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Written by Vijay Pattni
If you"ve never seen a Formula E race then it"s easy to dismiss. There"s no noise, and it"s not as fast as other motorsport series, thus making it difficult for those of us who want to see the loudest, fastest machines on Earth being pushed to the very brink. Well, as to the latter point, it"s only going to get faster, at least according to Allan McNish. The name will be familiar: he"s the affable F1 and endurance racer-turned-team boss now running Audi Sport"s Formula E team, and he promises TG that future iterations of the Formula E racer will get quicker, but not in the way you think."Season five cars have double the energy in the battery [than the current season four machines], which allows it to do one race," he tells TG. "What we"ll develop from there on in will be a faster-accelerating car. No question."Currently, the Formula E machines do 0-62mph in around 3.5secs though only" top out at 140mph (on street circuits, mind). "Do we want faster top speeds? I"m personally thinking about the acceleration. I hear what kids are talking about: an electric car that can accelerate quicker than anything else," he notes. A certain announcement about an electric roadster that"ll do 0-60mph in 1.9secs springs to mind "In this situation, faster acceleration will give Formula E the wow factor, and that"s what I would personally push for," he said.Top speeds, then, aren"t really relevant for Formula E. Faster top speeds mean greater run off areas, which mean the fans are further away from the action. And despite what you may think there"s a lot of action. "I thought qualifying at Hong Kong last weekend had more intensity than pretty much all qualifying sessions in Formula One," he laughed.
Date written: 5 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10188
If you"ve never seen a Formula E race then it"s easy to dismiss. There"s no noise, and it"s not as fast as other motorsport series, thus making it difficult for those of us who want to see the loudest, fastest machines on Earth being pushed to the very brink. Well, as to the latter point, it"s only going to get faster, at least according to Allan McNish. The name will be familiar: he"s the affable F1 and endurance racer-turned-team boss now running Audi Sport"s Formula E team, and he promises TG that future iterations of the Formula E racer will get quicker, but not in the way you think."Season five cars have double the energy in the battery [than the current season four machines], which allows it to do one race," he tells TG. "What we"ll develop from there on in will be a faster-accelerating car. No question."Currently, the Formula E machines do 0-62mph in around 3.5secs though only" top out at 140mph (on street circuits, mind). "Do we want faster top speeds? I"m personally thinking about the acceleration. I hear what kids are talking about: an electric car that can accelerate quicker than anything else," he notes. A certain announcement about an electric roadster that"ll do 0-60mph in 1.9secs springs to mind "In this situation, faster acceleration will give Formula E the wow factor, and that"s what I would personally push for," he said.Top speeds, then, aren"t really relevant for Formula E. Faster top speeds mean greater run off areas, which mean the fans are further away from the action. And despite what you may think there"s a lot of action. "I thought qualifying at Hong Kong last weekend had more intensity than pretty much all qualifying sessions in Formula One," he laughed.
Date written: 5 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10188
