The Lucas di Grassi Formula E Thread

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 24 May 2015, 02:53

HAHA! Just as thought di Grassi was way too quick. Another former Virgin/Marussia driver wins

That's 7 winners from 8 races :dance:

Dragon 1-3 :dance:

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 26 May 2015, 13:17

So, will be all be cheering on Charles Pic in Moscow? And will Max Chilton abandon his American adventure to join the series next year, alongside Will Stevens, Roberto Merhi and Timo Glock? Will Sakon Yamamoto make a surprise appearance? Stay tuned to ITV4...

madmark1974 · Post by **madmark1974** » 28 May 2015, 10:03

Some interesting stuff in this article about Citroen coming in next year ...
Specifically that they expect it will be Year 5 before they are able to complete the race distance using just one car.

http://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/exclusive-citroens-top-secret-formula-e-test

Barbazza · Post by **Barbazza** » 01 Jun 2015, 19:56

dinizintheoven wrote:So, will be all be cheering on Charles Pic in Moscow? And will Max Chilton abandon his American adventure to join the series next year, alongside Will Stevens, Roberto Merhi and Timo Glock? Will Sakon Yamamoto make a surprise appearance? Stay tuned to ITV4...

I'll be cheering on anyone who isn't Piquet. I don't want that gobshite anywhere near a championship win.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 02 Jun 2015, 22:20

Barbazza wrote:I'll be cheering on anyone who isn't Piquet. I don't want that gobshite anywhere near a championship win.

I am beginning to wonder if Fan Boost is a public voting system in the same sense that the X-Factor "voting" system was - i.e. a façade when in reality the whole thing was pre-determined by the organisers. This is the only explanation why Piquet Jr has been winning fanboosts of late. They want a third driver with a famous name to challenge Di Grassi and Buemi. Senna got loads at the start and did nothing with them, Prost isn't good enough to know how to use them, so the organisers cycle through to Piquet Jr as the last "big name" who at least has a chance of challenging the top duo if he's given an extra push.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 02 Jun 2015, 22:42

I can't understand how Duran keeps getting them. He's done f*** all!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 04 Jun 2015, 20:09

Biscione wrote:
Barbazza wrote:I'll be cheering on anyone who isn't Piquet. I don't want that gobshite anywhere near a championship win.

I am beginning to wonder if Fan Boost is a public voting system in the same sense that the X-Factor "voting" system was - i.e. a façade when in reality the whole thing was pre-determined by the organisers. This is the only explanation why Piquet Jr has been winning fanboosts of late. They want a third driver with a famous name to challenge Di Grassi and Buemi. Senna got loads at the start and did nothing with them, Prost isn't good enough to know how to use them, so the organisers cycle through to Piquet Jr as the last "big name" who at least has a chance of challenging the top duo if he's given an extra push.

That would also have explained Katherine Legge getting the Fan Boost each time she raced at the start of the season?

Alternatively, people are voting for them simply because they are actually names that they have heard of?

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 04 Jun 2015, 20:42

yeah man i've voted for speed and piquet to watch em do some open-wheel rallycross.

Post by **Londoner** » 06 Jun 2015, 13:53

ROTR has to go to e.DAMS. Believing the minimum pitstop time was 10 seconds longer than it actually was is one of those comically inept moments in motorsport we have to treasure for all time. :facepalm:

Although, given the way he was driving today, Trulli deserves a kicking. Glad Duval divebombed him at the end, he was driving like a moron all day. Time to retire, Jarno.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 06 Jun 2015, 13:57

Some genius decided that the place the podium finishers should stop in parc fermé is on a slope, and these cars don't have handbrakes :lol:

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 06 Jun 2015, 16:01

AndreaModa wrote:I can't understand how Duran keeps getting them. He's done f*** all!

You are seriously asking that on a Rejects board? AndreaModa, you should know better. Anyway, I am giving Duran all my fanboost since he acknowledged me shouting "Duran, you're the man" in Berlin. Before the IRC guys ask, yes, I plan on harping on about that forever.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 06 Jun 2015, 16:05

Damn, that last lap between Vergne, Buemi and Heidfeld was controversial, comical, fantastic and great battling throughout at the same time. That was Formula E.

Also love the fact that half the race was focused on the drama Jarno Trulli: How I learned to stop worrying about Da Costa and love cutting the chicane. That, as well as the e.DAMS pitstop calamity provided enough reject goodness for me this race.

Also, shout out to Dario Franchitti and Jack Nicholls on commentary. They have so much chemistry commentating together, bouncing comments, jokes and insights into the race off each other like two tennis players in an epic rally. Franchitti has such a quick wit to match Nicholls constant chatter that never really bores me, these two are just perfect on commentary.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 06 Jun 2015, 16:15

Klon wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:I can't understand how Duran keeps getting them. He's done f*** all!

You are seriously asking that on a Rejects board? AndreaModa, you should know better. Anyway, I am giving Duran all my fanboost since he acknowledged me shouting "Duran, you're the man" in Berlin. Before the IRC guys ask, yes, I plan on harping on about that forever.

