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now that's exciting. It's amazing how much smoother it was when this prick drove it.

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Must be like racing a postie bike with that almost centrifugal clutch acceleration out of the corners

There is no doubt we must change but imho I find generating power from what was once waste is way more sexy and I wonder just how long it will be before sub one litre hybrid engines are the norm in motor sport apart from America of course.

these boys aren't playing down the shallow end of the pool. It's seriously quick.

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Something does not seem right here... Both of those units are awesome, yet somehow the series cars missed the mark... It's almost like they were desperate to use a gearbox...

Good pick up woodsy, not sure what Garth was getting it in the original footage, must have been trying to keep temp in the fronts...

But it is a much better car than the formula e's...

I guess time will tell..

Looked like that think was hitting about 230kph down the straight at SMP....... As posted above love the fact it just sounds like my RC car running down the street

I was disappointed by the Formula E test vids, hopefully they are not running at full capability.

dvestate wrote:hopefully they are not running at full capability.

They aren't. The cars have been speed limited at the test.

dvestate wrote:Looked like that think was hitting about 230kph down the straight at SMP....... As posted above love the fact it just sounds like my RC car running down the street

I was disappointed by the Formula E test vids, hopefully they are not running at full capability.

I had flash backs to watching electric RC car races.

I can see why they want street circuits for it but might have to see where they can take it. For now... ugh.

Then again, I remember Chris Harris tested this and I thought "holy shit, the future looks awesome". Forget the sound if it tears through the air like that.

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Does good stuff, that Chris Harris bloke.

Let me get this straight; 4000 nm of torque... not many diesel locomotives can do that.

I say bring it on.

It's interesting that Drayson - who is one of the biggest supporters of the format - just sold out of his Formula E team. I don't know if any reason was given but it's not a great endorsement for the sport.

Some on board footage from Lucas di Grassi..

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Actually looks pretty fast. I feel like it needs some kinda noise though, even some electric motor noise. I guess it does, but just can't hear it over the wind noise.

pixelboy wrote:Some on board footage from Lucas di Grassi..

Reminds me of this...

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Just seen #FormulaE trending on Twitter and it looks like the marketing strategy is working; a lot of people at Donington today queuing for the pitlane walk:


Good luck to them

I'm interested. So long as the racing is good.

The atmosphere looks electric.

Sparks are sure to fly...

There is a buzz in the air....

They'll have fun before they go ohm!

They should get AC/DC to play at their first race. It'll make their hair stand up.

Tyre warmers are banned... They use too much electricity...

Looking forward to the first few laps, I hope they all complete the circuit.

And you know what they can say if someone cuts a corner...

the final test times. 13 of the 20 have driven in F1, and only 1 win among them.

1. Sebastien Buemi e.dams 1m31.792s
2. Nicolas Prost e.dams 1m32.117s +0.325s
3. Franck Montagny Andretti 1m32.143s +0.351s
4. Bruno Senna Mahindra 1m32.249s +0.457s
5. Sam Bird Virgin 1m32.292s +0.500s
6. Lucas di Grassi Abt 1m32.293s +0.501s
7. Karun Chandhok Mahindra 1m32.369s +0.577s
8. Jerome d'Ambrosio Dragon 1m32.646s +0.854s
9. Stephane Sarrazin Venturi 1m32.663s +0.871s
10. Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1m32.775s +0.983s
11. Nelson Piquet China 1m32.808s +1.016s
12. Jaime Alguersuari Virgin 1m32.821s +1.029s
13. Charles Pic Andretti 1m32.841s +1.049s
14. Daniel Abt Abt 1m32.867s +1.075s
15. Jarno Trulli Trulli 1m32.892s +1.100s
16. Oriol Servia Dragon 1m33.411s +1.619s
17. Antonio Garcia China 1m33.469s +1.677s
18. Takuma Sato Aguri 1m35.425s +3.633s
19. Michela Cerruti Trulli 1m35.444s +3.652s
20. Katherine Legge Aguri 1m38.112s +6.320s

watts the go with this series anyway?

Resistance is futile.

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