Formula E vs Formula 1: Same Word, Different Sports
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Formula E vs Formula 1: Same Word, Different SportsLights out in 3… 2… 1…
The slow lap
that explains the fastest sport.
Formation Lap is an independent Formula 1 magazine — the engineering, the race craft, the people, and the watches, written with the calm of a warm-up lap.
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Engineering
Why the cars are this fast — aero, engines, weight, the halo, the pit wall's dark arts.
Enter →S2Racing
Flags, pole position, circuits, and how F1 measures against every other discipline.
Enter →S3Drivers
The people in the cockpit — and everyone paid to make them faster.
Enter →FLLifestyle
The paddock after dark — watches, collections, style, and the objects of speed.
Enter →02
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