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[thegamer23]

 

 

 Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo --- VALENCIA --- 16 October/19 October

 

 

Season 5 Official Thread

https://forums.autos...fficial-thread/
 

Season 5 Silly Season Official Thread

https://forums.autos...e-silly-season/

 

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BACK IN ACTION

WITH A NEW LOOK 

 

Generation 2 of Formula E is officially about to begin. 

In the heat of Valencia, under a bright sun (expect for friday), the 22 drivers of FE will compete together for the first time on the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. 

Bar a few promotional videos & Nico Rosberg's Berlin shakedown, it will be the very first occasion for us to see the Gen 2 cars in action & the new drivers (like Felipe Massa), getting the grips with them!
As the test is open to the pubblic (on October 16th & October 19th), expect a lot of images, videos from trackside, onboards & highlights from the official channel.

 

A lot of fascinating points are going to be discussed there: expect plenty of news, first pubblic impressions from the drivers & why not, some indications about the pecking order of Season 5.  

Also...what if i told you that a Full Simulation Race Event (quali + race, a real race!) is going to be held at some point during the week? 

Hyped enough? 

Let's dive into the Pre-Season testing details!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE CIRCUIT

FE VERSION

 

 

 

 

 

LENGHT           TURNS         FE LAP RECORD

3.090 km              12                    1'18''565  [Oliver Turvey NIO]

 

 

The Formula E interpretation of the Ricardo Tormo Circuit is a shorter version of the GP circuit [4 km].
FE added a chicane in the middle of the main straight, to try replicate the Street Track nature of the Calendar's circuit, & to add a useful energy regeneration point. (Formula E recovers battery energy from braking).

 

 

 

THE ENTRY LIST
NEARLY COMPLETE
 

All the remaining question marks over the Formula E Season 5 line-up are going to be revealed before the testing debut of Tuesday!
That means that we'll know who is going to drive for Mahindra, HWA (2nd seat), Dragon Racing (2nd seat), very soon! 

 

22 drivers, 11 teams are going to compete in the pre-season testing! 


AUDI SPORT - Lucas Di Grassi/Daniel Abt
NISSAN - Alexander Albon/Sebastien Buemi

BMW - Antonio Felix Da Costa/Alexander Sims
VIRGIN AUDI - Sam Bird/Robin Frijns
JAGUAR - Mitch Evans/Nelson Piquet Jr
DS TECHEETAH - Jean Eric Vergne/Andrè Lotterer
VENTURI - Felipe Massa/Edoardo Mortara
DRAGON RACING - Josè Maria Lopez/TBA
NIO - Oliver Turvey/Tom Dillmann

HWA - Gary Paffet/Stoffel Vandoorne
MAHINDRA - Pascal Wehrlein/Jerome D'Ambrosio

 

 

 

THE GEN 2
FOR DUMMIES

 

 

The SRT05e was designed by Spark Technologies under FIA's instructions, utilizing a Dallara chassis. 

This is a low drag, electric beast: every angle of it is designed for the maximum aero efficency: covered front wheels, no rear wing (except for two, adjustable flaps). 
Along with the more powerful battery (+50 kW), this leads to an increase of more than 50 km/h in Top Speed (from 220 to 280 km/h). 

Combined with a F1-esque 0-100 km/h acceleration (2.8 sec), those cars are set to improve lap Gen 1 lap times dramatically. 

 

 

Even with a minimal aero design, those cars will handle quite better than the Gen 1: all the downforce is generated by the car's floor to the rear diffuser (wich is BIG). 

That's a optimal kind of downforce, that doesn't affect racing at all. 

Be ready for super close racing again! 

Power is not everything tho: the increased battery capacity of the SRT05e will lead to 45 minutes races without car swap.  A game changer!

 

 

 

 

 

HOW TO FOLLOW 
THE PRE-SEASON TEST

 

Apart from following this thread, as we'll post live updates, videos, images & stuff, you can look for:

LIVE TIMING: https://livetiming.a...com/fiaformulae

TWITTER #formulae
                 #fetesting
Or Subscribe to this list: https://twitter.com/...e-season-5-news

 

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fiaformulae/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube....ser/FIAFormulaE
STREAMING: (updating, hopefully for the simulation race)

 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 09:33.

[maximilian]

Nicely done OP!     Looking forward to this 

[beachdrifter]

Power is not everything tho: the increased battery capacity of the SRT05e will lead to 45 minutes races without car swap.  A game changer!

 

 

Remind me again, what was the duration of a race with the two cars?

[Vielleicht]

Great OP! Should be a good week.

Remind me again, what was the duration of a race with the two cars?

Changed from race to race as it was done by lap number, but usually circa 50 minutes.

[RSRally]

Great opening post! One thing I forgot is that as teams are allowed to run two cars in pre-season testing, Vandoorne will miss the last day of the test and someone else will take his place. Maybe Paul di Resta?

[thegamer23]

Apparently, FDA academy driver Antonio Fuoco is going to test with Dragon Racing this week on Tuesday & Friday.
Some journalists got a test entry list some minutes ago.

