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20 Jul 2018, 22:31 (Ref:3837747)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LPP68
Vergne is the obvious answer, but Di Grassi made a very impressive comeback after his disastrous season start.
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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.
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25 Jul 2018, 01:58 (Ref:3838631)
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Racer
Join Date: Jan 2006
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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?
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27 Jul 2018, 13:31 (Ref:3839085)
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#33
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DS has left Virgin to partner with Techeetah.
Virgin is believed to become a Audi customer team.
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"Show me a driver who didn’t make a handful of errors this year, and I’ll show you someone who wasn’t trying hard enough." - David Malsher
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13 Nov 2018, 11:36 (Ref:3863009)
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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.
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13 Nov 2018, 14:14 (Ref:3863041)
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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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.
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"Show me a driver who didn’t make a handful of errors this year, and I’ll show you someone who wasn’t trying hard enough." - David Malsher
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13 Nov 2018, 18:55 (Ref:3863126)
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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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???
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16 Nov 2018, 13:50 (Ref:3863620)
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#38
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Quote:
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???
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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.
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30 Nov 2018, 08:46 (Ref:3866968)
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Join Date: Apr 2018
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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
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Without a doubt in vain, I hope we have to wait a bit more to see the new cars in action.
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30 Nov 2018, 10:21 (Ref:3866982)
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Quote:
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.
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Agree 100% Werner.wondered why no female drivers entered for the race but EIGHT for the test the next day
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Do it in the streets!
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5 Dec 2018, 09:26 (Ref:3868003)
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#42
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Join Date: Nov 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EffectiveSprinkles
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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...
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6 Dec 2018, 14:28 (Ref:3868278)
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#43
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Racer
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 182
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Quote:
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.
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Oliver Rowland will place Albon's seat in Nissan
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6 Dec 2018, 15:10 (Ref:3868289)
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#44
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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I expected more young and unexperienced drivers, but that's not the case. Günther is the FIA F2 runner-up...
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"Show me a driver who didn’t make a handful of errors this year, and I’ll show you someone who wasn’t trying hard enough." - David Malsher
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8 Dec 2018, 18:52 (Ref:3868815)
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#45
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Rookie
Join Date: Apr 2018
Posts: 25
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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!
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