Formula E

Lucas di Grassi wins spectacular ePrix in Putrajaya

Lucas di Grassi won the second ePrix of the 2015/16 FIA Formula E season in Putrajaya, Malaysia, and thus took the overall lead in the championship. After an action-packed final segment, the Brazilian, driving for the ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport team, took victory in a spectacular ePrix which put huge demands on equipment, coming home with a lead of nearly 14 seconds on Sam Bird (Virgin) and half a minute on third-placed driver, Robin Frijns (Andretti).

Lucas di Grassi with best battery management strategy

“You can see how tricky conditions were from how much sand I had in my eyes and in the car... That was a very tough race, mainly because of battery temperatures,” said Lucas di Grassi. “It was basically the same problem as last year, but fortunately, we managed it better than the others. The backroom guys – the team – got strategy dead right, enabling us to take the win and the lead in the championship.” Where is the battery management details?

Fantastic lap in qualifying

Di Grassi had been on course to take pole position with a fantastic lap in qualifying until a small mistake on the final section dropped him down to sixth position on the grid. “I never push too much. I had two very good first sectors. I was much faster than anyone else. I then scraped the wall on the last sector and my car was damaged for the last turn as a result. I just made it across the finish line to take fifth fastest time,” said di Grassi.

Sustainability award 

In the period between the start of the season in Beijing and the race at Putrajaya, Formula E became the first world championship ever to be awarded the Achievement of Excellence, the top award in the FIA Institute’s Sustainability Program, for its high degree of commitment to the environment and its impressive drive towards sustainability. 

DHL provides Formula E with a wide range of logistic services which include the most efficient and greenest technologies and processes currently available in order to guarantee that all racing equipment arrives safely, on time and efficiently at each of the ten venues, while covering more than 50,000 kilometers. 

To enable Formula E achieve their sustainability targets, DHL developed a multi-modal transportation solution for the championship that includes movement of freight by sea or rail whenever the schedule permits, thus helping Formula E reduce the championship’s carbon dioxide emissions. Shipping requirements for the championship amount to 450 tons per race on average; alongside the racing cars, DHL manages logistics for 200 tires, 20 charging units and 45.

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