Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi expects the groups to make more “human mistakes” in the last season of six races in Berlin due to 50% relief in the number of players on the ground.
German legislation, which remains in force until the end of August, states that the FE paddock at Tempelhof Airport will have a limit of 1,000 people, below the overall estimate of 5,000 heads.
Each team will also be limited to 21 passes, two for drivers and 19 for the team, below the pre-coronavirus quota of 40 passes.
With the compact six-race program also taking position in just nine days, Audi di Grassi’s driving force believes this will increase the rate of technical failures and human error.
“There will be an intellectual and physical challenge,” he said at a press convention with some media, Autosport.
“In the absence or restructuring of some groups – with six races in a row – we want to perceive which parts of the car want to be replaced.
“In Berlin, the track is rugged, so there are many vibrations, there are many high-frequency potholes.
“Then I would say that there is a high probability of human error or technical failure.
“We want to prepare better than others to have less or no error in everyone’s components: engineers, mechanics, drivers, knowledge collection, predictive car maintenance and everything else.”
Audi team principal Allan McNish added that the reduction would also lead individuals, the three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, to take on more roles.
“We all want to get more jobs back,” he said.
“This applies to engineers, who will focus their paintings differently and also for me: I will be at rate from some marketing paintings and public relations, I will be our team leader with FIA documents and I will take care of various things that are usually taken.” care through other team members.”