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On 13 September, Formula E cars went head-to-head in the first ever FIA Formula E Championship for single-seater, electrically-powered racing cars. Richard Mille and the motorsport team E.Dams-Renault have lined up on the starting grid of this first historic race around Beijing’s Olympic stadium.
The Dams Team was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot to mentor and train young drivers for Formula 1. So far 27 of them have been propelled into this elite category of motorsports, including Romain Grosjean, Richard Mille partner and official driver for the Lotus F1 Team.
Alain Prost, four times F1 World Champion and Jean-Paul Driot joined forces to create the E.Dams-Renault Team in Formula E, with a single-seater capable of achieving 0 to 100 km/h in under 3 seconds, thanks to its 200 kW (270 hp) electric motor and a weight of just 888 kg.
The F1 driver Sébastien Buemi and his team-mate Nicolas Prost will drive the E.Dams-Renault at the wheel of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E - the only car accredited by the FIA for this competition - on the ten urban circuits, all specifically designed for these championships, located in some of the world’s greatest cities.
Formula E is founded on three core values: energy, environment and performance. This championship provides car manufacturers and constructors the opportunity to showcase their innovations in the field of electrical energy. This new discipline, supported by FIA President Jean Todt, provides a fantastic framework for developing new technologies that will very probably be adapted in the cars of tomorrow.
September 25, 2014