The Race Formula E Podcast

The latest episode of The Race Formula E podcast reports from Valencia after a dramatic pre-season test last week. The spectacular pit fire is discussed in detail by regular hosts Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt, with Smith also gauging the opinions of Porsche boss Florian Modlinger, who also talks about Porsche’s 2024 title ambitions. The incoming advent of the fast charging pit stops is also d...

In his first interview since becoming a Jaguar TCS Racing driver, Nick Cassidy joins hosts Andrew van de Burgt and Sam Smith to look ahead to his new career chapter as he joins old friend Mitch Evans at ‘The Big Cat’. The challenge of racing for a major manufacturer is touched on, as is the prospect of racing with fellow Kiwi, Mitch Evans in the modern equivalent of the Bruce and Denny show! Cassi...

Oliver Rowland joins Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt in the latest episode of The Race Formula E podcast, as he settles in to life back at his former team Nissan. The trio discuss Rowland’s turbulent final half season at Mahindra and dig down in to how the switch back to Nissan panned out. The prospects for the 2024 at Nissan are covered, as is Rowland’s new position as the elder statesman in a...

New Maserati MSG Formula E driver Jehan Daruvala joins Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt to talk about his new challenge as the 2024 grid is completed. Smith journeyed to Monaco to meet the Indian and his new team boss and the trio talk about Maserati’s aspirations for the new season and about their new facility they moved in to last month. James Rosister also chips in about where the team is pres...

In a special feature length 2023 season review episode Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt are joined by Envision Racing boss Sylvain Filippi to talk through the teams’ most successful campaign to date. Filippi details key moments in Envision’s title winning season, looking at the key successes, tricky team orchestration at the London EPrix and how Nick Cassidy’s switch from the team to Jaguar playe...

2023 ABB FIA Formula E world champion Jake Dennis joins Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt for a lookback at the crucial London EPrix event at ExCeL Arena last weekend that saw him crowned as champion. Dennis describes the tense and chaotic end of the season on his home patch and how he repelled multiple attempts from Envision, Jaguar and Porsche to knock him off his stride. The UK’s first all-elec...

A bonus edition of The Race’s Formula E podcast lands to look ahead to the third ever London EPrix meeting as the curtain gets ready to come down on the 2023 season. NEOM McLaren team principal Ian James joins Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt to talk about the team’s home event and the status of the unique indoors and outdoors venue as it gets set to host the season finale. Sam and Andrew quiz Ia...

Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt are joined by Nissan’s Sacha Fenestraz to review a spectacular Rome EPrix that saw several twists in the hitherto close 2023 title battle. Jake Dennis emerged as the clear favourite after winning the second race on Sunday, with his joy accelerated by the fact his two most direct championship competitors collided on the second lap. Also discussed is the catastrophi...

Mitch Evans joins Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt on the latest episode of The Race Formula E podcast looking back at the first ever Portland EPrix. Evans goes over his incredible run from 20th to fourth position as he kept himself in the title frame with just four races of the 2023 season remaining. He also describes what’s it like in the white heat of the 22 car peloton after Formula E’s most...

Maximilian Guenther and Pascal Wehrlein made Jakarta a German fiefdom last weekend as the Maserati MSG and Porsche drivers stole the show with a win apiece. Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt decipher how they did it and how Guenther in particular dominated so many sessions and then the second race in the sultry Indonesian conditions. Nick Cassidy’s messy weekend is also dissected, as is Mitch Evan...

The Monaco EPrix review majors on Nick Cassidy’s shock emergence as a title contender after claiming back-to-back wins with a convincing performance on the streets of the Principality. Host Jack Nicholls and Formula E correspondent Sam Smith are joined by Andretti’s group commercial director officer Jim Wright for some lively debate on the merits of the extreme energy saving peloton style racing,...

Formula E enjoyed another stellar weekend in Berlin, as the Tempelhof circuit delivered a pair of stunningly close, overtaking filled races. Joining host Jack Nicholls and The Race’s Andrew van de Burgt to discuss the ins and outs of his weekend and his impressive season to date is NEOM McLaren driver Jake Hughes. He outlines why he and the team struggled in Berlin, gives his thoughts on his rooki...

A memorable first ever Sao Paulo EPrix is picked apart by Jack Nicholls and Sam Smith as they are also joined by third placed finisher Sam Bird. The Jaguar TCS Racing driver talks about his much need result, the fightback from his Hyderabad ignominy and how Formula E is currently proving to be a much more entertaining package than F1. Mitch Evans’ first win of the season is analysed, as is the fas...

