https://www.scmp.com/rss/321143/feed Formula E, officially the FIA Formula E Championship, is a class of auto racing that uses only electric-powered cars. The series was conceived in 2012, and the inaugural championship started in Beijing on 13 September 2014. The series is sanctioned by the FIA. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bloomberg Bloomberg BYD Company is examining options to enter competitive motorsport including Formula 1 and endurance racing, in an effort to boost the Chinese brand’s appeal globally, according to people familiar with the matter. The carmaker is looking at several options following its rapid growth outside its home market and competitive racing’s continuing shift towards hybrid engines, the people said, asking not to be named when discussing private information. These range from the World Endurance Championship,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/formula-one-f1/article/3346180/chinas-byd-explores-entering-formula-1-companys-first-push-motor-racing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/formula-one-f1/article/3346180/chinas-byd-explores-entering-formula-1-companys-first-push-motor-racing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:13:58 +0000 Reuters Reuters Formula E could expand to four rounds in China as the all-electric championship chases growth in the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles, according to series founder and chairman Alejandro Agag. The Spaniard said China, compared to the United States where President Donald Trump’s administration has scaled back a number of EV incentives, represented a huge opportunity. Agag, who has recently taken on a role as strategic adviser to the Motorsport Network media group, said Trump was... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3322903/formula-e-boss-agag-eyes-f1-style-growth-china-says-us-has-left-ev-door-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3322903/formula-e-boss-agag-eyes-f1-style-growth-china-says-us-has-left-ev-door-open?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Aug 2025 03:37:21 +0000 Max Verstappen has assured Formula E he will be watching their races after the electric series donated US$250,000 to charity following a bet on the Red Bull driver’s fourth successive Formula One title. Formula E chief executive Jeff Dodds promised in February to pay the sum should Verstappen fail to win the title, a wager made to highlight how predictable he felt Formula One was compared with his series. However, Dodds decided to donate the money anyway after Verstappen won, but in a far more... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3290550/despite-winning-bet-formula-e-boss-gives-charity-us250k-after-max-verstappen-wins-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3290550/despite-winning-bet-formula-e-boss-gives-charity-us250k-after-max-verstappen-wins-title?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:00:11 +0000 Formula E would love to have Zhou Guanyu in the all-electric championship if the Chinese driver loses his seat in Formula One at the end of the season, according to chief executive Jeff Dodds. The CEO said China was a key element of Formula E’s growth strategy and having a Chinese driver was a dream scenario that could have “an explosive effect”. “Three markets we are absolutely trying to break into on a bigger scale would be North America, China and India,” said Dodds. “In China alone, we have... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3269174/formula-e-wants-chinese-driver-zhou-guanyu-join-them-if-he-loses-his-formula-1-seat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3269174/formula-e-wants-chinese-driver-zhou-guanyu-join-them-if-he-loses-his-formula-1-seat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jul 2024 09:34:07 +0000 Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has pumped tens of millions of dollars into electric racing leagues, backing tournaments for cars, SUVs and boats as part of its push to build media influence and green credentials. The kingdom’s US$700 billion sovereign wealth fund owns significant stakes in racing entrepreneur Alejandro Agag Longo’s Formula E Holdings Ltd, off-road electric SUV racing start-up Extreme E, and electric hydrofoil series E1, filings show. Hong Kong is expected to host the E1... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3249165/saudi-arabias-pif-owns-eu50-million-stake-hong-kongs-extreme-e-key-backer-worlds-electric-racing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3249165/saudi-arabias-pif-owns-eu50-million-stake-hong-kongs-extreme-e-key-backer-worlds-electric-racing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Jan 2024 03:10:27 +0000 Some 25 years after the West Kowloon Cultural District was proposed, we are still struggling with how best to use the 40 hectares of land at the southwest corner of Kowloon and establish a sustainable financial model for it. According to Henry Tang Ying-yen, chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, different means have been explored to staunch the operating costs that were draining like “rivers of blood”. Funds, including the one-off HK$21.6 billion granted in 2008 and HK$4... