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Formula E Berlin Test: Which F2 and W Series drivers will take part in the rookie test

Formula E revealed the full line-up for the Berlin rookie test, with some familiar faces from Formula 2 appearing. Each of the 11 teams has nominated two rookies to take part in a full day of testing following the weekend's Berlin E-Prix.

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Formula E team used AI influencer in attempt to promote diversity—she lasted two days following backlash

Fans slammed Mahindra's Formula E racing team for opting for female AI influencer 'Ava' instead of a real life woman.

Fortune

The thinking behind Mahindra’s "failed" AI influencer campaign

The 2024 Formula E season gets underway this weekend in Mexico City and Mahindra team boss Frederic Bertrand will be happy to see the cars in racing action perhaps more than most. After dealing with the fallout of a garage battery fire in pre-season testing that put the team on…

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Formula E team ditches AI social media influencer ‘Ava’ after backlash

Mahindra Racing created a fake social media influencer last month but after criticism from fans, the team have discontinued the project

The Independent UK

The thinking behind Mahindra’s “failed” AI influencer campaign

The 2024 Formula E season gets underway this weekend in Mexico City and Mahindra Racing team boss Frederic Bertrand will be happy to see the cars in racing action perhaps more than most. After dealing with the fallout of a garage battery fire in pre-season testing that put the team…

Motorsport

Maini wants to be "race-ready" for Mahindra Formula E call-up

Maini was announced as Mahindra’s reserve driver for the 2024 season earlier this month, with countryman Jehan Daruvala - who previously held the role - leaving the team after a single year to race for the rival Maserati MSG squad.

Motorsport

Top five roles on Motorsport Jobs this week

An opportunity to work for one of the leading international tyre manufacturers. The jobs will be based at the UK base facility but also includes substantial worldwide travel as you travel to global race events.

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How Mahindra rose from the ashes after Formula E’s Valencia battery fire

Nobody was seriously injured in the incident on Tuesday afternoon, with only one person taken to hospital as a precaution, but the infrastructure damage has been high, notably in the garage of WAE (formerly known as Williams Advanced Engineering) where the incident occurred.

Autosport

Battery fire prevents de Vries Formula E pre-season running as Mahindra limited to one car

Track action at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain has been curtailed since Tuesday afternoon when a battery exploded in the garage of battery supplier WAE (formerly known as Williams Advanced Engineering).

Autosport

Battery fire prevents de Vries Formula E pre-season running with Mahindra

Motorsport

Jehan to race for Maserati MSG Racing in Formula E from next year

Jehan Daruvala to make pro racing debut in Formula E with Maserati MSG Racing. 24-yr-old Indian racer to be 2nd Indian in series after Karun Chandhok. Team principal James Rossiter impressed by Daruvala's skill sets & F2 win. Excited for challenge, Daruvala looks forward to being a race driver.

The Hindu

Di Grassi leaves Mahindra Formula E team

The 39-year-old ex-Formula 1 driver has been a stalwart of the all-electric championship since its inception in 2014, winning the inaugural race in Beijing for the Audi-backed Abt team.

Autosport

MotoGP’s Leading lights trace their Mahindra connection

Top-4 MotoGP riders have Indian connection: Bagnaia, Martin, Bezzecchi, Binder all part of Mahindra Racing in junior category, got first podiums in World championships at Moto3 level. Bagnaia, Martin, Bezzecchi credit Mahindra for helping them reach high level.

The Hindu

London E-Prix: Cassidy tops FP2 with Formula E title rival Dennis fifth

Envision Racing’s Cassidy, who enters this weekend’s double-header at the ExCeL London’s unique indoor/outdoor circuit 24 points behind Dennis in the championship, set a 1m11.264s three minutes from the end of the session which proved to be the fastest time.

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Inside Mahindra's three-year plan to become a Formula E frontrunner again

With five wins, 10 pole positions and 24 podium finishes, Mahindra Racing can claim to be one of the more successful teams in Formula E. Present since the championship's inception in 2014, it had time and again proved its credentials by taking the fight to some of the best in the…

Motorsport

Mahindra splits with Rowland, signs Merhi for Jakarta Formula E

The Briton joined the team ahead of the 2021-2022 season and secured a podium finish in Seoul but has endured a difficult campaign this year.

Autosport

Rowland replaced by Merhi at Mahindra for Formula E Jakarta

The Briton joined the team ahead of the 2021-2022 season and secured a podium finish in Seoul but has endured a difficult campaign this year.

Autosport

Berlin E-Prix: Buemi grabs pole with new Formula E record

Buemi gained nearly two tenths on Jaguar’s Bird in the opening sector at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit and extended that advantage in the second part of the lap.

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The Times of India

Jehan Daruvala to test Formula E car for first time in Berlin

LONDON: Indian racer Jehan Daruvala will be testing a Formula E car for the first time at the Berlin round from April 22-23.

Autosport

Cape Town E-Prix: Fenestraz grabs maiden pole in wild Formula E qualifying

Sacha Fenestraz claimed his first Formula E pole position in a wild qualifying session for the Cape Town E-Prix, beating Maximilian Guenther by 0.422s in the final.

Daily Mirror

Jehan Daruvala on mission to prove Helmut Marko wrong after Red Bull axe

Formula 2 driver Daruvala spent three years as part of the Red Bull driver academy but they parted ways at the end of last season with apparently no F1 seat on the horizon

Motorsport

Mahindra Racing signs F2 race winner Daruvala as reserve driver

Formula 2 race winner Jehan Daruvala has joined Mahindra Racing as a reserve driver for the 2022/23 Formula E season.

The Times of India

It took us too long to get to India, we will be here until they want us: Formula E co-founder

NEW DELHI: "It took us too long to get to India. We will be here until they want us," said Formula E co-founder Alberto Longo, making his intentions clear 100 days before the inaugural race in Hyderabad on February 11.

Motorsport

Mahindra FE boss Gill to depart team ahead of 2022-23 season

Mahindra Formula E principal and CEO Dilbagh Gill will leave the team he has headed up since the championship's very first race in 2014.

The Hindu

Mahindra Racing secures pole in Seoul

It was made possible by an outstanding performance in tricky conditions by Oliver Rowland in his 30 Mahindra M8Electro.

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