Porsche has entered its third season in Formula E with more confidence than before, aiming for race victories, and this weekend in the third round of the season, the team found victory lane. On Saturday the Porsche pair of Pascal Wehrlein and Andre Lotterer qualified first and third respectively, then went on to take a confident Porsche 1-2 victory …
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Porsche scores serious points in Formula E season opener
Season eight of Formula E is upon us. This weekend in Saudi Arabia on the streets of Diriyah, the 99X Electric did battle with some of the best open wheelers around the world. While the weekend was filled with lows as well as a few highs, Porsche ultimately looks pretty strong for the rest of the season, and this showing has me confident the team …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Taycan Turbo S selected as new Formula E safety car
Since the inception of the FIA's electric open wheel Formula E series, the safety car has been provided by BMW. For the first five seasons the field was paced by a BMW i8 coupe, then for a season and a half the roof was chopped off of the i8 safety car to create a unique roadster. Last season the i8 was retired for a Mini Cooper Pacesetter electric …
Continue to the full articlePorsche leaves Formula E pre-season test better prepared than ever
After an extremely hard-fought five-session pre-season test session last week in Valencia, Spain, the Porsche Formula E team feels it is prepared for Season 8 of the championship. That's good, because season 8 begins in just a month and a half with a double-header in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Over the course of the test, Porsche drivers Andre Lotterer …
Continue to the full articlePorsche kicks off Formula E pre-season testing in solid form
Season 8 of FIA Formula E world championship electric open wheel racing begins in January, but all of the teams gathered in Spain to try out some new parts this week. Porsche came to the party with its third update of the 99X Electric race car, again for Pascal Wehrlein and Andre Lotterer. There are other changes, obviously, but one big superficial …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Motorsport boss Fritz Enzinger steps down
Fritz Enzinger (65) has been a part of the Porsche Motorsport family for a decade, overseeing the brand's return to top-flight sports car prototype action with the 919 Hybrid LMP1 effort, which began racing in 2014. He brought with him a serious level of expertise from several years at BMW Motorsport, overseeing efforts at Le Mans and in Formula …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Formula E team ends the season on a high note
The Porsche Formula E squad of André Lotterer and Pascal Wehrlein pushed hard in the final double-header round of the season to bring Porsche some serious points home to Stuttgart. Considering this race was kind of Porsche's home race, having taken place merely a short 394 mile drive away from base. With two races going down at Tempelhof Airport …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Formula E team retains Wehrlein and Lotterer for 2022
Ahead of Porsche's third full season entry in Formula E, the team has announced that it will continue with the same driver lineup of Andre Lotterer and Pascal Wehrlein. The team has achieved moderate success across the series' seventh season, and looks to only improve from season eight onward. On a number of occasions both drivers have been within …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Formula E squad again secures hearty points haul in London EPrix
This weekend Porsche had yet another successful attempt at the Formula E doubleheader. This time the E-Prix was held in London, and for an interesting twist it was held partially inside and partially outside of a large building, the ExCeL track in East London's historic Docklands district. Sadly the points didn't help much, as Porsche was …
Continue to the full articlePorsche pair pips points in New York Formula E doubleheader
This weekend in New York City, the Porsche Formula E team made its North American debut to promising results. For the first time in the team's history, both cars made it into a superpole qualifying session at the same time, which is a massive step forward, and the drivers came away with decent points. While neither Pascal Wehrlein or Andre Lotterer …
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