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3238245/true-hong-kong-ingenuity-needed-rescue-west-kowloon-cultural-district?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3238245/true-hong-kong-ingenuity-needed-rescue-west-kowloon-cultural-district?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Oct 2023 01:30:08 +0000 China will return to Formula E next season with a round in Shanghai while Cape Town and Jakarta were absent from the all-electric championship’s latest 16-race calendar published on Thursday. China has not hosted Formula E since 2019 because of the coronavirus pandemic but the series will race for the first time at the Shanghai International Circuit on May 25 and 26. India’s race in Hyderabad returns in February after its debut this year but Cape Town, another new race for 2023, no longer... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3238561/formula-e-china-returns-2024-season-cape-town-and-jakarta-dropped-16-race-schedule?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3238561/formula-e-china-returns-2024-season-cape-town-and-jakarta-dropped-16-race-schedule?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Oct 2023 02:12:15 +0000 Swedish rally driver Klara Andersson cannot wait to swap gravel tracks in forests for a chance to race among the landmarks of Hong Kong’s iconic harbourfront next month. The FIA World Rallycross Championships take place in the city over two days, pitting Andersson, the only woman in the standings, against up to 10 other drivers in the heart of Hong Kong Island. A specially built one kilometre track will wind its way around Central, taking in the Observation Wheel, Hong Kong City Hall, and an... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3238325/racer-andersson-cant-wait-bring-fia-world-rallycross-championships-hong-kongs-streets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3238325/racer-andersson-cant-wait-bring-fia-world-rallycross-championships-hong-kongs-streets?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:23:03 +0000 World Rallycross organisers are planning a half-mud, half-tarmac course in central Hong Kong that will take four days to build for the sport’s season finale in the city later this year. The 1km track will see cars catapulted around the circuit at speeds faster than Formula One, and officials hope to use the same area that hosted the Formula E race in 2019. Although the government has yet to sign off on the use of a nearby road for the FIA World Rallycross Championship, promoter Leslie Wong is... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3214339/world-rallycross-championship-hong-kong-organisers-build-half-mud-half-tarmac-circuit-citys-iconic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3214339/world-rallycross-championship-hong-kong-organisers-build-half-mud-half-tarmac-circuit-citys-iconic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:30:10 +0000 Hainan Province, known as China’s Hawaii, is establishing a 5 billion yuan (US$717 million) entertainment venue dedicated to electric cars, which aims to host global sports events such as the Formula E World Championship while also helping carmakers showcase their products and their role in China’s decarbonisation efforts. The project, to be located in Sanya city, is likely to begin some operations as soon 2025, according to Lianxin International, the Shenzhen-based conglomerate running the... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3204376/hainan-spends-us717-million-formula-e-race-circuit-give-chinas-electric-car-industry-jolt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3204376/hainan-spends-us717-million-formula-e-race-circuit-give-chinas-electric-car-industry-jolt?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Dec 2022 04:30:10 +0000 Hong Kong could stage its first FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) Series in 2023, provided organisers can obtain the green light from the government. Teamwork Creative Events, a Hong Kong company, recently signed an agreement with Rallycross promoter GmbH which manages the promotion and commercial aspects of the world series. “We have exclusive rights to host the series in Greater China for the next three years from 2023-25,” Leslie Wong, chief executive and founder of the company,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3204427/fia-world-rallycross-championship-set-make-hong-kong-debut-november?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3204427/fia-world-rallycross-championship-set-make-hong-kong-debut-november?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Dec 2022 02:15:11 +0000 Hainan has sent officials to Germany, Japan and Hong Kong to seek offshore trade orders and investment capital to prop up a sagging economy, the South China Morning Post has learned, as local governments in China rush to make similar moves. The southernmost province in China is sending officials led by Deputy Provincial Governor Ni Qiang to Germany, who are arriving on Monday afternoon Beijing time in Frankfurt for a five-day trip. The team is set to sign a contract with Bielefeld University of... