New Formula E Car Revealed - Pre Season Testing Begins Tuesday

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Renault e.Dams
Sebastien Buemi
Nicolas Prost

DS Virgin Racing
Sam Bird
Jose Maria Lopez

Venturi
Stephane Sarrazin
Maro Engel

Faraday Future Dragon Racing
Loic Duval
Jerome d'Ambrosio

ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Lucas di Grassi
Daniel Abt

Mahindra Racing
Nick Heidfeld
Felix Rosenqvist

Techeetah
Jean-Eric Vergne
Ma Qing Hua

MS Amlin Andretti
Antonio Felix da Costa
Robin Frijns

NextEV NIO
Nelson Piquet Jr
Oliver Turvey

Jaguar
TBC

I was under the impression that Adam Carroll was signed for Jaguar, and that the fight for the 2nd seat are between Mitch Evans, Harry Tincknell and Alex Lynn.

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

Well I had a chat with a few team members from some of the teams today (not Jaguar sadly) and no one had anything to say about the driver situation... didn't avoid it as such, just didn't really comment

I've got a few questions logged with the event organiser, so they should get answered soon and I'll post something about the responses.

Gutted however, did an interview with Nicolas Prost, really nice bloke, then I got home to type it up and the f***ing thing recorded all screwy, so I can make out 3 words in the 10 minute recording. For those who are interested the words were "yes" "excited" and "ok".

See, now that's a proper journalist

Ant Davison aint got 'nowt on me

 

[Paul Jeffrey]

Oh and btw, the front wings. Basically on track they look nothing like as dramatic as they appear in the pictures. Most teams have colours that kind of mask them. Its strange, you only really see them from the front view, like on the exit of Melbourne Loop.

That was a bit of a surprise really. Other than that, the cars actually look pretty good on track, and seem a bit faster too. They have a power boost from previous seasons this year, and from what I saw it looks a more impressive spectacle. Especially seeing as Donington, by comparison to some of the tracks they race in the season, is a wide open space and will naturally give the impression of lower speeds.

All in, looking good

 

[Jimlaad43]

The Hing Kong ePrix is not far away, FanBoost voting is open!

 

[fortyfivekev]

Noticed that this new series is being officially presented today. No idea if it will get off the ground but decent looking electric cars racing on real tracks is more my speed.