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[thegamer23]

The most anticipated round of the 2015/2016 Formula E Season has come: a huge achievement for the category to race in the streets of Paris after another good showing in Long Beach! 

Paris, a city where cultures mixed together in time, leading to extraordinary cultural, artistic & humanistic achievements. Formula E will race in one of the most iconic locations in the city center, Les Boulevard des Invalides, around the iconic Hotel des Invalides.

 

 

 

What happened last race


Two weeks ago Formula E was racing in the streets of Long Beach, another milestone in the Formula E Calendar. In front of thousands of fans, Lucas Di Grassi managed to take victory after an initial battle with the poleman Sam Bird. 
The brazilian managed to overtake the englishman, wich later went too deep on the brakes and went straight on, losing positions. 

In the opening laps it was Buemi to loose his cool, crashing in the back of Robin Frijns while attempting to come back after a disappointing quali. 



 

Championship standings

With 5 rounds remaining, the championship battle is going to ignite in Paris! 
Lucas di Grassi now leads by just 1 point on Sebastien Buemi, but Sam Bird & Jerome D'Ambrosio are not to underestimate, with a less than 40 points gap from the lead. 

Paris Formula E Circuit





Lenght: 2 Km
Turns: 14
 

It's going to be a real street challenge for the Formula E cars: the circuit combines fast sections with very technical ones & slow speed corners, similar to last year's Berlin's circuit. The track surface is going to be a challenge, with different kinds of surface & grip levels. 

Some cobblestones sections were tarmac-ed on to preserve them from damage. 

 

Looking at the early weather forecast, it MIGHT rain on saturday. First ever wet Formula E race? 


 

 

The TimeTable

Racing is THIS SATURDAY afternoon, with Live Race coverage & quali highlights by ITV4 & Live Streaming of practice & quali sessions on Youtube Channel & Dailymotion. 


Jack Nicholls is back in the commentary box after having missed Long Beach!

 

 

7.15 - FP1
9.30 - FP2
11.00 - QP
15.00 - RACE  (LIVE ON ITV4, pre-race broadcast at 14.00)











 

[Anja]

Wow, didn't even realise we're halfway through the season already. Would be a good time for Buemi to bounce back if he wants to win the title.

[sportyskells]

a bit early with the old weather forecast there as we need to wait for near the time but i looking forward to see how the cars cope with Paris

[Stephane]

i'll be on site. Someone else ?

[Nonesuch]

That pitlane is quite something.

[thegamer23]

Track's being built in the street of Paris

 

 

 

 

 

 

Random stuff

[Jerem]

i'll be on site. Someone else ?

I wanted to go but it was sold out waaay too early!

[SpeedRacer`]

Looks very narrow, similar to Battersea Park. Is this the first race in Paris? I can't remember

[midgrid]

Yes, it's a new venue for this season.

[thegamer23]

 

 

Weather not looking good for the weekend, with very low temperatures & rain showers. Still days to come to confirm the forecast tho! 

It would be the first time ever for a Formula E race weekend: just in Battersea Park saturday's quali, last year, the track was slightly wet. And we've seen plenty of drama

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 19 April 2016 - 10:05.

[BRG]

I had good hopes for this track looking at the early plans.  But now I see they have managed to make it stupidly narrow, even though the actual streets are plenty wide enough.  Who does the FE track designs, because he makes Tilke look like a genius?  At least there seem to be few bottleneck chicanes this time.  The pitlane is a bit crazy but that seems to be a FE trademark (apart for Long Beach where they showed that a normal pitlane works perfectly well and they don't need to have a round the houses layout).

[goingthedistance]

Looks to be sold out, anyone know any sites still selling tickets?

[Kev00]

Do they actually have wet weather tyres?

[midgrid]

No, the standard tyres are all-weather as they are treaded.

[thegamer23]

 

The pitlane has a good-looking backdrop isn't it?

 

Edited by thegamer23, 19 April 2016 - 21:27.

[Kev00]

No, the standard tyres are all-weather as they are treaded.

Yeah thought so wasn't sure if they had like an extreme wet but then they don't go fast enough anyway.

[jonpollak]

Looks to be sold out, anyone know any sites still selling tickets?

Sold out? ... lol. Any race fan worth their salt can get in ..
It's frickin'Paris.
Try my patented arrive and jump the fence technique. Or tell them Jean Toad sent ya.
I'll be at Barber Motorsports Park this weekend !!!
Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 20 April 2016 - 04:50.

[FullThrottleF1]

Aguri to leave his team. 

 

Love that guy, too nice for the piranha club though 

[TyreSmokeDownshift]

Former Caterham and HRT test driver Ma Qinghua could replace Salvador Duran this weekend as part of a deal for CMC to take over Team Aguri:

 

http://www.motorspor...akeover-688722/

[Anja]

Already confirmed as a done deal, for the rest of the season too:

 

http://fiaformulae.c...-at-team-aguri/

[thegamer23]

It's official! 

 

 

Ma Quing-Hua to replace Salvador Duran till the end of the season, as part of the Chinese CMC takeover on Team Aguri.

Well, he's a decent driver, unfortunately Salvador didn't show much speed in those two sesons


Meanwhile, Vergne is running in the streets of Paris

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 20 April 2016 - 10:54.

[thegamer23]

 

Cool stuff, behind the scenes of the track preparation   

Edited by thegamer23, 20 April 2016 - 16:17.

