Formula E: It’s just time for a new FE season to begin, but also for the new era of the series with its most complex car to date, the Gen 3.
The new car is shorter and lighter than the Gen2, but particularly faster, tougher and can regenerate almost two and a half times more energy. The new car has already demonstrated its potential in testing by setting much faster times than in previous years. However, there will still be a lot to perceive with the car this season.
Formula E’s fastest and lightest Gen3 unveiled in Monaco
Gen 3 also means a reboot of the series with everyone starting on an equal footing against new technology, so we may not be able to get a smart idea of who has found everything to be more productive and who the favourites are until we know We’ve had a few race weekends under our collective belts.
There have been some adjustments to the rules since we finished last year, the most important thing being that the races are held on a set number of laps rather than a set time. counted, but now it will charge additional laps than additional time.
Fan Boost was put to the test after 8 years, so by the beginning of the year there will only be one additional force attack mode, but later in the year Attack Charge will be tested with cars that will have to make a 30-second charging pit to avoid that. it will then unlock any of the Attack mode periods for them.
Also be prepared to see new faces on the grid more often, as each team will have to deliver a car to a rookie for at least two FP1 sessions a year.
There have been many divisions and conversions in the team aspect: groups leave, others join, sponsors replace, and that’s even before the body of workers is replaced. So, really, things don’t look like last year, in fact, Jaguar is the only team with the same driver team as in Season 8.
After two consecutive years of winning either title, Mercedes left the series but McLaren took over the team, so the money becomes papaya and many of the team’s staff members continue, the driver line-up is absolutely new.
ABT is back after a year and this time has partnered with Cupra, Techeetah will not be present this season, after its partnership with DS ends. However, the team hopes to be back on the grid for season 10.
The call from e. dams has left the game with Nissan buying the team, while Venturi has been called Maserati MSG and has a new control design with CEO Susie Wolff and team principal Jerome d’Ambrosio stepping down while James Rossiter, in the past Techeetah game director. , will assume the role of team leader.
Another big change of direction came here in Mahindra, where Dilbagh Gill, one of the paddock’s most exuberant and slap-slapped figures, stepped down as managing director and team principal of India. Run are lately unknown.
After missing last season following Audi’s resolution to abandon the series, ABT focused on Gen3, partnered with Cupra and reunited its DTM duo of Frijns and Mueller. With a season and a portion of racing under his belt, Mueller will search for normal problems and adding to his P2 chaos that the first Valencia E-Prix.
Meanwhile, Frijns raced a few Gen1 seasons with Andretti taking a very impressive P3 in a broken car at the time of appearance. He returned to the series with Envision for the Gen2 era and has two wins and podiums in every season since his return.
It’s shocking to think that this will only be Dennis’ third season on the series, the Brit took a few races to get into the movement, but once he did, nothing stopped him. After having his first problems in his fifth race, he left the next day to take pole and his first victory in his sixth race. Another victory followed in the first London E-Prix and was one of the unfortunate renowned challengers to crash in the season finale. At the time, Dennis back won his home races by taking pole on both days, as well as a win and a moment in the E-Prix.
Lotterer was originally due to leave Formula E at the end of Season 8 after joining Porsche’s LMDh project, but with Andretti joining in to run the German brand’s powertrains, Lotterer has found a new home where he hopes, despite everything, to save his first elusive. win in the series after taking at least one momentary position in each of the five seasons in which he has already run.
In addition, Lotterer’s involvement means Andretti will continue to have the biggest driving force on the grid.
Everything changes on the team formerly known as Dragon, the DS and Techeetah partnership is over and now the French logo has partnered with Penske and brought Vergne with them.
The only two-time Formula E champion will join the series’ recent top champion, Vandoorne. The Belgian will try to emulate his teammate’s feat of winning his championships in the final year of one generation of cars and the first of another.
With the DS Penske in the gold and black colors Techeetah is known for, and JEV in the car, I’m sure many other people will mistakenly call the Penske Techeetah. This is rarely the first time the two groups have smoothly confused. , however, as in season 4, Techeetah had a company called Dragon as a call sponsor with the call written on its pontoons.
In his first start with the e. dams team, the move from Buemi to Envision meant he was the last of FE’s original drivers to replace the teams. The Swiss driver was one of the stars of the first seasons of the series when he and Renault were the ones to beat, while the first two seasons after the team’s switch to Nissan were competitive, the two most recent posed a greater challenge, but the Swiss driver will look to get more consistent podiums and problems again.
Looking ahead to his third season, Cassidy has been a strong pair for Envision with two poles and two podiums on the season, adding a first win in New York last year, the Kiwi will look to climb to his winning tally and with Buemi bringing the team in. Back to the challenge for titles.
As the only team with the same squad and drivers as last year, Jaguar will have to have felt a bit left out and moved away from the grey/black and turquoise that have been its distinctive colours since joining the all-electric series in the season. . 3. By the beginning of the Gen3 era, Jaguar will now have an asymmetrical black-and-white livery where one car’s design is mirrored in the other to give Evans and Bird their own look.
