The Formula E opens in Madrid this Saturday with a e-Prix at the Jarama circuit which brings together all the incentives for the competition to land in Spain.
Team with a Spanish presence, Cupra Kiro, and Spanish driver, Pepe Martí, with the aim of achieving their best result at home, in front of 30,000 spectators, in their premiere season in the electric single-seater world championship.
His sixth position, in addition to setting the fastest lap of the race, in the second Jeddah e-Prix (Saudi Arabia), the event prior to Madrid, brings the Spanish driver to his best moment of the season, reports Efe. “I really want to race at home. We have come from having the best result in Jeddah, so I hope we can maintain that trajectory of good results. I hope that in Jarama we can continue adding points, but we have to keep our feet on the ground, since it is a difficult championship and we have to continue learning,” said Pepe Martí in the preview of the e-Prix cited by the agency.
The Spanish driver is completing stages in his adaptation process to a championship that requires totally different way of driving which he practiced in previous seasons, in Formula 2 and Formula 3, adds Efe.
energy management, battery temperaturewithout pit stops to change tires and duels on different tracks, with predominantly urban circuits in which the melee causes touches that are assumed more naturally than in other single-seater championships, always according to the agency.
From Valencia to Jarama
Of course, this will not be the case with the Madrid e-Prix, since this is held in a Madrid Jarama-RACE, permanent circuitwhich changes the paradigm of Formula E. A landing in Madrid that was forged two years ago, in the preseason tests that were canceled in Valencia due to damage and that they were organized in Madrid against the clock.
Drivers and team managers were delighted and the organization, with two Spaniards – Alberto Longo and Alejandro Agag – as co-founders, got to work until they were able to close the return of Formula E to Spain for the first time since the Valencia e-Prix held in 2021, Efe recalls.
Schedule and where to watch the Madrid Formula E race
Jarama is a historic venue in Spanish motorsports, since the Formula 1 Grand Prix between the 60s and 80s, and which faces a new stage with Formula E.
To this end, the route, with 3,934 kilometers and 14 curves In all, he has made a small but crucial adaptation to his track, introducing a chicane (double curve) at the beginning of the main straight to promote the energy recharging of some 100% electric cars, recalls Efe.
Furthermore, it has included the Pit Boostmandatory pit stop 30 seconds to get an extra energy boost 10% on batteries.
So far in the championship, there has been a different winner in each of the races.
The classification will take place at 10:40 a.m. this Saturday and the race at 3:05 p.m. and can be followed in live on RTVE Play with the narration of Ernest Riveras from the circuit. The race will also be seen on the Teledeporte channel.
