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[thegamer23]

Official Event Guide: http://viewer.zmags....0a9#/5706c0a9/1

 

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After 7 races made super tight street-circuits. Hideous chicanes and a lot of drama, Formula E reaches Berlin for its 8th round.

 

Apart from beers, wurstels and blonde goodesses, Saturday 23th of May will be also remembered in Berlin as the first ever Formula E Race. A round that is going to be unique: very wide track, different surfaces, permanent track-looking turns and a final, twisty part under the Tempelhof Airport's structure. 
 

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We arrive from an interesting, yet not as spectacular as the past races, Monaco e-Prix. Remember the race start?



Than the race evolved in a nice three-way fight between Sebastien Buemi, Lucas Di Grassi & Nelson Piquet Jr. Buemi came out of the pits wheel to wheel with Di Grassi,with Piquet closing in. Than the swissman created a gap from the leader of the championship, leaving him in trouble with a very aggressive Piquet behind, yet unable to pass 

 

 

 

 

Now the title's battle is closer than ever, with 3 drivers in 10 points, while the Constructors Trophy is to loose for Dams. 

 

 

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DRIVERS LINE-UP  
 

ABT -- Lucas di Grassi/Daniel Abt

eDAMS -- Nicolas Prost/Sebastien Buemi

Virgin Racing -- Sam Bird/Jaime Alguersuari

Team Mahindra -- Bruno Senna/Karun Chandhok

Team Andretti -- Scott Speed/Jean-Eric Vergne

Team Venturi -- Nick Heidfeld/Stephan Sarrazin

Almin Aguri -- Antonio Felix Da Costa/Salvador Duran

Team Trulli -- Jarno Trulli/Vitantonio Liuzzi

China Racing -- Nelson Piquet Jr/Ho Pin Tung

Dragon Racing -- Loic Duval/Jerome D'Ambrosio

 

You can give a fanboost vote to your favourite driver by going here: http://fanboost.fiaformulae.com/

 

A(B)t the moment, the situation looks good for german idols. Daniel Abt is leading for the first time ever, while Quick "Out of Luck" Nick is solid 3rd. 

 

 

 

 

COMPLETE EVENT SCHEDULE - Saturday afternoon 

(UK TIMES)
 

 

7.15-8.00  -> Free Practice 1 (45 min) 

9.30-10.00 - Free Practice 2 (25 min)  
11.00 - Qualifying               (LIVE ON ITV4) 

15.00 - e-Prix of Berlin!      (LIVE ON ITV4)

 

 

OFFICIAL LIVE STREAMING

http://www.fiaformulae.com/live

 

If this doesn't work, use the following link. It is a direct one, in case website is crashing. 

 

http://osp001feh-vod...b/live/wif.html

 

If you are in one of the regions listed below, you will be able to watch live streaming of practice, qualy and race!        
 

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Spain

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Greece

Bahrain

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Monaco

Australia

New Zealand

India

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[maximilian]

Very well done!  Really looking forward to this one... yet again!  Actually moreso than the Monaco GP (and I mean the F1 one).

[thegamer23]

Unfortunately i will miss al the Saturday action this time. Going to catch up in the evening with the unofficial youtube channels, wich usually uploads the event. 

 

[PiperPa42]

I can't wait till saturday. This is the first ropen wheel race I'm attending in person.

According to Yr.no the weather should be sunny and around 19°C for the race and dry all day.

[OvDrone]

Wait, is the race clashing with qualy over at Monaco?

[Peat]

Nah, that'll be wrapped up by 2pm. ePrix is as 3pm

(GMT)

[OvDrone]

Ah, cool. Track looks decent.

 

And I made up my mind, I'm rooting for Buemi in the championship.

[Ben1445]

Really looking forward to this one. Kinda nice to have a championship battle beginning to heat up at this time of year. Track looks decent, let's hop it gives good racing...
 

I can't wait till saturday. This is the first ropen wheel race I'm attending in person.

According to Yr.no the weather should be sunny and around 19°C for the race and dry all day.

Enjoy! I envy you...Let us know all about it! 

 

[vowcartaGP]

I'm glad people agree with me that the biggest obstacle facing Nick Heidfeld from winning is the fact that he is Nick Heidfeld.

 

He's a great driver no question, but he is still Nick Heidfeld. He and his silly beard can't get away from that I'm afraid. 

 

No surprise though to see ZEE GERMANS leading ZEE FANBOOST. I'll still be cheering for SCOTT-a-bit-more-SPEED-than-expected.

 

I am missing the mighty Ho-Pin Tung in Team China though, sorry but it seems wrong seeing Charles Pic in the car.

 

 

biggest question of the weekend though: Will we even notice Vitantonio Liuzzi? I'm yet to remember that he's even part of Formula E  

[Andrew Hope]

Can't wait for the race I also can't pretend to be looking forward to it on the same level as the big three races this weekend but nevertheless any time you're routinely convincing someone like me, who gets off work at midnight, to set his alarm at an ungodly hour of the beautiful weekend to watch your race, you're doing something right.

