Formula E 2014/2015 season
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Bird was too busy racing and forgot to keep an eye on his usage. Full respect for Scott speed. Great job. would have been delighted if he won. But 2nd is still a great result
Caporegime
Another decent, but not exceptional, race. I'm liking Formula E but I'm not finding it's grabbing me like some other formulas. I'm not sure whether that's just down to the odd timetable and the seemingly constant coming and going of drivers during the season.
It was on in the background but I didn't really care. Only the excitement if the commentary in the last few laps grabbed my attention.
For me its too much of a lucky dip with the rubbish tracks and awful tyres. Birds overtake was nice, but it could have easily been a clumsy collision with other drivers or the barrier.
There also just slow.
More grip would make them 1000% better.
For me its too much of a lucky dip with the rubbish tracks and awful tyres. Birds overtake was nice, but it could have easily been a clumsy collision with other drivers or the barrier.
There also just slow.
More grip would make them 1000% better.
Soldato
This could become my favourite series, but it needs improvement. The tracks are shockingly bad for overtaking, tyres are rubbish, and the commentary (ITV) is rubbish too. It doesn't even sound like they are actually at the race track.
The pit stops are also daft they need to be more professional. It seems to be guess work as to whether they are over or under the 63 second limit. I think vergne lost some 7s. Crazy.
The pit stops are also daft they need to be more professional. It seems to be guess work as to whether they are over or under the 63 second limit. I think vergne lost some 7s. Crazy.
Soldato
It does need a lot of work to iron out the problems.
It still feels like too much of a lottery with regards to who benefits from the pit stop.
It still feels like too much of a lottery with regards to who benefits from the pit stop.
Soldato
I do like the concept, though they should definitely do 2-3 sprint races rather than the car change. There's a little bit of strategy in doing the change, but not a huge amount - and definitely not enough to be worth it. Plus I couldn't believe how much time Vergne lost in the pit stop basically due to an arbitrary rule. Perhaps they need an unsafe release penalty and no minimum time to spice things up.
Sprint races would also free up the opportunity to run at qualifying power too.
Sprint races would also free up the opportunity to run at qualifying power too.
www.formulaezone.com/?p=1908
Fan boost not getting an increase is odd, but this article does confirm that, as I hoped, while everyone will be using the same battery as each other next year, it will be a more powerful battery than this year. Seems like a good strategy for the moment, keep the playing field level but push the battery tech forward each year.
Fan boost not getting an increase is odd, but this article does confirm that, as I hoped, while everyone will be using the same battery as each other next year, it will be a more powerful battery than this year. Seems like a good strategy for the moment, keep the playing field level but push the battery tech forward each year.
Associate
See I'm not sure fanboost is actually a boost. As they'll go quicker for a few seconds but have to save that energy later in the race. Unless they're allowed to use slightly more of the over all power usage per car. As I know they need to leave x amount in the battery so they dont just suddenly stop on the track.
Soldato
That article doesn't mention batteries as far as I can see. It refers to the power limit of the motors increasing but nothing on overall battery capacity.
True but it is implied. They can't run the cars at 150KW now because the battery would run out, so they must be running larger batteries next year.
Unless they are making the races shorter?
Christ, a 2.5 hour show! Considering the race is 35 minutes, how much extra waffle and guff are they wrapping this with now!
I caught a bit of the filler for the Miami race and it was painfully awful.
I assume an 11pm show means a 12am race start?
I caught a bit of the filler for the Miami race and it was painfully awful.
I assume an 11pm show means a 12am race start?
Not surprised they've shortened the layout and offered free admission...
Few minutes of third practice left: http://osp001feh-vod.hls.adaptive.level3.net/web/live/wif.html
Few minutes of third practice left: http://osp001feh-vod.hls.adaptive.level3.net/web/live/wif.html