is Andretti commercial director Jim Wright who discusses where Formula E is in terms of a spectacle and how it can kick on this season to attract even more interest.
Also analysed are the new rules for this season and the areas in which Formula E can gain more fans across the globe.
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Everything you need to know from pre-season testing
Just how did Formula E pivot from Valencia to Jarama to ensure its pre-season test happened at all? This and many other topics from this month’s test week are examined by Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt.
They are joined by Formula E digital reporter Alexa Rendell as news strands such as the pit boosting pit stop practice, David Beckmann’s deal to race with the new-look Kiro team and a potential crisis on tyre allocation is dug in to.
The well-publicised all-female test at Jarama, which was headed by F1 Academy champion elect Abbi Pulling, is also looked in to and discussed along with the future of the initiative and how it might expand in the future.
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1:16:45
Previewing testing in Valencia & the start of Formula E's Gen3Evo era
As the new Formula E season approaches The Race Formula E podcast hosts Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt speak to new Maserati MSG duo Stoffel Vandoorne and Jake Hughes as they ready for the first season of the Gen3Evo era.
Hughes tells The Race about how the sheer violence of the enhanced acceleration of the All-Wheel-Drive element of the new package a game changer for the all-electric series, while Vandoorne evaluates how he will fightback from a tough two campaigns at former team DS Penske.
As well as the pre Valencia insight, there is also an in-depth analysis of the latest news topics, primarily the abandonment of the contentious ‘Golden Laps’ initiative, another yawning two-month gap in the calendar and both Nissan and Jaguar getting busted for overspending in the first ever audit of the world championships financial regulations.
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10 years of Formula E - A retrospective (Part 2)
The second part of The Race Formula E Podcast’s celebration of a decade of the all-electric world championship looks at the Gen2 and Gen3 eras.
Joining hosts Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt is double champion Jean-Eric Vergne, 12 time EPrix winner Sam Bird and Andretti boss Roger Griffiths. They offer up some fascinating personal memories of their time in Formula E with a combination of victorious memories and honest reflection.
Smith and Van de Burgt recall some of the more entertaining misadventures along the way in their time working in the series, while an appraisal of where Formula E is heading next is also ruminated upon.
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Get the inside track on all things Formula E with The-Race.com's Formula E journalist Sam Smith and other Formula E insiders. They regularly get together to discuss all the action on and off-track from each Formula E round, with drivers and team bosses helping them lift the lid on the series that is bursting with top manufacturers and professional drivers.
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