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Time of India
25-05-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Maserati MSG driver Jake Hughes looking at the 'positive signs' ahead of the Shanghai E-Prix
Image credit: Jake Hughes/Instagram Maserati MSG Racing driver Jake Hughes may not be having an ideal Formula E season, but the British racer has a lot to look forward to in Shanghai at the upcoming double header. He had secured second place on the podium in part of the 2024 Shanghai E-Prix, giving him added confidence to aim high in the upcoming race. He earned that podium while driving for NEOM McLaren last year, before making the switch to Maserati MSG. Jake Hughes's performance this season Jake Hughes has participated in just 40 races so far and has already claimed two podium finishes, including one at the Jeddah E-Prix earlier this year. He currently stands fifteenth in the Formula E Driver Standings with 27 points. He finished tenth in the Mexico Round 2 race and fifth in Jeddah Round 3 before securing a podium in Round 4 in Jeddah. Since then, however, his on-track performance has seen a decline. At the recently held Tokyo E-Prix double header this month, Hughes finished last in both Round 8 and Round 9 races. Sharing a slow-motion video of himself in a helmet days after the race, Hughes wrote on Instagram, 'Japan was a rough one. Fast in all practice sessions but qualifying really curtailed our whole weekend. But some positive signs at least that will hopefully be turning our season around very shortly. #maserati #formulae #tokyoeprix #tokyoeprix. ' Boosting his morale, the official Formula E Instagram handle commented on his post: 'Onto Shanghai,' along with the raising hands emoji. During the Tokyo E-Prix, Hughes also shared several pictures of his Maserati MSG livery on the wet track, captioned: 'Wetter than a pocket full of Otters.' Heavy rain affected the first Round 8 race, which followed a grid order determined by free practice results. Also Read: Tokyo E-Prix 2025 results: Oliver Rowland claims his fourth win of the season, Pascal Wehrlein finishes second in Round 9 Now, all he needs is to replicate the success he found in Jeddah. Rounds 10 and 11 of the FIA Formula E World Championship 2025 are scheduled for May 31 and June 1. Good luck to Jake Hughes! Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Time of India
26-04-2025
- Automotive
- Time of India
Kimi Antonelli says 'I would like to be an NBA player for a day', hopes to watch a game when he is in the US
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli has said that if he gets an opportunity, he would like to be an NBA player for a day. Antonelli has been the most promising rookie this year, with impressive performances on the track among the F1 biggies. In a candid interview with Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Formula 1 , the 18-year-old revealed that he would like to be an NBA player as well as a car designer for a day if he gets such a chance. Kimi Antonelli opens up about his lesser known interests Kimi Antonelli sat for a candid interview with and was asked which other jobs he wishes he could try for a day. Sharing his hidden interests, the Italian said, 'I would like to be a car designer, so designing my own car, or designing my own house! I would like to be an NBA [basketball] player for a day. I've really gotten passionate into NBA. I've never watched a game [in person], but I'm really looking forward to when we're going to be racing in the US. I think it's pretty cool. These three are the main jobs.' Also sharing his interest in music as well, he further added, 'I really like music as well, but I'm a really, really terrible singer… I would probably need a lot of auto-tune, like only auto-tune, because it would just sound terrible to the ears!' Antonelli has a lot to be proud of this season. He is currently one position better than seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in the F1 Driver Standings. While Hamilton is in 7th, Kimi is in 6th with 38 points. His best performance was in the season opener in Australia, where he got fourth position. He came sixth in the following two races, the Chinese Grand Prix and the Japanese Grand Prix. He slipped to 11th at the Bahrain Grand Prix but bounced back to 6th position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Also Read: Antonelli has been driving alongside George Russell and has impressively filled Hamilton's vacant seat at Mercedes after the latter moved to Ferrari this year. Not only has he done justice to his seat at Mercedes, but he has also performed much better than his champion predecessor. He will now be participating in the upcoming Miami Grand Prix in Florida. It is scheduled from May 2-4.
Daily Mail
21-04-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Oscar Piastri's mum reveals the one thing she wishes her son wouldn't do if he is to challenge Max Verstappen to win the F1 Drivers' Championship
Oscar Piastri 's mum, Nicole, wishes her son would be a little more risk-averse when attempting to take on Max Verstappen this season. The Aussie driver zoomed his way to his third victory of the Formula One season on Sunday afternoon in Saudi Arabia and has now gone 10 points clear of Lando Norris at the top of the Driver Standings. Verstappen placed second behind the McLaren driver after being handed a five-second penalty after he and Piastri battled for position at the very beginning of the race. With the Dutchman taking pole position, with Piastri in second, the pair went wheel-to-wheel through the first two corners of the race, with Piastri standing firm and holding his position, ultimately forcing Verstappen off the track. Racing stewards quickly issued the reigning champion with the penalty, judging that Verstappen had unfairly taken an advantage over the 24-year-old Aussie through the first chicane. But Piastri's mother, Nicole, said she was 'horrified' by the moment. 'I kinda wish Oscar wouldn't hold his ground with someone like Max Verstappen,' she said, speaking to 4BC radio on Monday. 'That was horrifying, to be honest. But that's what he does and he will continue to do that.' Since Oscar's rise to Formula One stardom, his mother, Nicole has also stolen headlines for her brilliant comments of support for her son on social media. After he claimed victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, the 24-year-old had appeared in an Instagram reel published on McLaren's official account, playing a game alongside his team-mate Norris. Nicole hilariously quipped in the comments section of the video: 'Once you're done playing games on your phone, Osc, do you think you could FaceTime me so I can congratulate you on your win in China?' But while the young Aussie has been in epic form at the start of the 2025 season, his mum admitted that watching the races can be a very stressful experience. 'It's just the risk, and it's not so much Oscar, it's people around him,' she added. 'There is no sleeping when Oscar is racing at 300 kilometres per hour. 'He's very cautious by nature, and he's very calculated and clever in the way that he does everything.' Nicole used the example of how her son's team-mate, Norris, had suffered a scary crash in qualifying after his car appeared to lose control after the Englishman drove over a kerb on the track. 'He took on Max at the first corner, which was a bit horrifying,' Nicole added. 'But typically, he won't take risks. But you can't trust that those around him won't miss. 'You just can't trust that those around him won't take risks. 'As we saw with Lando, a tiny mistake can be really dangerous. They are only human. 'It's nice that [Oscar's] doing well but my priority is just that he finishes the race and gets out of the car and walks away. If he finishes well that is just a bonus.' Verstappen, meanwhile, admitted after the race that his battle with Piastri over the opening 100m of the race may have cost him victory in Jeddah. 'Yeah, potentially, it is what it is,' he said, when pressed if turn one had hampered his chances of winning. He added in another interview: 'The start happened, turn one happened and suddenly it was lap 50 (the last lap). It just all went super fast,' the reigning world champion said. 'The problem is that I cannot share my opinion about it because I might get penalised also, you know, so it's better not to speak about it.' Pressed on whether he was frustrated by having to bottle up his feelings on the matter, Verstappen responded: 'I think it's just the world we live in. You can't fully share your opinion because it's not appreciated, apparently, or people can't handle the full truth. 'For me, it's better if I don't need to say too much, it also saves my time, because we already have to do so much. 'It's honestly just how everything is becoming. Everyone is super sensitive about everything. And then, of course, what we have currently, we cannot be critical anyway. So, that's fine, less talking - even better for me.' Meanwhile, Piastri's efforts this weekend saw him become the first Aussie to top the Driver Standings since Mark Webber in 2010. 'I'm very proud,' Nicole said of her son.
