Brazilian race car driver Lucas di Grassi won the inaugural event of the all-electric Formula E championship, Saturday in Beijing, and rates the victory as one of the "greatest on-track moments" of his career.
His involvment in the development of the series made it all even sweeter for the Team ABT Sportsline driver.
"This victory means a lot to me and takes one of the top spots on the list of my greatest on-track moments," he said.
"I was involved in the development of Formula E from the very beginning and intensively prepared for this weekend in the past months with my Team ABT Sportsline."
Di Grassi also pointed out that this first Formula E race revealed an interesting recipe, which should prove popular as the series grows.
"In Formula E, we only have a limited amount of energy available that we have to manage well," he added.
"In addition, there’s the strong competition by international top-flight teams and drivers more than ten of whom have Formula 1 experience.
"Plus, we’re racing on street circuits in the middle of cities and our practice, qualifying sessions and the races are all held within the space of just a few hours, which leaves only little time to get used to the track."
The second race of the season will be held November 22nd, in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
His involvment in the development of the series made it all even sweeter for the Team ABT Sportsline driver.
"This victory means a lot to me and takes one of the top spots on the list of my greatest on-track moments," he said.
"I was involved in the development of Formula E from the very beginning and intensively prepared for this weekend in the past months with my Team ABT Sportsline."
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| Start of the race in Beijing (Photo: WRI2) |
Di Grassi also pointed out that this first Formula E race revealed an interesting recipe, which should prove popular as the series grows.
"In Formula E, we only have a limited amount of energy available that we have to manage well," he added.
"In addition, there’s the strong competition by international top-flight teams and drivers more than ten of whom have Formula 1 experience.
"Plus, we’re racing on street circuits in the middle of cities and our practice, qualifying sessions and the races are all held within the space of just a few hours, which leaves only little time to get used to the track."
The second race of the season will be held November 22nd, in Putrajaya, Malaysia.