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[thegamer23]

 

So here we are! 

Less than three days to the third round of the e-naugural ( ) Formula E Season. We survived a two months gap between Bejing and Putrajaya, now we have two races in less than one month with Punta Del Este e-Prix coming on Saturday, than Buenos Aires on January 10 th.

Did you remind what happened in the previous two races? 

 

 

After the Prost-Heidfeld drama in Beijing and the dominant drive of Sam Bird in Putrajaya, we arrive in Uruguay with the following drivers standings:

 

1) Lucas Di Grassi (ABT) 43 Pti

2) Sam Bird (Andretti) 40 Pti

3) Frank Montagny (Virgin) 18 Pti

4) Nicolas Prost (eDams) 18 Pti 

5) Jerome d'Ambrosio (Dragon) 18 Pti

6) Karun Chandhok (Mahindra) 18 Pti

7) Sebastien Buemi (eDams) 15 Pti 

8) Charles Pic (Andretti) 12 Pti

9) Oriol Servia (Dragon) 12 Pti

10) Nelson Piquet Jr (China Racing) 4 Pti

11) Antonio Felix Da Costa (Almin) 4 Pti

12) Jaime Alguersuari (Virgin) 4 Pti

13) Stephane Sarrazin (Venturi) 2 Pti

14) Daniel Abt (Abt) 2 Pti

15) Takuma Sato (Almin) 2 Pti

 

 

 

Now it's Punta del Este time, a tight yet fast street circuit in the Uruguayan coast.

 

Lenght: 2.8 KM

Turns: 20

Number of laps: 31 laps

Race Start: 16:04 local / 18:04 UK

UK channel: 17:00 on ITV4

 

Onboard lap

 

 

 

BIG NEWS from the drivers line-up for Punta del Este e-Prix. We have Jean-Eric Vergne replacing Charles Pic in Andretti, Antonio Garcia replacing Ho-Pin Tung in China Racing and finally Salvador Duran replacing Katherine Legge in Almin. 

 

Update 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 -- Frank Montagny/Jean-Eric Vergne

Team Venturi -- Nick Heidfeld/Stephan Sarrazin

Almin Aguri -- Antonio Felix Da Costa/Salvador Duran

Team Trulli -- Jarno Trulli/Michela Cerruti

China Racing -- Nelson Piquet Jr/Antonio Garcia

Dragon Racing -- Oriol Servia/Jerome D'Ambrosio

 

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

 

 

Complete EVENT SCHEDULE (UK TIMES)
 

10.15 - Free Practice 1 (45 min) 

12.30 - Free Practice 2 (45 min)  

14.00 - Qualy Group 1  

14.15 - Qualy Group 2  

14.30 - Qualy Group 3 

14.45 - Qualy Group 4 

18.00 - E-Prix di Punta del Este 

 

 

 

 

OFFICIAL LIVE STREAMING

http://www.fiaformulae.com/live

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

UK & Ireland

Malaysia

Russia

Belgium

Spain

African Continent

United Arab States

Greece

Bahrain

Qatar

Monaco

Australia

New Zealand

India

Pakistan

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 10 December 2014 - 17:58.

[ANF]

All those light posts and no catch fence? And unanchored concrete barriers? What a great place to go racing.

[maximilian]

Good stuff, looking forward to the next round!  JEV for the win!!

[midgrid]

Inspired by the Indycar threads' love for Will Power, I'm going to ask what is rapidly becoming the most important question for this young series: what will go wrong for Nick Heidfeld this time around?

[Lights]

Vergne makes a nice addition to the grid, perhaps he can be the third Frenchman to shove Heidfeld into the wall.

[OvDrone]

Who the **** is Salvador Duran?

[Sheepmachine]

Who the **** is Salvador Duran?

A blast from the past, was in britsih f3 back in 2096-2007 reanult World Series in 2008 and I think he won the daytona 24 hours one year. *removes anorak*

[D.M.N.]

Who the fuck is Salvador Duran?

 

Mexico. A1 Grand Prix. Ring any bells?

 

This, however...

 

 

 

EDIT - Wikipedia has nothing for him since 2010, so what's he been doing the past four years?

