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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.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen celebrates with a trophy on the podium after winning the Qatar Grand Prix in early December to clinch the title. Photo: Reuters
Formula One (F1)

Formula E boss pays US$250k to charity after Verstappen’s title win

Jeff Dodds had bet the donation as he felt the Red Bull driver was a certain winner; the Dutchman says he will watch Formula E when he can.

Formula One (F1)

Formula E wants Chinese driver Zhou to join them if he loses his F1 seat

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s PIF key backer of world’s electric racing leagues, Hong Kong firm

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong ingenuity needed to save West Kowloon Cultural District

With all due respect to chairman Henry Tang, land is not the only funding resource here and relying on it is not thinking out of the box.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens

China returns to Formula E circuit with Shanghai race for 2024 season

Shanghai to host event in May, with sport returning to country for first time since before coronavirus pandemic.

Andersson can’t wait to race past central Hong Kong’s iconic landmarks

Final event of the FIA World Rallycross Championship season will take drivers past Observation Wheel, City Hall and Victoria Harbour on specially built circuit.

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World Rallycross bosses plan half-mud, half-tarmac circuit for central Hong Kong

The 1km course will take 4 days to build on city’s iconic harbourfront and officials hope it will attract fans to November event.

Leslie Wong (right) of Teamwork Creative Events at Tuesday’s launch ceremony for the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Hong Kong. Photo: Chan Kin-wa
Electric & new energy vehicles

Exclusive | Hainan spends US$717 million to bring Formula E to ‘China’s Hawaii’

Lianxin International, the host of past Formula E races in China, says an EV-themed compound in Hainan province’s Sanya will include a theme park and showcase space for carmakers.

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Formula One (F1)

World Rallycross series set for Hong Kong debut in November

Organisers seeking government approval for Central Harbourfront, but green light is needed by February or event could go elsewhere

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Banking & finance

Exclusive | Hainan officials pursue investment in visits to Germany, Hong Kong, Japan

Hainan officials arrive in Germany on Monday, seeking collaboration with institutions and companies, after trips to Japan and Hong Kong yield deals with Swire Group, PwC and Charles Li’s Micro Connect.

The Haikou Century Bridge in Hainan province, China. Photo: Reuters
Formula One (F1)

10 highest paid F1 racers of 2022, from Max Verstappen to Lewis Hamilton

With the F1 season coming to a close in Abu Dhabi, we look back at who made the most money in 2022, from Lewis Hamilton to Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo

Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen all raked in big money this year. Photos: @lewishamilton; @georgerussell63; @landonorris; @maxverstappen1/Instagram
Formula One (F1)

McLaren to take over the title-winning Mercedes Formula E team

Mercedes won both championships in last year’s series but is leaving to focus on Formula 1. McLaren to enter all-electric world championship when it starts a new “Gen3” era in its ninth season next year.

Royalty

Princess Charlene of Monaco’s royal return: is she finally on the road to recovery?

Concerned royal watchers can rest easy knowing that Princess Charlene appears to be on the mend after nearly a year of sickness and marriage trouble rumours – but how did it all start?

Formula One (F1)

Mercedes F1 boss Wolff wants China to host 3 races in a season

Toto Wolff, team principal and CEO of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, said he was keen to see the sport grow when it eventually returns to China.

Mercedes Team Principle Toto Wolff speaking at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Photo: Reuters

Could Hong Kong host a grand prix? Plan submitted for circuit near airport

Proposal handed to city’s government, estimating the construction cost at up to US$200 million.

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Hong Kong racer Darryl O’Young (front row, left) at the start line of the Macau Grand Prix GT Cup final round. Photo: Macau Grand Prix
Formula One (F1)

Who is F1 champ Max Verstappen’s girlfriend Kelly Piquet?

Driving clearly in her blood: her dad is a three-time former world champion, her brother raced in Formula One and Formula E, and her daughter was fathered by Russian former driver Daniil Kvyat

Lantau Tomorrow Vision

Hong Kong’s first motor racing track could form part of Lantau project

Home Affairs Bureau considering construction of permanent circuit, which could also be used for cycling, karting, and long-distance running, with Hong Kong Automobile Association welcoming renewed push.

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Formula One (F1)

British-Korean F1 driver Aitken open to electric and endurance racing

Jack Aitken reflects on a ‘strange’ Covid-19-impacted year and says he is still in talks with Williams but open to a move to Formula E and endurance racing.

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Jack Aitken celebrates on the podium after the sprint race of the Formula 2 Championship at Silverstone in August 2020. Photo: Joe Portlock - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images
Sporting year in review 2020

Opinion | Hong Kong sport endured its very own annus horribilis in 2020

It was a desperately difficult year for a swathe of the city’s sporting bodies. The main hope is that the damage 2020 inflicted on the local scene isn’t fatal.

Coronavirus pandemic

Formula E postpones next year’s Chinese race

Hong Kong was left off the Formula E calendar for a second straight year back in July.

Hong Kong E-Prix

Hong Kong ePrix falls victim to political turmoil and Covid-19

Sponsors shy away because of the political situation and the pandemic, meaning Hong Kong will again be without a Formula E race after social unrest forced cancellation of 2020 event.

The famous Central Harbourfront circuit will be missing from the Formula E circuit for the second season in a row. Photo: K.Y. Cheng

‘Sorry’ Audi driver fined US$10,900 for using ringer in virtual race

German also loses season’s points after using professional e-sports player Lorenz Hoerzing to stand in for Berlin race.

German Formula E driver Daniel Abt take a tram ride on Island ahead of the 2019 Hong Kong Formula E race. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Formula One (F1)

How does Christian Horner, F1’s Red Bull team boss, spend his millions?

Not as famous as Lewis Hamilton, but this racing boss has driven his team to success with eight world championships and still finds time to spice up his life

Coronavirus pandemic: All stories

Formula E pulls debut Jakarta race in June over coronavirus

Formula E organisers plot contingencies as fears grow that Paris, Seoul events could be affected, with Indonesia capital joining Rome, Sanya races in looking for new race date.

Hong Kong culture

Meet Hong Kong’s star female racing car driver, Denise Yeung

She might have won the 2015 Hong Kong Touring Car championship and is a regular at Fuji Speedway, but Yeung is also a real estate CEO and mum-of-two

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Denise Yeung. Photo via Instagram by @lance.photography
Coronavirus pandemic

All the major sports events affected by the coronavirus epidemic

An increasing number of high-profile sporting events have been cancelled, postponed or moved.

The 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships are the most high-profile sporting casualty of the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Opinion | Hong Kong sport in 2019: tears, tear gas and Tokyo 2020

Heartbreak at deaths of Poon Ching-chiu and Kenneth To met with Hong Kong event cancellations and hope for Tokyo 2020.

Hong Kong E-Prix organisers eye inaugural world championship season in 2020-21

Governing body FIA has upgraded Formula E to world championship status, joining Formula One, rally, endurance racing, rallycross and karting.

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