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Welcome
これが東京グランプリです2024
This is the Tokyo e-Prix 2024
It's time to go Fast, time to go Furious in the streets of Tokyo!
A race that's been in the making for years: a wet dream of the early Formula E championship, now turned into reality as the serie gets bigger & bigger each season!
Formula E, racing in Japan, racing in Tokyo. Can it get any better?
The hype is unreal in the city as they prepare to welcome to Formula E paddock for a two days long celebration of electric mobility, with concerts, events & plenty of stuff to do.
Are you ready? あなたは準備ができています？
Actual footage of Sam Bird going into the last corner of Tokyo
FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP
TOKYO e-PRIX 東京
March 29-30th
Green flag 06.00 GMT TIME on March 30th 2024
FRIDAY
7:30 AM - FP1
23.00 PM - FP2
SATURDAY
01.20 AM - QUALIFYING
06.00 AM - TOKYO E-PRIX
(all times UK)
FE LINKS:
Also, SATOOOOOO!!
F1 & Indycar legend, Takuma Sato, is the official ambassador for the Tokyo e-Prix, so we can expect him to show up at the race and maybe even try the powerful Gen 3 Beta!
You're cool Takuma!
TOKYO is set to be one of the most extreme challenges of the Formula E Calendar!
A 2.582 km, anti-clockwise track that features all sorts of variety of corners & elevation changes!
First sector is super techinical, with a sequence of slow-ish corners, but even here there are elevation changes that makes it more interesting!
For example, from Turn 1 to Turn 3 it's a downhill segment, than the circuits goes up towards the faster section of Sector 2, with a super fast right hander sweeper that's gonna split the man from the boys.
Even the chicanes on this track are far from being boring: in fact, they are quite high speed ones, where you're gonna need to carry out as much speed as possible.
Elevation changes and bumps makes it even more difficult: the last chicane is on a downhill, very bumpy. This spot is gonna be one to watch for drama.
A (wet) stroll around some of the circuit sections
ONBOARD LAP IN ASSETTO CORSA
Is this gonna be the new Attack Mode??
Formula E have been racing in a bunch of incredible cities like Miami, London, Beijing, New York, Rome, Paris and....well if i had to do a full list it would take a month!
But you know, Tokyo is something special.
So special, that some teams have prepared a special livery for the occasion. Just look at the home favourite, Nissan!
They've gone full Sakura with their look!
Nissan's Sakura livery for the Japanese e-Prix
Some of the Autosport members knows Tokyo for work!
That's the case of the legend, Jon Pollak, who sure knows what's the best noodles shop near the track!
Formula E sightings in Tokyo: a spectacular evolution of the Gen 3 concept has been spotted in the City Center!
Is this going to be what the Gen 3.5 is gonna like? 
No, this is a tribute to the popular Anime Serie Cybre Formula. But everybody's been loving it on the social media, so....who knows?
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Dan Ticktum goes straight to the point!
What happened last race?
A LOT.
If you missed it, than this is a good chance to make up for the loss!
Sao Paulo delivered a classic Formula E race, with more than 200 overtakes and a last corner overtake that's already in the history of the sport!
With Sam Bird's winning and a title favourite like Cassidy crashing out, now the championship standings are closer than ever!
Anyone can win this title!
LOLA ANNOUNCEMENT!
LOLA is coming back in Motorsport and they choose Formula E as their stage for the grand return!
The announcement will be made tomorrow in Tokyo, as it may involve Yamaha as a technical partner.
This is set to be huge for the serie, as we wait to hear more details about it!
The rumors suggests that Lola may become a powertrain supplier or even acquire one of the current teams.
https://www.the-race...sport-comeback/
TOKYO IN THE MOVIES!
Talking about Tokyo again....this is a city with so much beauty, that has the power to inspire moviemakers.
That's the case of Sofia Coppola, daughter of the great Francis Ford Coppola.
One of her iconic movies its, without a doubt, Lost In Translation: a movie about two lonely people, completely strangers, that meet in a bar of Tokyo and form an unexpected relationship!
With a young Scarlett Johannson and the great Bill Murray, this movie captures the atmosphere of Tokyo like no other!
That's my tribute to the movie!
Artistic impression of the movie, art by Cranio DSGN
Also, fun fact: you know that one of the Fast & Furious Saga stars is gonna drive the Gen 3 car around the Tokyo circuit??
It's obviously Sung Kang: one of the stars of Tokyo Drift!
Talking about visiting Tokyo: there are tons of food guides and city tours out there on YouTube!
But there's nothing such as an evening walk in the streets of the Japanese metropolis.
So, relax, chill out, and let's take a 40 min walk in the Shinjuku district!
Take your umbrella too, it's raining!
ANOTHER EXCITING CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT!
This is a huge event for Formula E!
First race in Japan, a lot of local media interest around it, all of the granstands being sold out in a matter of minutes.
Will you be part of history on Saturday morning, when the lights are going to go green in Tokyo?
See you then!
Edited by thegamer23, 28 March 2024 - 16:35.