 

May Formula E never be unplugged.

 

Too bad none of those pesky communists that float around single-seater racing are in this race like Vitaly Petrov or Sweet Aleshin. That's where my money would be: the Russian flag has historically flown very high in Berlin...

Edited by Andrew Hope, 20 May 2015 - 16:33.

[vowcartaGP]

Daniel Abt signed up for season two with Abt.

Didn't see that one coming

[thegamer23]

The day before

 

 

 

https://youtu.be/zRUMHnh-D68

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 22 May 2015 - 08:58.

[Richard T]

It's too much going on this weekend   And I need to study 

[thegamer23]

And here it is: Daniel Abt's track guide to Berlin!

Tomorrow from 7.15 (UK TIME), first practice sessions. 

Quali at 11.00 (LIVE ON ITV4)

Race at 15.00  (LIVE ON ITV4)

 

 

First shakedown lap, commented live by Karun! 

Edited by thegamer23, 22 May 2015 - 14:31.

[vowcartaGP]

Also in the news from Berlin:

 

http://www.racer.com...e-battery-plans

 

Agag has shared the idea to not open up battery competition until season 5, instead of the current season 3 plan. Instead he proposes a new battery, effectively a joint effort between all teams, in the aim of reducing costs and putting some good thinkers together.

 

I like the idea as a concept but I do worry that BMW, Audi, Toyota, Honda etc would be put off this idea when they might be interested in competing.

[Risil]

Love the poll. Have nothing to add except

 

and

 

[jonpollak]

Wurst post EVER...
Jp

[thegamer23]

FP1 now live!   

http://osp001feh-vod...b/live/wif.html

[PiperPa42]

I don't know who was fastest but the Weatherford is perfekt in Berlin. I have a set in the grandstamd fight between the pitexit and the first corner

[PiperPa42]

Spell check on my phone is not the Best in the world

[thegamer23]

 

 

Buemi was the only one to use his 200 KW energy. 

Edited by thegamer23, 23 May 2015 - 07:57.

[thegamer23]

http://osp001feh-vod...b/live/wif.html


FP2 now LIVE!

Common word in paddock is that Tyre Degradation will play a big factor in race. 
A lot of marbles of the line, this airport's surface is destroying the tyres! 

Edited by thegamer23, 23 May 2015 - 08:35.

[vowcartaGP]

http://osp001feh-vod...b/live/wif.html


FP2 now LIVE!

Common word in paddock is that Tyre Degradation will play a big factor in race. 
A lot of marbles of the line, this airport's surface is destroying the tyres! 

 

From the paddock shots of the e.DAMS cars the tyres look dreadful frankly, hopefully it could spice things up without causing safety issues.

 

5 front and 5 rear tyres are all each car gets per weekend. It looks likely that teams will be changing before qualifying if the degradation continues. So far this season no one has had tyre issues due to the hard compound, 'road relevant' tyres from Michelin. Have teams even changed tyres between sessions during the season yet? Can't say I've noticed and have assumed they've just run the same tyres all day

Edited by vowcartaGP, 23 May 2015 - 08:42.

[thegamer23]

Man, Piquet's rear is all over the place.

And no, i don't think any team changed tyres between sessions yet. This is the first "traditional circuit", with long corners, combined with an aggressive surface, and the tyre deg is massive! 

Edited by thegamer23, 23 May 2015 - 08:50.

[Ben1445]

This track is looking pretty nice! Loving the curb design which means the walls have to come right to the apex, gives it a nice close feel. Whole event seems pretty well laid out (how is it looking for people actually there?) Anyone else reminded of IndyCar venues?

It's nice to see the cars running around such different environment. Very nice to see them sliding and pushing. Will be very interesting to see how it plays out in the racing..

Edited by Ben1445, 23 May 2015 - 09:06.

[Clrnc]

Nico Prost is really a good racer. Wonder why he hasn't been in f1 

[thegamer23]

Qualy at 11.00, just after F1 Fp3 (uk TIME). 

 

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 23 May 2015 - 09:10.

[anbeck]

A DTM/Formula E double header would be nice. I think DTM considered going to Tempelhof after the airport closed, but there was a problem with noise regulations or something.

[Ben1445]

A DTM/Formula E double header would be nice. I think DTM considered going to Tempelhof after the airport closed, but there was a problem with noise regulations or something.

Tis the beauty of Formula E! 

Yeah, I guess a double header like that would be nice. I remember talk of a DTM Tempelhof and it sounded quite good, I'm glad Formula E has been able to make it happen and I hope it stays part of the calendar. 

[thegamer23]

LIVE QUALI

http://osp001feh-vod...b/live/wif.html

 

And on ITV4

[Ben1445]

Are those little bollards that just collapse and return? Easy way to police track limits? 

Sliding through turns 14/15 is pretty cool! 

Edited by Ben1445, 23 May 2015 - 10:10.

[D.M.N.]

Looks like we'll be seeing the return of the Trulli train later!

[thegamer23]

Still 2 groups, but hell, Trulli was flying!

