Racing goes electric: At the track with Formula E, the first e-racing series

Re:Racing goes electric: At the track with Formula E, the fi... by daphreak on Sunday March 29, 2015 @02:57PM (#9285994)

Everyone is driving the same car only for the first season. Second season they are opening up the motor and inverter for improvement and modification. In the third it sounds like the battery will be opened up as well.

My guess is that they want to keep things as competitive as possible between the drivers. Slowly opening up the playing field for modifications will keep the races interesting but still foster innovation (at least for the first few years).

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Re:Racing goes electric: At the track with Formula E, the fi... by gsnedders on Sunday March 29, 2015 @03:08PM (#9286033)

The main aim with the limited number of allowed modifications is to keep the cost of entry low, such that the brand new championship actually gets entrants. It's hard to justify a large budget for an unheard of championship.

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Re:Racing goes electric: At the track with Formula E, the fi... by f055 on Sunday March 29, 2015 @03:30PM (#9286135)

I was really excited for FE, but at the moment is too like gokarts for me. But if your predictions come true, and they open up everything, I would really like FE to become as crazy as the innovative F1 years of 70s, 80s and early 90s - where just the speed and winning mattered, without the carbon and safety levels ruining the sport...

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Re:Racing goes electric: At the track with Formula E, the fi... by vl on Sunday March 29, 2015 @06:07PM (#9286655)

>too like gokarts for me. But even Formula 1 is essentially pimped-up shifter gokart.

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Re:Racing goes electric: At the track with Formula E, the fi... by f055 on Sunday March 29, 2015 @06:33PM (#9286740)

Thanks to too restrictive regulations. I miss the times of four-front-wheelers, gas turbines and vacuum-undercarriage.

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