Hey guys.
Its time!!! For the first time post covid, formula e is making its triumphant return to China, but before I post my pre-race blog and predictions, I have an apology to make.
The eagle eyed readers will notice there was no Berlin round up posted last week. And for that, I can only apologise. I saw Take that in Birmingham, and they were honestly amazing. The best gig for me since one direction in 2015!! And that was 9 years ago. And the blog was forgotten in all that… so yeah. I’ll add some photos down below in a second. But, if you want to see anyone, go, and see take that.
Thanks mum for most of these, as some of the ones of my phone wont load on my computer...
Anyway, all isn’t lost, as I thought I’d kill two metaphorical birds with one stone today, and give you a very brief Berlin round up, and then go in to my shanghai pre-race predictions.
Race 1:
11/05
FP1
Reminder of weekend driver swaps:
Driver Swaps:
Bird → Barnard
Buemi → Aron
De Vries → King
Frijns → Eriksson
Mueller → [Kelvin] Van Der Linde
Yellow flag due to pascal stopping 26 minutes to go
Turned in to a red flag; car couldn’t get restarted, was a red car;
This, in effect, means that the car is still electrically "live" and could have the risk of a massive electric shock occurring if the recovery crews don’t put rubber matting down to get to the steering wheel to make sure everything has been disconnected, and if required, extrication can be safely performed.
The car ended up having to get towed back to the pits, the same way as Sette Camara's car in Misano.
FP2
All cars out on green
Pascal got out this morning which is great to see.
Porsche had to completely rebuild the car from scratch to get to the bottom of the technical issue, however they fixed it in time for the session.
Session got red flagged; debris was on the track. Was an extremely quick turnaround by fe standards.
The advertising hoardings came loose
The fe batteries are biiiiiiig units
Eriksson clipped the wall exit of t9; debris then got pulled on to the track.
Sergio hit Stoff?
Don’t know how that didn’t end up becoming a massive crash. Possible impediment?
Qualifying
Group A | Group B |
Wehrlein | Cassidy |
Dennis | Rowland |
Evans | Guenther |
JEV | Vandoorne |
Da Costa | Hughes |
Fenestraz | Nato |
Ticktum | Sette Camara |
Daruvala | Di Grassi |
Mortara | Barnard |
Eriksson | Aron |
King | Van Der Linde |
Advancers:
Group A
Mortara
Wehrlein
Vergne
Daruvala
Group B
Di Grassi
Guenther
Vandoorne
Sette Camara
Shockingly neither Andretti made the duels AND finished last in the groups… ouch!!
Quarter finals:
Wehrlein v Vergne
Mortara v Daruvala
Guenther v Vandoorne
Di Grassi v Sette Camara
Advancers:
Jev
Edo
Stoffel
Sergio
Semi finals
Vergne v Mortara
Vandoorne v Sette Camara.
Advancers:
Vandoorne
Mortara
Final:
Vandoorne v Mortara
Pole:
Mortara
Race
Aron lost front wing early on.
Daruvala had a 40 place grid drop. Had a 10 second stop go penalty as he couldn’t serve the full drop
The whole race had me on edge from start to finish.
Joel Eriksson crashed :(
Scot called a very quick FCY which unfortunately turned in to a safety car as the car was stopped between turns 3&4
Barnard suffered a puncture
6 added laps at the end.
Cass won !!! Yay
4 DNF s
DIG
ERI
GUE
DEN
Results:
Cassidy
JEV
Rowland
Evans
Wehrlein
Da Costa
Vandoorne
Mortara
Fenestraz
Barnard
Van Der Linde [Kelvin]
King
Aron
Ticktum
Hughes
Sette Camara
Daruvala
Nato
DNF Di Grassi
DNF Eriksson
DNF Dennis
DNF Guenther
Race 2
12/05
FP3
Slept through fp3… not surprising really., god knows how I’m gonna cope this weekend…
Quali
Groups:
A:
Cassidy
Rowland
Evans
Guenther
Da Costa
Hughes
Ticktum
Mortara
Di Grassi
Van Der Linde
Aron
B:
Wehrlein
Dennis
JEV
Vandoorne
Fenestraz
Nato
Sette Camara
Daruvala
Barnard
King
Eriksson
Advancers:
Group A:
Cassidy
Guenther
Evans
Mortara
Group B:
Dennis
Nato
Vandoorne
Wehrlein
Quarter Finals:
Guenther v Evans
Mortara v Cassidy
Vandoorne v Nato
Dennis v Wehrlein
Advancers:
Evans
Cassidy
Nato
Dennis
Semi Finals:
Evans v Cassidy
Dennis v Nato
Advancers:
Cassidy
Dennis
Final:
Cassidy v Dennis
Pole (3)
Dennis.
Stoffel's duels times were deleted due to a minimum weight breach; he started the ePrix P8; the breach wasn’t until the duels.
Race:
Another awesome race from Taylor; finished P8 overall. Wonderkid very much comes to mind there 😊
DAC finally gets his win!!! Was a very well deserved one too. After his DQ In Misano, I couldn’t have thought of a more worthy winner.
Results:
1. Da Costa
2. Cassidy
3. Rowland
4. Wehrlein
5. Dennis
6. Evans
7. Daruvala
8. Barnard
9. Eriksson
10. JEV
11. Di Grassi
12. Hughes
13. Sette camara
14. Aron
15. Van Der Linde
16. Mortara
17. Ticktum
18. King
19. Nato
20. Vandoorne
DNF Fenestraz
DNF Guenther .
Now we have got that out of the way, on to this weekend.
This weekend, marks the first ePrix in 5 years in China, as the last ePrix was in Sanya pre COVID, in 2019. I’m excited for this as China has produced some pretty exciting racing, and some pretty exciting results. Attack mode this weekend will be at turn 2, and the amount of laps will be 29.
Prediction wise, I think Jaguar have been looking really strong all season, especially on Nick’s side of the garage so I think Nick will be on the podium. Top step? I wouldn’t rule him out, however I think Porsche and Oliver Rowland are also looking really strong this season. But McLaren are too… the bottom line of formula e, is never rule anyone out until the fat lady sings. Cause you will, most likely, be amazed by the result.
I'm gonna try something new today, and leave a timetable of scheduled proceedings, and also the ways to watch in the UK.
Love you guys
Sorry about the delay in post Berlin…
Nat
Local | BST | CEST | Date | |
Shakedown | 14:30 | 07:30 | 08:30 | 24/05/2024 |
FP1 | 17:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 24/05/2024 |
FP2 | 08:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 25/05/2024 |
Quali | 10:20 | 03:20 | 04:20 | 25/05/2024 |
Race 1 | 15:04 | 08:04 | 09:04 | 25/05/2024 |
FP3 | 08:00 | 01:00 | 02:00 | 26/05/2024 |
Quali | 10:20 | 03:20 | 04:20 | 26/05/2024 |
Race | 15:04 | 08:04 | 09:04 | 26/05/2024 |
Ways to watch:
Uk only
FP1
Formula e youtube
Formula e app
Discovery+
TNT Sports
FP2
Formula e youtube
Formula e app
Discovery+
TNT Sports
Quali 1
Discovery+
TNT Sports
Race 1
Discovery+
TNT Sports
FP3
Formula e youtube
Formula e app
Discovery+
TNT Sports
Quali 2
Discovery+
TNT Sports
Race 2
Discovery+
TNT Sports
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