Volkswagen will end its factory support of all programmes using internal combustion engines after implementing a motorsport strategy focused on electric mobility.
Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko believes Pierre Gasly would not have recovered from dip in Formula 1 form had he not returned to Toro Rosso from Red Bull.
Envision Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird won the 2019-20 Formula E season-opening Diriyah E-Prix ahead of Porsche’s Andre Lotterer and Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne as FE’s new teams took debut podiums.
New factory KTM MotoGP rider Brad Binder admits he “felt completely lost” at one stage during the Valencia post-season test and asked the team for test rider Dani Pedrosa to help.
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Volkswagen to cease all non-electric motorsport programmes
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Diriyah E-Prix: Bird wins, podiums for Porsche and Mercedes
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Promoted: Nissan powertrain change adds new motivation
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Walkinshaw eyeing 2020 with shocks switch
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Diriyah E-Prix: Bird leads da Costa in practice
Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird set the fast time across the practice sessions for the 2019-20 Formula E season-opening Diriyah E-Prix, where the drivers struggled with the new low-grip surface.
| 1 |  Lewis Hamilton | 387 pts |
| 2 |  Valtteri Bottas | 314 pts |
| 3 |  Max Verstappen | 260 pts |
| 1 |  | Mercedes | 701 pts |
| 2 |  | Ferrari | 479 pts |
| 3 |  | Red Bull Racing | 391 pts |
