When the first race of the season kicked off in Saudi Arabia a couple of months ago Porsche looked pretty strong, particularly with the experienced Formula E racer André Lotterer at the wheel. With a well-earned podium place, the team hoped to build from that strength to get better throughout the season. Showing up in Santiago, Chile, was a dismal …
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This Is What It’s Like To Go Racing With Porsche In Formula E
Porsche joined Formula E this season with a reasonably successful debut in the opening round. How did our favorite sports car brand get to this point? How much work, effort, simulator testing, manufacturing, and testing had to be completed to get two finished cars and teams ready to ship off to Diriyah for the first e-Prix of the season? As it …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s André Lotterer Grabs Formula E Podium In The Team’s First Race
I have contended from the very first E-Prix that Formula E is not only the future of motorsport, but it is among the most exciting racing anywhere in the world. The double-header from Saudi Arabia this weekend was no different, an absolute banger from start to finish in both races. And now that Porsche is in the series, I have a definitive team I …
Continue to the full articleHere Is How You Can Watch Porsche’s First Formula E Race This Weekend
The 2019/2020 FIA Formula E season begins this weekend with a double-header weekend in the Saudi Arabian city of Diriyah. This will mark Porsche's first foray into open-wheel racing since it left Formula 1 as an engine supplier in 1991. This time the team is 100% Porsche and staffed by many of the world championship winning geniuses behind the 919 …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Taps Simona de Silvestro For Formula E Squad Development Role
There are very few racers in the world who can put "Porsche Works Driver" on their CV. That privilege is limited to perhaps no more than a few dozen racing drivers throughout history. Today Simona de Silvestro can call herself a works driver for the Porsche Formula E squad, netting a testing and development role to assist Neel Jani and Andre …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Is Ready For Its Formula E Debut With The New 99X Electric
With Tag Heuer and Vodafone mobile onboard, the new Porsche Formula E livery is finally ready for prime time. Using a play on the current 911 RSR livery, which shows the outline of the Porsche crest when viewed from above, the tri-colored electric open cockpit racer looks pretty good. Ahead of the official pre-season test in October, Porsche …
Continue to the full articleAndré Lotterer Joins the Porsche Formula E Team
Bringing more big-name appeal to the Formula E program, André Lotterer joins Neel Jani for Porsche's maiden season in the growing category which starts later this year. His experience in Formula 1 and WEC prepared him well for the technical understanding and multitasking needed to excel in this highly complicated format. To turn quick laps while …
Continue to the full articleNeel Jani Completes First Test Laps For Porsche’s New Formula E Program
With Porsche's first season in Formula E looming on the horizon this fall, it's refreshing to finally see the car turning laps at Porsche's testing grounds in Weissach. The 2019/2020 season entry requires a spec Spark Racing Technologies chassis—The SRT05e—but electric motor and battery technology is proprietary to each team, so long as it produces …
Continue to the full articleHere’s Your First Look At The New Formula E Chassis Porsche Will Be Racing Next Year
Tuesday morning, the ABB Formula E series released a few renderings as indication of what the new car will look like. This chassis, dubbed the Spark SRT05E, will replace the current Spark-Renault SRT_01E following the end of the 2017/18 season, and will make its debut in-the-carbon at March's Geneva Auto Show. The new car is a vast improvement over …
Continue to the full articlePorsche LMP1 Aces Are Not Guaranteed A Seat In Formula E
Porsche has confirmed in a recent report by Motorsport.com that their six-driver LMP1 squad will likely not transition intact to the German sports car legend's Formula E team when it kicks off during the 2018/2019 season. As it stands, the current team of Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber, Andre Lotterer, Neel Jani, and Nick Tandy …
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