Formula E - Gen.2

Relevance is good, competitive championship is good. But show that race to any prospective fan and they'll laugh at it. Worst driving standards I've seen in some time. Not sure that race control were in any control, Bits of car littered the track by the end, just left there because why not have a giant piece of bodywork on the main straight to spice up the racing. Just another gimmick to go with attack modes and fan boosts. Couple that with the what channel is it on this time guesswork involved in trying to watch it in the first place. It's got great potential but looks like amateur hour stuff still

Its worse than it has ever been this year. The first year had far less fcuk ups than this year.

just watched the hylights.

vandoorne must be one of the un luckiest drivers in motorsport. loads of crazy stuff seems to follow him around.

the black flag is crazy . if he had stopped during the pit stop it would have been perfectly legal and would have allowed him to lead the race

that cichicane is madness. the amount of bumpercars was crazy. you cant expect cars to go through there 2 wide, its just too narrow

the tracks really need sorting out if FE is going to take off.. racing in a car park is the best way to discribe it. they are boring and bland tracks.

They thought they were been clever I would say and getting around the rules. I would say he stopped for about a second if even that and then went again. Very clever if it had worked but nope they got caught.

They really should change that and have the rules say if you come into the pits it should be for a genuine reason like fixing a broken wing or changing it or changing or tyre or to serve a penalty otherwise entering the pits during a race is not on.

that would be hard to police . all they would have to do is check a body panel or pull something out of a duct and say it could have caused a problem but it would only take a second to do.

you would need to have a minium stop time say 2-3 seconds

So close to brilliance from Di Grassi. It was worth a shot and the win would have put him in second place in the championship heading into the final double header weekend.

Could that be attempted at a F1 race? I'm thinking about Monaco where the pitlane is surely a shortcut to Saint Devotte.

Yeah I'd agree with this, you can hear the tires screech as he "stops" and he is off immediately. I'd say he is having nightmares about it, if only he had waited 1 second...

The FIA are going to clamp down on future attempts at emulating di GrAssi, so I doubt anyone will try it in future races.

Season finale double-header in Berlin this weekend.

Friday 13th

• FP1 — 3:55pm

Saturday 14th

• FP2 — 6:55am
• Qualifying 1 — 8:45am
• Race 1 — 12:30pm (Virgin Two, Eurosport 2)

Sunday 15th

• FP3 — 6:55am
• FP4 — 8:25am
• Qualifying 2 — 10:15am
• Race 2 — 2:00pm (BBC2, Virgin Two, Eurosport 2)

EDIT: forgot to change from CET 😳

Such a shame that the Berlin Tempelhof Airport Circuit is so boring to look at. Hoping for a great race(s) though and I guess we won't see the championship leaders anywhere near the front of the grid on Saturday which adds to the intrigue. Would love to see Frijns get it.

I have never liked the Audi livery. I think it's very dull.

Compare it to Jaguars livery which is so much nicer or even Mahindras which was always lovely.

I wonder who will come in to replace Audi when they leave Formula-e after this year.

I think it would be great to see Hyundai or Kia in Formula-e.

Even Mazda would be good.

How haven't Tesla come in yet? You'd think this would be right up their alley.