While Evans battled for the championship for the past two years, Bird fought harder and even had to miss the final Gen2 weekend after breaking his hand at the start of the London E-Prix of the moment (but managed to finish and struggle despite that). This saw season 8 as the first in which the Briton did not get a win.
With 3 seasons at Nissan under his belt, five poles, five podiums and a win at the penultimate Berlin race of season six, Rowland moved to Mahindra for the final year of Gen 2. There he took the only pole and podium for the team of the year at the first Seoul E-Prix. During her time at Nissan, Rowland had a wonderful relationship with Sebastien Buemi, so it will be interesting to see how she marries her new teammate, Buemi’s main rival in Formula E.
After spending seven seasons with Audi ABT, di Grassi has made two team adjustments in the last two years moving to Mahindra after a solitary season at Venturi and has now joined the Indian team on the grid. Although the Brazilian has not participated in the Combate championship in recent seasons, he has won and podiums, so Mahindra will be in good hands with the two he has.
Formerly Venturi, the team brought in Guenther after a difficult year at Nissan. The German has 3 wins under his belt since joining BMW and will go up more.
Mortara has played well in the championship match for the past two years when Venturi used Mercedes engines, but ultimately narrowly lost to the Mercedes-EQ team. Maserati hopes to maintain the team’s competitiveness in recent years, but it is difficult to introduce a new series, so initial upheavals will be expected.
Hughes is the only genuine rookie on the grid, having never raced in the Formula E weekend before Generation 3, but that doesn’t mean he’s new to the series. The Briton has spent the last two years as a reserve and progression driving force for Mercedes and Venturi, even retiring from Formula 2 in the middle of the year to concentrate entirely on his Formula E commitments. However, that determination paid off and he had the chance to show his own with McLaren this year.
The other aspect of the garage will be occupied by the Rast, DTM and WEC winner, who has already spent a year and a half with Audi for the final of six Berlin races in Season 6 before being allocated a full-time seat for the following years. The German took third and final position on the podium, but will look to climb the smartest step to his collection.
The youngest driver pair on the grid, however, there’s no doubt that the speed and skill of either are fun to watch. Sette Camara is new to the team after spending two and a half seasons at Dragon, where she achieved the most productive result on P4 in Diriyah’s current Season 7 race, while struggling in London during the two seasons she visited.
Ticktum’s rookie season last year saw him and NIO 333 handle problems in a single race, but the young Briton has inspired the season, so let’s see if the team has a car smart enough for the drivers to make a real difference.
After being Venturi’s reserve for a few years, NATO nevertheless received the full-time seat for Season 7 and was plagued by bad luck at the start of it, completing on the podium twice and then being penalized and wasting the position. However, he controlled to put everything in order at the end and ended the year with a victory on the last lap. Unfortunately for the French driver, the decisions were already made for the following year and he lost his seat.
Nato returned for the final weekend of last year, replacing the injured Bird at Jaguar. Fenestraz also made the impression this weekend and replaced Antonio Giovinazzi at Dragon for the time being in the Seoul race after the Italian injured his hand.
While he may be one of the naughtiest drivers on the grid, da Costa is also a fierce fighter who never deserves to be underestimated. He won the championship in season 6 after moving to Techeetah and rejecting his teammate for the third time in a row. He now joins Wehrlein at Porsche in hopes of leading the team to a more consistent podium and scoring position. That, however, Porsche was also able to celebrate in the most productive way with a 1-2 team, which they will indeed look to reflect this year.
For the first season of Gen3, 16 rounds were scheduled in 11 other locations around the world with 4 new cities joining the all-electric fun. The season begins this weekend with a race in Mexico before moving to Saudi Arabia for races in Diriyah on Friday and Saturday 27 and 28 January.
Then, in February and March, there will be new consecutive venues with Hyderabad on February 11, Cape Town on February 25 and then Sao Paulo a month later, on March 25.
What better way to stick to 3 new races than with a double day, on April 22 and 23, in the only town that has given the impression that the season, the maximum disputed on track in the history of Formula E, Berlin.
The only race in May will take place at one of the world’s most iconic racing venues, with Monaco hosting its sixth E-Prix on May 6. On June 3 and 4, Formula E will return to Jakarta when the Indonesian city will host the one hundred percent electric cycle.
The final new venue of the season, in Portland, Oregon, is scheduled for June 24 at Portland International Raceway before two doubles races end the season in July, earlier than in recent years. First in Rome on the 15th and 16th before London hosts its first Formula E season finale since Season 2 on the 29th and 30th.
We will start the season with pleasure because Mexico City brings exciting races and a glorious festive atmosphere, especially at the Foro Sol, the stadium component of the track. This will be the seventh time Formula E has raced at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and there have been some incredible moments on the track over the years. After watching Porsche, despite everything, take a well-deserved victory last year, Mexico City will deliver the new Gen3 engine race for the first time with anger.
FP1 will be live at half past ten tonight, while race day will start with FP2 at 1:30p. m. before the E-Prix at 8:00 p. m.
After being in the right position at the right time, Emer attended Formula E pre-season 1 testing. He got hooked on the series by adding the fan site operator and journalist to his initial fan status.
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