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Formula E postponed the start of the season in Chile

Formula E postponed the start of the season in Chile

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The seventh season of the electric series was originally scheduled to begin in mid-January in the Chilean capital, but Formula E said in a press release: "After consulting with the city authorities in Santiago de Chile, we decided to postpone the event. , scheduled for January 16 and 17, have been postponed and we are currently working on setting a new date for the first quarter of 2021. " Formula E did not say why such a change took place, but they admit that they had a lot of logistical problems in getting all the equipment from Europe to South America at that time. Last Formula E season was also strongly marked by the new coronavirus pandemic, as they had to cancel a series of races, and the final of the season was in Berlin, where they raced six races on the former plane.
Audi fired Daniel Abt over the incident

Audi fired Daniel Abt over the incident

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Audi has stopped working with its now former racer Daniel Abt after he was disqualified from the Formula E virtual race for hiring a professional racing video game player. The German racer hired professional racing video game player Lorenzo Hoerzing for the fifth Formula E virtual race. Doubts that Abt was sitting at home behind the computer arose after the qualifications he surprisingly won. He then finished the race in third place, while he had never been among the points winners before. The dot on i was the act when he didn’t answer the calls of his racing competitors after the end of the race. For his act, he was initially fined 10 euros, which he had to donate to charity. The saga, however, got its epilogue today after it did
A Formula E racer disqualified for hiring a professional video game player

A Formula E racer disqualified for hiring a professional video game player

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Daniel Abt, an Audi Formula E racer, was disqualified from the last virtual Formula E race (Stay at Home Challenge Race) after it was determined he was not competing alone. He was replaced by Lorenz Hoerzing, a professional actor in racing video games. The fifth virtual Formula E race was scheduled for Saturday, this time through the streets of Berlin. The race also has a charitable note, as money is raised during the transfer for the UNICEF fund to help those needed to treat Coronavirus. Many doubts and concerns that Abt is not sitting at home behind the computer arose after the end of qualifying, where Abt was the fastest. The race finished quite surprisingly compared to the previous results of the virtual tests in third place. In the first four races, he never finished
Verstappen will serve his sentence from Brazil this weekend

Verstappen will serve his sentence from Brazil this weekend

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Max Verstappen will take part in a Formula E race in Morocco this weekend, where he will serve a sentence for doing community service due to an incident after a race in Brazil with Esteban Ocon. The race commissioners sentenced the Dutchman to two days of community service for physically settling accounts with Esteban Ocon after the end of the race in Brazil. Recall Verstappen lost a sure victory in a collision with Ocon, who was one lap behind at the time. This made him so angry that he pushed the French racer away several times during the weigh-in after the race. Participation in the Formula E race was not originally in the plan to serve this penalty by the race commissioners. However, in their opinion, the Formula E race represents a suitable opportunity for the Dutchman to do his job. Moreover, this punishment would not m
Roborace, a racing series without racers

Roborace, a racing series without racers

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This year, we may be able to follow the first racing series, in which race cars without racers will compete against each other on the track. The Roborace will be a support series for the electric Formula E, and will consist of ten teams with two non-electric cars each. The races are expected to be one hour long, and the race cars will run on the track completely autonomously, ie without external control. The futuristic look of the race cars may remind you of the movie Tron, and the reason for this lies in the fact that the main designer of the race cars is Daniel Simon, who designed the cars in this movie. Another interesting feature of the new series is that the teams will be able to edit and adapt only the software of the cars, but not the mechanical parts.  
DS Virgin racing is ready to start the second season of Formula E

DS Virgin racing is ready to start the second season of Formula E

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The DS Virgin Racing team will take to the streets of Beijing next week with a new driver, new partners, a new powertrain and plenty of energy. The second season of the FIA ​​Formula E Championship will begin on October 24 on the streets of Beijing. The DS Virgin Racing team’s goal is to continue where it left off last June. To conclude the first season, Sam Bird did a great job at home in the final match in London. The Briton wants to advance further on the foundations of a promising first season, crowned by a win in Malaysia. His co-driver will be a new member of the team, Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne. With the arrival of the DS brand, the car has been dressed in new colors for the upcoming second season. The luxurious new design symbolizes the collaboration of the DS brand and features the distinctive colors of the Virgin brand. The race car kept the red and chrome, on
Nelson Piquet at RoC

Nelson Piquet at RoC

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Nelson Piquet has won the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, competed for a spot in the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship, raced in the Indy Lights race car for Carlin and tested IndyCar for the Penska team. To this he will now add the race of champions, RoC. Namely, he will join his compatriot Felipe Massa in the champion's race, which will take place on November XNUMX and XNUMX in London. "It's a great job for me and there's no better way to finish it with a race," says Piquet, who won the Formula E title in London, adding: "I have fond memories of London. I fought for the title in Formula E there, I got it for only one point. I hope it will be a good trip for the championship race as well. "
Villeneuve impressed with Formula E series

Villeneuve impressed with Formula E series

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Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One champion, is thrilled after today’s Formula E test in Donington Park. Namely, as he says, he is angry that most series, such as F1, are slowing down, but here the development goes on: "It annoys me because I wasn't here for the first season. I'm here now and I have to say I'm excited. We're working on it. that we are getting faster.No one is limiting us and that is the most important thing for me as a racer.We are not here to cycle around the track but to race and get faster.I was commenting on the Hungarian Grand Prix ten days ago when I got the call, if I came to test. I changed my plans and now I'm here. I used to watch the series, but now I'm going to perform in it. " Villeneuve has raced in many series so far, F1, IndyCar and NASCAR, as well as in rallycross and so
Heidfeld and Senna for Mahindra

Heidfeld and Senna for Mahindra

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In the second season of Formula E, Nick Heidfeld and Bruno Senna will join forces with the Mahindra team. Nick is a veteran of the big prizes, as he has 183 behind him. He finished in twelfth place in this electric series, with the best result of third place in Moscow, where he missed the victory after a collision in the last turn with Prost. Heidfeld has been replaced by Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One champion. Heidfeld says he is looking forward to the second season of Formula E, where he wants to win and win the title.
De la Rosa will test the Aguri Formula E car

De la Rosa will test the Aguri Formula E car

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Former Formula 1 racer Pedro de la Rosa will return to the one-seater today to test the Aguri Formula E car in Donington Park. The Aguri team is the first team to start testing for the second season with a race car, where, among other things, their regular racer Salvador Duran will also test. Otherwise, for once it is not clear whether de la Rosa may get a racing seat in the Formula E Augier, but it will definitely be on the list of possible racers. The team definitely wants Antonio Felix da Costa, who also depends on the DTM series race calendar, where he races for BMW. The Portuguese had to miss the races in London and Beijing.