Porsche and Porsche-powered groups have shortly dominated within the first two races of the Formulation E calendar.
TAG Heuer Porsche driver, Pascal Wehrlein, took first place in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, yesterday, following a nail-biting second-place end in Mexico Metropolis two weeks in the past. Equally, Jake Dennis of Avalanche Andretti Autosport traded off first and second place with Wehrlein, taking his Porsche-powered gen 3 automotive to a first-place end in Mexico and second in Saudi Arabia. Resulting in the query, are the Porsche-powered groups in for a dominating season?
This being the primary season with a brand new automotive, there’s no shock that the comparatively contemporary faces of Jake Dennis and Pascal Wehrlein took to the highest of the leaderboards. In comparison with final season, that is fairly the departure, as each Porsche and Andretti completed center of the pack. Clearly, each groups’ driver modifications have resulted positively firstly of this season.
Jaguar TCS Racing’s Sam Hen completed third, his first podium in virtually two years and his 100th race in Formulation E. Whereas NEOM McLaren’s René Rast secured the quickest lap, incomes further factors for his crew on high of a fifth place end.
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🤩🥇🏆 #MakeItMatter #PorscheFormulaE #DiriyahEPrix @FIAFormulaE pic.twitter.com/sjMFJ7W7eu— TAG Heuer Porsche FE Crew (@PorscheFormulaE) January 27, 2023
At the moment, Jake Dennis nonetheless leads the general leaderboard in factors with 44 to Wehrlein’s 43, whereas a distant third place Sebastien Buemi has 23 factors. These outcomes appear to replicate within the Crew standings the place Avalanche Andretti holds a commanding lead of 58 factors over second place TAG Heuer Porsche with 49. Although at such an early level within the season, crew standings are nonetheless very a lot up within the air, with loads of motion doable within the coming races.
Watching the racing, the change in know-how to the third era of car has benefitted Formulation E total, with vehicles clearly faster and extra agile than in earlier generations and racing far nearer with the automotive’s smaller footprint. Total, it was a much more thrilling spectacle, and lots of look ahead to the second race in Diriyah at the moment.
As Formulation E enters its ninth season, it has grow to be a much more severe competitor on the planet of motorsports. Nonetheless, with Formulation 1’s restart simply across the nook, Formulation E might want to proceed to work to outshine its older and extra well-liked sibling. Hopefully, with client sentiment on EVs total shifting positively, we will see continued viewership progress on high of final yr’s viewership document.
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