A suprise move from Dragon or they will also test Gunther this week?
Could explain why they haven't announced their 2nd driver yet, maybe they want to evaluate them both on track. 

Edited by thegamer23, 15 October 2018 - 11:21.

[OnAllCylinders]

Apparently, FDA academy driver Antonio Fuoco is going to test with Dragon Racing this week on Tuesday & Friday.
Some journalists got a test entry list some minutes ago.

A suprise move from Dragon or they will also test Gunther this week?
Could explain why they haven't announced their 2nd driver yet, maybe they want to evaluate them both on track. 

Gunther will do morning sessions, Fuoco afternoon sessions.

 

My guess is it will be a Lopez-Gunther line-up with Fuoco as reserve.

Edited by OnAllCylinders, 15 October 2018 - 11:29.

[OnAllCylinders]

And apparently it looks like clothing manufacturer Geox will be coming aboard as Dragon's title sponsor according to the entry list.

[thegamer23]

Such a busy day, i'm struggling to keep up with the news

here it is the TEST ENTRY LIST
http://www.fiaformul...season-testing/

 

#94 driving for Mahindra     
Juncadella driving for HWA on friday, as Vandoorne goes to Austin

Edited by thegamer23, 15 October 2018 - 11:51.

[HistoryFan]

So Fuoco battling against Günther for a seat at Dragon?

[maximilian]

Wow, I am genuinely excited seeing that entry list   

[thegamer23]

 

 

Any lap time prediction? I say 1'18''xxx    

 

 

All ready

 

Tomorrow session [8.00-12.00 - 14-17.00 UK TIME]

 

Virgin Audi: Sam Bird - Robin Frijns

Jaguar: Nelson Piquet jr - Mitch Evans

Audi: Lucas Di Grassi - Daniel Abt

DS Techeetah: Jean Eric Vergne - Andrè Lotterer

Dragon Racing: Antonio Fuoco/Max Gunther - Josè Maria Lopez

HWA: Gary Paffet - Stoffel Vandoorne
Mahindra: TBA - TBA (tomorrow morning)
NIO: Oliver Turvey - Tom Dillmann

Venturi: Felipe Massa - Edoardo Mortara
Nissan: Sebastien Buemi - Alexander Albon
BMW: Antonio Felix Da Costa - Alexander Sims

 

 

Should be super busy on the track, 22 drivers on it!

 

Mahindra team presentation set for around 7.30 uk time on the pitlane!

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 15 October 2018 - 15:53.

[beachdrifter]

Changed from race to race as it was done by lap number, but usually circa 50 minutes.

 

Seems pretty short. Especially with the often large gaps between GPs. Maybe they should always have 2 races then? So they'd at least get to the combined race duration of a F3 weekend?

[maximilian]

Seems pretty short. Especially with the often large gaps between GPs. Maybe they should always have 2 races then? So they'd at least get to the combined race duration of a F3 weekend?

 

Can't agree more, each city should host a double-header. Not sure why they haven't done this, it would make too much sense.

[Vielleicht]

Seems pretty short. Especially with the often large gaps between GPs. Maybe they should always have 2 races then? So they'd at least get to the combined race duration of a F3 weekend?

How much of this is just our expectations creeping in from prior experience? If we're used to Grand Prix distance, it does seem short. If you're used to 10 minute sprints it will seem long. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with 45 mins for this series at this time, especially now it's one car rather than two.

 

Can't agree more, each city should host a double-header. Not sure why they haven't done this, it would make too much sense.

Hmmm I've never been a massive fan of double headers. I think some of the team owners said in one of the focus group things that they'd rather have one winner per event because it gives it a more prestigious feel - and to an extent I'm inclined to agree. Especially with qualifying on the same day - I tend to think of SuperPole as the first 'race' of the day and then the main event as the second one.

[Ben1445]

Awesome. 

[Stephane]

Wehrlein and d'Ambrosio at Mahindra, then.

[mgs315]

Really liking the look of it all this year. I watched most of the races as highlights last year (nobody else I know watches so no risk of the result being ruined) but this year I may just have to watch live.

[kumo7]

[thegamer23]

- 20 minutes to the Green Flag of Test Day 1!

LIVE TIMING: 
https://livetiming.a...com/fiaformulae

LIVE NEWS

 

#fetesting on Twitter

+ This list on Twitter

https://twitter.com/...e-season-5-news

 

Expect plenty of photos, videos, ecc

 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 06:48.

[Lights]

I'm really excited by the Gen 2 cars.

 

I just wish we'd also get Gen 2 circuits.

[thegamer23]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a few laps in, and they are already under the Gen 1 record.

1'21''125 for Sam Bird [-0.8 on previous record]

"Cars looks & sounds absolutely phenomenal"

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 07:31.

[NorwegianRudo]

Do they have the chicane on the straight? 

[thegamer23]

Do they have the chicane on the straight? 

