Preview
Formula E Paris ePrix
The heart of Paris welcomes the Formula E showdown
Formula E finally arrives in Europe: on Saturday (April 23) the electric racing series competes in the heart of the French capital Paris.
Edited: Apr 19, 2016, 5:43 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Lucas di Grassi leads the overall standings by one point going into the seventh round of the eleven race season. Most recently, the Brazilian celebrated together with his team mate Daniel Abt on the podium in the USA.
A track around Les Invalides, the Eiffel Tower as backdrop and the banks of the River Seine just a few metres away: without a shadow of doubt, the Paris ePrix provides one of the most spectacular backdrops in Formula E history to date. At only 1.920 kilometres in length, the track is the shortest on this year's calendar and with its long straights and tight corners promises an exciting showdown at this early stage in Paris.
A nail-biting atmosphere
The current situation in the championship guarantees a nail-biting atmosphere: after his victory in the last event in Long Beach, Lucas di Grassi is one point ahead of his archrival Sébastien Buemi from the Renault factory team, which contests its home race in Paris. In the team standings, the ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport squad is only six points behind the French team. The winner of a Formula E race scores 25 points.
"Paris is a new highlight in the calendar - congratulations to Formula E for being able to organize this Formula E race in the city centre;" says Lucas di Grassi. "The track and the environment complement the series perfectly." The South American aims to pile on the pressure when Formula E makes its European debut this season: "It may well be the home race for our friends and competitors from France, but it's of no interest to me. We'll also try to win there." So far, di Grassi has mounted the podium five times, including two wins, in six races.
Daniel is waiting
Although team mate Daniel Abt is still waiting for his first victory, everything appears to be clicking into place now for the youngest driver on the grid with two starts in Super Pole and a podium finish in Long Beach. "Paris should be a real highlight, but is also a new track that nobody knows," says the German, "We will continue with the same levels of focus and motivation and will do everything within our powers to mount the podium again soon, preferably together."
Team principal Hans-Jürgen Abt also wants this: "I'm looking forward to the European Formula E races. We're already noticing how the interest of the media and fans continues to grow," he says. "The season so far has shown just how strong our ABT Schaeffler FE01 is in comparison to the competition. This is also a great endorsement for the hard work invested during the development by our partner Schaeffler." Abt expects keen interest for the next race: "The event in Paris in particular is generating a huge amount of hype, but we'll stay cool and try to extract the maximum. Because it goes without saying that our major goal is to travel to our home race in Berlin as championship leaders."
The seventh race of the season starts on Saturday, April 23 at 16:00. As usual, Eurosport broadcasts live. The practice and qualifying session can be viewed in Eurosport's fee-based player.
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Mahindra Debrief: Safety car interrupted podium charge in Long Beach
Next article Exclusive: Team Aguri in talks for Chinese takeover
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Lucas di Grassi
Everything that went wrong in Lucas di Grassi’s farewell Formula E weekend
Formula E
Formula E
London ePrix II
2 mo
Everything that went wrong in Lucas di Grassi’s farewell Formula E weekend
How Sebastien Buemi and Lucas Di Grassi wrote Formula E’s history
Formula E
Formula E
London ePrix I
2 mo
How Sebastien Buemi and Lucas Di Grassi wrote Formula E’s history
More from
Team Abt
Title hopes over, Gounon injured: Why did Nicki Thiim lose control?
DTM
DTM
Sachsenring
1 mo
Title hopes over, Gounon injured: Why did Nicki Thiim lose control?
Penalty storm with consequences: Mapelli loses maiden DTM win, celebrations at McLaren
DTM
DTM
Lausitzring
4 mo
Penalty storm with consequences: Mapelli loses maiden DTM win, celebrations at McLaren
Not a "handful" after all? How the DTM special waiver helped the Lamborghini
DTM
DTM
Zandvoort
5 mo
Not a "handful" after all? How the DTM special waiver helped the Lamborghini
Latest news
TV ratings released for NASCAR Cup season finale
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
4 h
TV ratings released for NASCAR Cup season finale
Chase Elliott's car chief leaves Hendrick for NASCAR Truck crew chief role
NASCAR Truck
NSTR NASCAR Truck
Homestead
4 h
Chase Elliott's car chief leaves Hendrick for NASCAR Truck crew chief role
“I was getting beat up” – How Daniel Ricciardo burned out on ‘humiliating’ F1 return
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 9 h
“I was getting beat up” – How Daniel Ricciardo burned out on ‘humiliating’ F1 return
Feature
Discover prime content
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe