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[thegamer23]

 

 

It's Carnival Formula E Time!! 

 

 

 

Welcome back!!

it's been a long winter brea...oh wait!! Did the season start already?

Yep!

 

Already two races in, but a monumental 7 weeks gap  kinda makes this feel like a brand new start for the Formula E Season 10 Championship!

And i can't think of a better, more vibrant and enthusiastic place than Sao Paulo of Brazil to kick off an intense two months of Formula E Racing!    (5 races between March and April!! What is this sorcery??) 

 

 

 

 

 

FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP

E-Prix of Sao Paulo du Brasil
March 16th 2024
 

Green flag 17.00 GMT TIME on 16 March 2024



15 March (Friday)

19:30 PM -- Free Practice 1

16 March (Saturday)

10:15 AM  -- Free Practice 2
12.40 PM --- Qualifying
17.00 PM -- RACE 

 

(all times UK)


 
FE LINKS:

• Season 10 Thread 
• Twitter List to follow all updates
• FE Instagram Page
• FE Website

 

 

 

 

Emerson to race in Sao Paulo??

 

Well, no!

But the brazilian F1 and IndyCar legend will be at the circuit this saturday, along with fellow brazilian superstars Rubens Barrichello & Felipe Massa.

And who know, will he want to have a taste of the Gen 3 car?   

 

Emmo supersub!
 

That smile, that damned smile

 

 

 

 

In the Sambadromo circuit, Formula E is set to go for a Samba ride! 

 

A simple track, clean, with long straights, big braking zones and tricky chicanes!

This is Sao Paulo's Sambadromo race circuit, built around the streets where Carnival is celebrated every year! 

Last season it was a success of public already, with sold out tickets in most of the grandstands. 

Weather is set to be warm and sunny, the atmosphere is gonna be boiling hot for the second edition of the Brazilian e-Prix! 

 

 

Scenes like this can only happen in Sao Paulo! 

 

 

 

Last year's winner, Mitch Evans, in the crowd of the home straight after the race. He won ahead of Nick Cassidy and Sam Bird! 

 

 

 

The winner of the Sao Paulo e-Prix is in for one hell of a celebration, that's for sure!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contrary to the first two events of the season, wich were fairly straightforward, pedal to the metal races, the comformation of the Sao Paulo track makes for a big energy consumption over the lap, wich will likely lead to extreme peleton racing.

 

Peleton racing is not unusal in Motorsport: we see it every race in Moto 3, and also similar tactics are used in Indycar's Oval Racetracks!
This will make the race very chaotic, with tons of overtaking and risky moves!
 

This also makes for very robust wheel to wheel racing and contacts, so......this is set to go all-out bonkers this weekend!

 

 

 

The Championship after 2 events!

 

 

TAG Heuer Porsche's Pascal Wehrlein took the win in the season-opener in Mexico, converting pole to a fifth win in Formula E at the site of Porsche's first win in the series!

 

An uncharacteristic mistake in qualifying in Round 1 left Championship defender Jake Dennis with it all to do in the race.

He made up ground to an eventual ninth and points from 14th at the start, though his title defense definitely set off on the wrong foot!

 

But in Round 2 in Diriyah the S9 champ immediately righted those wrongs with a dominant drive to the win, 13 seconds ahead of DS PENSKE's double champion Jean-Eric Vergne!
What a drive!

Round 3, always in Diriyah (was a Double Header) wouldn't be a repeat for Dennis, though, with the Andretti racer claiming the car felt "the worst he's ever driven" after a torrid qualifying session, and that left the door open for the rest to profit. Chief among them was Nick Cassidy (Jaguar TCS Racing)

 

 

 

Pascal Wehrlein's triumph in Mexico City: a dominant drive to give Porsche their first ever FE win! 

 

 

 

 

Jake Dennis dominated the Diriyah Race 1 like no other: 13 seconds ahead of the closest competitor, Jean Eric Vergne!

 

 

 

 

Nick Cassidy looks great already in his Jaguar TCS Racing car: third race in, first win for the Kiwi who's already looking like a title contender!

 

 

 

Here's a look at the Top 10 drivers in the standings! 

 

 

 

 

 

Glory for the local idols?

 

Young gun, Sergio Sette Camara and Formula E legend, Lucas Di Grassi, will be the drivers representing Brazil in their home race!

Any hope to see them competing for a podium in Sao Paulo?

Well, unlikely, but in Formula E much stranger things happened! 
 

