VIDEO: Footage of the entire 1st Formula E race!
A recording of the entire first race of the first season of the revolutionary Formula E series! Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCK7i3-o_bY
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Di Grassi wins after a collision in the last turn
Lucas di Grassi is the winner of the first race of the Formula E series, after the amazing last lap of the race on the streets of Beijing. It was in the last corner of the race that Nico Prost and Nick Heidfeld, who led most of the race, collided. Free led most of the laps, while Heidfeld made his way to second place after a mandatory stop in the pits, where racers swapped race cars. The duo escaped the rest of the pursuers in the last part of the race, with Heidfeld constantly attacking Prosta. The German tried again in the last corner of the race. He drove inwards and Prost tried to close the door in a narrow left turn, hitting Heidfeld's car. The German was bounced over the curbs into the air and into a protective fence. His car stopped overturned, but Heidfeld got out of it pov
Di Grassi got his first practice
The first free practice before the opening race of the Formula E season in Beijing was given to Lucas di Grassi, who competes for the Abt team. The Brazilian was the fastest in the first, 1-minute free practice with a time of 41.937: 45. The second fastest on the Beijing ePrix track was Sebastien Buemi (E.Dams Renault) and the third was Sam Bird (Virgin Racing). Nicolas Prost was fourth in the second race of the E.Dams team, followed by Karun Čandok (Mahindra Racing). Bruno Senna was a bit disappointed with only fifteen times. Results of first training: Racer Team Time 01 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 1.41.934s 02 9 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1: 42.510s 03 2 Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1: 42.902s 04 8 Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1: 42.9
Takuma Sato for Amlin Aguri
Takuma Sato, a former Formula One racer racing in the American IndyCar series this year, will be racing for the Amlin Aguri team in the first Formula E series race. The Japanese got the opportunity because the team’s regular racer, Antonio Felix da Costa, will not be able to compete in the race as he is tied to racing duties in the DTM series. Sato will compete as a teammate of one of the two racers, Katherine Legge. “I’m looking forward to writing history with the first race of the Formula E series,” the Japanese said. "I'm looking forward to working with the team, as there are a lot of my old friends from the former F1 Super Aguri team there. I will do my best to achieve the best possible result with the team in Beijing."
Just a few weeks until the electrical revolution
Motorsport will experience a renaissance next month, as with the race in Beijing, the "green" racing series - Formula E - enters the scene. The race calendar currently includes ten events, and the idea of the electric car championship has its roots in 2012. The FIA starts in September and ends in June next year, and despite the different roar of the propulsion engines, the birth of the new championship is accompanied by enthusiasm and interest, as motorsport turns in the direction of a new era - electric motoring. Motorsport has always served as a kind of platform for the development of technologies that then found their way onto the roads in the hands of ordinary mortals. It was with this purpose that Formula E was created. Not even the Formula One team turned its back on modern sports, as it is in
Golf R Evo on the 40th anniversary of the GTI
Volkswagen will present a new concept at the Beijing Motor Show in April this year, which will actually go into production. The attractive concept, called the Golf R Evo, will share a platform with the standard Golf R and will be powered by a two-liter four-cylinder turbo engine that will develop around 276 kilowatts of power and 449 newton meters of torque.