This is why the first Formula E race is not to be missed

This is why the first Formula E race is not to be missed

Posted on 12-09-2014 at 18:01 by JordyS – 33 Comments”

Formula E-test in Donington
We have a bit of a wait, but this weekend it finally happened: the Formula E circus erupts in the Chinese Beijing. We determine why you have these historical races absolutely want to see.

The technique

Formula E in Donington

We all know the Formula 1, but there is since year and day in quite some fuel. Of course, the new engines are more economical, but environmentally conscious, it is all still not. That is, in the Formula E to be different. The main feature of the class is, of course, the electrical power source. That came, incidentally, not just because Renault Sport, McLaren Electronic Systems and Williams Advanced Engineering, worked on the development.

It will take some getting used to the cars, almost no sound, but that also has its advantages. The organization wants the Formula E namely, to make it accessible for everyone and does it with competitions at racing circuits (more about that later) in London and Berlin. That would simply not be possible if the Formula E cars have a cup of noise produced.

The pit stops

The pit stops will soon be a Le Mans-feeling experience. The riders swap halfway through the race, in fact, no tires, but steps in a complete new car. The batteries of the Formula E cars don’t full race full and fast recharge is also not an option. That is undoubtedly spectacular images deliver.

Incidentally, it is in theory not necessary for tyres to change, because Michelin rubber has developed a very race weekend. All about the green image of the class is still a bit thicker underline.

Legendary driestrijd

Bruno Senna

We can imagine that if you’re a raceliefhebber so you have concerns with a class that especially as environmentally conscious as possible, wants to race. We do, however, there is no doubt that there are also on the circuit soon enough. You don just have a look to the list of players to watch. Then there are not only the names of several ex-F1 drivers, but we can also see a legendary trio is back: Prost, Piquet and Senna.

Okay, it’s not about the heroes from the eighties, but still. It is and remains special that Bruno Senna, Nelson Piquet Jr. and Nicolas Prost in Beijing against each other. The three have what to do, and that can at the Chinese street circuit of high-profile battles to deliver. Is this the beginning of a new battle of the titans?

Challenging circuits

Do you want many people to get acquainted with green racing, then you should not go racing on a track somewhere in the desert. In that regard, the Formula E as well, because the races take place in the centre of London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Beijing and several other large cities. An additional advantage is that the car is on a narrow racing circuits and let understand that is often a guarantee for spectacle.

Ho-Pin Tung

Ho-Pin Tung

Christijan Albers and Robert Doornbos showed openly interested in a Formula E seat, but it is, ultimately, Ho-Pin Tung that the Dutch (and Chinese) honor this season may high can keep. The end in Beijing is so immediately a crew. Tung will race regularly with Porsches and Le Mans Prototypes in Asia, but will also in the single seaters to show what he can do.

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