 

 

Sergio Sette Camara always wears a Senna tribute design at the back of his helmet. 

 

 

 

Sergio Sette Camara stunned the Formula E paddock in Diriyah Race 1 with yet another stellar qualifying drive, to put him in second row of the grid.
Even with ERT's energy managament struggles, the brazilian managed to wrestle his car to a very positive P9 at the chequered, scoring the first points of the season for the team!

Start of the season was quite more difficult for Lucas Di Grassi, who's back at his debut team ABT after a forgettable S9 campaign with Mahindra.

He even had a heated on-track dispute with team-mate Nico Muller in Diriyah, take a look!

 

 

 

 

Lovely atmosphere in the ABT garage! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORMULA E NOTEBOOK BRAZIL 

If you're looking for the latest paddock news ahead of the Brazilian e-Prix, look no further! 

 

https://fenotebook.c...-paulo-preview/

 

 

 

 

A REMINDER OF LAST TIME AROUND IN BRAZIL!  

Spoiler: it was a crazy race! 
 

 

 

 

 

 

That's it!   

We're good to go!   
 

See ya on Saturday for all of the action from Sao Paulo! 

 

But if you're a proper fan, don't miss also the Friday Night FP1!

 

Before you go, take a 40 min walk in the streets of Sao Paulo. Worth the trip! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 14 March 2024 - 15:13.

[juicy sushi]

I feel like I had two identical options, because I chose chaos, but Emmo subbing for a driver with appendicitis would be exactly that.  Also would be fun to think about how well peak WDC-winning Fittipaldi would do in modern FE.

[jonpollak]

How similar is this track to the one Indycar used?

 

Jp

[sportyskells]

At least I got something to watch this weekend as gladiators is taking a break (due to football but unlike other people I do understand the reason) and cue my dinner upstairs 

[IrvTheSwerve]

Damn, the lack of FTA has really turned me off this series this year.

[juicy sushi]

How similar is this track to the one Indycar used?

 

Jp

They share a straight, that's about it.  

[Ben1445]

They share a straight, that's about it.

Two straights if you count the IndyCar pit lane entry

 

Well, kind of anyway... 

 

Edited by Ben1445, 14 March 2024 - 15:09.

[highdownforce]

Funny thing about the pool: People from Rio has, among many, a nickname for São Paulo "the grave of samba".

[thegamer23]

Funny thing about the pool: People from Rio has, among many, a nickname for São Paulo "the grave of samba".

 

 

Ouch!!

[balmybaldwin]

Is there a way to watch in the UK for free yet?

[Ben1445]

Not live or same-day highlights I don't think, but full-race replays uploaded to the website with a week delay. 

 

I've just reactivated my broadband-deal-discounted Discovery+ subscription having paused it during the break. Should get me WEC as well I think, if I fancy dipping into that again.

[thegamer23]

Action starts today in Sao Paulo! 

FP1 at 19.30 UK TIME!   

 

Rain??
 

 

 

 

THERACE Podcast - Brazilian e-Prix PREVIEW

https://podcasts.app...i=1000648891576

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 15 March 2024 - 08:41.

[thegamer23]

Race Preview

 

Edited by thegamer23, 15 March 2024 - 18:01.

[Ben1445]

Ten minutes to FP1

[thegamer23]

Indeed, time to check out the track for the first time this weekend! 


FP1 | LIVE NOW in Sao Paulo!    

 

Edited by thegamer23, 15 March 2024 - 19:25.

[thegamer23]

It's live already here  (dunno why it's still not on yt)

 

https://www.fiaformu.../it/race-centre

Edited by thegamer23, 15 March 2024 - 19:35.

[IrvTheSwerve]

Indeed, time to check out the track for the first time this weekend! 


FP1 | LIVE NOW in Sao Paulo!    

 

FE trying to rival F1 with technical face palms…

[Ben1445]

The red paint around the turn1/2 runoff (was white last year) is a little reminiscent of the red paint around the chicane of the older IndyCar layout. 

 

Edited by Ben1445, 15 March 2024 - 19:51.

[thegamer23]

This is one of the tracks where you can really see the speed of these cars on the straights!

 

Also, Dario back to regular presence in the commentary booth? Love it!

Edited by thegamer23, 15 March 2024 - 19:50.

[RSRally]

Billy Monger in FE commentary for the first time.

[Ben1445]

The red paint around the turn1/2 runoff (was white last year) is a little reminiscent of the red paint around the chicane of the older IndyCar layout. 

