Michelin’s rain or shine solution michelinalley.com News From the FIA Formula E Championship - 2015 the FIA Formula News From Electrifying Formula E FIA FORMULA E HITS THE STREETS OF MIAMI AND LONG BEACH MIAMI 2 North America he new FIA Formula E Championship, a single- welcomes seater championship and the world’s first fully- electric racing series, arrives in the United States with races in Miami, Fla. and Long Beach, Ca. this spring. TAs the world’s leading manufacturers and technology developers continue to push the envelope for electric vehicle performance, the exciting new global motorsports FFormula E championship has been created to accelerate and demonstrate electric vehicles. The inaugural season began in Beijing in September 2014 and continued with races in Putrajaya, Punta Del Este and Buenos Aires. Following the Miami and Long Beach events, the 2014/2015 championship will compete in Monte Carlo, Berlin, Moscow and London. A total of 10 teams, each with two drivers, race on temporary city-center circuits creating a unique and exciting series designed to appeal to a new generation of motorsports fans. Formula E also aims to represent a vision for the future of the motor industry, serving as a framework for R&D around the electric vehicle, accelerating general interest in these cars and promoting clean energy and sustainability. From season two beginning later this year, Formula E will operate as an ‘open championship’, allowing teams and PRACTICE QUALIFYING manufacturers the opportunity to showcase their own electrical Each event opens with The qualifying session is a energy innovations. a 45-minute practice straight fight for the fastest lap Working to the technical specifications set out by the FIA, session followed by time and determines the order teams will focus their efforts on improving and developing a further 30-minute for the day’s race. The session powertrains and battery technology, with the aim of this session, giving drivers will last 55 minutes (40 minutes filtering into the everyday electric vehicle market. their first experience track) and see drivers divided The championship centers around three core values of of the circuit. They into four groups of five cars, with Energy, Environment and Entertainment and is a fusion of will have up to two each group having 10 minutes engineering, technology, sport, science, design, music and cars available to them to set their best time. Full entertainment - all combining to drive the change towards an giving them the option power (200kw / 270bhp) will be electric future. to change cars should available throughout with drivers All Formula E rounds are one day events with practice, they wish. Full power only able to use one car. The qualifying and the race taking place in a single day in order to (200kw / 270bhp) will be driver setting the fastest time will reduce costs and minimize disruption to the host city. available throughout. be awarded three points. LONG BEACH 3 North America welcomes FFormula E ePRIX PIT STOPS FAN BOOST TITLES Races will begin by standing start During races, drivers Fans can give their The FIA Formula and last for approximately one hour must make one mandatory favorite driver an E Championship with drivers making one mandatory pit stop in order to change extra speed boost will consist of pit stop in order to change cars. cars. This must take by voting for them both a drivers Power will be restricted to ‘race place in their pit box and prior to the race. and a teams’ mode’ (150kw / 202.5bhp) but for be observed by an FIA The three drivers championship. those drivers with FanBoost, the steward to ensure all safety with the most votes A driver’s end of power output can be temporarily equipment is correctly will each receive a season total is increased to 180kw / 243bhp for applied. A minimum time five-second ‘power made up of his/ five seconds per car. Points will period (determined on the boost’ per car per her best results be awarded using the standard day) will also be enforced. driver, temporarily less one. A team’s FIA system with the driver setting Tire changes, unless a increasing their car’s total is made up by the fastest lap also receiving two puncture, are not permitted power from 150kw counting all scores additional points. during this pit stop. to 180kw. during the season. 