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3202959/hainan-officials-seek-investment-germany-after-trips-japan-hong-kong-secure-contracts-swire-pwc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3202959/hainan-officials-seek-investment-germany-after-trips-japan-hong-kong-secure-contracts-swire-pwc?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:00:06 +0000 The Formula One season recently came to a close with another exciting finish in Abu Dhabi, but Red Bull’s speed racer Max Verstappen had already bagged the championship in Japan last month. The Belgian-Dutch national secured his second straight World Championship title during the 18th round, as per the official Formula One website. F1 brings a lot of prestige, and the financial pay-off from top brand sponsors is off the charts. So who are the top-paid racers of 2022, according to a recent... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3200995/10-highest-paid-formula-one-racers-2022-red-bulls-max-verstappen-and-daniel-ricciardo-mercedes-lewis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3200995/10-highest-paid-formula-one-racers-2022-red-bulls-max-verstappen-and-daniel-ricciardo-mercedes-lewis?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Nov 2022 17:00:16 +0000 McLaren will take over the title-winning Mercedes Formula E team and enter the all-electric world championship when it starts a new “Gen3” era in its ninth season next year, they announced on Saturday. Mercedes won both championships in the city-based series last year but had already announced their departure to focus on Formula One. McLaren signed an option in January last year and had been assessing whether to add Formula E to a portfolio that includes Formula One, Indy Car, the electric... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3177771/formula-e-mclaren-take-over-mercedes-team-new-gen3-era-sport?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3177771/formula-e-mclaren-take-over-mercedes-team-new-gen3-era-sport?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 May 2022 09:48:25 +0000 It’s the return that royal fans have been waiting for: Princess Charlene Wittstock of Monaco has, after months of medical traumas, family separation and much speculation, made her first public appearance in months with her husband Prince Albert and children Jacques and Gabriella. She was at the sixth round of the 2022 Formula E championship being held in Monaco, showing off a platinum blonde cropped hairstyle, grey suit and simple diamond earrings. Throughout Charlene’s year of confusion,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3176375/princess-charlene-monacos-royal-return-she-finally-road?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3176375/princess-charlene-monacos-royal-return-she-finally-road?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 May 2022 10:00:23 +0000 Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff wants the sport to have a “strong footprint” in China and eventually host three races a season as is the case in the US. The team principal and CEO of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, speaking in Monaco during the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, called China “an important market” for F1. And while the country’s coronavirus pandemic approach has prevented the Shanghai Grand Prix from taking place for the past two years, Wolff said he was keen to see the sport... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3176326/formula-1-mercedes-boss-toto-wolff-wants-china-be-us-host-3-races?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3176326/formula-1-mercedes-boss-toto-wolff-wants-china-be-us-host-3-races?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 May 2022 04:53:18 +0000 Hong Kong’s dream of having a motor racing circuit moved a step closer as a proposal to build a track near its airport was submitted to the city’s government. The governor of the Hong Kong Automobile Association (HKAA), Lawrence Yu Kam-kee, told the South China Morning Post that his organisation had handed a plan of 20-plus pages to the Chief Executive’s Office – the office of Hong Kong’s leader – and was awaiting a response. “Hong Kong always claims to be Asia’s sports city, and nowadays motor... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3174147/could-hong-kong-host-f1-grand-prix-plan-motor-racing-circuit-near?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3174147/could-hong-kong-host-f1-grand-prix-plan-motor-racing-circuit-near?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:34:16 +0000 When Belgian-Dutch racing driver Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday – claiming his first Formula One championship after controversially beating Britain’s Lewis Hamilton on the final lap – he naturally ran into his stunning girlfriend Kelly Piquet’s arms to celebrate his last-gasp victory. As the world witnessed the 24-year-old’s legendary win, many were curious about the 33-year-old Brazilian beauty who had swept the wunderkind off his feet. The lovebirds officially announced... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159671/who-kelly-piquet-max-verstappens-girlfriend-brazilian?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159671/who-kelly-piquet-max-verstappens-girlfriend-brazilian?