FIA Formula E Championship

Glaucus · 17 Mar 2014 at 20:15

Still makes no sense as itv4 is free, so why the hell would you pay. and as far as I can tell. All countries with have their own deals, so I can't see it being anything to do with EU.

But as you say for us, who cares.

Skeeter · 17 Mar 2014 at 21:35

I can't imagine its Pay Per View. More likely just misreported that it will be a subscription channel, like Sky F1 or ESPN or Eurosport.

~Mike~ · 19 Mar 2014 at 14:55

Trulli and Heidfeld have signed up for the Formula E drivers' club initiative.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113006

Formula E Drivers' Club
http://www.fiaformulae.com/drivers

Glaucus · 10 Apr 2014 at 14:58

FIA Formula E Championship - Official pre-season test days:

July 3 & 4 2014 Donington Park
July 9 & 10 2014 Donington Park
August 19 2014 Donington Park

All pre season testing is free to the public to go watch. I may just have to take them up on that, If I can fit it in.

Guerrilla · 10 Apr 2014 at 15:41

That's really cool, would like to get to at least one of the days... Would be nice if it was a little closer though, oh well

Skeeter · 11 Apr 2014 at 11:07

Same. If it was closer I'd go see.

Glaucus · 11 Apr 2014 at 23:20

Brazil has been removed, no idea why. An as of yet an unidentified city will replace Rio.

d_brennen · 12 Apr 2014 at 00:15

Can't wait for Forumla E tbh. I used to love F1, back in the Hakkinen, Coulthard and Schumacher days. BTCC too, but just got bored

Deleted member 66701 · 12 Apr 2014 at 11:40

There's going to be an "e vehicle" enclosure at the first test - I've been invited to attend with my ebike!

Glaucus · 9 May 2014 at 20:03

Virgin to announce their drivers by the end of next week, they have some teaser trailers up, if anyone wants to try and guess who they are.

What e-bike you got?

I want an ebike, but they're like 10k and well I don't want to pay more than 1k, but there's no old second hand ones about obviously.

Deleted member 66701 · 11 May 2014 at 14:55

Glaucus said:
Virgin to announce their drivers by the end of next week, they have some teaser trailers up, if anyone wants to try and guess who they are.

What e-bike you got?

I want an ebike, but they're like 10k and well I don't want to pay more than 1k, but there's no old second hand ones about obviously.

Off topic but self built. Maybe we can create a new thread if we want to discuss more.

Glaucus · 13 May 2014 at 11:47

Nice bike, didn't you post the build in another thread? Or was that someone else?

Virgin have announced their drivers,

Jaime Alguersuari

Spaniard Alguersuari became the youngest-ever driver to make a Formula One race appearance in 2009 when he competed for Toro Rosso. After success at junior level, he moved into British Formula 3, once again making records by becoming the youngest-ever driver to take the title during his debut year (2008), securing five wins along the way and earning him a Formula One test with Red Bull. In 2009 he signed for the Toro Rosso F1 Team producing two top-10 finishes in his first full season (2010) and remaining with the team the following year before switching to become the Pirelli tyre test driver for F1.

Sam Bird

Briton Bird is a proven race winner who narrowly missed out on the GP2 Series title last season after claiming an impressive five victories. Prior to this he has been shortlisted for the
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, enjoyed successful campaigns in Formula Renault 3.5 and sampled Formula One machinery for both the Williams and Mercedes F1 teams. This year he's racing for Ferrari in the FIA World Endurance Championship

Guerrilla · 13 May 2014 at 12:43

Decent line up that is, good work Virgin.

Duke · 13 May 2014 at 12:45

Yup need decent drivers like that.

Skeeter · 13 May 2014 at 21:54

Hmm...

The part of me that thinks Formula E is going to be a flop is really annoyed Sam Bird is in it and not in GP2 lined up for an F1 seat.

But the part of me excited about Formula E is glad I have a driver I like to cheer on.

We shall see...

Guerrilla · 14 May 2014 at 09:08

I don't think the opportunities are there for him in F1 at the moment and can't see that changing in the near future which is a shame. The owner of Russian Time dying has made it so there is little chance for him to get a GP2 seat without needing money to back him.

It's definitely a gamble but I guess the majority of the drivers who have signed up to drive have done so in the hope that it takes off, a lot of them don't have much to lose!

Glaucus · 14 May 2014 at 13:07

If anyone wants to attended ore season testing, registration is up.
http://www.donington-park.co.uk/event-form/

I want to, but I just don't know how good it will be. Are stalls going to be open, will you be able to meet the drivers. Plus I don't know what I'll be working for those dates yet.
Still If nothing else go take some pictures for a few hours, as it's free would seem like a waste not going.

Glaucus · 15 May 2014 at 17:11

Teams take delivery of their first car each, be so much better in season two when at least two of them teams will build their own cars.

Skeeter · 15 May 2014 at 20:35

Depends if someone does a RBR or a Merc and produces something unbeatable. Close racing will be a good thing for the first few seasons.

Glaucus · 15 May 2014 at 21:35

That realy doesn't bother me. They're technology focused series. You have to expect that a lot.

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