Driver by Driver – 2018 Formula E Edition

Formula E is growing. As we are about to launch into the 4th season, now with Renault/Nissan, DS/Citroen, Jaguar, Audi, BMW, Porsche and electric car makers such as NIO and Venturi, you can’t ignore it.

Many of these bring their own drivers, employed directly by manufacturers who place them with their partner teams. Some fell off the F1 conveyor belt and seemingly vanished, some made a name in sports cars which can be hard to keep up with, especially if your main focus is elsewhere. A lot of people won’t know their achievements, so who are they?

This is a shameful format theft of Christine’s post on Sidepodcast, where she looked at the line-up exclusively from a Formula 1 perspective, a useful resource, I had no idea so many of them used to test F1 cars for a living! Go read that then come back here. To complement this I’m looking from the other angle: What have these drivers achieved outside F1?

But really, blame Mr C.

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2018 Calendars: Formula E

2017/18 FIA Formula E Schedule

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IndyCar Recap: September 2017 – Watkins Glen & Sonoma

The finale!

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The final two races of 2017 were held on a pair of road courses. The great Watkins Glen in upstate New York started the month, with the double points season finale at the undulating Sonoma circuit in California two weeks later.

Going into Watkins Glen, Josef Newgarden held an advantage after 3 wins in the last 4 races, but with double points on offer the title race was wide open.

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IndyCar Recap: August 2017 – Pocono & Gateway

August’s Oval Double

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After a couple of weeks off we saw three races in three weeks, though the third was in September so will follow next time.

The last two weekends in August saw very different oval races:  the long, incredibly fast, wide open three-turn Pocono Raceway was followed by the short, tight, technical Gateway Motorsports Park.

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