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:24:15 +0000 Hong Kong’s motor racing community has welcomed a renewed push for the construction of the city’s first permanent circuit, with the government considering making it part of the mammoth northern Lantau reclamation project. The Home Affairs Bureau’s Commissioner of Sports Yeung Tak-keung said a proposal to build a motor racing track near Sunny Bay has been included in the study for the project. The creation of a home track is something the Hong Kong Automobile Association (HKAA) has been pushing... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3158042/hong-kongs-first-motor-racing-track-could-form-part-northern-lantau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3158042/hong-kongs-first-motor-racing-track-could-form-part-northern-lantau?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:00:15 +0000 After British-Korean driver Jack Aitken made history in his Formula One debut with Williams in December, fans across two continents eagerly await his next move. But like much of 2020, it is nearly impossible to predict the future. The 70th F1 World Championships is hot off the heels of a truncated season and it looks to be a quiet winter in lockdown for the 25-year-old London native. “It was a quite a strange year with a very slow start. We were lucky enough that we actually got in pretty much... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3117137/formula-1-british-korean-driver-jack-aitken-open-it-all-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3117137/formula-1-british-korean-driver-jack-aitken-open-it-all-after?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:17 +0000 Spare a thought – but only if you have plenty to spare, for there have been far more sizeable concerns – for the sports writer in 2020. Again, so long as you can spare one more, perhaps offer one specifically to a Hong Kong-based sports writer since 2019. It’s been another terribly dreary year, professionally,to add to the quite grim one the previous year. Aside from the regular old disappointments of sporting chances spurned and a general frustrating lack of competitive quality, just having... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3115746/hong-kong-sport-endured-its-very-own-annus-horribilis-2020-where?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3115746/hong-kong-sport-endured-its-very-own-annus-horribilis-2020-where?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:56:47 +0000 Formula E has postponed races scheduled for next year in China and Mexico for health and safety reasons after a pandemic-hit season, organisers of the all-electric championship said on Wednesday. The Chinese resort of Sanya was scheduled to host a race on March 13, while Mexico City had been due to host the second round of season seven on February 13. This year’s Chinese Formula E round was the first major motorsport event to be cancelled due to the pandemic. The 2019-20 Formula E season ended... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3106572/formula-e-postpones-next-years-chinese-race-after-pandemic-hit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3106572/formula-e-postpones-next-years-chinese-race-after-pandemic-hit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:48:02 +0000 Political uncertainty and the Covid-19 pandemic means Hong Kong has lost its flagship international motor racing event for the second year in a row, with the Formula E series bypassing the famous Central Harbourfront circuit for the 2020-21 season. In a provisional schedule announced by world governing body the FIA, the next season will start in Santiago, Chile on January 16, 2021 and conclude with a double-header in London on July 24 & 25. China will stage one race on March 21 with Sanya in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3092749/hong-kong-formula-e-race-left-2020-21-calendar-amid-political?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3092749/hong-kong-formula-e-race-left-2020-21-calendar-amid-political?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2020 00:00:14 +0000 Audi Formula E driver Daniel Abt was disqualified and ordered to pay 10,000 euros (US$10,900) to charity on Sunday for getting a professional gamer to compete under his name in an official e-sports race. The German, who apologised for “having called in outside help”, was also stripped of all points won to date in the all-electric series’ Race at Home Challenge which features drivers using simulators remotely. “I did not take it as seriously as I should have,” said the 27-year-old, accepting the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3085943/formula-e-audi-driver-daniel-abt-caught-using-ringer-virtual-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3085943/formula-e-audi-driver-daniel-abt-caught-using-ringer-virtual-race?