4 ichelin has always its drive to transfer technology from “In ordinary traffic, drivers don’t use seen motorsport racetrack to road. slick tires on their road cars, not even as an essential “We designed the tires to be both sporty road cars,” said Nicolas Goubert, laboratory which energy-efficient and more like road Michelin Motorsports Technical leads to innovations tires,” said Pascal Couasnon, Director of Director. Mthat ultimately serve everyday tires. Michelin Motorsports. “The FIA Formula E Championship To be able to test tires in the uniquely will use city center street circuits, so extreme conditions encountered in racing “As a consequence, our aim was to design tires with tread and rallying provides Michelin with the new FIA Formula E patterns. The closer we are to the an opportunity to learn more and also realities of everyday motoring, the more showcase the value of the solutions the Championship will serve relevant and also speedier the carry-over company develops for ordinary motorists. of technology from the race track to road Michelin’s involvement in the FIA as a life-size laboratory tires becomes.” Formula E Championship is further that will help Michelin Delivering consistent and efficient evidence of their commitment performance wet or dry further to enhanced mobility through to prepare its tires of the demonstrates the real strength of the the extraordinary challenges and MICHELIN Pilot Sport EV: its sheer opportunities the series provides. future.” versatility, which also means that The MICHELIN® Pilot® Sport EV, Michelin can reduce the number of tires which has been specially developed for Thanks to the low profile sidewalls the made and transported to each race to Formula E, alludes to MICHELIN street tire is subject to less deformation when further reduce environmental impact. tires and is a sneak peak at the Ultra High running, which reduces the heat build- Formula E sits perfectly alongside Performance tires to come. up and its impact on fuel consumption Michelin’s own values, including the The MICHELIN Pilot Sport EV grooved as it improves the energy efficiency of innovative spirit that has been part of Michelin’s DNA since the company was tire is the first 18-inch tire to be used on the tire. founded more than 120 years ago. a single-seater race-car. This new size, To aid with sustainability and cost- Michelin has always both narrower and taller, is part of the saving, each Formula E driver will be championed mobility, and fundamental work done by Michelin’s supplied with just five new front tires sustainable mobility development teams towards reducing and five new rear tires to last them the in particular; it rolling resistance which is directly linked entire day (practice, qualifying and race), has also been a to energy use. whatever the weather. key technical By adopting the 18” rim size, widely On wet or dry tracks, whether it is hot player in some used on road cars, Formula E becomes or cold, all competitors will keep the remarkable a more effective test-bed for Michelin’s same tires, with no detriment either to adventures. next-generation road tires, continuing safety or to performance. ll FIA Formula E Italian firm Dallara, who boast more Williams group of companies that Championship teams than 40 years’ motorsports experience, includes the world famous Williams will compete with the have constructed the monocoque F1 Team, will supply the batteries 5 Spark-Renault SRT_01E, chassis, aerodynamically designed to aid producing 200kw, the equivalent of the first car to be overtaking. 270bhp. This will be linked to a five- Ahomologated by the FIA. Made from carbon fiber and speed paddle shift sequential gearbox, Using the very latest technology, the aluminum, the chassis is both super supplied by Hewland, with fixed ratios to zero emission SRT_01E aims to stretch lightweight (minimum weight including help reduce costs further. the boundaries of what is currently driver – 896 kg) and incredibly strong Overseeing all the systems integration achievable in electric motorsports, and fully complies with the latest FIA will be the Championship’s Technical whilst ensuring a balance between crash tests - the same used to regulate Partner Renault, a leader of electric cost-effectiveness and sustainability, in Formula One. vehicles and an expert in motorsports addition to coping with the demands of Providing the electric powertrain thanks to its Renault Sport Technologies racing entirely on street circuits. and electronics is McLaren Electronics and Renault Sport F1 programs. The car has been built by the French Systems, the world leader in The Spark-Renault SRT_01E has a company, Spark Racing Technology, high-performance technology for maximum speed of 140 mph (225km/h) together with a consortium of some of motorsports. Meanwhile, Williams and will accelerate from zero to 60 mph the leading companies in motorsports. Advanced Engineering, part of the in three seconds. S par K-R SRT_01 enault Dimensions Power Traction battery Overall length: 5000mm (max) Maximum power: 200kw, equivalent to The traction battery is a Rechargeable Overall width: 1800mm (max) 270bhp Energy Storage System (RESS) and supplies Overall height: 1250mm (max) Race mode (power-saving): 150kw, electric energy to the Power Circuit and Track width: 1300mm (min) equivalent to 202.5bhp thus to the traction motor. Any onboard Ride Height: 75mm (max) FanBoost (race-only): Temporarily battery electrically connected to the Power Minimum weight (inc driver): 896kg increases max power from 150kw to Circuit is considered to be an integral part (batteries 320kg) 180kw.