Season 9 and a new\u00a0era of the ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship begins this Saturday with the competitive debut of the fastest, lightest, most powerful and\u00a0efficient\u00a0electric race car\u00a0ever built \u2013 the GEN3 \u2013 in the 2023 Hankook Mexico City\u00a0E-Prix at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.
\nA capacity crowd of 40,000 spectators will fill the grandstands, with a carnival atmosphere in the famed Foro Sol stadium section welcoming the 22 drivers from 11 teams who will be competing in a race car performing at the very limit of innovation and pushing the boundaries of\u00a0EV technology \u2013 the all-new GEN3.
\nNEW TEAMS, WORLD CLASS GRID
\nIt was a busy off-season as\u00a0every team manoeuvred for\u00a0early position at the start of the GEN3\u00a0era. Just one team has retained the same driver line-up that finished last season.
\nDS Automobiles has partnered with PENSKE AUTOSPORT, signing two of the biggest names on the grid to launch their Season 9 campaign. Reigning champion\u00a0Stoffel Vandoorne\u00a0and\u00a0Formula\u00a0E‘s only double champion\u00a0Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne\u00a0will drive for the\u00a0DS PENSKE\u00a0team. The pair were highly-competitive in testing recording the second and third fastest times respectively. Vandoorne will be looking to mount a strong title defence to match Vergne\u2019s unique double-title honour.
\nTwo iconic names in world motorsport – McLaren and Maserati \u2013 line up on the\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0grid for the first time this season.
\nThe former is among the greatest names in motorsport, with 20\u00a0Formula\u00a01 World Championship titles, 180 Grand Prix wins and three Indianapolis 500 victories to its name, as well as a Le Mans 24 Hours win at the first attempt.
\nRen\u00e9 Rast,\u00a0multiple DTM champion and former\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0racer, will compete in the distinctive papaya of the new\u00a0NEOM McLaren\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team\u00a0alongside\u00a0Jake Hughes, who impressed in testing on the way to recording the fourth-quickest time of the week.
\nIn partnership with MSG Racing, Maserati marks its return to single-seater competition for the first time in more than 60 years and is set to become the first Italian marque to compete in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E. Both Maserati and McLaren have cited\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0as key to their\u00a0EV development programmes with the championship\u2019s intense sporting laboratory driving learnings from the racetrack to road models.
\nMaserati\u2019s rich motorsport heritage is\u00a0evident throughout their return to racing: launched on the streets of their Italian hometown of Modena in the iconic blue colour, the Maserati Tipo Folgore pays homage to the Trident\u2019s first racing car, the Tipo 26.
\nMaserati MSG Racing\u00a0will see the return of\u00a0Edoardo Mortara\u00a0who will look to build on his most successful\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0campaign yet of four wins among six podium finishes last season alongside new teammate\u00a0Maximilian Guenther. It was a strong start for the team in Valencia, where Guenther topped five of the seven timed sessions and set the benchmark pace in Spain at a third official\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0test.
\nJaguar TCS Racing\u00a0is the only team on the grid to field an\u00a0unchanged driver line-up.\u00a0Mitch\u00a0Evans\u00a0was in the hunt for his first-ever\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0world champion title until the final weekend of last season, ultimately finishing second. Across the garage, teammate\u00a0Sam Bird\u00a0was frustrated by an injury that meant he was unable to take part in the final two races of the season \u2013 numbers 99 and 100 in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0history \u2013 leaving Lucas di Grassi to become the only driver to achieve the\u00a0ever-present feat.
\nAndr\u00e9 Lotterer\u00a0joins\u00a0Jake Dennis\u00a0at the now Porsche-powered\u00a0Avalanche Andretti\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0team, while Season 6 champion\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix Da Costa\u00a0will partner\u00a0Pascal Wehrlein\u00a0at\u00a0TAG Heuer Porsche\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team.