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 May 2020 08:44:57 +0000 You may not know Christian Horner by name but in the cut throat world of Formula One racing, one word by the principal of the Red Bull Racing team could make or break the career of a driver. Horner’s decisions, from the team he forms to the engines he uses for the cars, are pivotal for success. He earns a modest US$10 million per year in salary and does not get endorsement deals like the racing drivers on his team do, but for the lack of sensation as a boss of a racing team you make up for in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3077970/how-does-christian-horner-formula-ones-red-bull-team-boss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3077970/how-does-christian-horner-formula-ones-red-bull-team-boss?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2020 18:00:16 +0000 Formula E’s debut E-Prix in Jakarta planned for June has joined the Rome and Sanya races in being postponed, organisers announced on Wednesday. “As instructed by the Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan – and in consultation together with Formula E, the FIA, Ikatan Motor Indonesia and the Organising Committee of the Jakarta E-Prix – it will no longer be possible to race in Jakarta on the scheduled date of June 6, 2020,” a statement read. “Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the escalating number... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3074621/formula-es-jakarta-race-postponed-amid-coronavirus-battle?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3074621/formula-es-jakarta-race-postponed-amid-coronavirus-battle?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:34:48 +0000 A woman competing in a male-dominated sport is not news, but one who breaks down certain gender barriers and succeeds in the ultimate way – by winning – is always a cause for celebration. Denise Yeung might be one of Hong Kong’s fastest female racing car drivers – and the proof is in the trophies on her shelf. She is also a successful businesswoman and is often spotted at high-profile social events and parties. It would seem there is not enough time in the day for Yeung’s busy lifestyle. And... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3073910/meet-hong-kongs-star-female-racing-car-driver-denise-yeung?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3073910/meet-hong-kongs-star-female-racing-car-driver-denise-yeung?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Mar 2020 02:00:19 +0000 Coronavirus continues to lay waste to the international sporting calendar at the beginning of 2020. Hong Kong sport has been badly affected by the outbreak but so has the region and, increasingly, the wider sporting community. The following is a list of international sports events affected by the coronavirus that has killed over 1,000 people and infected more than 43,000 so far in China after it first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, late last year: Athletics The World Athletics Indoor... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3049787/coronavirus-all-major-international-sports-events-affected?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3049787/coronavirus-all-major-international-sports-events-affected?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:22:33 +0000 Our writers look back at the year just gone and the one ahead. A tragic year offers lessons for Hong Kong Sports Institute We can’t help but be reminded of the saddest moments of the year with the passing of two elite athletes – swimmer Kenneth To King-him and snooker player Poon Ching-chiu. Record-breaking To died suddenly at the age of 26 during a training camp in the United States in March. He felt unwell in the locker room after a practice session and was taken to hospital where he later... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3044087/tokyo-2020-kenneth-and-poon-ching-chiu-deaths-and-cancellations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3044087/tokyo-2020-kenneth-and-poon-ching-chiu-deaths-and-cancellations?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jan 2020 04:00:18 +0000 Hong Kong has a glorious opportunity to raise its profile as a regional motor racing hub with FIA’s announcement this week that the Formula E series will be designated an official world championship from the 2020-21 season onwards. Lawrence Yu Kam-kee, one of the founders of the Hong Kong E-Prix, said stakeholders were keen for the city to be part of the upgraded electric car circuit, but remained wary of making promises because of the social unrest that forced organisers to cancel the March... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3040736/formula-e-hong-kong-e-prix-organisers-eye-inaugural-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3040736/formula-e-hong-kong-e-prix-organisers-eye-inaugural-world?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Dec 2019 06:08:05 +0000 Motor racing prospect Anthoine Hubert was killed on Saturday by a horrific high-speed crash just minutes into the Formula Two race held before this weekend’s F1 Belgian Grand Prix, the FIA announced. Hubert, who was considered a serious talent by Renault’s F1 set up, died aged 22 after a three-car pile-up also involving Juan Manuel Correa and Giuliano Alesi at the exit of the Raidillon corner, one of the fastest sections of the quick Spa-Francorchamps track. Tributes poured in for Hubert, with a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3025245/motor-racing-world-shock-after-french-driver-anthoine-hubert-dies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3025245/motor-racing-world-shock-after-french-driver-anthoine-hubert-dies?