 

Interestingly,  that particularly bit of straight in the above image is now the FE layout's pitlane...  

[thegamer23]

That's a good lap for Mortara in the Mahindra, P2 provisional!

Can De Vries jump up the order too?

[thegamer23]

That's it for FP1!
 

[Ben1445]

interesting to see some of the Expo centre's renovations underway 

[jonpollak]

The host cannot pronounce the name of his co-commentator

Simona de Silvestro.

 

Can't get much lower than that.

P45 if I'm in charge.

 

Jp

[RSRally]

The host cannot pronounce the name of his co-commentator
Simona de Silvestro.

Can't get much lower than that.
P45 if I'm in charge.

Jp

I'd like to see her have a bash at pronouncing his ;)

[thegamer23]

Hey, it's RACE DAY!

 

Time to go fast & have fun!
 

 

10:15 AM  -- Free Practice 2

12.40 PM --- Qualifying
17.00 PM -- Sao Paulo e-Prix (31 laps)  

 

(all times UK)

 

 

 

Hear from all the drivers! 

 

 

 

 

Onboard lap with Mitch Evans

 

https://twitter.com/...726139642478980

 

 

 

32°c expected today for the race, it's gonna be HOT! 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 March 2024 - 08:14.

[thegamer23]

Good morning Sao Paulo!      

Simona de Silvestro & Billy Monger in the commentary booth this morning!


FREE PRACTICE 2 | LIVE NOW

 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 March 2024 - 10:28.

[RSRally]

Nice camera on Werhlein's car, you can really see how much work the suspension is doing on these bumpy street circuits.

[Ben1445]

I do like this venue

[thegamer23]

big issues on Evans car!

[Ben1445]

Oh dear, front right drive shaft issue on Evan’s’ car

[Ben1445]

Seeing the TNT broadcast schedule having qualy and race on TNT Sports 1 with the breaks padded out by Flashback (race archive) and Unplugged episodes is very interesting to see.

[RSRally]

Seeing the TNT broadcast schedule having qualy and race on TNT Sports 1 with the breaks padded out by Flashback (race archive) and Unplugged episodes is very interesting to see.

Yeah, good to see it's not hidden away on TNT Sport 4.

[thegamer23]

An early end for FP2 for a Red Flag, the reason was Mortara's Mahindra being stuck on track!

 

Qualifying at 12.40 UK time!   (-1 hour & 20 min) 

[ANF]

Oh dear, front right drive shaft issue on Evan’s’ car

Oh, I didn't know the cars have switched to four-wheel drive.

And now as I was looking for a confirmation on the Formula E website, I couldn't even find a technical description of the cars. I had to go Wikipedia for that. That's quite remarkable for a series whose main purpose is to showcase its technology.

Edited by ANF, 16 March 2024 - 12:10.

[Ben1445]

Technically they’re not four wheel drive as they just do front-axle MGU-recovery, but they have all the bits necessary to be four wheel drive. They are testing out the capability now and may introduce it as part of Gen3 Evo from next season.

[Ben1445]

The Formula E Flashback program is pretty good. Not just old highlights dig out of a bin but stitched together with retrospective driver and team interviews. Watching Punta del Este from 2018 on TNT now.

Edited by Ben1445, 16 March 2024 - 12:23.

[thegamer23]

- 10 min to Qualifying!

Time to go fast!

[Ben1445]

Interview with Phil Charles after his high profile Jaguar-DS Penske move. Says Jay Penske phoned him up and convinced him. I wonder what he said?

(Aside from the obvious ‘here’s a bigger pay cheque”)

[thegamer23]

Green flag for QP!    

[Ben1445]

Biiiig piece of non-car debris there. Weird

[thegamer23]

What's that 

[Ben1445]

I have no idea

[thegamer23]

UFO sightings in Sao Paulo!  

Where's Mulder when you need him? 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 March 2024 - 12:45.

[Ben1445]

Ooooh Cassidy just missed out

DS Penske feeling a Phil Charles bounce?

[thegamer23]

First surprises of the session!

Cassidy eliminated in Group 1! 

Great lap by Nico Muller in the ABT, qualified for the duels! 

[Disgrace]

Two tenths between the top eight, wild.

[jonpollak]

Big smile on Beresford’s face !!!!
Jp

[Ben1445]

Cassidy was great at the energy limited races last year, so given that we’re expecting a bit more of that here starting mid-pack might not be soooo bad.