Formula E

flazio

astrofluff wrote: »

The Uruguay race is on this Saturday 18 Dec at 7pm. The coverage begins at 6pm on ITV4.

The Trulli Team has withdrawn leaving just 18 cars from 9 constructor teams. Perhaps this will allow a new team in before the end of the season. From reading online articles, they keep saying them leaving opens up the door to another team. Perhaps something is ready to go for the following race?

Apparently the deal is already done for a Jaguar team to replace Trulli

Charlie-Bravo

I see, Jaguar were announced on the same day of the Truilli exit annoucment. And Jaguar say they're due to race next season. This is only race 3 of 10. Long way till the new season. The wording just seemed to point to something else but you could be right - we'll see if something else materialises in the meantime (hopefully as the more cars, the more potential battles on track).

Charlie-Bravo

Race due to begin in a few mins.

Ghost Train

Not the most interesting track layout, didn't think the race was that good today... Didn't see the qualifying, sounded like that might have been more interesting, might watch it later on YouTube

Charlie-Bravo

Agreed, I've a feeling the teams are beginning to get to the point they have learned so much from the cars, that at this stage they are managing the optimum battery life for each half of the race. Eventually I reckon the course designs will need to assist more overtaking opportunities, as where there is least opportunity on tracks, there'll be lifting and coasting.

I don't think there's any need for aero interventions such as DRS as the cars don't go fast enough. Multiple lines in and out of corners would be beneicial. Have we had a wet race yet?

Ghost Train

Not sure if there's been a wet race, qualifying in london was a bit wet

Bit of a break till next race in Argentina on 6th of Feb

Hopefully as the cars develop the racing will get a bit closer, the lightest cars seem to be up the front at the moment

ScumLord

astrofluff wrote: »

Agreed, I've a feeling the teams are beginning to get to the point they have learned so much from the cars, that at this stage they are managing the optimum battery life for each half of the race.

While it's true that the more they race the more they'll know about the car, things should be changing enough each year that it'll keep them guessing. They've had a surprising amount of reliability given the fact some teams have switched to new engines and gear boxes. Although I wouldn't expect electric to have as many reliability problems as the likes of F1 because the cars just don't have anywhere near the same level of complexity. Next year will shake things up again.

Ghost Train wrote: »

Hopefully as the cars develop the racing will get a bit closer, the lightest cars seem to be up the front at the moment

I don't think we can really expect racing to get closer as the cars are developed in different directions in the coming years. The likelihood is that as the cars diversify that they'll start having different performance levels. Some teams will inevitably do better than others. There is the scope there for one team to have a Mercedes year where they're head and shoulders above everybody else.

Harika

Venturi and Villeneuve part ways. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122562
I am a little sad, that he goes, as I liked him as driver in the 90s. On the other side, since 1997 he hasn't shown anything remarkable in Motorsport and his performance was mediocre at best.

Harika

Venturi and Villeneuve part ways. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122562
I am a little sad, that he goes, as I liked him as driver in the 90s. On the other side, since 1997 he hasn't shown anything remarkable in Motorsport and his performance was mediocre at best.

eviltimeban

Harika wrote: »

Venturi and Villeneuve part ways. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122562
I am a little sad, that he goes, as I liked him as driver in the 90s. On the other side, since 1997 he hasn't shown anything remarkable in Motorsport and his performance was mediocre at best.

He had a few good races in BAR, in fact I remember he was in line to join McLaren around 2000 / 2001, but he stayed with BAR (for the money no doubt, but also because he and Ron didn't get along).

Was a shame as I was looking into following Formula E, some good names in there, and would've been nice to be able to follow Villeneuve again. Weird after only three races, none of which he was able to race to the car's potential (crashes, pit issues, etc). Wonder what he'll do now.

