Formula E

Ghost Train

nelson piquet jr on board lap was fun, thought he was going to lose it a few times

talk that it might start behind safety car be cause of narrow first corner, hope not

AMKC

Safery car start was boring but there has been some good racing so far. Big lock up by JEV there. Great pass do.

Northern Monkey

I'm going to the race today. Can't wait for it.

AMKC

@Northern Monkey. Enjoy. It should be a better race today as they are not starting behind the safety car today as the track was modified overnight to make it safe for the cars to drive on the part they could not drive on yesterday.
So today we will get a proper race from the start . Should be exciting.

AMKC

Just a reminder for anyone wanting to watch it on tv.
The Qualifying is on at the moment on ITV and the race is at 3pm on ITV. Actual race starts at 4pm. Thats ITV the main station.

_rebelkid

AMKC wrote: »

Just a reminder for anyone wanting to watch it on tv.
The Qualifying is on at the moment on ITV and the race is at 3pm on ITV. Actual race starts at 4pm. Thats ITV the main station.

First time I'll have it in HD, which is nice.

_rebelkid

Chucking it down in Battersea now.

_rebelkid

Piquet starts P16, Buemi is P6. This is going to be an exciting race...

AMKC

Certainly hope it is an exciting race. Nearly time only 55 minutes to go. The Qualifying was fun and certainly mixec the grid up a bit. Some drivers happy and some not. The rain made it trickier

Joeseph Balls

Massa was there, wonder will we see him in formula e in the near future...

_rebelkid

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Massa was there, wonder will we see him in formula e in the near future...

He was at Goodwood yesterday, so he came over just because he was there. Doubt he'd join the series.

_rebelkid

Piquet wins the Championship.

Ghost Train

Well that was good race

Was Senna blocking a bit more than he should have been

_rebelkid

Ghost Train wrote: »

Well that was good race

Was Senna blocking a bit more than he should have been

He could have been nicer to Buemi, but he is Brazilian...

Charlie-Bravo

Eh, those dudes with 0% need to be penalised.

AMKC

The first half was ok but it was a very exciting 2nd half to the race the last 8 laps in particular were really exciting. Well done to Sam bird in winning the race and to Nelson Piquet jnr in winning the championship.

_rebelkid

astrofluff wrote: »

Eh, those dudes with 0% need to be penalised.

Sarrazin was given a 49 second penalty. Piquet still takes the champioship by 1 point.

AMKC

@Astrofluff He was. He lost the race to Sam Bird as he had 0 per cent energy left.

Charlie-Bravo

Was there another driver two cars in front of Buemi who had 0%?

PopePalpatine

Yep, I think it might have been Duval. It still wouldn't have made a difference if he was penalised, the gap from 4th to 6th is the same as that between 5th and 7th.

antodeco

New engines for 2015-2016!

DS Virgin sounds epic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zBFeAPSpbM

_rebelkid

antodeco wrote: »

New engines for 2015-2016!

DS Virgin sounds epic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zBFeAPSpbM

Technically, this season is far more interesting than last. New motors for almost everyone, half of them aren't built by McLaren anymore, and 4 different gearboxes, not one of which is last years. I for one can't wait for Beijing.

antodeco

Me neither! Was watching season one review highlights there. Great great fun.

Beijing is Oct 15th?

Sterling Archer

It's great news.. the series really is trying to keep pushing and growing

Charlie-Bravo

What's great is that next year you'll have motors built by different manufacturers/suppliers. You'll get an impression of which is stronger between teams. What's not great is that the better car will win and not necessarily the better driver! Looking forward to it though.

AMKC

I see Andretti have decided not to run there new powertrain as they have been having problems in testing so they are going to use the season one Mclaren motor instead.
Jarno Trulli is not going to race for his team anymore. They have a new driver Salvadar Duran who will join Tonio Liuzzi in there driver line up.

Jordan 199

AMKC wrote: »

Jarno Trulli is not going to race for his team anymore.

That's Trulli bad.

Charlie-Bravo

I had a chuckle in the first race last year when the commentators mentioned Trulli was holding up the field and dare they say it was a Trulli train. It's a good idea to let Duran at it and build his experience in this series.

Jordan 199

AMKC wrote: »

Jarno Trulli is not going to race for his team anymore. They have a new driver Salvadar Duran who will join Tonio Liuzzi in there driver line up.

Apparently his full name is Salvadar Duran Duran.

Ghost Train

Trulli only had one top 10 finish, 4th in Uruguay, so probably the right decision, pity he didn't do a bit better