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Formula E progress “mesmerising” since first race

Chris Stevens by Chris Stevens
9th March 2019
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Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler team principal Allan McNish says the progression of the FIA Formula E Championship has been “mesmerising” since its first race.

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Formula E celebrates its 50th race in Hong Kong this weekend, a relative stone’s throw away from where the first race was held in Beijing in 2014.

McNish praised how the series has matured and defied all expectations since the first race, won by Lucas di Grassi in the Audi team’s previous guise as ABT Schaeffler.

“It’s been quite, I would say, a mesmerising event in terms of the way that Formula E has progressed, because I don’t think there’s many people here that were in Beijing or many who actually thought we’d get to 50 races as a championship, but clearly it has,” he said.

“It’s very competitive, it’s a strong championship and it’s really making its mark in its DNA and that’s proven by the names of the manufacturers, the team, drivers that are all involved and the media centre is pretty much full at every race now.”

Current championship leader Jerome d’Ambrosio is one of five drivers who has competed in every race. He too feels the series is night and day from what it was when it started, but added that the “spirit” of the series remains the same.

“The championship has definitely grown so much and changed in five years. The core spirit of the championship hasn’t changed but with so many manufacturers it’s grown so much,” he said.

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“We showed up in Beijing, hadn’t done a start, not knowing what was going to happen. We still did a warm-up lap in Beijing until everyone realised it was going to take four minutes!

“So we’ve come a long way and it’s amazing I’ve been there for every single race and I hope I’ll be there for the next 50.”

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Chris is a member of the Autosport Academy and has been writing about motorsport professionally since 2015. He has been one of the top Formula E journalists since he went to Donington Park for pre-season testing a week after picking up his A-Level results.

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