Charlie-Bravo

This is the race Schedule:

STARTS ENDS ACTIVITY
15:00 15:30 SHAKEDOWN
Saturday 06 February 2016
8:15 9:00 NON-QUALIFYING PRACTICE 1
10:30 11:00 NON-QUALIFYING PRACTICE 2
11:10 11:40 VIP pitwalk
12:00 12:06 QUALIFYING SESSION GROUP 1
12:10 12:16 QUALIFYING SESSION GROUP 2
12:20 12:26 QUALIFYING SESSION GROUP 3
12:30 12:36 QUALIFYING SESSION GROUP 4
12:45 13:00 SUPER POLE
14:00 14:30 Driver autograph session in the eVillage
14:10 14:40 VIP pitwalk
14:40 15:00 Buenos Aires ePrix parade
15:23 15:33 Pitlane opens/closes
16:00 16:50 RACE (35 laps)
17:05 Podium ceremony in the eVillage

Coverage on ITV 4 at 6pm (Buenos Aires is 3 hours behind so it looks like a 7pm race time).

Fanboost is here>>>

In the news, Salvador Duran is back with Aguri after Berthon is off to concentrate on endurance racing. Mike Conway is to race for Venturi as Villeneuve has left.

ScumLord

astrofluff wrote: »

Coverage on ITV 4 at 6pm (Buenos Aires is 3 hours behind so it looks like a 7pm race time).

Pretty sure F-E is live on youtube too.

antodeco

http://assets-iframe.ggwebcast.com/formulae/04/01/

This is for the live stream!

Ghost Train

Nice to see cars doing some sunny early morning running after long christmas break

here youtube channel, if you want some more control over steam quality settings (if you've limited data internet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3mQYghHmAU

Ghost Train

Bump for the race, pretty nice track for these cars

flazio

What a race from Buemi and Bird

Joeseph Balls

Enjoyed that

PopePalpatine

Gutted for Da Costa, he seemed like he had a bit of a chance to repeat his great finish last season.

AMKC

Next race is on tomorrow at 9pm. On ITV from 8pm I think. Its in Mexico on the same track that Formula 1 race on but with the track modified for the formula e cars. Should be interesting to see how they do there.

flazio

AMKC wrote: »

Next race is on tomorrow at 9pm. On ITV from 8pm I think. Its in Mexico on the same track that Formula 1 race on but with the track modified for the formula e cars. Should be interesting to see how they do there.

It's NOT on ITV live as they are showing snooker. Instead it's on BT Sport, Daily Motion and Youtube.

Ghost Train

Description Date Week day Start Time End Time
Mexico City Round 5 Free Practice 1 LIVE 12/03/2016 Saturday 14:10 GMT 15:10 GMT
Mexico City Round 5 Free Practice 2 LIVE 12/03/2016 Saturday 16:25 GMT 17:10 GMT
Mexico City Round 5 Qualifying LIVE 12/03/2016 Saturday 17:45 GMT 19:10 GMT
Mexico City Round 5 Race LIVE 12/03/2016 Saturday 21:30 GMT 23:30 GMT

flazio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRqAes1HJ5g

4:06 into the video you can see the new route through the stadium section the FE cars are taking versus the F1 version.

Ghost Train

Piquet making a bit of mess of his car, missing his braking, looked nice and dramatic

AMKC

flazio wrote: »

It's NOT on ITV live as they are showing snooker. Instead it's on BT Sport, Daily Motion and Youtube.

It might not be live but it is on ITV tonight at 23.15 for anyone wanting to watch this on TV. They will probably have it on again tomorrow sometime too.

Ghost Train

Not too much overtaking. At least there was a little bit of drama between the two in second and third

flazio

In the grand scheme of things, I don't think that will go down as a classic.

Harika

diGrassi disqualified afterwards for being underweight. The track was missing overtaking opportunities and the first chicane is a disgrace.

flazio

Lucas Di Grassi has been stripped of the race win for an underweight car.
http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/march/di-grassi-stripped-of-mexico-win.aspx

PopePalpatine

F*cking hell...that's two wins he's lost to DQs.

AMKC

I thought it was a good race if not a classic but the the racing between Buemi trying to get 2nd off Ambrossie was good I could do with better overtake opportunities alright. Maybe they will look at the for next year one.