FIA Formula E Championship

Glaucus · 27 May 2014 at 13:07

Kol said:
Are the current wheels temporary? They look like standard road wheels/tyres and don't suit the car IMO.

Nope. One all weather tyres. So no carrying wet weather tires around which hardly ever get used.

Glaucus · 27 May 2014 at 13:15

Jonnycoupe said:
Whats that got to do with Formula E batteries then?

you're the one who asked where to get them.
My point was I hope FIA don't limit the rules so teams can't use such batteries to gain an advantage. As I said when you quoted me.

Glaucus · 27 May 2014 at 14:05

Jonnycoupe said:
You said they were for sale. They are not.

They are for sale. Or are OEM sales not sales.
A team is not a public person and can certainly buy such things.

Glaucus · 6 Jun 2014 at 13:56

Yep a' ways was going to be retarded

Also rumours that Dryson is pulling out and Trulli will take over the team.

Glaucus · 6 Jun 2014 at 15:15

It's been around from the start, we can only hope that due to managing batteries, it'll mean sod all and by the time teams are running much more energy dense batteries in a few years time, the rule is scrapped.

Glaucus · 6 Jun 2014 at 17:57

Depends on the track, about 1hr duration.

Glaucus · 13 Jun 2014 at 17:53

For any Londoners, a demo will be held on Westminster bridge at the end of June, no exact date/time yet, so keep a lookout if you want to see it.

ElectricAutosport.com has learned that the fully-electric FIA Formula E car will run at Westminster Bridge, near the Big Ben, in London in the end of June. It will be the first time that the Spark-Renault SRT_01E will give a full demonstration at a high profile city centre location in Europe. Earlier we saw demonstrations in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Glaucus · 18 Jun 2014 at 16:12

why Drayson why.

Glaucus · 18 Jun 2014 at 16:24

Guerrilla said:
It does mention that Drayson are still going to be involved with the team somewhat.

It is a shame though only one British team now!

Still have no idea who to root for... will have to wait till more of thr drivers are announced I think

It'll be driver first year, then have to see what the teams can do when they build their own or if FIA restrict it like normal. If we can have a Williams from the early 90s style team. That go sod it and go get batteries out of a lab which hold 5 times more power than current production batteries(they exist in the lab already), then I'll be supporting them.

My feat is that rather than letting teams develop energy storage, rapid charging etc. Fia will restrict it far to much.

Glaucus · 18 Jun 2014 at 16:40

If they could build enough if these batteries, lots of designs to choose from, there would be no need to swap cars. the cells have already been tested in the lab and work.
And it could well be a reason, as things like car swap is mandated. And I expect to see f1 gype levels of restrictions on batteries and BHP. which is insane.
The speeds and time are low enough, to go back to the glory days of f1 style development. Before restriction became so dominant.

Should be using the series to develop as fast as possible. If we're still swapping cars in second season it'll be sad, if in third season it'll be a tragedy.

Glaucus · 27 Jun 2014 at 11:02

Another team announces drivers

Nick Heidfeld and Stephane Sarrazin have been announced as the latest drivers to commit to the FIA Formula E Championship, the pair being signed by the Venturi team.

http://www.crash.net/crash/news/206038/1/heidfeld-sarrazin-secure-formula-e-drives.html

Glaucus · 30 Jun 2014 at 22:45

Another female driver announced

http://www.electricautosport.com/2014/06/michela-cerruti-becomes-formula-es-second-female-driver/

Italian driver Michela Cerruti will partner F1 Grand Prix race-winner Jarno Trulli for his own TrulliGP team,

And Battersea park to host London GP.

http://www.electricautosport.com/2014/06/battersea-park-london-will-stage-formula-e-event/

How teams look at the moment.

Glaucus · 2 Jul 2014 at 17:15

ShakenNstirred said:
how many laps are they planning to do in the races?

It's like formula 1, it depends on the circuit, but it's aiming for approx 1hr races. So far we haven't had any indication on number of laps.

Glaucus · 2 Jul 2014 at 19:51

Ant Felix da Costa named as second driver for Amlin Aguri

And Mike Conway named as first driver for Dragon Racing.

That leaves just 4 seats to be claimed.

First test starts tomorrow. Wish I could go. I bet it'll be fairly empty and get to see the drivers and teams, far more than most sports.

Glaucus · 5 Jul 2014 at 11:05

So how was it?

Times for first day

Glaucus · 7 Jul 2014 at 17:05

englishpremier said:
Lost all interest in this now after reading that on the BBC.

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.

Glaucus · 11 Jul 2014 at 11:30

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.

Glaucus · 11 Jul 2014 at 12:58

~Mike~ said:
Is this still scheduled to start in September?

Yep in 38days20hrs2mins
Beijing 13th of September

Glaucus · 11 Jul 2014 at 13:07

Skeeter said:
The number of unconfirmed locations and circuit layouts on the calendar is a concern, though.

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.

Glaucus · 11 Jul 2014 at 20:12

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?

No, they're all inner city road tracks, so they don't need building. Just barriers, pits etc temporarily set up.