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[Ben1445]

[maximilian]

While I am excited to get FE back, I can't help but feel that they missed the boat a bit, especially given the solution they ended up with.  Practically EVERY other series has already been out and racing, some for weeks...  Oh well, let's get this freak show over with.  Should be really fun anyways! 

[BRG]

"It's really, finally, nearly time to go racing again"

And time to mangle the English language, it seems.  

 

But looking forward to the races.  I may even buy some of those Berliner doughnuts to enjoy during the caution periods.

[thegamer23]

While I am excited to get FE back, I can't help but feel that they missed the boat a bit, especially given the solution they ended up with.  Practically EVERY other series has already been out and racing, some for weeks...  Oh well, let's get this freak show over with.  Should be really fun anyways! 

 

Well, no other series has a calendar based basically only on City Center-Street Circuits.

So FE was affected the most i think. 

[thegamer23]

[maximilian]

Well, no other series has a calendar based basically only on City Center-Street Circuits.

So FE was affected the most i think. 

 

Maybe, but it took them much longer than anybody else to implement a plan to get back on track, and considering the nature of the plan, they could have done this weeks ago.

[Ben1445]

I suppose one school of thought might be that restarting (and finishing) the season when every other series was getting back to racing might have risked the event being drowned out among the noise. This way things have settled down a little bit into something closer to normality. They’ve also been able to learn from protocols of other events but I don’t think that’s *the* reason.

Counter to that is of course an absolutely mammoth five month gap and a loss of the novelty in the return to real life racing.

But I’m glad to have the season concluding now either way so...

[maximilian]

Yeah, the gap is ridiculous, and with all the driver changes, it basically FEELS like the NEXT season already.  

[Ben1445]

I saw one stat which says all the driver changes for Berlin means we’ll have the highest number of in season driver changes since season one

[Vielleicht]

I do remember the first season being particularly like a driver merry-go-round. If I remember correctly, they put in incentives to keep drivers in for a full season for the second season to try and calm it down a bit.

 

Looking forward to the Berlin races now - absolutely no idea who's going to take the title some the end of it whatsoever.

[maximilian]

Urgh, Twitter is flooded with asinine FanBoobs posts today, so annoying.

 

STOP THAT NONSENSE!

[thegamer23]

In the past i tried to block the #fanboost on Twitter, but it doesn't work..

Makes news very difficult to follow, as they kind of disappears among the voting posts

Edited by thegamer23, 28 July 2020 - 15:24.

[Vielleicht]

Some solid opinion polls and engagment statistics for Fanboost would actually be of interest to me. I'd still defintely rather it wasn't there at all, but FE must feel it brings some net benefit else you'd have thought they'd have dropped it by now.

 

I'm just glad it's so inconsequential to the results.

Edited by Vielleicht, 28 July 2020 - 15:43.

[BRG]

Urgh, Twitter is flooded with asinine FanBoobs posts today, so annoying.

 

STOP THAT NONSENSE!

Oh, why did you have to remind me about Van Boost?  After all these months, I had blissfully forgotten all about it.  

[maximilian]

Oh, why did you have to remind me about Van Boost?  After all these months, I had blissfully forgotten all about it.  

 

So have I, until it came back on Twitter today, like spicy acid reflux after a taco orgy.

Edited by maximilian, 28 July 2020 - 16:56.

[Ben1445]

Feature from the race on expected race conditions for August (hot!) and how teams are likely to be going about there event prep. 
 

The Race: Why 'Basic Housekeeping' Will Be Vital For Berlin | https://the-race.com...tal-for-berlin/
 

The reserve drivers on-site in Berlin will be Nick Heidfeld (Mahindra), Daniel Juncadella (Mercedes), James Rossiter (DS Techeetah), Ho-Pin Tung (Jaguar), Norman Nato (Venturi), Joel Eriksson (Dragon), Simona de Silvestro (Porsche) and Lucas Auer (BMW).

 

[Ben1445]

JEV will be racing with a special helmet in Berlin 

https://www.instagra.../p/CDLaz0mHfJj/

 

[thegamer23]

Oh my, oh my!

Similar to their F1 counterpart, Mercedes EQ goes full black!

 

   

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 29 July 2020 - 12:56.

[Vielleicht]

Feature from the race on expected race conditions for August (hot!) and how teams are likely to be going about there event prep.

I had a guided tour of Tempelhof during August a good few years back. Standing on the concrete apron in that heat is how I imagine a baked potato might feel in an oven.

[Ben1445]

Only one week today until FE is back with the first of the Berlin double headers 

[Marklar]

A worker has apparently been killed in an accident with a forklift during construction works for the track https://www.rbb24.de...belstapler.html
 

Edited by Marklar, 29 July 2020 - 15:21.

[maximilian]

Oh no... 

[Ben1445]

Oh rats, that's sad 

[thegamer23]

That sucks...

[f1paul]

Horrible, horrible. 

 

Very sad news.

[Vielleicht]

Terribly sad news.

[Vielleicht]

Season 6 Forum Stats

Formula E Season 6 Official Thread - 46 pages, 2277 posts
Cumulative across all race threads - 42 pages, 2,078 posts

 

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Edited by Vielleicht, 15 August 2020 - 07:52.

[Ben1445]

Antonio Felix da Costa being welcomed upon arrival back in Portugal.

https://twitter.com/...3555405825?s=20

[Vielleicht]

That's nice, especially as celebrations at the track were limited to race personel only.

Edited by Vielleicht, 16 August 2020 - 18:04.

[thegamer23]

 

Fascinating story! 

And we'll soon move on to the Season 7 Thread.

 

Even with a butchered Season 6,  it's been a success here on the forum.

New faces coming in, a lot of pages of discussion...

 

Can't wait for what's coming next! 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 August 2020 - 21:14.

[Ben1445]

And we'll soon move on to the Season 7 Thread.

 

Even with a butchered Season 6,  it's been a success here on the forum.

New faces coming in, a lot of pages of discussion...

 

Can't wait for what's coming next! 

Couldn't agree more! 

 

 

_{I know we say this every year but your contribution to making this championship a forum favourite is unrivalled. Grazie.} 

[maximilian]

I know we say this every year but your contribution to making this championship a forum favourite is unrivalled. Grazie. 

 

Absolutely, hat's off to thegamer23!     

[M66R]

Absolutely, it's been a pleasure chatting to you all.