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[sportyskells]

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Forgot itv was doing race 2

[thegamer23]

Rooting for Barnard for this one

But it's set to be an hectic race, more energy saving required compared to yesterday, so everything could happen!

Expect drama.

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Edited by thegamer23, 15 February 2025 - 16:57.

[thegamer23]

Here we goo! We go green in Jeddah!
Enjoy it!!

[thegamer23]

Light show!

[thegamer23]

Gunther torpedo

[Disgrace]

The two sides of Gunther.

[MattK9]

Oh dear
Hero to zero for gunther

[sportyskells]

Grid penalty coming guther way for next time out

[MattK9]

Di grassi has from the back to nearly in the lead

[MattK9]

Attack mode was effective yesterday. It's super effective today

[sportyskells]

Did bird miss the meatball flag for his penalty? 

[MattK9]

Everyone has taken 1 attack mode and Barnard is back in the lead

[MattK9]

Rowland back in the lead with good energy

[crooky369]

Everyone has taken 1 attack mode and Barnard is back in the lead

Barnard is going to drop like a stone though right? Looked like he used his entire attack mode in one hit (4 minutes long)

Edit - Ah the total is 8 minutes not 4 in total.

Edited by crooky369, 15 February 2025 - 17:34.

[FirstnameLastname]

Comms needs more shouting and excitement

[sportyskells]

Did bumei forget  he had to take attack mode as soon as I said that he take one

Edited by sportyskells, 15 February 2025 - 17:39.

[Disgrace]

Those efficiency figures don't make pretty reading for Lola Yamaha.

[Disgrace]

Rowland should have this in the bag now.

[MattK9]

Ticktum up to 5th. Top Porsche

[MattK9]

Barnard sideways and over the kerbs. How did he not lose it

[MattK9]

Last lap.

Rowland has this in the bag.

[FLB]

What the hell happened to JEV on the last lap?

[MattK9]

Great defence from Barnard to stay in second

[FirstnameLastname]

This has turned into a cracking series hasn’t it

[ANF]

Great racing by Barnard, that double overtake and the defense against Hughes.

[Disgrace]

Brit 1-2-3-4, God save our gracious King.

[MattK9]

Brit 1-2-3-4

[crooky369]

This has turned into a cracking series hasn’t it

First time I've watched in years and I'm so glad I did.

I think I marginally preferred yesterday's 'recharging race' overall. But I was certainly entertained today as well.

Taylor Barnard is a seriously exciting talent. That move on JEV followed by a stiff defense on Hughes was fun to watch.

[Disgrace]

Good races from Dennis and Vandoorne from P19 and P22. They were deliberately cruising around at the back in the early stages.

[FirstnameLastname]

Could this be a viable route to F1 for Barnard?

[Vielleicht]

I think I preferred the PitBoost race overall. The extra energy helped tip the pace into a more comfortable zone.

Today was not the worst for energy saving chaos, and it feels like the best teams ended up front. It was fun and engaging.

Therefore, I think PitBoost technology is promising for making slightly faster circuit layouts accessible to Formula E.

Rowland and Barnard ultimately the most impressive this weekend. Some very strong performances.

[thegamer23]

I agree with Vielleicht, overall two very good races this weekend, again.

 

The Pit Boost race worked wonders yesterday, with a faster paced and more "traditional racing" style of event, with bigger gaps between cars, while today it was more strategic and crazy with the energy management.

I love this aspect of having two very different kind of races during a weekend, to be honest, i think it's a winning Formula.

This year of Formula E have been a blast so far, best start to a FE season in years.

And. yes.

TAYLOR BARNARD is a TITLE CONTENDER!      The Mclaren rookie!  Who would have said that?!

 

Fascinating season of e-racing ahead!!

 

 

 

And ROWLAND making things clear with another champion's drive.  

 

He's destroying every team-mate he has on his side last two years. 
Maybe Fenestraz is right, maybe Rowland is a generational talent.

 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 February 2025 - 09:39.

[chdphd]

Could this be a viable route to F1 for Barnard?

Kinda worked for de Vries.

[Jellyfishcake]

Wasn't in today so have had to catch the highlights package on youtube for Formula E, and quite frankly it's pretty poor effort, not enough shown, 5 minutes of the race, going from lap 1 to 14 to 24 to then the last lap or so basically.