\nNick Cassidy\u00a0stays at\u00a0Envision Racing, where he is joined by long-standing Nissan driver and Season 2 champion\u00a0S\u00e9bastien Buemi.
\nBuemi\u2019s departure means\u00a0Nissan\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team\u00a0also has a fully-refreshed line-up with\u00a0Norman Nato\u00a0and\u00a0Sacha Fenestraz, who stood in for Antonio Giovinazzi in Seoul in the last race of Season 8.
\nMahindra Racing\u00a0welcomes \u2018Mr 100\u2019 and Season 3 champion\u00a0Lucas di Grassi\u00a0to partner\u00a0Oliver Rowland.
\nNIO 333 Racing\u00a0retains\u00a0Dan Ticktum, who will partner with\u00a0S\u00e9rgio Sette C\u00e2mara, who put in some impressive performances last year for DRAGON\/PENSKE AUTOSPORT while\u00a0Robins Frijns\u00a0and\u00a0Nico Mueller\u00a0will race for the new\u00a0ABT CUPRA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team.
\nGEN3: A HUGE TECH LEAP
\nThe 11 teams and 22 drivers in the ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship have had private testing and three days together in Valencia to build up the mileage and acquaint themselves with their all-new GEN3 race car.
\nThe GEN3 is a huge leap in technological development and innovation with\u00a0engineers at the FIA and\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0delivering the fastest, lightest, most powerful and\u00a0efficient\u00a0electric race car\u00a0ever built, pushing the boundaries of\u00a0EV development.
\nCapable of a 200mph (322kph) top speed, it is 53kg lighter with a smaller chassis optimised for street racing. An additional front powertrain adds 250kW to the 350kW at the rear, more than doubling the regenerative capacity of the current GEN2 car to 600kW, with more than 40% of the\u00a0energy used in-race regenerated under braking.
\nSPORTING UPDATES FOR SEASON 9
\nAlongside the revolutionary technology on-track,\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u2019s sporting regulations have undergone updates aligned to the GEN3\u00a0era. A lap total will replace time in setting a race distance, with additional laps added for Safety Car and Full Course Yellow interruptions to racing.
\nHankook Tire becomes the\u00a0exclusive Technical Partner and Tyre Supplier of the ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship from Season 9. Two years of research and development has gone into producing the Hankook iON Race tyre which in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0is used in all conditions, wet and dry. Nearly 30 percent of the new tyre is made of sustainable materials while Hankook completely recycles\u00a0every set of tyres after use.
\nRETURN TO MEXICO CITY
\nThis Saturday,\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0makes a seventh visit to a circuit that has been a feature on the calendar since Season 2, save for a trip to Puebla in Season 7 \u2013 Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
\nThe 19-turn, 2.630km circuit is a perfect mix of long, fast straights and a technical infield section that passes right through the legendary Foro Sol stadium section where tens of thousands of fans sit.
\nA new chicane has been added on the back straight this season, while the ATTACK MODE activation zone is now on the outside of Turn 15 at the\u00a0exit of the stadium section presenting more of a challenge this time around.
\nLast season, TAG Heuer Porsche\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team dominated in Mexico City to claim their first ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship race win.
\nPascal Wehrlein led home teammate Andre Lotterer for a Porsche one-two with the team inflicting an\u00a0extra lap on the field with just a couple of seconds remaining on the clock.
\nMEXICO CITY FACTS<\/p>\n
Mexico has been a mainstay on the\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0calendar since its initial appearance in Season 2 with Mexico City hosting apart from Covid-hit Season 7 (with Puebla filling the gap). Only Germany (16) and USA (13) have hosted more races than Mexico (8).
\nThe 2023 Hankook Mexico City\u00a0E-Prix will be run to a new track layout with a chicane being added after Turn 8, making the circuit the longest\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0configuration around the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez.
\nThe 19-turn layout will be the fourth different configuration across the seven Mexico City\u00a0E-Prix.
