192 replies to this topic

[Kev00]

Sam don’t crash into your teammate whatever you do

[Jellyfishcake]

This is really a miserable season for Vandoorne 

 

Great battle for the win 

[Kev00]

Did we have a decision on the investigations? Evans and Da Costa under investigation weren’t they?

[Ben1445]

Jaguar SWEEP

[FLB]

That was good... 

[TomNokoe]

Barclay goes barmy

[Disgrace]

Did we have a decision on the investigations? Evans and Da Costa under investigation weren’t they?

 

Wehrlein too, all for passing under yellow flags...

[FLB]

Is Evans out of energy?

[Ben1445]

Is Evans out of energy?

There’s no reason to be, the race allocation is artificially and there’s no advantage to short-charge them

[Disgrace]

Do Evans and Cassidy need to provide a sample of battery juice to the stewards after the race? 

[Ben1445]

Ok no further action for the yellow flag investigation

[MattK9]

Well that was frantic

[Ben1445]

Jaguar slowly but surely seem to be getting on top of their package

[Muppetmad]

Fun race  Some clumsiness early on - Nato and Ticktum especially - but some good action throughout the pack.

[Ben1445]

What does that do to the championship standings?

[Ben1445]

Bird admitting that what happened from Hyderabad stopped him making more of a bid for the win

Can’t say I really blame him

[FLB]

Dennis is understandably quite angry at Ticktum.

Edited by FLB, 25 March 2023 - 18:20.

[TomNokoe]

"Plonker" and "geezer" klaxon!

[FLB]

Ticktum says it simply didn't stop when he braked and that he's never experienced anything like it in his career before.

[Ben1445]

Piquet Jr:

‘We’ve heard his excuses… but… ‘

[thegamer23]

Was so intense i didn't had time to write!

Another classic, in my books. 

It was like a lot of different races inside on race, it swinged back & forth, and the strategic element was fascinating to me.
First half was unlike anything we've seen in Formula E so far, making this race and this track even more unique.

And that final lap 3 way battle, man, was tense.
Winner was uncertain till the last 50 meters.

Way to go Gen 3!

So far, not a dull moment this season. 

 

Happy for Mitch & Jaguar!

Obrigado Sao Paulo!

Big crowd too, another success for the serie, after Cape Town & Hyderabad's sold-outs.

Hoping that Brazil will stay on the calendar for long! 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 25 March 2023 - 18:49.

[Imateria]

Piquet Jr:

‘We’ve heard his excuses… but… ‘

Didn't see his analysis but I agree, you can't go where no car has gone all weekend and be surprised there's little grip.

[Ben1445]

Solid race by Wehrlein after a bad qualifying to be fair, advanced forward and kept mostly out of trouble.

Extended his lead over Dennis by 6 points, in part thanks to Ticktum

Now 86 to 62

[Nigel Beresford]

Tough starting at the front. Poison chalice. Still, great to get pole and the points & kudos that come with it. Quite evidently need a bit more pace relative to the Porsches and Jags in the race but all of our guys did a great job. Two cars deep in the points, moved up a net place in the Teams Championship (passing McLaren and Andretti but being overtaken by Jaguar). No significant damage. Mistake free race by both drivers. Faultless execution in the garage. A solid day when doing much better would have been very difficult

[thegamer23]

How high were your BPM's during the first half of the race Nigel?   

 

Agree, Vergne & Vandoorne were very intelligent in such a chaotic & intense race!

Could have been much worse in such an hectic scenario, collecting big points in races like this is crucial!

Quality weekend for DS Penske.

 

 

TOP 10 standings in the drivers championship

Pretty much wide open!   

I wouldn't even rule out Evans who scored less than 30 points, but we know his speed and the championship is still long.

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 25 March 2023 - 20:28.

[Ben1445]

Tell you what, Cassidy has vaulted into Title-Watch position they’re just behind Dennis. Smart enough to know when not to throw away a sure fire P2 and look where it’s getting him.

[Kev00]

How the hell are those driver/team combos so wrong?

[thegamer23]

Indeed, took them from the wrong website i guess.

just edited the post!

 

 

Also, new kind of cool statistics from FE 

 

REGen classification

 

Edited by thegamer23, 25 March 2023 - 20:32.

[Nigel Beresford]

Anyone who is at the track, stop by and say hello

[MattK9]

Tell you what, Cassidy has vaulted into Title-Watch position they’re just behind Dennis. Smart enough to know when not to throw away a sure fire P2 and look where it’s getting him.

Consistently getting podiums will get you into title contention

[Ben1445]

What do those numbers on the regen classification mean? Percentages maybe?

[juicy sushi]

Definitely a race where you needed your wits about you and a healthy bit of luck to not be torpedoed by those without theirs.

Porsche still the best car but slowly coming back to the pack as Formula E keeps going full Indycar during the races.

[balmybaldwin]

I still can’t believe they actually pulled off a race in Battersea Park

It was bloody terrible as a spectator (in a grand stand) I could see precisely 0 sqm of track, and about 50m of the tops of cars above the barriers.

[balmybaldwin]

Barclay goes barmy

Someone needs to tell him to keep his hands above the table. when they cut to him late in the race it looked like he was knocking one out

[Ben1445]

It was bloody terrible as a spectator (in a grand stand) I could see precisely 0 sqm of track, and about 50m of the tops of cars above the barriers.

I had a grandstand spot at the T4-5 chicane which wasn’t completely terrible.

But in general, yeah, far from the best.

[eab]

Good fight this season between the Porsche and Jaguar powered teams, with DS also in there.

[thegamer23]

Frantic Sao Paulo e-Prix Race Highlights

 

 

 

Dennis fumes at "plonkers" Ticktum

https://the-race.com...formula-e-blow/

Buemi got injury in his hand after contact

https://the-race.com...la-e-collision/

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 26 March 2023 - 08:48.

[RSRally]

Someone needs to tell him to keep his hands above the table. when they cut to him late in the race it looked like he was knocking one out

Who could blame him, Jaguar powertrains were just about to score a 1-2-3.

Seriously though, i'm happy for them all coming good on their earlier potential and particularly after Hydrerabad.

Edited by RSRally, 26 March 2023 - 09:10.

[Ben1445]

So an average race speed of 118.3 km/h on the timing sheets for this one. If you remove the safety cars and only look at green flag laps, seems as though they were running at 138-139 km/h, which would likely have been enough to set a new FE race record ahead of the previous fastest (Cape Town) at 132.2 km/h. 

 

Distance ended up being 105.3 km with the added laps. That makes it the second longest distance covered by an FE race, after Mexico City earlier this year (107.7 km) and just ahead of Berlin from the third season (104.7 km). 

[AlexPrime]

Missed it. Saturday evening is the worst possible slot for a race IMO.

[RSRally]

Missed it. Saturday evening is the worst possible slot for a race IMO.

I do agree Sunday would be better, Saturday doesn't particularly suit me either and i end up watching the race on delay later in the evening. I guess the reason they don't do Sundays is so they can pack up the infrastructure on a Sunday and return the roads to normal in time for the Monday?

PS. If you're in the UK (or have a VPN) you can get the full race on Channel4 Sport Youtube.

Edited by RSRally, 26 March 2023 - 12:16.

[thegamer23]

 

Edited by thegamer23, 27 March 2023 - 07:49.

[juicy sushi]

Hopefully the experience for the teams in Sao Paolo was good, as it was the third debut race in a row that, as a fan, seemed like a pretty good success.  A good track for a motor race, even if the layout was not biggest challenge for the drivers.