FIA Formula E Championship

englishpremier said:
Lost all interest in this now after reading that on the BBC.
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It's crap, but no worse than f1 with DRS on everylap. This is a one off boost. Each driver gets three boosts a race they can use when ever. So the three drivers with most social media will each get one extra boost, shouldn't make much difference to the race. However it will do amazing work for free advertising and interest.

Still I hate the rule and wish is was demolished.
 
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Glaucus may know this, but what is the infrastructure setup around testing?

The batteries don't charge that quickly, and the cars last what, 30 minutes per charge? How have the been able to get a whole days worth of testing in without having to sit around waiting for them to charge? Are they battery swapping, or car swapping?
 
no idea, however they haven't actually done that many laps. First day highest lapper was 36laps, easily enough juice in both his cars for that.
 
Skeeter said:
The number of unconfirmed locations and circuit layouts on the calendar is a concern, though.
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It's not like f1 where it takes several years to build the track, the first 3 races have the track layout sorted and other than round 5, we now which city is hosting.
 
sunama said:
So, the tracks are easy/quick to build?
I thought that the tracks used for electric races will be similar to those used for F1 races. No?
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No, they're all inner city road tracks, so they don't need building. Just barriers, pits etc temporarily set up.
 
Skeeter said:
The batteries don't charge that quickly, and the cars last what, 30 minutes per charge? How have the been able to get a whole days worth of testing in without having to sit around waiting for them to charge? Are they battery swapping, or car swapping?
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Charge time is totally dependent on what the circuit can provide. The absolute fastest would be about 40-45 minutes. I'm not sure if Donington can't provide the power for that though. At each test, the number of cars available to each team is increasing, as more are being built which will increase the on-track time.

Run time per charge is 20 minutes, which was the organiser's target. Power limits have been increased since testing has started due to the cars being able to produce more than was originally expected, and still achieve the 20 minute run time. Qualifying has been extended beyond the original plan too.
 
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