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:24:44 +0000 Jean-Eric Vergne took another step towards becoming the all-electric Formula E series’ first multiple champion by winning a Swiss e-Prix that had to be stopped and restarted after a mass pile-up on Saturday. The Frenchman, starting from pole position, secured his third victory of the season after an eight-car collision on the opening lap in Bern blocked the narrow street track and brought out red flags. The race was halted for 40 minutes, with tempers flaring among the drivers. Defending... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3015700/formula-e-swiss-win-moves-jean-eric-vergne-closer-second-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3015700/formula-e-swiss-win-moves-jean-eric-vergne-closer-second-title?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Jun 2019 04:31:05 +0000 ABB Group, the Swiss-Swedish industrial automation and electricity supply technology company, is banking not only on hundreds of electric vehicle start-ups in China, but also millions of small and medium-sized manufacturers in the country, to fill up the order books at a robotics factory it is building in Shanghai. The Zurich-headquartered company, which also has robotics factories in Sweden and the United States, is betting big on further growth in the demand for automation in China – the... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3005959/zurich-based-robotics-giant-abb-expects-chinese-electric-vehicle-makers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3005959/zurich-based-robotics-giant-abb-expects-chinese-electric-vehicle-makers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Apr 2019 05:05:06 +0000 Jean Eric-Vergne had been surprisingly absent from the podium in Formula E this season. But the defending champion is back in the winner’s circle after a masterclass at the Sanya E-Prix on Saturday. The DS Techeetah driver was on the front row for his team’s home race, and his season exploded into life, as did a previously quiet E-Prix, with around 21 minutes to go when he overtook pole-sitter Oliver Rowland. The Frenchman, who had six podiums and four wins in season four, held on to take the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3002984/sanya-e-prix-jean-eric-vergne-takes-first-formula-e-win-season?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3002984/sanya-e-prix-jean-eric-vergne-takes-first-formula-e-win-season?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Mar 2019 08:21:48 +0000 British celebrities Naomi Campbell and Liam Payne have been spotted together again – this time in Hong Kong during the Formula E Hong Kong E-Prix motor racing weekend, held in Central earlier this month. Rumours have been circulating since January that the supermodel and singer songwriter, who found fame with the boy band One Direction, are romantically involved, after they took a trip to Ghana together. The speculation has only grown after the two left flirtatious comments on each other’s... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/3002815/formula-e-fans-naomi-campbell-and-liam-payne-happy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/3002815/formula-e-fans-naomi-campbell-and-liam-payne-happy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:00:11 +0000 Look up the word supermodel in the dictionary and you might find Naomi Campbell’s picture. The iconic model is one of the most recognisable faces in the world, and we got to meet her. Campbell started modelling at the age of 15, and by the late 1980s she, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista were the most in-demand models of their generation. The earliest form of influencers, the women changed the industry. The Trinity, as they were known – along with Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/3002363/why-naomi-campbell-formula-e-devotee-fashion-queen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/3002363/why-naomi-campbell-formula-e-devotee-fashion-queen?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Mar 2019 03:00:16 +0000 There’s much to like about Formula E. Whether that’s the Naomi Campbell-approved carbon-footprint impact of the cars being electric, the city centre locations encouraging spectators to use public transport or the attempts to curb single-use plastic at the event site. It’s not just green credentials, either. Bringing motorsport to some of the world’s most iconic cities should open the sport to more fans and it has also come a long way in its first five years, marked with a 50th race, held in Hong... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3001851/formula-e-still-needs-make-few-changes-success-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3001851/formula-e-still-needs-make-few-changes-success-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Mar 2019 00:00:04 +0000 After another electrifying visit by Formula E to Central Harbourfront at the weekend, a team of more than 30 engineering students from the University of Hong Kong will design a racing car they hope can challenge on the racing track too. The HKU Racing team, or HKUR, will take part in the Formula Student Class 2 competition in the UK in July, pitting their design against dozens of teams from top universities around the world. Team captain Jasper Yeung Chun-hong explained just how much time, work... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3001499/formula-e-helps-university-hong-kong-students-design-racing-car?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/3001499/formula-e-helps-university-hong-kong-students-design-racing-car?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:56:10 +0000 While Edoardo Mortara and his Venturi racing team soaked up the accolades in Sunday’s Hong Kong E-Prix, Hong Kong-born Albert Lau was creating a slice of history of his own. Lau is the first Hong Kong race engineer to win a Formula E race and he should also be credited for the team’s astounding success not only at Central Harbourfront but also in the series, where the Monaco-based team are lying fourth in the standings. Swiss-Italian driver Mortara has made an impact in the drivers’ standings,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2189564/unsung-hero-albert-lau-becomes-first-race-engineer-hong-kong-win?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/2189564/unsung-hero-albert-lau-becomes-first-race-engineer-hong-kong-win?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:10:39 +0000 Staying on the existing Central harbourfront street circuit is the priority for Formula E organisers despite clouds hanging over the future of the Hong Kong E-Prix, after the electric racing series celebrated its 50th race with cake and champagne in the rain. FIA regulations require tracks to be 2.2km long but Hong Kong, running on a 1.86km circuit in Central, was given special dispensation and will need to extend the track or find another location if they are to stay on the Formula E... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189418/hong-kong-e-prix-consider-move-central-harbourfront-formula-e?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189418/hong-kong-e-prix-consider-move-central-harbourfront-formula-e?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2019 01:13:40 +0000 Sam Bird was sensationally stripped of his Hong Kong E-Prix victory more than four hours after a dramatic finish to the race on Central Harbourfront. The DS Virgin driver had snatched victory at the death in controversial circumstances after nudging race leader Andre Lotterer on the penultimate lap on Sunday afternoon. FIA stewards eventually dealt him a five-second penalty which dropped him to sixth place. The new result remains provisional pending further discussions, though Bird is still the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189405/hong-kong-e-prix-sam-bird-snatches-win-andre-lotterer-fia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189405/hong-kong-e-prix-sam-bird-snatches-win-andre-lotterer-fia?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Mar 2019 09:23:13 +0000 The Hong Kong E-Prix is back for its third instalment, and it promises to be a chaotic affair full of incidents with rain battering the Central Harbourfront street circuit. Formula E’s new Gen2 cars have added to the unpredictable excitement in season five, as have several format tweaks including attack mode and timed races. It will be 45 minutes plus one lap on Sunday afternoon – but just how many laps are completed is anybody’s guess, as the wet conditions promise crashes aplenty (and the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189378/formula-e-hong-kong-e-prix-live-results-blog-rain-threatens-chaos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189378/formula-e-hong-kong-e-prix-live-results-blog-rain-threatens-chaos?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:47:03 +0000 Defending Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne is off to a disappointing start this season by his own very high standards, but the motor racing maverick known as “JEV” is dealing with it in his own typically quirky manner. Things have gone against the Frenchman in season five – he hit out last week at an increasing number of on-track incidents which have cost him positions and precious points, but remains optimistic he can help turn things around starting in Hong Kong. “That’s part of motorsport,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189353/formula-e-jean-eric-vergne-eating-black-bread-wont-crumble-under?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189353/formula-e-jean-eric-vergne-eating-black-bread-wont-crumble-under?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:00:44 +0000 The rain has been the big talking point for this year’s Hong Kong E-Prix. But Formula E chairman Alejandro Agag thinks similar conditions would be perfect when the electric racing series makes its triumphant return to London next season. “That track is going to be amazing,” Agag told the South China Morning Post. “Imagine if it rains, you will have wet track outside and dry track inside. That will be unique in the world of racing.” Formula E lost its previous London race at Battersea Park two... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189334/formula-e-alejandro-agag-wants-wet-outdoor-dry-indoor-london-e-prix?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189334/formula-e-alejandro-agag-wants-wet-outdoor-dry-indoor-london-e-prix?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2019 10:03:14 +0000 The BMW I Andretti Motorsport team is hoping their string of bad luck ends on Sunday, although things aren’t looking amazing at the moment. So far the team of Antonio Felix da Costa and Alexander Sims have one win and seven podiums this season in 49 races, a result Sims admitted could be summed up as “underachieving”. To top it off Da Costa, who hails from Portugal and is in his fifth season of Formula E, fell ill on Friday with a bout of food poisoning. The 27-year-old said he’s fine now and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189327/formula-e-bmw-team-hopes-food-poisoning-and-bad-luck-end-hong-kong-e?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189327/formula-e-bmw-team-hopes-food-poisoning-and-bad-luck-end-hong-kong-e?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2019 08:27:09 +0000 As Formula E celebrates its 50th race this weekend in Hong Kong, another milestone is looming in the dark clouds above Central Harbourfront. Sunday’s Hong Kong E-Prix is set to be the first wet Formula E race – it’s quite remarkable that it’s taken until the fifth season of the electric racing series to come. Heavy showers battered the street circuit intermittently on Saturday and it’s forecast to be similar on race day. But organisers are remaining positive. “I think it can be an amazing race,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189323/formula-e-goes-unknown-rain-promises-hong-kong-e-prix-carnage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189323/formula-e-goes-unknown-rain-promises-hong-kong-e-prix-carnage?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2019 07:34:34 +0000 Remembering the pain of having to hand back the winner’s trophy after already holding it in your hands would leave many drivers angry. But Daniel Abt remains remarkably calm talking about the events of last season’s Hong Kong E-Prix. “It is what it is,” he says, with a shrug of the shoulders. “There are no hard feelings or anything. It’s in the past. I can only change what happens next.” The German thought he had won his maiden Formula E race in the second part of season four’s opening double... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189310/formula-e-daniel-abt-out-avenge-hong-kong-e-prix-heartbreak-we-won?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189310/formula-e-daniel-abt-out-avenge-hong-kong-e-prix-heartbreak-we-won?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:59:06 +0000 The little electric car presented by the University of Hong Kong in 1982 might look somewhat forlorn next to the screaming muscle of the “Gen2” Formula E machines. But the stunning track cars of the all-electric racing series, which returns to Hong Kong tomorrow, owe a debt of gratitude to engineers of the 1980s who transformed electric vehicle (EV) technology from dreary drays towards something people might actually want to drive. Even as an undergraduate in the 1980s, professor KT Chau had a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189235/why-formula-es-beautiful-gen2-cars-owe-debt-gratitude-these-ugly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189235/why-formula-es-beautiful-gen2-cars-owe-debt-gratitude-these-ugly?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2019 10:12:14 +0000 Beitske Visser has racing in her blood. Her father raced touring cars in the Netherlands and her parents also owned a car dealership. She first got into racing at the age of five, however has been acclimatised to the world of engines and speed since birth. “They were running (the car dealership) together, so pretty much the day after I was born, I was heading there every day.” The 23-year-old is the first woman to make it onto the BMW Motorsport Junior Programme, having spent the previous three... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189215/hong-kong-e-prix-bmw-junior-racer-talks-about-being-female-driver?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2189215/hong-kong-e-prix-bmw-junior-racer-talks-about-being-female-driver?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:44:20 +0000 The fast-growing Formula E series of motor racing returns to Hong Kong for its third instalment this weekend. As the series grows in popularity, this year’s edition of the Hong Kong E-Prix, Formula E’s 50th contest, will be the first race to be televised live on the BBC in Britain and we’re looking ahead to Sunday’s main event and launching a spectacular infographic designed by SCMP’s award-winning Graphics team. “Electrifying return of the Hong Kong Formula E” reveals everything you need to... https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189150/hong-kong-e-prix-formula-e-makes-electrifying-return-city-third?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/motorsport/article/2189150/hong-kong-e-prix-formula-e-makes-electrifying-return-city-third?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Mar 2019 04:43:26 +0000