Formula E Championship 2015-16 Season

[MightyJordan]

The new season kicks off this weekend. It's not a one-make series anymore; everyone's using the same Dallara chassis as last season, but now, there's eight different powertrain manufacturers (it was nine until Andretti decided to revert to the first season's powertrain after their woeful pre-season testing). Here are the fundamental changes for this season...

 

Season Calendar

1. 24th October 2015 - Beijing, China
2. 7th November 2015 - Putrajaya, Malaysia
3. 19th December 2015 - Punta del Este, Uruguay
4. 6th February 2016 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
5. 12th March 2016 - TBC
6. 2nd April 2016 - Long Beach, USA
7. 23rd April 2016 - Paris, France
8. 21st May 2016 - Berlin, Germany
9. 4th June 2016 - Moscow, Russia
10. 2nd July 2016 - London, UK
11. 3rd July 2016 - London, UK

Team and Driver Lineup
Team profile videos are up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiSlrzIEN5WLgGGOKmCq7-gujtV58fm3d

NEXTEV TCR (China)
NEXTEV TCR FormulaE 001

• #1. Nelson Piquet, Jr. (Brazil) (reigning champion)
• #88. Oliver Turvey (UK)

DS Virgin Racing (UK)
Virgin DSV-01

• #2. Sam Bird (UK)
• #25. Jean-Éric Vergne (France)

Venturi (Monaco)
Venturi VM200-FE-01

• #4. Stéphane Sarrazin (France)
• #12. Jacques Villeneuve

Dragon Racing (USA)
Venturi VM200-FE-01

• #6. Loïc Duval (France)
• #7. Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Belgium)

Renault e.Dams (France)
Renault Z.E. 15

• #8. Nicolas Prost (France)
• #9. Sébastien Buemi (Switzerland)

Trulli (Switzerland)
Motomatica JT-01

• #10. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy)
• #18. Salvador Durán (Mexico)

ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport (Germany)
ABT Schaeffler FE01

• #11. Lucas di Grassi (Brazil)
• #66. Daniel Abt (Germany)

Mahindra Racing (India)
Mahindra M2ELECTRO

• #21. Bruno Senna (Brazil)
• #23. Nick Heidfeld (Germany)

Amlin Andretti (USA)
Spark-Renault SRT_01E (last season's car)

• #27. Robin Frijns (Netherlands)
• #28. Simona de Silvestro (Switzerland)

Team Aguri (Japan)
Spark-Renault SRT_01E (last season's car)

• #55. Antonio Felix da Costa (Portugal)
• #77. Nathanaël Berthon (France)

[MightyJordan]

There will be just 18 competitors entered for the FIA Formula E Championship season opener, the Beijing ePrix, after the Trulli team’s entry – the Motomatica JT-01 – was not submitted for the official scrutineering process ahead of the event.

The team claimed that key components had been held up in customs and were granted an extension to submit these for sealing. These components were not submitted in time.

As the car has not been scrutineered, the team is not part of the official entry list for the season two opening round, which takes place in Beijing on October 24.

Trulli will be able to resubmit its car for scrutineering for race two of the season, the Putrajaya ePrix on November 7.

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/october/trulli-to-miss-beijing-eprix.aspx 

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[lnmnky]

Thanks for the heads up, watching it now: https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/itv4 

or http://fiaformulae.com/en/live-streaming.aspx 

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I was working today, so I missed the race and only got to see it a couple of hours ago.

Last week, a seagull got nutted (commentator's words, not mine) at Phillip Island; this week, a cat invaded the track at Beijing...

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^^ Just watched this through Google Cardboard and it was pretty cool (if the video quality was better, it'd be amazing).

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[philcruicks]

Wow that was one of the most exciting races of either season!

Fantastic performance by the top 3, Frijns with that car for 3 laps, and Bird up what 11 places from the grid?!

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Wow that was one of the most exciting races of either season!

Fantastic performance by the top 3, Frijns with that car for 3 laps, and Bird up what 11 places from the grid?!

12, even (Valentino Rossi decided to double Bird's effort earlier today in the MotoGP season finale)! Bloody amazing drive from him.

I was gonna wait for the extended highlights to be uploaded before posting, but screw it; it's too good a race to not share.

 

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Finally, the extended highlights...

 

And for those who just want the DNFs...

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Bad news...

 

...but also some good news!

 

So it'll be 18 cars on the grid this season, but back to 20 next season. It's hard to believe it's been 14 years since Jaguar last raced in a series.

Edited December 15, 2015 by MightyJordan

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