[Richard T]

Mexico. A1 Grand Prix. Ring any bells?

This, however...

https://www.youtube....h?v=y6VCcS5qBJ8



EDIT - Wikipedia has nothing for him since 2010, so what's he been doing the past four years?

Charging his batteries...

/coat

[OvDrone]

Well 2006 - 2008 we're my general motorsport hiatus years. Sucked being a teenager. So, yeah, can't remember anything about Duran. Although, winning the Daytona 24 Hours, meh, not bad.

[sportyskells]

as i got moving plans this weekend i have put Virign tivo to use again but i have a major question, how long will i wait until i see the race

[thegamer23]

Interesting fact: the teams will stay in Punta del Este on sunday, for a complete day of testing and (probably) a race simulation similar to Donington. 
Should help teams and drivers to maximize their battery usage for the remaining season!

 

edit: view from Oriol Servia's Hotel. That's pretty close to the ocean isn't it? Track could be really slippery and dirty. 

Edited by thegamer23, 10 December 2014 - 18:05.

[Prost1997T]

Sam Bird drives for Virgin Racing (you posted Andretti in the drivers standings).

Duran did some Nascar Mexico/Toyota Series as recently as 2012, nothing I know of after that.

Edited by Prost1997T, 10 December 2014 - 18:11.

[BRG]

Yet another tedious and uninspiring track.  Makes you appreciate the work of Herman Tilke.

[maximilian]

Inspired by the Indycar threads' love for Will Power, I'm going to ask what is rapidly becoming the most important question for this young series: what will go wrong for Nick Heidfeld this time around?

 

Perhaps Nick Heidfeld will be known as the best driver to never win an ePrix, too!

[maximilian]

Mexico. A1 Grand Prix. Ring any bells?

 

This, however...

 

 

 

EDIT - Wikipedia has nothing for him since 2010, so what's he been doing the past four years?

 

Nice Mark Webber impression!

[JHSingo]

A blast from the past, was in britsih f3 back in 2096-2007 reanult World Series in 2008 and I think he won the daytona 24 hours one year. *removes anorak*

 

Be honest...were you drunk when your wrote this post?

[Richard T]

Be honest...were you drunk when your wrote this post?

 

Or was Salvador Duran just VERY slow?

[Richard T]

Looking forward (again) to this event. Good idea to put a test-day on sunday as well..

Rooting for Heidfeld (again), and I wonder who will hit him (again)

[redreni]

All those light posts and no catch fence? And unanchored concrete barriers? What a great place to go racing.

 

Agreed; one of the worst things that can happen at a street track is a car flies above the level of the armco/wall and strikes the catch fencing. The only thing worse is when there is no catch fencing to hit...

[Sheepmachine]

Be honest...were you drunk when your wrote this post?

Oops Not drunk no just clumsy Or I can predict the future

Edited by Sheepmachine, 11 December 2014 - 16:43.

[thegamer23]

Punta del Este official guide

http://viewer.zmags....ba7#/20921ba7/8
 

 

 

 

Tents are back!  

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 11 December 2014 - 18:45.

[thegamer23]

JEV is ready! 

 

 

[thegamer23]

1. Matthew Brabham will still race for Andretti tomorrow, in the expense of Frank "the shunt" Montagny. So we have Vergne-Brabham for Andretti. 
2. http://current-e.com...tter-build-day/.  Insights of circuit and driver market. Looks like Vergne will stay for some races at least. And the pit-lane entry seems to be tight as hell

Edited by thegamer23, 12 December 2014 - 10:46.

[ANF]

So they have put up catch fencing along the inside of the track. Thank goodness. (Some posts are very close to the fence though.)

[Lotusseven]

@FranckMontagny  now21 minutes ago

I am not in @Punta_ePrix for health reason. Good luck to the @AndrettiFE team ! #FormulaE #electricman

 

Matthew Brabham replaces him

Edited by Lotusseven, 12 December 2014 - 11:25.

[maximilian]

GO JEV!  If I could get that dogdamn fanboost to work, I'd vote for him!

[thegamer23]

Big news!

