Formula e 2019/2020 season

[Koln-RS]

Marrakesh race just starting on BBC2
Watched the Mexico race and starting to get hooked.
Still wish they sounded better, but the concept is growing on me - not perfect but neither is F1.

[cuprabob]

Liking the helmet cam

[RC1807]

Impressive end to today's race .... a pity for JEV

[cuprabob]

RC1807 said:

Impressive end to today's race .... a pity for JEV

Indeed, an impressive drive by JEV considering he is "ill"

[anonymous-user]

Very good show from JEV indeed. Wasn’t sure if the power was going to last for a moment

[Koln-RS]

Again, another enjoyable race.
I like the commentary team.
Anything can happen and the result is uncertain until the end
And preview, race and finale all wrapped up in a couple of hours - unlike F1 where Sky seem to devote the whole day to what is usually a predictable procession.
So, fingers crossed that this continues to develop in the right direction.

[MG CHRIS]

Not as good as the previous races but still loads of action and close finish for 2nd at the end. Impressive drive from jev and also mitch evans getting up to 6th. 5 different winners in 5 races there was only 5 winners in the whole of the 2019 f1 season.

[williamp]

Enjoyed that but the race camera director missed a lot of the action. Anyone going to London??

[Kraken]

williamp said:

Enjoyed that but the race camera director missed a lot of the action. Anyone going to London??

With the way the races are it's hard to catch it all. You could see at the end he wanted to stay on the 2nd place battle but there would have been uproar if the winner wasn't shown crossing the line as well.

[ajprice]

Season temporarily suspended because Coronovirus https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/march/for...

[ajprice]

Wehrlein has left the Mahindra team effective immediately. Probably to join the Porsche FE team, according to the article. https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/pascal-w...

[ajprice]

Getting it done in August, 6 races in 9 days at the same track in Berlin!

[FourWheelDrift]

Sure they haven't got that mixed up with the Scalextric World Championships?

[poosemon]

ajprice said:

Getting it done in August, 6 races in 9 days at the same track in Berlin!

Just to note, same venue, different track configurations. Below from BBC website;


"The races will be live across the BBC, on Red Button, iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

Each pair of the six races will be held on differing track configurations at the historic airfield on the outskirts of the German capital, to promote varied race strategies for the teams.

All of the races will be held behind closed doors and the number of people on site will not exceed 1,000, as per German government guidelines."

[Flamma]

And as I've just seen on DSC, FE doing FE things and clashing with WEC Spa..

[MG CHRIS]

Flamma said:

And as I've just seen on DSC, FE doing FE things and clashing with WEC Spa..

Tbh it doesn't really matter wec has been dying for years and nobody will be able to go there to watch it so its a moot point.

[ajprice]

Daniel Abt has signed to the Nio team for the rest of the season (the August races in Berlin), replacing Qinghua.

https://au.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/nio-signs...

[ajprice]

The last races start on Wednesday, through to Thursday next week. They're being shown on iPlayer and Eurosport.

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/sport/2020-07-29/f...

Race 6: Berlin, Germany
Date: Wednesday 5th August 2020

Race 7: Berlin, Germany
Date: Thursday 6th August 2020

Race 8: Berlin, Germany
Date: Saturday 8th August 2020

Race 9: Berlin, Germany
Date: Sunday 9th August 2020

Race 10: Berlin, Germany
Date: Wednesday 12th August 2020

Race 11: Berlin, Germany
Date: Thursday 13th August 2020

[ajprice]

Extreme E. Lewis Hamilton has announced a team for the off road series next year, X44 https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/151965/hamilton-...

[FourWheelDrift]

Both Audi and BMW are quitting FE after next year.