Formula E is a new FIA championship and the world’s first fully-electric racing series. Scheduled to start later this year, the championship will compete on 10-city center circuits around the world. Prior to the big start, several race drivers had the chance to test Formula E cars to get the hang of it.
After spending some time with F1 teams Williams and Renault, Ho-Pin Tung is the first Chinese driver to ever test a Formula E car. Stepping out of the fully-electric Spark-Renault STR_01E he reckoned that the electric championship will feature “super-close” racing due to the vehicles’ behavior.
“There’s going to be super-close racing because you can brake really late,” he said. “Having seen the Beijing track layout, it looks like there’s going to be lots of overtaking opportunities and with the Fan Boost system you will have to be really strategic with the way that you use it.”
The 31-year-old, currently racing in the Asian Le Mans Series and the Asian Carrera Cup, was also surprised by the performance of the first ever all-electric single-seater which will be used by all 10 Formula E teams when the season starts on September 13th in Beijing.
Check out more of his opinion and hear the jet-plane-like Formula E car whining down the track in the video bellow.
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