\nAfter\u00a0eight years of the\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0season commencing in Asia,\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0will start its GEN3 journey in North America, with Mexico City being the fourth city to have hosted the opener (after Beijing, Hong Kong and Diriyah).
\nThe opening race isn\u2019t always a clear indicator of who will clinch the championship in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E. In only two seasons has the Driver\u2019s Champion won the opening race (S\u00e9bastien Buemi in Season 2 and Nyck de Vries in Season 6).
\nLucas di Grassi won the Season 3 Mexico City race from 15th on the grid, the lowest position any driver has won an\u00a0E-Prix from.
\nOf the six previous races in Mexico City, S\u00e9bastien Buemi has stood on the podium three times, more than any other driver.
\nAnt\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa is coming up to his first\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0race with his new team, Porsche. Da Costa will be hoping he starts the GEN3\u00a0era in the same way he started GEN2, which is with a win.
\nS\u00e9bastien Buemi, Sam Bird and Lucas di Grassi are the only drivers to have raced in\u00a0every season opening race (each having claimed at least one win at a season opener).
\nThe last visit to Mexico City saw Pascal Wehrlein claim his maiden\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0victory. Seven drivers come into Mexico City in search of their first\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0win.
\nNIO 333 Racing will start Season 9 with the youngest driver pairing (with an average age of just 24 years and 45 days). Mahindra Racing will start the season with the oldest driver pairing (with an average age of 34 years 156 days).
\nThe last three Julius Baer Pole Positions in Mexico City have all been claimed by German drivers. However, pole position isn\u2019t always the spot to be in Mexico City, with three of the six pole sitters having failed to make it to the chequered flag.
\nStarting last in Mexico City isn\u2019t always the\u00a0end to a driver\u2019s weekend. In three of the last four Mexico City\u00a0E-Prixs, the driver starting in last has picked up points (with a ninth-place finish in\u00a0each instance).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Season 9 and a new\u00a0era of the ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship begins this Saturday with the competitive debut of the fastest, lightest, most powerful and\u00a0efficient\u00a0electric race car\u00a0ever built \u2013 the GEN3 \u2013 in the 2023 Hankook Mexico City\u00a0E-Prix at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.
\nA capacity crowd of 40,000 spectators will fill the grandstands, with a carnival atmosphere in the famed Foro Sol stadium section welcoming the 22 drivers from 11 teams who will be competing in a race car performing at the very limit of innovation and pushing the boundaries of\u00a0EV technology \u2013 the all-new GEN3.
\nNEW TEAMS, WORLD CLASS GRID
\nIt was a busy off-season as\u00a0every team manoeuvred for\u00a0early position at the start of the GEN3\u00a0era. Just one team has retained the same driver line-up that finished last season.
\nDS Automobiles has partnered with PENSKE AUTOSPORT, signing two of the biggest names on the grid to launch their Season 9 campaign. Reigning champion\u00a0Stoffel Vandoorne\u00a0and\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u2018s only double champion\u00a0Jean-\u00c9ric Vergne\u00a0will drive for the\u00a0DS PENSKE\u00a0team. The pair were highly-competitive in testing recording the second and third fastest times respectively. Vandoorne will be looking to mount a strong title defence to match Vergne\u2019s unique double-title honour.
\nTwo iconic names in world motorsport \u2013 McLaren and Maserati \u2013 line up on the\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0grid for the first time this season.
\nThe former is among the greatest names in motorsport, with 20\u00a0Formula\u00a01 World Championship titles, 180 Grand Prix wins and three Indianapolis 500 victories to its name, as well as a Le Mans 24 Hours win at the first attempt.
\nRen\u00e9 Rast,\u00a0multiple DTM champion and former\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0racer, will compete in the distinctive papaya of the new\u00a0NEOM McLaren\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team\u00a0alongside\u00a0Jake Hughes, who impressed in testing on the way to recording the fourth-quickest time of the week.