Between six and eight manufacturers will enter Formula E next season!   

http://current-e.com...urers-for-2015/

 

Agag: "We will have some big names"

 

Vergne interview

[Lotusseven]

1.Jean-Eric Vergne 1.36.035 fastest in the shakedown   I hope he´s up there the whole weekend !

2. Antonio Felix da Costa 1.37.139 the rest.. @https://twitter.com/Current_E

 

I don´t know how to post pics so I link it..

https://twitter.com/...1647873/photo/1

Edited by Lotusseven, 12 December 2014 - 18:44.

[Risil]

Put him in an Indycar, Mike!

Edited by Risil, 12 December 2014 - 18:48.

[thegamer23]

Here it is Lotusseven

 

 

JEV's starting well, but still early times!   

• Tomorrow at 12.15 first practice session! 
  http://www.fiaformulae.com/live  [OFFICIAL STREAMING]

 

• According to Brid, it's gonna be a "Wild" race. Track's very fast, dirt and bumpy. 

       
 

• Punta del Este is going to be the longest e-Prix so far in terms of race lenght. Battery management will be crucial. 

Edited by thegamer23, 12 December 2014 - 20:05.

[maximilian]

Bummed Montagny won't be there... that has pretty significant championship implications at this time.  Does anybody know what's wrong with him?

[RCRC]

How do you watch in US? 

[Wingcommander]

How do you watch in US? 

 

http://www.fiaformul...television.aspx

 

Click on the map to get tv info.  

[Rob29]

Anyone know why Katherine Legge was replaced? Can find no explanation on hers or FE sites

[stewie]

Something to do with either this or the next race clashing with a sports car test date.

[thegamer23]

Formula E website in trouble yet again on PC 

But it works fine on tablet/smartphone. 

 

[aramos]

Interesting to see how Jean-Eric Vergne goes. The constantly influx of ex Formula 1 drivers makes the series that much more interesting for me.

[thegamer23]

Found the live timing

http://livetiming.al...om/fiaformulae/

[Mart280]

What TV channel in the UK guys, cant seem to find it

[thegamer23]

What TV channel in the UK guys, cant seem to find it

ITV4 from 17.00 this afternoon. They'll have practice and qualy highlights, than pre-race, race and post-race. 

Edited by thegamer23, 13 December 2014 - 10:30.

[Lotusseven]

 

Here it is Lotusseven

 

 

JEV's starting well, but still early times! 

• Tomorrow at 12.15 first practice session! 
  http://www.fiaformulae.com/live  [OFFICIAL STREAMING]

 

 

Thanks a lot ! 

 

 

 

Live streaming for practice anyone ? Non of them I have works      (vipleague.me/  feed4u.net/) 

[Lotusseven]

Found the live timing

http://livetiming.al...om/fiaformulae/

Thank you !! 

[thegamer23]

Nope, can't find any broadcast this time

In the meantime, Cerruti has hit the wall. Red Flag. 

 

 

EDIT:
Nico Prost is fastest in FP1! Can he take the third pole of the year? 

Edited by thegamer23, 13 December 2014 - 11:05.

[thegamer23]

Practice 1 highlights!

FP2 now on! 

 

Edit: Alguersuari is the fastest man of the FP2, 1'15''9

Edited by thegamer23, 13 December 2014 - 13:02.

[Flamini]

Pardon my ignorance, but it is possible in this series that teams can develop cars between races?

[David Lightman]

I think the series loses credibility (not sure it has much to start with...) by the constant chopping and changing of drivers, it makes it look like they're not that interested either.

[maximilian]

I think the series loses credibility (not sure it has much to start with...) by the constant chopping and changing of drivers, it makes it look like they're not that interested either.

 

I don't feel that way.  In fact, I like a few driver changes every so often, it keeps things fresh, and opens up the pool to more drivers... also allows for some "local" aspects (such as Tung racing in China and Malaysia) to increase fan turnout.  Not everything has to be as boring and rigid as F1...

[thegamer23]

Vergne is rocketing throught the track.

1'15''408 gives him first position in the first qualy group

 

http://autoracinglive.com/

Live timing and a lot of data

Edited by thegamer23, 13 December 2014 - 14:13.

[D.M.N.]

Vergne looks like he's on another planet!