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Quartararo Becomes MotoGP Champion, Ogier Retains WRC Title & More: 2021 Motorsport Wrap-up

For the second year running, most of the top formats in motorsport had the title decided well before the end of the 2021 Formula 1 season. This year, it’s more understandable as it went down to the wire for F1 with the last race in mid-December. While the Auto Loons does not follow these other […]

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BMW & Audi Won’t Take Part In Third Generation Of Formula E

The pure-electric single-seater racing series of Formula E has been buzzing around since 2014. Since its inception, various carmakers have joined the competition with the most recent high-profile addition being Porsche. It’s also undergone a generational update as a racing series in 2018 with cars that looked way cooler and had more nearly double the […]

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Ogier Wins WRC Title, Schumacher Wins F2 Title & More: 2020 Motorsport Wrap-up

There might still be one race left in the 2020 Formula 1 calendar but a host of other motorsports have already wrapped up for the year this past weekend. While the Auto Loons doesn’t usually cover other forms of motorsport for simple lack of resources, it’s worth skimming through the year’s results. Here’s a quick […]

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Formula E S5 R3: Bird clinches the win in chaotic Santiago E-Prix

The Formula E race hosted by Chile in the city of Santiago offered a lot of excitement for the second year in a row. Its tight 2.4 kilometre layout with a mix of concrete and tarmac makes it a challenging race, especially with the new, faster Gen2 cars. High temperatures made things even more difficult […]

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Formula E 2018-19 Teams & Drivers

A quick run down on all the teams and their drivers competing on the grid in S5.

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Formula E S4 R11 & R12: Jean-Eric Vergne crowned World Champion in New York finale

This was it. The last races of the fourth season of Formula E. The last races with the first generation of all-electric single-seat open-wheel race cars. The decider of who will take home the title of Formula E World Champion 2017-18. For that, New York seemed like a fitting location for this finale. Jean-Eric Vergne […]

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Formula E S4 R10: Action packed win for Di Grassi as racing returns to Switzerland

This was probably the most anticipated race of the 2017-18 Formula E calendar. After taking a 63-year hiatus from hosting circuit events on their turf, the Swiss have allowed racecars to once again grace their streets. Formula E took the action to Zurich this weekend and put together an interesting circuit layout that included a […]

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Formula E Season 5: New cars, new format, new races

We are just a day or two away from things getting underway at Zurich for the next round in the fourth season of ABB Formula E and the new rules for season 5 have been announced along with the prospective race calendar. We’ve already had a look at the stunning new design for the Formula […]

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This 1,184bhp hypercar with Formula E tech is quite mad

Racing and motorsport aren’t just about people getting to race each other in really fast cars around a loop of tarmac. There’s a lot of research and development involved, the results of which eventually trickle into the average road cars as well, often referred to as the transfer of technology. With Formula-E halfway through its […]

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Formula E S4 R9: An Abt-stounding result as Audi wins one-two

After an exciting Parisian E-Prix, the electrifying motorsport series moved to Flughafen Tempelhof in Berlin, a track that has deep ties with the sport. Before the race, we were also treated to Nico Rosberg doing some fast laps in the second-generation of Formula-E cars that will grace these circuits from next season onwards. Jean-Eric Vergne […]