Formula 1...

[Patchelicious]

Disagree, if you watch the cockpit cam view you can see he is still correcting the car slide from the grass.

Vettel did not have much option where his car ended up.

 

However in hindsight, they (Ferrari) should have immediately told Vettel to give the position the Hamilton.... that way they most likely would have not been penalised 5 sec.

You disagree because you think I’m talking about Vettel placing his car expertly. Vettel was out of control. Lewis placed his car well.

[Pure Savage]

Bottom line......

 

Once again pressure from Lewis forced Vettel into a mistake.

 

I don’t really care what happened after that.

Lewis couldn’t take the hair pin once correctly all weekend...

[Eddy Gordo]

Well formula E is coming to cape town!!! Cant wait

[WrightJnr]

The same can be said of the Merc now. It’s the best car on the grid by a long shot.

 

It’s much easier to apply pressure to other drivers if you have a more sorted car than them.

That is what I said in my last sentence isn’t it?

[WrightJnr]

Saying “I don’t care what happened after that” is a statement magnitudes stronger than “preferred”.

 

As a person who has such experience in motor racing, you should have seen first hand how important rules are, and no doubt how MSA inconsistently applies these in various areas and classes.

 

Vettel made a mistake due to pressure from another driver. (We assume this, but it’s likely). However one cannot say that we don’t care what happened after that. Rules of Motorsport are as much part of the sport as making sure you are putting pressure on the guy in front of you.

We could go round in circles here. Your points are valid. Ok, let me try rephrase....

 

By avoiding the situation (i.e don’t make a rookie mistake under pressure) the rules and risk of how the rules will be implemented could have been avoided.

[Patchelicious]

We could go round in circles here. Your points are valid. Ok, let me try rephrase....

 

By avoiding the situation (i.e don’t make a rookie mistake under pressure) the rules and risk of how the rules will be implemented could have been avoided.

I agree, I misunderstood you. Thanks for clarifying.

[WrightJnr]

On a different Formula....Anyone been following the W-Series racing? Our very own Tasmin Pepper representing South Africa very well thus far.

 

Well worth following and watching the selection process from the beginning.

[Piston ZA]

Well formula E is coming to cape town!!! Cant wait

Confirmed, or still just talk?

[babse]

Lewis couldn’t take the hair pin once correctly all weekend..

I see what you did there 

[Long Wheel Base]

I see what you did there 

bwahahahah sharp. I would leave my helmet on after the race with hair like that.

[Eugene Oppelt]

????

 

[Eddy Gordo]

Confirmed, or still just talk?

Ok, not 100% confirmed but

 

The City said: "The City of Cape Town has been approached by the Cape Town Formula E Consortium about the possibility of bringing the Formula E to the city. Supported by the City, the consortium will undertake a feasibility study this month in order to test the practicality of hosting this event in Cape Town."

 

https://www.wheels24.co.za/FormulaOne/watch-formula-e-wants-to-race-in-cape-town-electric-racers-to-hit-the-mother-citys-streets-20190605

[Piston ZA]

Ok, not 100% confirmed but

 

The City said: "The City of Cape Town has been approached by the Cape Town Formula E Consortium about the possibility of bringing the Formula E to the city. Supported by the City, the consortium will undertake a feasibility study this month in order to test the practicality of hosting this event in Cape Town."

 

https://www.wheels24.co.za/FormulaOne/watch-formula-e-wants-to-race-in-cape-town-electric-racers-to-hit-the-mother-citys-streets-20190605

That was the last I saw as well. It would be really great if they came.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Good luck charging all those cars with our infrastructure and reliable power supply...........

[Piston ZA]

Good luck charging all those cars with our infrastructure and reliable power supply...........

They don't use the local electrical infrastructure to recharge the cars at any of the races.

 

As Formula E wants to play a key role in advancing the technology surrounding electric car ownership not just the cars themselves, the bold decision was taken that the charging of the racing cars had to come from a sustainable source.

To this end, a British company called Aquafuel Research Ltd was commissioned to build a pair of mobile generators that could be packed inside a shipping container and freighted to each race. But what makes these generators special is that they run on a fuel that is virtually emission free – glycerine.

“What we do is provide an electric power and distribution system in a very controlled way so that the cars can be charged in an hour in a very safe and reliable way that is fair to all the teams,” says Paul Day, the CEO of Aquafuel. “The really beautiful thing about it is that we do that with our own patented renewable energy generators using a really clean fuel – clean in terms of carbon emissions and clean in terms of the local air quality, very low in NOx emissions, very low in particulate emissions – there’s no smoke.”

[Long Wheel Base]

They don't use the local electrical infrastructure to recharge the cars at any of the races.

 

As Formula E wants to play a key role in advancing the technology surrounding electric car ownership not just the cars themselves, the bold decision was taken that the charging of the racing cars had to come from a sustainable source.

To this end, a British company called Aquafuel Research Ltd was commissioned to build a pair of mobile generators that could be packed inside a shipping container and freighted to each race. But what makes these generators special is that they run on a fuel that is virtually emission free – glycerine.

“What we do is provide an electric power and distribution system in a very controlled way so that the cars can be charged in an hour in a very safe and reliable way that is fair to all the teams,” says Paul Day, the CEO of Aquafuel. “The really beautiful thing about it is that we do that with our own patented renewable energy generators using a really clean fuel – clean in terms of carbon emissions and clean in terms of the local air quality, very low in NOx emissions, very low in particulate emissions – there’s no smoke.”

Thanks for this, interesting read.