12-15-2014, 05:07 PM | #1 |
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BMW i8 Safety Car in action in Uruguay
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com BMW Motorsport, December 15, 2014 After two appearances in Asia, the drivers and teams of the FIA Formula E Championship were in South America this weekend The Punta del Este ePrix in Uruguay marked the third round of the trend-setting race series for Formula vehicles with electric drive. BMW is the “Official Vehicle Partner” of the innovative championship and was in action once again in Uruguay, ensuring safety on the track with the BMW i8 Safety Car and the BMW i3 Medical Car. Also, BMW DTM driver António Félix da Costa made another appearance for Team Amlin Aguri. However, a technical problem forced him to retire before the end of the race. Victory in the eventful Punta del Este ePrix, which saw the BMW i8 Safety Car take to the track a total of four times, went to Sébastien Buemi, ahead of Nelson Piquet Jr. and Lucas di Grassi. If you want to check it out on-track, skip to around 45 minutes or 47 minutes and then again around 1:03:00 - 1:05:00 minutes
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12-17-2014, 08:12 AM | #2 |
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looks nice in safety car form.
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12-17-2014, 04:35 PM | #4 |
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I watched literally 30 seconds of this race. It sounded like a procession of dentist drills. Unbearable.
Predict this series will be short lived. |
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12-18-2014, 03:34 PM | #5 |
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I watched about 15 minutes of the first race. I kind of enjoyed it. I was ok with the sound of the engines/drivetrain, when you heard them. There was this stupid genero-techno loop playing over it the entire time. Probably someones bright idea to make it more interesting to compensate for the lack of engine noise. they could have just brought the sound levels of the track/car mics up. And less useless commentary.
It was neat to see the i8 tooling around. +1 It will probably be a short lived series. Which is unfortunate. |
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