 

Yep, just like last season

[Vielleicht]

 

Hazel Southwell‏ @HSouthwellFE 39m39 minutes ago

Oh my god. They sound like jet engines. This season is going to be phenomenol. #FEtesting

[OvDrone]

Congrats on the wonderful OP, Gamer23. You are really bringing up the hype for this series, and it's working.

 

Gonna keep a close eye on the testing these days. I hope the season won't be an Audi walkover.

[NorwegianRudo]

Congrats on the wonderful OP, Gamer23. You are really bringing up the hype for this series, and it's working.

 

Gonna keep a close eye on the testing these days. I hope the season won't be an Audi walkover.

 

Even if the Audi is superior, Bird and Frijns can hopefully provide some competition.

[Vielleicht]

Already knocking on the door of a sub 1:20 and I'm assuming no one has done a 250kW run yet either

[OnAllCylinders]

So Fuoco battling against Günther for a seat at Dragon?

I think Fuoco might take up reserve driver duties with the aim of a drive for Season 6.

[Pentecost]

Massa just did a 1:19.784. Nice.

Wish more drivers would push for good laps, especially curious about Vandoorne. But I guess the new teams need some time

[huggybear]

Already knocking on the door of a sub 1:20 and I'm assuming no one has done a 250kW run yet either

 

Massa has done a 1.19.784. They're gonna be 4-5 seconds quicker if that's the pace halfway through the first morning.

[thegamer23]

 

 

9.00 AM (uk time) UPDATE

Felipe Massa is fastest in 1'19''743. 

2.1 seconds faster than Gen 1 already, after one hour of testing!

Antonio Felix Da Costa is a close second with BMW (+0.1)
 

LIVE TIMING: https://livetiming.a...com/fiaformulae

 

 

- Turvey expects the new race format to be very entertaining

https://t.co/1mN9598x0N
 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 08:12.

[NorwegianRudo]

Keep in mind that if last year is anything to go by we will get some false times where they've ignored the chicane.

[thegamer23]

Keep in mind that if last year is anything to go by we will get some false times where they've ignored the chicane.

I think it's actually hard to ignore this season, there are tec pro barriers on the road!

 

 

 

D'Ambrosio 1'19''5

Times keep tumbling down!

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 08:21.

[RSRally]

Are Dragon just running a test livery this week?

[thegamer23]

Yep!
I guess they're waiting to decide the second driver, as both Gunther & Fuoco has sponsor (FDA & BWT) that could change the livery. 

edit: RED FLAG.

Paffet in the wall at the chicane

 

 

 

[NorwegianRudo]

Frijns to the top with a 1.19.275.

 

Over 2 hours in and there 6 drivers yet to set a competitive time, including Wehrlein, Albon and Vandoorne. 

Edited by NorwegianRudo, 16 October 2018 - 09:08.

[Peat]

OP, you failed to fill the middle of 'P' of Autosport correctly. 

Therefore I cannot possibly follow FE this season. 

Shame. Sad. 

[thegamer23]

OP, you failed to fill the middle of 'P' of Autosport correctly. 

Therefore I cannot possibly follow FE this season. 

Shame. Sad. 

 

ARGH

I was just waiting for someone to notice it.     

Season's over. #doomed

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 09:15.

[NorwegianRudo]

Bird sets a 1.18.732.

 

17s seem a certainty this week. Do we get any 16s?

[Calorus]

Bird bites Back...

[thegamer23]

1'18''085 for Da Costa (BMW)     

 

Nearly 4 seconds quicker than Gen 1 already, and it's just the third hour of testing. 

Very nice Mahindra slow mo

https://twitter.com/...124173416456192

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 09:27.

[Calorus]

#SV5... that's going to be interesting. I wonder if Vandoorne checked with Seb first?

[thegamer23]

Just got the info

 

Last year's record was 1'18''5 by Turvey on the (1 chicane) configuration.


So far, than 0,5 seconds faster but they're all running at the same Gen 1 power (200 kW). 

PLENTY more to come.

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 09:29.

[NorwegianRudo]

1'18''085 for Da Costa (BMW)     

 

Nearly 4 seconds quicker than Gen 1 already, and it's just the third hour of testing. 

Very nice Mahindra slow mo

https://twitter.com/...124173416456192

 

According to reddit the top time last year with this layout was 1.18.565? The slower time was with the double chicane layout...

[thegamer23]

Yep i corrected above

Those "fastest lap" infos by Techeetah & Nissan were wrong 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 09:32.

[Calorus]

Sim into the 1:17s!

1:17.852

[thegamer23]

17''734 by Da Costa.

BMW ON FIRE

So far than, FE gen 2 race pace (200 kW) is about one second faster than Gen 1 quali pace 
But still very early times, a week of testing ahead! 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 October 2018 - 09:40.

[Kev00]

BMW are smashing it!

[NorwegianRudo]

"Everybody" moving into the 17's now. I guess the question is whether we get any 15' then, or even 14's?

 

Only Gunther and Albon without a somewhat representative time. Don't think Albon has been out at all.

Edited by NorwegianRudo, 16 October 2018 - 09:45.