Oliver Rowland praises updated Tokyo FE track: It rewards bravery

Formula E frontrunners Oliver Rowla🍎nd and Pascal Wehrlein share their thought⭕s on the Tokyo Street Circuit.

Oliver Rowland leads 2024 Tokyo E-Prix
Oliver Rowland leads 2024 Tokyo E-Prix
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Oliver Rowland says Formul𝓰a E’s revised track for the Tokyo E-Prix “rewards bravery”, as he continues his preparations for Nissan’s home race this weekend.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Formula E is returning to Japan after a successful inaugural race lꦺast year, with the Tokyo Street Circuit hosting a pair of races on 17-18 May.

The track has undergone minor changes based on♏ the feedback received in 2024, with the much-maligned Turn 3 most notably reprofiled after several cars reported damage by going🌃 over the bumps.

Other tweaks include the removal of the chica𓃲ne at Turn 16 - which was added at the last minute in 2024 - and the wide𒈔ning of the track in certain places.

Championship leader Rowland said he is a fan of💙 the tight and twisty Tokyo circuit▨, which he finds both challenging and rewarding as a driver.

“Honestly it's a track that I really reꦏally like,” said the Briton, who finished second in Tokyo last year.

“It's pretty tight and technical and kind of rewards bravery in some places. It's♈ a circui🗹t that I enjoy driving on.

“Obviously, they have changed Tur𒆙n 2 and Turn 3 a bit which should help with the big jumps we were getting last year.

“But the new section and the last part o𓄧f the trac𓃲k also adds an element of bravery and complexity. I'm really looking forward to going out on track.

“Honestly, thinking ahead and doing the track walk this m🎃orning and looking at the amount of white lines that are on track when it rains tomorrow, it could be pretty sketchy but it's the same for everybody.”

Reigning Formula E champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pascal Wehrlein also echoed Rowland's🌊 positive sentiment regarding the updated Tokyo layout, saying driving around the track will be a “lot more fun” now.

“I think the changes we have made for this ye🦂ar are definitely going in the right direction,” he sa𝓀id.

“The track is still quite low-speed and very twisty but by removing the chicane in the last sector and making this quite a fast corner nౠow, the track is going to be a lot more fun. But it's rather a twisty tꦡrack than a very fast one.”

Although the first major international street race in Japan ♏was hailed as a success, overtaking proved to be tough around the Tokyo track last year.

However, Wehrlein is confident that there will ꦉbe more opportunities to𓄧 pass other cars this year, with Gen3 Evo cars equipped with an all-wheel drive (AWD) mode that can be used during race starts and Attack Mode.

“Definitely overtaking will be easier this sea♏son,” he said. “Just because of that reason that with the four-🐲wheel drive, we have a lot more traction.

“But that means obviously the car ahead has not to be in four-wheel drive, so strategically it will be very important to make the right 🦹calls at the right time.”

Heavy rain is forecast in Tokyo on 🌠Saturday, which could disrupt the sc🔯hedule for the opening leg of the doubleheader.

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