Nicolas Prost's first impressions of Formula E

Nicolas Cheers was able to test the Spark-Renault SRT 01E during tests carried out last week. The resident of the e.dams team can be satisfied with these first runs since his teammate Sébastien Buemi set the best time. The son of the four-time world champion F1 is impatient to start the season (September 13 in Beijing) even if the birth of a new discipline involves constant adjustments. “I like the idea of ​​a single day format but it will be hard to recover if something goes wrong, even if you have a slight contact or a small problem. They need to make sure reliability is good and consider a mule if it happens », commented on Jean-Paul Driot's recruit on Crash.net. “We need to know how the races will unfold because it is constantly evolving. It's a new discipline and we will have to react quickly in the first races to be competitive. »

One of the main objectives of Formula E is to attract the public. The organizers have therefore planned urban events and closer links with the public who can even favor their favorite driver(s) by voting on social networks. “I can't wait to see these circuits in town, if they are good ones. It would not be a good thing to put these cars at Le Mans. We also need to attract people because they don’t have to come to us. So I find that very positive. THE “Fan Boost” is interesting but I hope it doesn't shake things up too much. I'm already worried because some pilots have a lot of followers, but Twitter is not as popular in France. It's a good thing to involve the public but it doesn't make it have too much influence. »

Sébastien Buemi's interview on Formula E can be discovered in issue 1969 of AUTOhebdo, available now in digital version on all platforms, and on newsstands from tomorrow.