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Sergio Álvarez on motorsports

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Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, THE PRICE OF GOLD IN MONACO: BRACE OF POLES MARRED BY STREET-FIGHTING CHAOS

With paddock reporting from Sergio Álvarez, images courtesy of Ester Caballero If you have spent as many years pacing the pit lane of the Circuit de Monaco as Iberianmph staff have, you learn to spot the exact moment the glamorous facade of the Principality cracks, […]

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Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, The End of an Era: Lucas di Grassi’s Final Lap and More

Interviews conducted by Sergio Álvarez; Madrid E-Prix photos are courtesy of Ester Caballero. When Lucas di Grassi hangs up his helmet at the conclusion of the 2026 season, motorsport will lose one of its most dedicated and cerebral figures. While the Brazilian is now synonymous […]

70 Hectares of Pure Petrolhead Heaven: Autopía 2026, with Sergio Álvarez

All images are courtesy of Sergio Álvarez. The Ultimate “Museum” Without Walls Imagine a forest filled with the scent of pine and high-octane fuel. Autopía 2026 transformed Madrid’s Santander Forest into a 70-hectare automotive paradise, bringing together over 2,000 machines—from pre-war legends to the latest […]

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Boadilla en el retrovisor: Rumbo a la edición más grande de Autopía (actualizado)

Si existe un evento capaz de reconciliar al purista de la mecánica con la paz de la naturaleza, ese es sin duda Autopía en Boadilla del Monte. No es simplemente una exposición de coches; es un “idilio” donde el metal y la clorofila se dan […]

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Nuestra Charla 3.0, Formula E, Pulling Ahead: Abbi’s High-Voltage Debut at the Madrid E-Prix, with Sergio

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]