Interview by Sergio Álvarez, photos by Ester Caballero Under the high-altitude sun of San Sebastián de los Reyes, the air at the Circuito del Jarama still hummed with the electric residue of the first-ever Madrid E-Prix. But while the crowds had thinned after the main […]
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Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, Rewired: Théo Pourchaire and the Art of the Electric Apex, by Sergio Álvarez
Interview by Sergio Álvarez, photos by Ester Caballero The paddock in Formula E is a different kind of loud. There’s no V8 scream to rattle your teeth, just the high-pitched, futuristic whine of inverters and the frantic scrub of Hankook rubber against sun-baked asphalt. It’s […]
Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, The Torpedo Plugs In: Schooling the Kids at Jarama, Sergio’s Chat with Daniil Kvyat
Interview by Sergio Álvarez, photos by Ester Caballero The “Rookie” Masterclass: Kvyat Takes on Madrid The paddock at Circuito del Jarama still smelled of spent rubber and ozone after Sunday’s inaugural Madrid E-Prix, but the real intrigue started when the “young guns” (and one very […]
Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, The Paddock Revolt: An Exclusive with Zane Maloney, by Sergio Álvarez
Interview by Sergio Álvarez, photos by Ester Caballero In over a decade of covering this championship, we have seen Formula E survive rain-soaked chaos, battery failures, and the transition of three generations of machinery. But we have never seen the collective temperature of the pit […]
Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, Zane Maloney: The Barbadian Bolt’s Assault on Formula E
Concept by Sergio Álvarez. Additional reporting and photos by Ester Caballero Mejías. Interview with Zane Maloney, LOLA YAMAHA ABT FORMULA E TEAM Q, FIA host: It was a challenging season for your rookie season last year. Can you just talk us through it? ZM: It […]
Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, Porsche’s Progress: Modlinger Breaks Down the Key to Their Formula E Wins
Interview: Sergio Álvarez. Additional reporting and photo by Ester Caballero Mejías. Interview with Florian Modlinger, Team Principal, PORSCHE FORMULA E TEAM. Q, FIA host: How happy are you with what you’ve seen so far in testing here in Valencia? FM: I’m very happy with what […]
Sergio’s Chat with Lorina McLaughlin @ Goodwood #FOS
All images are courtesy of Sergio Álvarez. The Benetton B192 is one of our most favourite Formula 1 cars of all time. Naturally (aspirated), when at the 2025 Festival of Speed at Goodwood, Sergio had to ask its proud owner and driver, Lorina McLaughlin who […]
Goodwood Blues, Part 3: Sergio’s Instant Photo Memory Generators
Header image and all photos by Sergio. This is Sergio’s final photo gallery from the 2024 FOS.
Goodwood Blues, Part 2: Sergio’s Other Takeaways
Header image by Alejo; photos by Sergio. Most of today’s F1 fans will not know who Mika Hakkinnen is, or rather Häkkinen, with an “Ä”. Well, we do know who the mighty Flying Finn is because we were there when he was winning his titles […]