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Franck Montagny has signed US Formula E team Andretti Autosport

Franck Montagny

Born in Feurs, France, Montagny started karting at the age of 10 and was a French national champion by the age of 14. In 1994, he moved into cars with the ‘La Filiere’ scheme and was soon impressing in the Formula Renault Championship, finishing fourth in his first season. A bad accident halted his progression […]

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Bruno Senna

Bruno Senna

Nephew to the late Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Bruno Senna showed talent from an early age when he raced karts against his uncle but was a latecomer to professional motorsport, not making his competitive race debut until 2004 in the Formula BMW UK Championship. Since then he’s carved out an impressive career for himself working his

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Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok will race for Mahindra in the FIA Formula E Championship

Karun Chandhok

Karun Chandhok is one of only two ex-Indian Formula 1 drivers. A multiple race winner and podium finisher in GP2, Karun was a test driver for Red Bull Racing in 2007 and 2008 before going on to race for HRT and Team Lotus in 2010 and 2011. For the past two years he has been

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Jaime Alguersuari

Jaime Alguersuari

Jaime Alguersuari began karting at the age of eight in his native Spain and it wouldn’t be long before he would become the youngest-ever driver to make a Formula 1 race appearance and the first Spanish teenager to follow in the footsteps of Fernando Alonso. After success in the Formula Junior series and Formula Renault,

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Sam Bird

Sam Bird

Sam Bird appeared on the karting scene in 2002, racing competitively in events across Europe, including the ICA Garda Cup and the Federation Cup. Following his stint in karting, Bird won a scholarship to race in the inaugural season of Formula BMW with Carlin Motorsport. He ended the year with three wins and finished as

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Lucas di Grassi (BR)

Lucas di Grassi

Lucas di Grassi began karting in 1994 and within three years was already winning championship races before working his way to Formula 1 with the Virgin F1 Team. Di Grassi made his car debut in 2003 driving in the South American Formula 3 series and finishing second in his debut year. He switched to the

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2. German driver Daniel Abt

Daniel Abt

Daniel’s family is no stranger to the world of motorsport with his father Hans-Jürgen, the owner and team principal of Abt Sportsline which competes in the DTM series, amongst others, as well as being the only German Formula E squad. His uncle, Christian Abt, is a racing driver as well and was active in DTM

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