An opportunity to drive on track is not to be missed. Be it in a Formula 3000, a 488 GTB, an Audi TT or a Rotax Kart. While some find the track a brilliant way to hone their speeding skills without attracting a fine, there seems to be a dependable …
First ever Electric Ferrari beats 308 GT Classic
The road to ‘Electric’ is a one-way. Perhaps not absolutely so yet, but the idea of taking classic cars into the future by converting them, abandoned ones particularly, into electric vehicles is a fascinating one. But when it is a Ferrari in question, and that too the all-time favourite 308 …
Supercharged Tesla Odyssey: From UK to Netherlands via Pikes Peak and Pau-Arnos
July began with a buzz for me. Quite literally, considering the source of it was Tesla, for the most part. There was the Tesla store opening in Dubai coming up, in the second week. There was Drivemeonline’s 6th birthday turning up even sooner and, around the same time, something I’ve …
2017 F1 car and 2016 F1 finals: What the gurus think
A fortnight after the Formula 1 Grand Prix concluded, I’m listening to the echoes from The Circuit on who deserved to win the 2016 driver’s championship; was Mercedes really apprehensive about duelling that potentially destroyed teams; and how the new Formula 1 design could be a headache for drivers, even …
Fun and learning from the Formula E finale
In this goodbye feature to 2016 Formula E, I’m squeezing the last drops of fun, learning and interesting facts out of the backstage talks that followed the final race of Formula E, earlier this month. Content and image courtesy: CNN Supercharged Sebastien Buemi is the new Formula E world champion …
Paris e Prix champion dares F1 champs to go electric!
Formula E’s pre-race edition takes us to dreamy Paris, where Di Grassi is preparing for the race he went on to win and muses on how trying these tracks could be for his former Formula 1 rivals Vettel and Hamilton. Watch this fascinating talk on CNN SuperCharged; read it right here. Paris is …
Formula E: Racing past history in Mexico City
The bend where Ayrton Senna escaped a Formula 1 crash, but sealed the fate of the corner… Carrot, the electric car sharing scheme that can take 10,000 cars off Mexican streets… this episode of CNN SuperCharged is full of interesting and exciting facts! For CNN’s Nicki Shields and all those …
Formula E: The Future SuperCharged
Hot on the heels of the Formula E series, as CNN SuperCharged races through some of the world’s most glamorous city centres, Drivemeonline brings you a priority-access feature with exclusive videos, from the reports and shows compiled and anchored by renowned sports presenter Nicki Shields. The Formula E racing season …
All is new, including world’s first one minute drive reviews
Four months to turning five. It’s that time in the lifecycle of anything automotive when a refreshed design is contemplated, efficiency is revisited and a turbocharger claims ideological supremacy over the natural heir to motor-dom. It is the time when marketing overrules engineering’s insistence that a brighter LED panel and …