Yeah, well Felipe Massa waved to me in Monaco 2012

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Jun 2015, 18:41

Simtek wrote:
Klon wrote:
AndreaModa wrote:I can't understand how Duran keeps getting them. He's done f*** all!

You are seriously asking that on a Rejects board? AndreaModa, you should know better. Anyway, I am giving Duran all my fanboost since he acknowledged me shouting "Duran, you're the man" in Berlin. Before the IRC guys ask, yes, I plan on harping on about that forever.

Yeah, well Felipe Massa waved to me in Monaco 2012

Yeah, well I shook John Surtees' hand

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 06 Jun 2015, 21:00

Meanwhile Trulli has a grid drop of 5 places for London after creating his own track.
Loic Duval has a 25 second penalty after hitting Jarno.

Finally Nick Heidfeld now has a podium as Buemi has a post race time penalty for an unsafe release dropping to 9th and 3rd in the points. He does however pick up fastest lap points as Vergne's lap was dropped after cutting the chicane

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 07 Jun 2015, 22:56

Now that I've caught up on this race (being busy yesterday), I can say that, although it's been rare this season that a Reject Of The Race has even been thought of, Formula E's cheesiest team thoroughly deserved it for that pit lane blunder. Sébastien Buemi finished (on the track, at least) nine seconds behind NPJ... and if he ends up losing the championship from that hideous mistake, the Silly Season is going to be... interesting.

I wonder, already, who we'll see driving in the second season? Will we be subjected to more boarding of the Trulli Tram or will he step aside for someone else to trundle around at the back of the field?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 08 Jun 2015, 11:08

dinizintheoven wrote:I wonder, already, who we'll see driving in the second season? Will we be subjected to more boarding of the Trulli Tram or will he step aside for someone else to trundle around at the back of the field?

If Michela Cerruti is prepared to leave the team to race in Euro NASCAR instead, that is not a ringing endorsement of the team.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 08 Jun 2015, 19:33

dr-baker wrote:
dinizintheoven wrote:I wonder, already, who we'll see driving in the second season? Will we be subjected to more boarding of the Trulli Tram or will he step aside for someone else to trundle around at the back of the field?

If Michela Cerruti is prepared to leave the team to race in Euro NASCAR instead, that is not a ringing endorsement of the team.

To be fair, Liuzzi's a better driver anyway.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 08 Jun 2015, 19:39

Salamander wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
dinizintheoven wrote:I wonder, already, who we'll see driving in the second season? Will we be subjected to more boarding of the Trulli Tram or will he step aside for someone else to trundle around at the back of the field?

If Michela Cerruti is prepared to leave the team to race in Euro NASCAR instead, that is not a ringing endorsement of the team.

To be fair, Liuzzi's a better driver anyway.

To be fair, Michela's a better looker anyway.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 08 Jun 2015, 20:04

I wonder if anyone will ask where this post went or what it contained?

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 08 Jun 2015, 20:07

dr-baker wrote:
Salamander wrote:
dr-baker wrote:If Michela Cerruti is prepared to leave the team to race in Euro NASCAR instead, that is not a ringing endorsement of the team.

To be fair, Liuzzi's a better driver anyway.

To be fair, Michela's a better looker anyway.

I could imagine Tonio (and italian racing drivers in general) being popular in the gay community, so that's impossible to objectively judge.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 08 Jun 2015, 20:40

This wrote:I could imagine Tonio (and italian racing drivers in general) being popular in the gay community, so that's impossible to objectively judge.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... So both points equally valid. But my subjective view holds for me so

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 09 Jun 2015, 19:01

Here's a thought. According to the rules as stated on the All-Knowing Oracle:

Wikipedia wrote:Each driver's lowest-scoring round is dropped from their total; however, rounds where the driver was excluded from the race cannot be dropped.

Can a round where the driver is absent count as one of these drops? As it stands, the top three competing for the title all have one round where they scored zero; Nicolas Prost doesn't, as his two finishes outside the points both saw him score points for pole and fastest lap respectively - so if he scores in the two rounds in the Smoke, he'll have to drop a point for the tenth place in Berlin.

But what of Franck Montagny? His results read: second, disqualified... and then no more rounds, with no possibility of any further participation this year, next year, or probably ever. So will he end the season on 18 points... or zero for dropping his only points-scoring race that he was actually entered for?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 10 Jun 2015, 18:19

dinizintheoven wrote:Here's a thought. According to the rules as stated on the All-Knowing Oracle:

Wikipedia wrote:Each driver's lowest-scoring round is dropped from their total; however, rounds where the driver was excluded from the race cannot be dropped.

But what of Franck Montagny? His results read: second, disqualified... and then no more rounds, with no possibility of any further participation this year, next year, or probably ever. So will he end the season on 18 points... or zero for dropping his only points-scoring race that he was actually entered for?

Hmmm, that would be interesting, Franck's lowest-scoring round is his highest-scoring round, a second place in a season where he did not win...

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 15 Jun 2015, 12:05

#28's Andretti will be filled by Simona de Silvestro

A good chance and added another long list to Andretti's FE drivers this season.....

