Metropolitan role models: Clean, quiet racing cars like the Audi e-tron FE04 are welcome guests in megacities such as Hong Kong. FACE THE CHANGE Act Sustainably than the superior quality of your car. FIA made the regulations very strict so that the cars are very similar and every driver has an equal chance to win. The batteries, for example, are all the same. The team rules for developing aerodynamics and chassis are really tough. I’m in favor of that, even if it can have dramatic consequences for the drivers. My teammate Daniel Abt won the second race in Hong Kong and then was disqualified b ecause there was a mistake with the car’s technical passport. The mistake didn’t give us any advantage, it was just an oversight on the part of the team. The same thing happened to me in seasons one and two, but that’s how it is. It’s part of racing. You just have to build your strategy on these regulations. The strategy Because the amount of energy per race is limited, we have to shape our strategy according to our goals. Let’s say each battery has 28 kWh and you have to drive 28 laps. That means you can only use 1 kWh per lap on average. But how do you us this power? That’s the tricky part. Wher do you accelerate with maximum power, where do you ease up a little bit and save power? Where do you lift before a corner, how do you recuperate the energy when you brake? Sometimes Up-and-coming star: Daniel Abt was the fastest driver at the season’s opener in Hong Kong.
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