In the round-up: DS Automobiles, whose Formula E team have won the teams championship for the last two years running, has committed to the series’ for the 2022-23 season, when its next generation of car technology will be introduced.
DS commits to Formula E
DS has joined Mahindra in committing to Formula E’s third generation of cars, which will be used until 2026 at least. The news is a boost for the series which has seen BMW and Audi confirm their intention to depart at the end of this season.The manufacturer, whose Formula E team is run in conjunction with Techeetah, has taken two drivers to the championship on three occasions – Jean-Eric Vergne twice and Antonio Felix da Costa last year.
“We have been the first premium car maker to enter Formula E and our brand has significantly benefitted from the work and the successes of DS Performance, both in terms of development and brand awareness,” said DS Automobiles director general Béatrice Foucher. “If today DS Automobiles is the multi-energy constructor with the lowest average of CO2 emissions in Europe, it is also thanks to the expertise acquired in Formula E.”
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Links
More motor racing links of interest:
AJ Foyt Racing Signs Charlie Kimball for the Indianapolis 500 and the Indy Grand Prix in May (Foyt)
"The 35-year-old Californian will pilot the team’s number 11 Chevrolet in the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 30th after competing in the Indy Grand Prix on the IMS road course on May 15th."
IndyCar: OEMs 'positive' over 2023 regs despite Ferrari rejection (Motorsport)
"The response from manufacturers has been very positive as we continue to discuss the addition of another OEM. The series has cast a wide net with that goal."
Alfa Romeo and Livinguard team-up for a safe return of the racing season (Sauber)
"The partnership between Sauber Motorsport and Livinguard will tap into these crucial requirements, delivering some of the most advanced protective gear on the market – while also minimising waste and the use of resources."
How Venturi's Delphine Biscaye forged a career in motorsport (Formula E)
"Getting into motorsport is very difficult - there are not many teams, there are not many open positions and it's very difficult to get into it in the first place. At Williams and Venturi, I have always felt that I have been very well considered - I never feel like I'm a woman in a male environment."
Portugal extends Covid-19 lockdown as overstretched hospitals struggle (Reuters)
Prime minister Antonio Costa: "The situation is still extremely serious and requires these measures to be extended not just until the end of February but probably until the end of March. It’s not the time to discuss the end of lockdown."
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Comment of the day
Paul Ricard may need more than a new surface to capture the imagination of F1 fans in the region:
Paul Ricard is the worst track of the calendar on television and nothing really exciting nor brave to drive on. It’s a high speed test track, nothing to add on.
On a better note, I’m pleased they’re hearing the critics and somehow trying to operate in this direction.
Point is, as a Frenchman I never been to Circuit du Castellet or whatever the name is, but I’ve been to Spa a dozen times.
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Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
12th February 2021, 4:50
I live in Portugal and I can categorically say that hospitals are not over-stretched. They used to. Hospitals are taking a fraction of the patients. Waiting rooms are often empty. Covid guidelines mean hospitals cannot handle the same volume of patients that is the problem.
Joepob
12th February 2021, 5:44
Nobody would invent a story that hospitals are overstretched, that sounds like a ridiculous conspiracy theory. And they don’t treat respiratory patients in waiting rooms. Please try to be more critical of what you hear before repeating it.
Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
12th February 2021, 14:57
Who are you talking to anon? What are you reading?
Yes @frood19 I pretty much said the same thing.
frood19 (@frood19)
12th February 2021, 7:01
@peartree doesn’t that effectively mean they are over stretched? Part of the problem in the UK is that covid patients occupy so much of the ICU that they have to close to other patients. Same with non-critical covid patients – they block up wards for other patients. The numbers in the UK are very big, but the main problem is that it just annihilates the normal running of the health service. If it was just a numbers thing they could use the big temporary ‘nightingale’ hospitals, which turned out to big a big flop.
UNeedAFinn2Win (@uneedafinn2win)
12th February 2021, 13:16
Indycar has been hopeful of attracting a new engine OEM for twenty years.
A local promotion, by their own edict, is just not fit for a new global player. And the other locals are obviously not interested.