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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:11 am 
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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:56 am 
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cookie wrote:
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Lap times around Donnington

European Le Mans Series (in an Oreca Nissan LMP2): 1:21.336
FIA GT1 (in a McLaren 12C GT3): 1:28.023
MSA Formula Ford: 1:31.73
Formula E: 1:35.475
Formula Vee: 1:46.32
BRSCC Mazda MX-5: 1:52.64


Formula E uses an extra cihcane on the backstretch though



ah right, so not really a fair representation

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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:02 am 
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Chicane is worth 2-3 seconds. It's a quick right left.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 10:27 pm 
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I assume they did that so people wouldn't compare them to other series. Slower than a Formula Ford, LMAO.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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I assume the slowness is down to the cars being brand new and being at the start of their development cycle, the teams getting used to working with new technology and concepts before pushing 100%? Similar to what we saw at the first F1 tests I'm 2014.

Here are the day 2 times.

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Pos  Driver             Team      Time       Gap       Laps
 1.  Lucas di Grassi    Abt       1m31.973s            37
 2.  Sebastien Buemi    e.dams    1m32.089s  +0.116s   41
 3.  Nick Heidfeld      Venturi   1m32.373s  +0.400s   49
 4.  Scott Speed        Andretti  1m32.632s  +0.559s   32
 5.  Bruno Senna        Mahindra  1m32.960s  +0.987s   47
 6.  Antonio Garcia     China     1m32.966s  +0.993s   48
 7.  Nicolas Prost      e.dams    1m33.040s  +1.067s   44
 8.  Sam Bird           Virgin    1m33.072s  +1.099s   56
 9.  Jerome d'Ambrosio  China     1m33.178s  +1.205s   45
10.  Jarno Trulli       Trulli    1m33.299s  +1.326s   30
11.  Franck Montagny    Andretti  1m33.754s  +1.781s   36
12.  Fabio Leimer       Aguri     1m33.792s  +1.819s   51
13.  Stephane Sarrazin  Venturi   1m34.006s  +2.033s   51
14.  Katherine Legge    Aguri     1m34.071s  +2.098s   37
15.  Michela Cerruti    Trulli    1m36.064s  +4.091s   25
16.  Jaime Alguersuari  Virgin    1m36.962s  +4.989s   42
17.  Karun Chandhok     Mahindra  1m37.415s  +5.442s   17
18.  Oriol Servia       Dragon    1m43.239s  +11.037s  8
19.  Mike Conway        Dragon    1m44.698s  +12.725s 

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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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Day 2 times are without the tyre chicane. I must say it's a good grid they've got for their first season.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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:slaphead: :slaphead: :lol: :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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mclaren2008 wrote:

:slaphead: :slaphead: :lol: :lol:

:? :?

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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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Reminds me of the 70s when the milk floats would race away from the traffic lights at 3am :lol:


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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If you watch that video while knocking a couple of milk bottles together, it makes the 70's experience all the more real Ian.

Anyway. Wait until they program the sound effects, the cars will sound awesome!!!

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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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kals wrote:
mclaren2008 wrote:

:slaphead: :slaphead: :lol: :lol:

:? :?


You didn't hear the soundtrack?


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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Thanks NASCAR and F1 for triggering the gimmick era in motorsport :thumbsup:

Imo, they should allow drivers to throw turtle shells into their rivals


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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dicksplaash wrote:
kals wrote:
mclaren2008 wrote:

:slaphead: :slaphead: :lol: :lol:

:? :?


You didn't hear the soundtrack?


Did not. Now I get it.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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Artur Craft wrote:
Thanks NASCAR and F1 for triggering the gimmick era in motorsport :thumbsup:

Imo, they should allow drivers to throw turtle shells into their rivals

Oh sure, because non-polluting vehicles are gimmicks now.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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He means the soundtrack they've decided should accompany the races, not what they're powered by.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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As I'd said only in the last couple of days.

kals wrote:
It's a double edged sword. Fans will bitch because of the whining of the electric power units, they'll also bitch about the artificial sound effects. So the latter is the way to go because noise helps create atmosphere and is part of the pleasure.


Let's cut Formula E some slack until we've actually seen them in competition. Laughing and bitching about 20 seconds of amateur footage when they're merely testing things at a very early stage is pathetic.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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i agree with kals


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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The electric series that raced at Pau didn't need a soundtrack and you can hear the whine of the engines of the Formula E cars.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula E discussion
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