 

Anyway, Rowland is enjoying himself this season 

[crooky369]

Wasn't in today so have had to catch the highlights package on youtube for Formula E, and quite frankly it's pretty poor effort, not enough shown, 5 minutes of the race, going from lap 1 to 14 to 24 to then the last lap or so basically.

 

Anyway, Rowland is enjoying himself this season 

 

https://www.itv.com/...252/2a3252a0026

 

It's already on ITVX.

[Muppetmad]

Just caught up! A more peloton-style race, but still very enjoyable. Gen 3 EVO is delivering 

[Disgrace]

The Pit Boost race worked wonders yesterday, with a faster paced and more "traditional racing" style of event, with bigger gaps between cars, while today it was more strategic and crazy with the energy management.

I love this aspect of having two very different kind of races during a weekend, to be honest, i think it's a winning Formula.

 

Yep, nailed it. The races are completely different technical challenges. It's a lot less gimmicky than, for example, a reverse grid sprint race. FE is back to its best, honestly.

[Clrnc]

Very impressed with Barnard. Rooting for him the rest of the season

[Muppetmad]

Reflecting on the two races, it's clear that Rowland has the speed to challenge for the title. The question mark for me remains his racecraft across the season: he's made too many dodgy moves over the years for me to not have concerns going forward. I can't see Günther as a realistic title contender, because he simply can't avoid stupid incidents. This is now the second time in four races he's thrown away potentially decent points.

 

Da Costa being taken out by Günther might have big implications down the road. He's the only established contender who looks able to bring the fight to Rowland right now. Barnard is doing a cracking job.

[Vielleicht]

I get the sense of a more mature Rowland recently. I think he is appearing more confident, more controlled, and is responding well when things do go wrong. I am not sure I have felt this yet from any driver in a Formula E title campaign. If it holds he may be unstoppable.

Barnard might be benefitting from this too. Rowland was a mentor to him during his karting years, and he has the same Nissan powertrain at McLaren. Sam Bird is also being super supportive of him there. It is exactly the right kind of conditions to allow his talent to shine.

[thegamer23]

Yeah to me it looks like Rowland made several steps forward in maturity, consistency and racecraft last 2 seasons.
He now looks like the complete FE package. He's also much less aggressive than his earlier seasons, he now makes calculated moves when it matters.

Definetely the championship favourite in my eyes.

But Barnard is the real surprise of this early part of the season: McLaren/Nissan package is good, but the kid is making all the difference in the world compared to his team-mate.

Looks like it could be a Porsche VS Nissan battle through all the season, but DS showed good progress in Jeddah, same with Mahindra

Jaguar is the real disappointement so far: despite taking a maiden win in Sao Paulo (helped a bit by the red flags), the powertrain just doesn't seem this good at the moment.

 

Fascinating season, lots of themes. 

 

 

Edited by thegamer23, 16 February 2025 - 13:05.

[Vielleicht]

Post Race Notebook from FE Notebook 
 
https://fenotebook.c...-race-notebook/
 
Interesting in here is Jake Hughes' account of Barnards late race defending: 
 

Third placed finisher on Saturday, Jake Hughes, said that Taylor Barnard’s defence of second position on the final lap was “on the edge” of acceptability but didn’t overly criticise the NEOM McLaren sensation.

“I suppose I’ll leave it up to the powers that be, if they want to say it’s over the limit or not,” the Maserati MSG driver told FEN. “I felt like, during braking, I was ahead, and I deserved a bit of a right to some room, let’s say. I get it in the heat at the moment though, Taylor wants to fight for everything he’s got and probably I would do something similar. But yeah, I wasn’t so enamored with it at the time. But I’ve probably cooled off a bit now.”

 

I thought much the same during the broadcast. I also think it was on the edge of acceptable, but can be reasonably attributed to hard but fair defending rather than unnecessary aggression.  

 

I personally do not like hard racing going much further than that, however. 

[sgtkate]

I'm sure someone was saying the new talent was crap earlier in this thread. That hasn't aged well has it with Barnard and Hughes both being stand out performers this weekend!

Edited by sgtkate, 17 February 2025 - 11:53.

[juicy sushi]

Pretty terrible weekend for Porsche being the victim of others aggression/brain-fade.  Seems that Jeddah was not a track that suited them as much.