Antonio Felix da Costa won't race in London due to DTM ( :evil:

) and who will replace him? He's Japanese....

Sakon Yamamoto
He had test the car at Homestead-Miami Speedway Road Course as his role of a Japanese TV analyst.

Here we goooo, Banzaiiiiiii :dance:

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 15 Jun 2015, 16:44

AxelP800 wrote:#28's Andretti will be filled by Simona de Silvestro A good chance and added another long list to Andretti's FE drivers this season.....

She's guaranteed to have at least one fan in the trackside crowds! 8-)

And I'll be prepared to bet that she'll win one of the FanBoosts on race day...

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 15 Jun 2015, 18:05

AxelP800 wrote:Antonio Felix da Costa won't race in London due to DTM ( ) and who will replace him? ...

Sakon Yamamoto

...

Here we goooo, Banzaiiiiiii

As was common during Enoch and Jamie's tenure on this website's podcast, the Big news in Formula One usually had not happened in Formula One at all. And this is the Big news in Formula One indeed.

Go Sakon-san! :pantano:

Barbazza · Post by **Barbazza** » 15 Jun 2015, 18:41

I am now obviously gutted that I decided not to go to see the races in person.

Can we club together as a group to bribe Sakon to 'accidentally' ram Piquet off the track? Twice, ideally. Just to see how he likes a bit of blatant cheating.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 15 Jun 2015, 20:27

75 yen and a packet of demon-strength painkillers, that should do it.

Dom_Wings · Post by **Dom_Wings** » 16 Jun 2015, 15:53

Sakon apparently stole Takuma's helmet

madmark1974 · Post by **madmark1974** » 17 Jun 2015, 15:17

And Sakon is already on his way to the inevitable ...

New Amlin Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto has taken the early lead in the #FanBoost voting.

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/yamamoto-leads-in-fanboost.aspx

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 17 Jun 2015, 15:58

madmark1974 wrote:And Sakon is already on his way to the inevitable ...

New Amlin Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto has taken the early lead in the #FanBoost voting.

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/yamamoto-leads-in-fanboost.aspx

Dammit. When I voted, the Swiss Miss was third...

Henrique · Post by **Henrique** » 18 Jun 2015, 11:48

madmark1974 wrote:And Sakon is already on his way to the inevitable ...

New Amlin Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto has taken the early lead in the #FanBoost voting.

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/yamamoto-leads-in-fanboost.aspx

WHY?
Who's responsible for this?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 19 Jun 2015, 15:47

Henrique wrote:
madmark1974 wrote:And Sakon is already on his way to the inevitable ...

New Amlin Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto has taken the early lead in the #FanBoost voting.

http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/yamamoto-leads-in-fanboost.aspx

WHY?
Who's responsible for this?

Who could it be?

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 22 Jun 2015, 08:57

Oh FFS, not a great way to start the weekend....

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... es-finale/

Go home Boris you twat (Boris Said would've been a better idea).

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 22 Jun 2015, 14:11

CoopsII wrote:Oh FFS, not a great way to start the weekend....

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... es-finale/

Go home Boris you twat (Boris Said would've been a better idea).

If it were any other politician, I would agree. But it's BoJo! GO BOJO!!!

With the exception of any Monster Raving Loony Party members, of course. But then, none of them have yet to be elected as an MP...

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 23 Jun 2015, 22:21

Alguersuari has just announced that he won't be taking part this weekend:

Jaime Alguersuari wrote:On June 6th, after the Moscow ePrix I suffered a faint as a result of dehydration and extreme exhaustion during the race.

As a consecuence of this faint I had some medical tests done, with succesful results, and at the moment my license is temporarily suspended until the FIA makes sure that I’m fully able to carry on with my sporting career.

My health is safe and I’m in shape, and I’m absolutely convinced I can compete this weekend, but for security reasons we need to delve into medical research. For this reason, together with Virgin Racing, the FIA and the doctors we’ve decided not to take part in the London ePrix this weekend.

It’s a shame because it will be the last ePrix of the season and I wanted to race in front of our fans, but we must be respectful with the FIA’s procedures.

I want to wish all the luck to my team Virgin Racing in the last ePrix of the 2014/15 Formula E season.

It seems odd that this should happen to him after a Formula E race, it's not exactly the most physically demanding motorsport series out there. Perhaps there is more to this than what we see on the surface (no, please, sit back down).

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 23 Jun 2015, 22:35

You don't have to put yourself through strenuous activity to suffer from dehydration. It's happened to me two or three times simply from wearing too many clothes while it's hot and I'm thirsty.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 24 Jun 2015, 06:24

CoopsII wrote:Oh FFS, not a great way to start the weekend....

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... es-finale/

Go home Boris you twat (Boris Said would've been a better idea).

I can't help but like Boris, even though I disagree with much of what he stands for politically. Anyway, Formula E in general has been a pleasant surprise.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 24 Jun 2015, 06:44

dr-baker wrote:If it were any other politician, I would agree. But it's BoJo! GO BOJO!!!

The man is an idiot. The fact that the people of London voted for him to be their mayor proves that they are idiots. They will probably vote for Sol Campbell next because he also appears to be an idiot.