E1: Thibaut Courtois joins ex-Chelsea teammate Didier Drogba as team owner Sport Business Real Madrid and Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has become a co-owner of Sierra Racing Club, one of the newest teams in the E1 electric powerboating series. Courtois has acquired a stake in the Turkish-backed team, which joined the PIF-backed E1 this year, through his investment vehicle Nxtplay Capital. He joins a host of sports stars [...]
E1 Series heads to Bahamas as calendar reveals mystery race Sport Business The Formula 1 of water, E1 Series, will race in the Caribbean for the first time as it reveals its season three calendar. The series – which counts the likes of Will Smith, Tom Brady, LeBron James, Rafael Nadal, and Steve Aoki as team owners – will return to the water for its third season [...]
E1 Series in €20m fundraise as it plots expansion and London race Sport Business Celebrity-backed electric powerboating series E1 is seeking around €20m (£17m) from a fresh round of fundraising as it this week steps up plans to secure a race in London. E1 has engaged Rothschild and Co to seek an investor to inject capital, which bosses have earmarked for a second fleet of boats and commercial and [...]
E1 racing series teams up with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports International June 23, 2025 The E1 speedboat series and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports International have teamed up in a bid to expand the sport’s audience. The all-electric E1 series, which boasts team owners including Rafael Nadal, Will Smith, Tom Brady and Virat Kohli, is in its second season having launched in 2024. Partnering with Roc Nation, E1 hopes to [...]
Exclusive: E1 Series set for London debut in showcase on Thames May 22, 2025 Electric powerboat series E1, which features teams owned by stars including Will Smith, LeBron James and Rafael Nadal, will make its London debut this summer. An exhibition of E1’s high-speed RaceBird boats is set to take place on the Thames near Westminster on 2 July as the series looks to build its presence in the [...]
Tom Brady team wins E1 championship October 29, 2024 Tom Brady’s E1 team won the inaugural championship after a curtailed opening season. After only five races the former NFL star’s team were crowned winners of the all-electric boating series. He fended off teams with involvements from the likes of Sergio Perez, Virat Kohli and Rafael Nadal. Winning team owner, Brady, said “It feels amazing [...]
E1 series: Electric boat racing to head to Qatar in 2025 September 30, 2024 The all-electric E1 racing series will head to Qatar for the first time in season two, it was announced on Monday. The distant sibling to Formula E and Extreme H will kick off its season in the peninsular Arab country that hosted the 2022 Fifa World Cup – won by Argentina. The Corinthia Yacht Club [...]
Team Brady win third race in four on E1 Series circuit in Monaco July 29, 2024 A blip in Puerto Banus was quickly put behind Team Brady at the weekend as the NFL star-owned outfit won their third E1 Series trophy in four race weekends in Monaco. After wins in Saudi Arabia and Venice, Team Brady lost their first race of the season just minutes down the coast from Marbella. But [...]
E1 series heads to Monaco in crucial weekend for championship July 24, 2024 The E1 electric boating series will head to the grand shores of Monaco this weekend as motorsporting’s newest disciplines gets its showpiece weekend underway in the principality. The boats – whose team owners include the likes of Tom Brady, Rafael Nadal and Will Smith – have completed weekends in Jeddah, Venice and Puerto Banus and [...]
Electric racing looks to make mark on status quo June 26, 2024 The United States is motorsport mad: they live for Nascar and IndyCar and have recently adopted Formula 1 once again. This weekend the electric version of the world’s dominant motorsport, Formula E, heads to Portland for its penultimate weekend of racing. With four races to go until a Formula E champion is crowned in London [...]