2018/19 Formula E season - Page 3

Juntos · 20 Jul 2018, 21:31 (Ref:3837747)

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Originally Posted by LPP68

Vergne is the obvious answer, but Di Grassi made a very impressive comeback after his disastrous season start.

Di Grassi lost his engineer. It was a big hit. The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

kobefly · 25 Jul 2018, 00:58 (Ref:3838631)

Next season calendar so far...

Date	City	Country
15/12/18	Ad Diriyah	Saudi Arabia
12/01/19	Marrakesh	Morocco
26/01/19	TBD	?
16/02/19	Mexico City	Mexico
10/03/19	Hong Kong	China
23/03/19	Sanya	China
13/04/19	Rome	Italy
27/04/19	Paris	France
11/05/19	Monaco	Monaco
25/05/19	Berlin	Germany
09/06/19	Zurich	Switzerland
13/07/19	New York	U.S.A.
14/07/19	New York	U.S.A.

I find very difficult to understand what are the parts of the car are not standard and which teams really develop them and who are just customers. They talk about powertrains but... what does that exactly mean?

NaBUru38 · 27 Jul 2018, 12:31 (Ref:3839085)

DS has left Virgin to partner with Techeetah.

Virgin is believed to become a Audi customer team.

Japanese Samurai · 23 Oct 2018, 07:28 (Ref:3858557)

Kota Sera is reporting that there are teams which use carbon drive shaft.
https://serakota.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2018-10-23

**BertMk2** · 13 Nov 2018, 10:36 (Ref:3863009)

Formula E will get increased UK exposure via the BBC:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/46191581

It'll be available through the website, iplayer and red button services rather than regular broadcast.

NaBUru38 · 13 Nov 2018, 13:14 (Ref:3863041)

We're 5 weeks away from round 1 at Saudi Arabia.

Virgin: Sam Bird, Robin Frijns.
Jaguar: Nelsinho Piquet, Mitch Evans.
HWA: Gary Paffett, Stoffel Vandoorne.
Dragon: José María López, Maximilian Günther.
NIO: Oliver Turvey, Tom Dillmann.
Audi Sport Abt: Lucas di Grassi, Daniel Abt.
Venturi: Felipe Massa, Edoardo Mortara.
Nissan e.DAMS: Sébastien Buemi, TBC.
DS Techeetah: Jean-Éric Vergne, André Lotterer.
BMW i Andretti: António Félix da Costa, Alexander Sims.
Mahindra: Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Pascal Wehrlein.

Nico Prost, Nick Heidfeld, Felix Rosenqvist and Alex Lynn are out.

Nikki Katz · 13 Nov 2018, 17:55 (Ref:3863126)

Will channel 5 still broadcast it? Or some satellite channel? Austosport seemed to say that the bbc were only promising to show 1 race live. Do I have to YouTube the rest???

sceptic · 16 Nov 2018, 12:50 (Ref:3863620)

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Originally Posted by Nikki Katz

Will channel 5 still broadcast it? Or some satellite channel? Austosport seemed to say that the bbc were only promising to show 1 race live. Do I have to YouTube the rest???

BBC will show one race live on TV (believed to be Hong Kong), and the others on its website and via the connected red button. All of them will be available on catchup through iPlayer.

I believe they will also all be live on Eurosport.

LPP68 · 30 Nov 2018, 07:46 (Ref:3866968)

FWIW I just sent the following e-mail to the series organizer and several teams:

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Dear reader,

In a few weeks the opening event of the 5th Formula E season is planned to be held in the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From the moment this was announced I was wondering how much sense this event makes. Off course as a motorsports enthusiast I enjoy the best drivers battling in thrilling fights on exciting tracks in high tech machinery. Formula E offers that in spades, but is not unique in that regard. It stands out from any other series in the new cities and countries where Formula E races, the innovative nature, and the sustainability compared to others series which need to burn a lot of oil to keep their cars and bikes on track. The first race in Switzerland after their race ban in the fifties for instance was amazing.
I will grant you that the race in Ad Diriya offers more of the first, but other than that, choosing to race in a country where cinema’s and women drivers are seen as a novelty, and where the king would be riding a camel and living in a tent if it wasn’t for lots and lots of oil is very unfitting to a series that promotes itself as progressive and sustainable.
You will probably be aware of recent events in Istanbul and in Yemen which underlined for me that nobody with a sliver of moral integrity would do anything to glorify this nation and its leader. It is why many big names in government, technology and finance withdraw their attendance to the Future Investment Initiative a few weeks ago.
I urge you to do the same. Please do not visit Saudi Arabia and help mr. Salman get the reputation as a modern civilized man he so clearly is not deserving. According to your website the track is still waiting on FIA homologation, so that could be a convenient cop out.
For what it matters, I intent on not watching any Formula E footage until the new year, and I hope in 2019 I can see an extra replacement race of your wonderfull series.

Best regards,
Werner Rietveld

Without a doubt in vain, I hope we have to wait a bit more to see the new cars in action.

Rob29 · 30 Nov 2018, 09:21 (Ref:3866982)

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Originally Posted by LPP68

FWIW I just sent the following e-mail to the series organizer and several teams:

Without a doubt in vain, I hope we have to wait a bit more to see the new cars in action.

Agree 100% Werner.wondered why no female drivers entered for the race but EIGHT for the test the next day

EffectiveSprinkles · 5 Dec 2018, 01:42 (Ref:3867973)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRZHDFm124s

Ah yes, F-zero style booster pads. I mean why not, hardly anything about FE has to do with racing anyway.

Bcarr6 · 5 Dec 2018, 08:26 (Ref:3868003)

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Originally Posted by EffectiveSprinkles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRZHDFm124s

Ah yes, F-zero style booster pads. I mean why not, hardly anything about FE has to do with racing anyway.

Such a shame they go for these novelties, the series is introducing legitimately interersting cars this year, with so many powerhouse manufacturers and solid drivers, why not just let them race?

Wish we could see them race on real tracks too...

smithhehehaha · 6 Dec 2018, 13:28 (Ref:3868278)

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Originally Posted by NaBUru38

We're 5 weeks away from round 1 at Saudi Arabia.

Virgin: Sam Bird, Robin Frijns.
Jaguar: Nelsinho Piquet, Mitch Evans.
HWA: Gary Paffett, Stoffel Vandoorne.
Dragon: José María López, Maximilian Günther.
NIO: Oliver Turvey, Tom Dillmann.
Audi Sport Abt: Lucas di Grassi, Daniel Abt.
Venturi: Felipe Massa, Edoardo Mortara.
Nissan e.DAMS: Sébastien Buemi, TBC.
DS Techeetah: Jean-Éric Vergne, André Lotterer.
BMW i Andretti: António Félix da Costa, Alexander Sims.
Mahindra: Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Pascal Wehrlein.

Nico Prost, Nick Heidfeld, Felix Rosenqvist and Alex Lynn are out.

Oliver Rowland will place Albon's seat in Nissan

NaBUru38 · 6 Dec 2018, 14:10 (Ref:3868289)

I expected more young and unexperienced drivers, but that's not the case. Günther is the FIA F2 runner-up...

LPP68 · 8 Dec 2018, 17:52 (Ref:3868815)

I am looking at the season introduction video, and I see that I missed the calendar addition of Sanya. I am trying to figure out on the map where exactly the track will be, but I cannot manage so far. Does anybody have an idea?
The Bern track is awesome btw!