The first ever Cape Town EPrix was packed with incident, controversy and a move by Antonio Felix da Costa that will go down in championship legend. But how did he pull it off? He tells the Formula E podcast as Jack Nicholls, Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt ponder its magnificence in addition to several intricate storylines from a memorable weekend in South Africa. Nick Cassidy’s contretemps with...

A hectic and entertaining first ever Hyderabad EPrix is digested and analysed by host Jack Nicholls, Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt. Jean-Eric Vergne tore up the recent formbook by giving the new DS Penske alliance its maiden ever victory. But how did he do it? The catastrophic intra-Jaguar debacle is picked apart, as is the complicated penalty that denied Sebastien Buemi a podium and elevated...

Porsche’s total dominance of the Diriyah EPrixs is analysed in the latest Formula E podcast from The Race with host Jack Nicholls, reporter Sam Smith and guest pundit Andrew van de Burgt. The secrets of Porsche’s pace are revealed as the now clear title favourites flexed their collective muscles in a supreme display amid the sand dunes of Riyadh. NEOM McLaren’s milestones of a first pole and podiu...

The Race’s first Formula E podcast of the 2023 season starts with a detailed look at the dawning of the new Gen3 era after a first public look at the much discussed cars in Mexico City. Our new-old-new host Jack Nicholls presents the show gauging the opinions of The Race’s Sam Smith and Jack Cozens on how Jake Dennis and all things Porsche dominated the opening round at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodr...

International motor racing returns with a bang this weekend with the start of the 2023 Formula E season. Season 9 brings with it many things: A new generation of car, new tracks, new driver line-ups - and a new host for The Race Formula E Podcast!  Hit like, follow or subscribe in your podcast player of choice to join The Race Formula E Podcast for an electric season of racing. Hosted on Acast. Se...

The final Formula E podcast of 2022 takes a detailed look at the recent pre-season Valencia test. The four days in Spain provided plenty of news and juicy plot lines for an on-site Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt to get their teeth in to. From battery reliability issues, concerning braking episodes and a surprising lack of pace in the new Gen3, there was much to talk about. A galaxy of stars inc...

New NIO 333 signing Sergio Sette Camara joins The Race Formula E podcast to look forward to his new challenges for 2023. Andrew van de Burgt and Sam Smith probe the Brazilian on his switch from Dragon and delve into his frustrations at not being able to break through to the front of the grid in 2021 and 2022. The new Gen3 car is discussed, as is the fresh attack mode structure for next season, and...

After a short break The Race Formula E podcast is back as the run-in to the start of the 2023 season begins with the new Gen 3 era. Host Andrew van de Burgt and our man in the paddock Sam Smith are joined by Avalanche Andretti driver Jake Dennis as he readies himself for a third season in the all-electric world championship. The three times EPrix winner and London ‘Excel Exceller’ talks about his...

In a feature length season review episode The Race’s Andrew van de Burgt and Sam Smith and are joined by double DTM champion and now Mercedes EQ team manager Gary Paffett. The victorious season for Mercedes and Stoffel Vandoorne gets the deep dive treatment as does the German manufacturers legacy in Formula E after leaving the all-electric series on a high. The trio choose their top performing dri...

The Race Formula E podcast welcomes newly crowned ABB FIA Formula E World Champion Stoffel Vandoorne as he savours a hard-earned title sealed in Seoul last weekend. The Mercedes EQ driver gives an extensive appraisal of how he achieved his first title since his 2016 GP2 triumph and how he soaked up the pressure to beat a feisty challenge from Mitch Evans. The former McLaren F1 driver talks Sam Smi...

London called, and Formula E answered in what is being considered as being one of the best events the all-electric world championship has put on in recent years. Guest host Jack Nicholls is joined by Sam Smith and Avalanche Andretti’s Roger Griffiths, who with driver Jake Dennis was the toast of the UK’s capital last weekend after a dominant victory and a close second to Sunday victor Lucas di Gra...

Mitch Evans joins Andrew van de Burgt and Sam Smith to pick the bones from a dramatic double-header in Brooklyn, New York City last weekend. The Jaguar TCS Racing driver proffers his opinion on the controversial decision not to re-start the Saturday race after a localised cloudburst sent several cars, including the leader Nick Cassidy crashing off the track in a bizarre Takeshi’s Castle style endi...