[Peat]

I like the track. ALot more open than i expected, but i guess that apron is alot bigger than i gave it credit for.

Should be pretty racey!

[Richard T]

Yes this track is really good. Fast and challenging

[Bleu]

Nico Prost is really a good racer. Wonder why he hasn't been in f1 

He got into racing very late, at 22. Basically when he started, Fernando Alonso (who is three weeks older than him) was already GP winner.

[Charterhall]

Well done Jarno! I don't think anyone was expecting that! Lucas Di Grassi will be a happy man!

[thegamer23]

All aboard the train!      

Well done Jarno!      

And Quick Nick starting 4th, that's will be entertaining! 

 

 

 

 

 

Some highlights of the FP's

Edited by thegamer23, 23 May 2015 - 11:03.

[anbeck]

I'm very curious to see how the circuit will do in a race! After the very good first races, Monaco IMHO was kind of a disappointment.

[Rob Semmeling]

Yes this track is really good. Fast and challenging

 

I like your enthusiasm, but actually, Berlin is by far the slowest circuit yet. Looking at the pole position times, the ranking is as follows:

 

Long Beach: 0.56,937 = 134.738 km/h
Punta del Este: 1.15,408 = 134.055 km/h
Buenois Aires: 1.09,134 = 125.339 km/h
Beijing: 1.42,200 = 121.632 km/h
Monaco: 0.53,478 = 118.815 km/h
Miami: 1.05,953 = 118.393 km/h
Putrajaya: 1.21,779 = 112.694 km/h
Berlin: 1.21,547 = 109.041 km/h

 

Given that Berlin is the only non-street circuit on the calender, I feel like they could have done a lot more with that layout.

[D.M.N.]

I like your enthusiasm, but actually, Berlin is by far the slowest circuit yet. Looking at the pole position times, the ranking is as follows:

 

Long Beach: 0.56,937 = 134.738 km/h
Punta del Este: 1.15,408 = 134.055 km/h
Buenois Aires: 1.09,134 = 125.339 km/h
Beijing: 1.42,200 = 121.632 km/h
Monaco: 0.53,478 = 118.815 km/h
Miami: 1.05,953 = 118.393 km/h
Putrajaya: 1.21,779 = 112.694 km/h
Berlin: 1.21,547 = 109.041 km/h

 

Given that Berlin is the only non-street circuit on the calender, I feel like they could have done a lot more with that layout.

 

That surprises me a lot, I guess its because the layout looks more like a traditional circuit than a street circuit.

[midgrid]

Good to see Venturi back on the pace again.  Sarrazin would also have been higher up had he not been baulked by Alguersuari.

[thegamer23]

I like your enthusiasm, but actually, Berlin is by far the slowest circuit yet. Looking at the pole position times, the ranking is as follows:

Long Beach: 0.56,937 = 134.738 km/h
Punta del Este: 1.15,408 = 134.055 km/h
Buenois Aires: 1.09,134 = 125.339 km/h
Beijing: 1.42,200 = 121.632 km/h
Monaco: 0.53,478 = 118.815 km/h
Miami: 1.05,953 = 118.393 km/h
Putrajaya: 1.21,779 = 112.694 km/h
Berlin: 1.21,547 = 109.041 km/h

Given that Berlin is the only non-street circuit on the calender, I feel like they could have done a lot more with that layout.

Last 3 turns slows the circuit's average speed a lot.

I quite like it

[PayasYouRace]

I like your enthusiasm, but actually, Berlin is by far the slowest circuit yet. Looking at the pole position times, the ranking is as follows:

 

Long Beach: 0.56,937 = 134.738 km/h
Punta del Este: 1.15,408 = 134.055 km/h
Buenois Aires: 1.09,134 = 125.339 km/h
Beijing: 1.42,200 = 121.632 km/h
Monaco: 0.53,478 = 118.815 km/h
Miami: 1.05,953 = 118.393 km/h
Putrajaya: 1.21,779 = 112.694 km/h
Berlin: 1.21,547 = 109.041 km/h

 

Given that Berlin is the only non-street circuit on the calender, I feel like they could have done a lot more with that layout.

 

It seems like a nice circuit, but it still looks too much like a street circuit. I'm sure they could have done more with the vast airfield apron.

 

Though I don't think Battersea Park would count as a street circuit.

[Ben1445]

It seems like a nice circuit, but it still looks too much like a street circuit. I'm sure they could have done more with the vast airfield apron.

 

Though I don't think Battersea Park would count as a street circuit.

Battersea will be more of a probably ridiculous park circuit, I suppose. 
 

[PiperPa42]

There has just been a few drops of rain. Hopefully it will stop at that.

regarding average speed you have to remember all the formers there is on this circuit.

35 minutes to go🚦

[Muppetmad]

I swear Charles Pic is the spitting image of Nick Heidfeld. I just did a double take whilst watching his interview.

[STRFerrari4Ever]

Awaiting the predictable Quick Nick penalty.

[Ben1445]

A personal letter to Formula Empossible.

 

I have no way of watching GP2 

[Kerch]

There's a phrase for this. Trulli... locomotive?