[balmybaldwin]

Looking forward to this and love paris

 

I would want to go, but I had such a terrible view point from my "grandstand" at the London race last year that I'd rather watch on telly.

 

They need to move the barriers back from the track  bit so the spectators can see the cars on both sides of the track and racing under tree lined avenues whilst good for camera means you get to see action on the far side of the track for a distance of 100 m  and nothing else. (I was right on a left right chicane and could only see the braking zone and advertising on the fences made the view even worse - terrible value and a real shame)

[Disgrace]

 

This circuit looks somewhat similar to what is probably the oddest thing in the universe.

[thegamer23]

Not that tight!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 21 April 2016 - 11:13.

[sportyskells]

no shakedown for the teams this week 

[thegamer23]

Yep, they don't want to block the traffic till the raceday!

Considering that mixed conditions are expected on saturday, drivers will have to adapt very quickly

[BalanceUT]

For folks in Eastern Daylight Time (USA) all on Saturday, 23 April.

 

2:15 AM - 3:00 AM - FP1

4:30 AM - 5:00 AM - FP2

6:00 AM - 7:00 AM - Qualifying (Delayed broadcast on Fox Sports 2 at 5:00 PM)

10:00AM - RACE   (Delayed broadcast on Fox Sports 2 at 6:00 PM)

 

Youtube: https://www.youtube....ser/FIAFormulaE

[thegamer23]

Almost there, over 20'000 are expected tomorrow for the first ever Paris e-Prix! 

Senna, Abt & Heidfeld had some fun last night at the Moulin Rouge! 

 

Huge read on the Paris e-Prix on Current E   
 

http://current-e.com...ch-connections/

 

 

 

Magneti Marelli to partner with Mahindra for Season 3!   

https://t.co/ROxdk8MK06

A very light & very efficent electric motor will be developed

 

Di Grassi invites Vettel & Hamilton to Formula E: "They would have a tough time" 

http://current-e.com...ve-a-hard-time/


Plenty of more content to come as the drivers will have the track-walk today, with a new episode of Chat-E later in the afternoon   
 

Edited by thegamer23, 22 April 2016 - 08:35.

[thegamer23]

A virtual lap of the circuit is available in the Facebook page.

Looks bloddy fast, quite faster than expected.

https://www.facebook...rmulae/?fref=ts

Edited by thegamer23, 22 April 2016 - 14:22.

[cyclist]

Hilarious: the sound of this is like the 1990s F1 game with a cheap soundcard and PC speakers!

[Jordan44]

Hilarious: the sound of this is like the 1990s F1 game with a cheap soundcard and PC speakers!

 

Well it makes it unique and the racing is fantastic. Doesn't bother me, always look forward to the Formula E weekends.

[Marklar]

Hilarious: the sound of this is like the 1990s F1 game with a cheap soundcard and PC speakers!

Formula E being compared to the holly V10/12 engines? Can't be bad then...

[thegamer23]

Press conference 

Edited by thegamer23, 22 April 2016 - 14:48.

[OvDrone]

3pm UK time, right?

[thegamer23]

Yep! You find all the timings in OP



Paddock live show now, with Jack Nicholls, Dario Franchitti & Nikki Shields in the pitlane!   

 

Edited by thegamer23, 22 April 2016 - 17:15.

[thegamer23]

FP1 now live

[Muppetmad]

The circuit looks really awesome   Looking forward to a good race!

[thegamer23]

 

 

Lot of action in FP1, circuit is very bumpy & with some cool fast sections, should allow good racing & drama!   


Buemi the only man tu run a 200 KW, that lap wasn't very impressive tho. Di Grassi & Sarrazin looks the best out there so far

 

Edited by thegamer23, 23 April 2016 - 07:09.

[Richard T]

Eurosport not showing FE live this weekend

[thegamer23]

LIVE FP2 (on facebook page as well!)

https://www.facebook...?ref=ts&fref=ts

 

 

A lot of stuff happened, with Bird & Sarrazin hitting the wall and outsiders performing great in Paris FP2 session. Conway looks mega, as did the DS boys. 

Senna looks on it as well

 

QUALI AT 11.00 (UK TIME), less than one hour!

Edited by thegamer23, 23 April 2016 - 09:14.

[sportingcp]

Bold prediction: Da Costa will see the chequered flag this weekend.

[thegamer23]

Quali in 15 minutes!



Or if it's blocked

https://www.facebook...?ref=ts&fref=ts


Buemi in quali group 1! 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 23 April 2016 - 10:00.

[midgrid]

Rule 1: Never call a French-speaking Belgian French!

 

(Rule 2: Never call a Flemish Belgian Dutch!)

Edited by midgrid, 23 April 2016 - 10:02.

[thegamer23]

What the hell Heidfeld is doing!

Rejoined track after an off and crashed with Conway, who was looking for pole

Edited by thegamer23, 23 April 2016 - 10:06.

[Muppetmad]

Heidfeld just got that wrong. It happens, sadly. Gutted for Conway though.

[Viryfan]

From what i hear , fan experience is really poor at Paris.

 

I went yesterday in order to meeting racing people but i already knew it wasn't worth it.

 

Paying 20€ without seating in 2km was worthless offer.

 

Not having seating in Le mans or Spa is not much of a problem but not here.

[midgrid]

Heidfeld apologises to Conway.

 

Duval's tyres are allergic to the track.

[thegamer23]

Buemi is never going to reach Super Pole with that lap

[sportyskells]

i have a feeling FIA will check that as we know sometimes its a bit dangerous to re enter race tracks