\nIn partnership with MSG Racing, Maserati marks its return to single-seater competition for the first time in more than 60 years and is set to become the first Italian marque to compete in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E. Both Maserati and McLaren have cited\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0as key to their\u00a0EV development programmes with the championship\u2019s intense sporting laboratory driving learnings from the racetrack to road models.
\nMaserati\u2019s rich motorsport heritage is\u00a0evident throughout their return to racing: launched on the streets of their Italian hometown of Modena in the iconic blue colour, the Maserati Tipo Folgore pays homage to the Trident\u2019s first racing car, the Tipo 26.
\nMaserati MSG Racing\u00a0will see the return of\u00a0Edoardo Mortara\u00a0who will look to build on his most successful\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0campaign yet of four wins among six podium finishes last season alongside new teammate\u00a0Maximilian Guenther. It was a strong start for the team in Valencia, where Guenther topped five of the seven timed sessions and set the benchmark pace in Spain at a third official\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0test.
\nJaguar TCS Racing\u00a0is the only team on the grid to field an\u00a0unchanged driver line-up.\u00a0Mitch\u00a0Evans\u00a0was in the hunt for his first-ever\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0world champion title until the final weekend of last season, ultimately finishing second. Across the garage, teammate\u00a0Sam Bird\u00a0was frustrated by an injury that meant he was unable to take part in the final two races of the season \u2013 numbers 99 and 100 in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0history \u2013 leaving Lucas di Grassi to become the only driver to achieve the\u00a0ever-present feat.
\nAndr\u00e9 Lotterer\u00a0joins\u00a0Jake Dennis\u00a0at the now Porsche-powered\u00a0Avalanche Andretti\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0team, while Season 6 champion\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix Da Costa\u00a0will partner\u00a0Pascal Wehrlein\u00a0at\u00a0TAG Heuer Porsche\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team.
\nNick Cassidy\u00a0stays at\u00a0Envision Racing, where he is joined by long-standing Nissan driver and Season 2 champion\u00a0S\u00e9bastien Buemi.
\nBuemi\u2019s departure means\u00a0Nissan\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team\u00a0also has a fully-refreshed line-up with\u00a0Norman Nato\u00a0and\u00a0Sacha Fenestraz, who stood in for Antonio Giovinazzi in Seoul in the last race of Season 8.
\nMahindra Racing\u00a0welcomes \u2018Mr 100\u2019 and Season 3 champion\u00a0Lucas di Grassi\u00a0to partner\u00a0Oliver Rowland.
\nNIO 333 Racing\u00a0retains\u00a0Dan Ticktum, who will partner with\u00a0S\u00e9rgio Sette C\u00e2mara, who put in some impressive performances last year for DRAGON\/PENSKE AUTOSPORT while\u00a0Robins Frijns\u00a0and\u00a0Nico Mueller\u00a0will race for the new\u00a0ABT CUPRA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team.
\nGEN3: A HUGE TECH LEAP
\nThe 11 teams and 22 drivers in the ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship have had private testing and three days together in Valencia to build up the mileage and acquaint themselves with their all-new GEN3 race car.
\nThe GEN3 is a huge leap in technological development and innovation with\u00a0engineers at the FIA and\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0delivering the fastest, lightest, most powerful and\u00a0efficient\u00a0electric race car\u00a0ever built, pushing the boundaries of\u00a0EV development.
\nCapable of a 200mph (322kph) top speed, it is 53kg lighter with a smaller chassis optimised for street racing. An additional front powertrain adds 250kW to the 350kW at the rear, more than doubling the regenerative capacity of the current GEN2 car to 600kW, with more than 40% of the\u00a0energy used in-race regenerated under braking.
\nSPORTING UPDATES FOR SEASON 9
\nAlongside the revolutionary technology on-track,\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u2019s sporting regulations have undergone updates aligned to the GEN3\u00a0era. A lap total will replace time in setting a race distance, with additional laps added for Safety Car and Full Course Yellow interruptions to racing.
