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Title: FIA formulaE
Post by: benchmark51 on 10, January, 2015, 01:17:33 PM
Live from Buenos Aires on ITV4 at 6pm today

If you have nothing else to do and you can stay awake! ;D

As far as I can see it's won by whoever's batteries last the longest, Duracell? :-X
Title: Re: FIA formulaE
Post by: Iancider on 10, January, 2015, 10:46:54 PM
Watched it:

It was a bit like Scalectrix without the sparks but they did come off just as often.   ;D
Title: Re: FIA formulaE
Post by: benchmark51 on 11, January, 2015, 07:55:00 AM
They seem to break the corners off quite a lot with the big black roundy things pointing all over the place!

The drivers names seem to be either relatives of former F1 greats or F1 'tried but didn't quite make it's' :-X

Also the F1 'speak' is present, for sure.
Title: Re: FIA formulaE
Post by: paintman on 11, January, 2015, 04:14:49 PM
Found it rather boring i'm afraid.

I wonder if they listen to radio 1 or 2 when they're driving??? ::) ;)
Title: Re: FIA formulaE
Post by: 'The Gaffer' on 11, January, 2015, 05:00:53 PM
Watched a bit of this electric racing from Beijing on Youtube. Definitely miss the sound but the crash at 1.02:40 shows they are certainly doing some speed. Just one corner to go as well ::)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8_63_hlhY
Title: Re: FIA formulaE
Post by: Iancider on 11, January, 2015, 08:23:22 PM
Incredible shunt Phil and a tribute to the strength of these cars.  I guess he didn't see him and he couldn't hear him either.  You cant hear EV's coming  :( :o

They are about 170KWatts which is about 230bhp but twice as heavy as F1 petrol cars - they have go a way to go for me.  I like the look of the emerging Petrol/EV hybrids and they sound good too.
Title: Re: FIA formulaE
Post by: paintman on 12, January, 2015, 08:07:33 PM
Thought they had mirrors on these cars.....I would be well *issed off if that happened to me!! :o