As part of its “Venturi Global Challenges,” Venturi Automobiles in partnership with The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research will try to achieve a new electric world’s speed record this August. With 3,000 HP, the 3rd generation of “Venturi Jamais Contente” is the most powerful electric car ever built. Roger Schroer, test driver at […]
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They say lightening never strikes the same place twice, but Venturi are likely to disagree with that statement after the second year of terrible weather hindered their world electric land speed record attempt this year. Just as in September 2013 which saw the entire Bonneville salt lake flooded, just as Venturi arrived to make a
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When invited to the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, the last thing you think of is it would be for a motor racing event. However tenuous the links between the Roundhouse and Formula E are, it was a great location to showcase the ten cars in their finished liveries. Attended by some of motorsports racing greats,
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Nick Heidfeld started karting at the age of 8 before jumping into single-seaters, dominating the German Formula Ford 1600 series. He won eight races out of a possible nine in his debut season. The following year he clinched the title in the German International Formula Ford 1800 Championship. After his success in junior categories Heidfeld
Stéphane Sarrazin is renowned as a driver with great versatility, competing across a wide range of motorsport categories throughout his career. The Frenchman picked up karting from his father who was a passionate motorsport enthusiast. During his early years he clinched two karting titles and progressed to single-seaters becoming the French Formula Renault champion in
Venturi is the latest to announce their driver line-up for the forthcoming FIA Formula E electric championship. Nick Heidfeld, the ex-Formula One German driver and Stéphane Sarrazin, the talented French driver who competes in both Rally and the World Endurance Championship, have joined the Venturi Formula E team. Nick and Stéphane are both highly experienced
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The Venturi Formula E Team was founded by an unlikely pairing of well known French automotive brand, Venturi Automobiles, and world famous actor Leonardo DiCaprio. Venturi Automobiles is a revived incarnation of the past great “French Ferrari” and is now solely focussed on electric vehicles. Based in Monaco, the brand has most notably put their
Venturi Automobiles today (9 December) announced a joint venture with award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio to enter a team in the new FIA Formula E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric race series beginning in September 2014. The announcement also means the previously released press release by Bluebird that they would enter the inaugural
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