Porsche officially joins Formula Eh

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 07/28/2017 at 11:00 • Filed to: Formula E, Porsche

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Porsche stays in GT, but will now head over to Formula E.

Sam > Wheelerguy 07/28/2017 at 05:38

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And they’re killing LMP1. :(

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Wheelerguy 07/28/2017 at 05:55

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Formula E sucks.

Wheelerguy > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 07/28/2017 at 06:07

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Racing in the prewar era sucked too.

You know why drivers back then are seen as ballsy today? Because they needed to. The tires were shite, the brakes were shite, the engines are horribly inefficient and nothing is protecting the driver.

In 1955 racing as a sport could have ended because of a massive accident at Le Mans. But did it? No, even if scores of drivers died and factories closed. They knew the risk and went faster anyway, and in their desire to go faster they had to do things that people before them would find unthinkable. And now, we have some of the fastest, most durable, most capable automobiles known to man.

And if you don’t believe the same progress can happen to electric cars...mercy be with you.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Wheelerguy 07/28/2017 at 06:20

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It’s not that I don’t believe it can happen, it’s that right now they suck while LMP1 is great. So we’re effectively dooming one currently excellent series for one currently meh series that might kinda possibly someday be pretty okay an indeterminate amount of time in the not so distant or maybe distant future. Personally I’d rather have global warming than all electric cars, but I’ve accused myself of being a big picture guy.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 07/28/2017 at 07:19

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True, but having a competitor like Porsche in the mix may change things up a bit. It should help draw spectators to the series, I know I’ll give it a shot, and it helps them with their road car tech that is coming whether we ICE folks like it or not.

Hopefully they will fix the goofy shit they do in the formula E series and make it a real race series. None of that fake boost crap for crowd votes, and that wholesale changing cars in a pit, WTF is that. Make them swap out batteries. Our college electric race team had to swap out banks of batteries for their series, why not let the big boys do it too? Or come up with some tech that keeps the batteries charged while racing, not ICE type hybrid stuff, but induction charging or something like that. Something that could be used in the real car world. It’s not really feasible to load up your family in your electric car to head out for a trip and then when you get a few hundred miles down the road you have to swap cars and continue. That’s silly.

That’s what makes lemans great, the tech they use their can make it into our road cars someday. That and the cars look bad ass. That doesn’t hurt.

So hopefully they can make it a fun to watch series with real pit stops.

Chuckles > Wheelerguy 07/28/2017 at 08:33

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Until they get rid of the popularity contest that gives winners an unfair advantage, I have no interest in Formula E.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Wheelerguy 07/28/2017 at 11:12

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I hear their Formula E car will be powered by the salt of WEC fans.

Wheelerguy > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 07/28/2017 at 11:16

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ouch

BeaterGT > Wheelerguy 07/28/2017 at 11:36

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Formula mEh

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 07/28/2017 at 11:46

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LMP1 hasnt been great in years, 2 teams with 3 cars a team isnt great racing and the technology seemed to be stagnating. if you ask me GTLM is the best class in the WEC right now

StoneCold > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 07/28/2017 at 11:55

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Those tears make great electrolytes.