Formula E 2018/19

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FourWheelDrift

88,523 posts

284 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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Didn't watch it but HWA had a bit of a turnaround after being way off the pace in Mexico.

Kraken

1,710 posts

200 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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FourWheelDrift said:
Didn't watch it but HWA had a bit of a turnaround after being way off the pace in Mexico.
Didn't come to much in the race though.

MG CHRIS

9,083 posts

167 months

Sunday 10th March 2019
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Track was the worse one of the season way too tight but still miles better than 95% of the f1 races last year. Bird was on form today apart from the attack on lott but seen way worse which wasn't penalisied.
Still miles better than the gen1 car and its great too see single seater cars that can follow and actually race.

Great news about the London Rd next year very tempted too actually attend tbf.

FourWheelDrift

88,523 posts

284 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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Rome race...traffic jam, who'd have thought it. hehe

FourWheelDrift

88,523 posts

284 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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Commentator - "A wonderful example of Fascist architecture"


/Alan Partridge

EDLT

15,421 posts

206 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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Some of these drivers would get banned from the BTCC.

37chevy

3,280 posts

156 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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FourWheelDrift said:
Rome race...traffic jam, who'd have thought it. hehe
Just wait until London next year....not just traffic Jams but pothole repairs and 4 way temporary traffic lights

37chevy

3,280 posts

156 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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Took a while to get there but BRILLIANT race!

cuprabob

14,627 posts

214 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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I really enjoyed the last few laps smile

rscott

14,760 posts

191 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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7 races, 7 different winning drivers, teams and polesetters!

Mitch Evans a touch lucky, especially after missing the attack mode zone.

rscott

14,760 posts

191 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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The ground level camera for the jump was pretty impressive too. Liked Dario's suggestion of a bonus point for longest jump smile

MG CHRIS

9,083 posts

167 months

Saturday 13th April 2019
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Time for the stupid chicanes too go just no need for them but apart from that a decent race. Great race between Evans and lotter and well deserved win for jaguar too. Apparently last jaguar race win for a manufacture was back in 93 with twr.

Sam bird needs too make full use of the next round with the drop out of top 5 so is in a better place for quali.

anonymous-user

54 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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I've never really watched Formula E before but a couple of full races appeared on my YouTube recommended section so I've been watching them, and very suprised at just how good they are. It seems to not suffer from a lot of negatives of F1 such as the cars being able to race close together with no performance loss, tyres that are durable enough to survive some huge lockups, drivers don't seem to mind a bit of contact and the cars seem to be able to survive it, and the attack mode seems to provide a good balance of gain/loss depending upon the race situation, especially when compared to DRS which is pretty much just a sure pass system on most tracks.

TBH I don't even mind the lack of engine sounds as you can hear a lot of other stuff such as the tyre squeals, marbles, impacts etc... which makes a nice change.

Going to watch more races now as they've been crackers so far.

anonymous-user

54 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtGJGw_zgI

What an end to this race, multiple strategies, various things in play right until the line, fab.

TBH I don't think I've enjoyed an F1 race this much since the 90s.

LIVENT

196 posts

228 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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I am glad you all enjoyed the race. I was there working and it was one of the toughest tracks to build since FE started. It’s really nice to hear that all the hard work and long hours by the staff to get the race on made for an enjoyable spectacle.

I think the next race in Paris is going to be a very exciting.

rallycross

12,793 posts

237 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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Another good race from FE.

Good to see a really decent city track with some nice elevation changes and decent width of circuit with some quicker corners.

Also enjoying Dario in commentary he’s doing a fab job really enthusiastic and of course very knowledgable - Roma was a good race!

telecat

8,528 posts

241 months

Sunday 14th April 2019
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Good race?? It's second only to BTCC in incidents and at least the tracks in BTCC allow the drivers to get away with little damage! As for the Rome race that track was abysmal. What happened to the long straight from last year? Generally speaking the Qualifying session is cruddy. Fan Boost is a joke, Always the same few drivers. As for the driving standards at least Lotterer has learned his lesson, just. The others including the current "champion" seem to think they are Matt Neal.

Kraken

1,710 posts

200 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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I think people have forgotten how difficult it is to overtake with cars that are reasonably equal in performance etc. It's not F1 where cars can just push the DRS button on mega long straights and breeze by. I thought the Rome race was very good given the constraints of the series.

Fundoreen

4,180 posts

83 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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Gave FE another chance. Idiot presenter knew more about the 'glorious' fascist architecture than the actual race series.
Usual low speed pile up after one or two laps. Race stopped. Indulged stoppage for a while then gave up. No idea who won or what happened.

Kraken

1,710 posts

200 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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Lol, he made one comment about the architecture and many more about the race.