\nHankook Tire becomes the\u00a0exclusive Technical Partner and Tyre Supplier of the ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship from Season 9. Two years of research and development has gone into producing the Hankook iON Race tyre which in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0is used in all conditions, wet and dry. Nearly 30 percent of the new tyre is made of sustainable materials while Hankook completely recycles\u00a0every set of tyres after use.
\nRETURN TO MEXICO CITY
\nThis Saturday,\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0makes a seventh visit to a circuit that has been a feature on the calendar since Season 2, save for a trip to Puebla in Season 7 \u2013 Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
\nThe 19-turn, 2.630km circuit is a perfect mix of long, fast straights and a technical infield section that passes right through the legendary Foro Sol stadium section where tens of thousands of fans sit.
\nA new chicane has been added on the back straight this season, while the ATTACK MODE activation zone is now on the outside of Turn 15 at the\u00a0exit of the stadium section presenting more of a challenge this time around.
\nLast season, TAG Heuer Porsche\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0Team dominated in Mexico City to claim their first ABB FIA\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0World Championship race win.
\nPascal Wehrlein led home teammate Andre Lotterer for a Porsche one-two with the team inflicting an\u00a0extra lap on the field with just a couple of seconds remaining on the clock.
\nMEXICO CITY FACTS<\/p>\n
Mexico has been a mainstay on the\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0calendar since its initial appearance in Season 2 with Mexico City hosting apart from Covid-hit Season 7 (with Puebla filling the gap). Only Germany (16) and USA (13) have hosted more races than Mexico (8).
\nThe 2023 Hankook Mexico City\u00a0E-Prix will be run to a new track layout with a chicane being added after Turn 8, making the circuit the longest\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0configuration around the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez.
\nThe 19-turn layout will be the fourth different configuration across the seven Mexico City\u00a0E-Prix.
\nAfter\u00a0eight years of the\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0season commencing in Asia,\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0will start its GEN3 journey in North America, with Mexico City being the fourth city to have hosted the opener (after Beijing, Hong Kong and Diriyah).
\nThe opening race isn\u2019t always a clear indicator of who will clinch the championship in\u00a0Formula\u00a0E. In only two seasons has the Driver\u2019s Champion won the opening race (S\u00e9bastien Buemi in Season 2 and Nyck de Vries in Season 6).
\nLucas di Grassi won the Season 3 Mexico City race from 15th on the grid, the lowest position any driver has won an\u00a0E-Prix from.
\nOf the six previous races in Mexico City, S\u00e9bastien Buemi has stood on the podium three times, more than any other driver.
\nAnt\u00f3nio F\u00e9lix da Costa is coming up to his first\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0race with his new team, Porsche. Da Costa will be hoping he starts the GEN3\u00a0era in the same way he started GEN2, which is with a win.
\nS\u00e9bastien Buemi, Sam Bird and Lucas di Grassi are the only drivers to have raced in\u00a0every season opening race (each having claimed at least one win at a season opener).
\nThe last visit to Mexico City saw Pascal Wehrlein claim his maiden\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0victory. Seven drivers come into Mexico City in search of their first\u00a0Formula\u00a0E\u00a0win.
\nNIO 333 Racing will start Season 9 with the youngest driver pairing (with an average age of just 24 years and 45 days). Mahindra Racing will start the season with the oldest driver pairing (with an average age of 34 years 156 days).
\nThe last three Julius Baer Pole Positions in Mexico City have all been claimed by German drivers. However, pole position isn\u2019t always the spot to be in Mexico City, with three of the six pole sitters having failed to make it to the chequered flag.
\nStarting last in Mexico City isn\u2019t always the\u00a0end to a driver\u2019s weekend. In three of the last four Mexico City\u00a0E-Prixs, the driver starting in last has picked up points (with a ninth-place finish in\u00a0each instance).<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=263814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263815,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263814\/revisions\/263815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=263814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=263814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=263814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}