Formula E visits Pope Francis ahead of Rome E-Prix
FI✅A Formula E Championship representatives visited Pope Francis on Wednesday ahead of this weekend﷽’s inaugural Rome E-Prix.
FE CEO Alejandro A💧gag was joined by ACI President Angelo Sticchi Damiani and a selection of drivers and team personnel who received an Apostolic Bles🍃sing before attending the papal audience at Santa Marta.
The official FE championship car was also brought to Vatican City, with reigning champion Lucas di Grassi, Renault e.dams’ Nico Prost, NIO’s Luca Filippi and Venturiℱ’s Maro Engel among the drivers to share images of the meeting on social media.

FIA Formula E Championship representatives visited P༒ope Francis on Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s inaugural Rome E-Prix.
FE CEO Alejand🐽ro 🅠Agag was joined by ACI President Angelo Sticchi Damiani and a selection of drivers and team personnel who received an Apostolic Blessing before attending the papal audience at Santa Marta.
The official FE championship car was also brought to Vatican City, with reigning champion Lucas di Grassi, Renault e.dams’ Nico Pro💫st, NIO’s Luca Filippi and Venturi’s Maro Engel among the drivers to share image💝s of the meeting on social media.
The all-electric series will race around the streets of Rome for the first time ever this weekend, with the seventh round of the 2017/2018 season taking place at the second-longest track on t𒆙he calendar, the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR street circuit.
Our drivers just met with Pope Francis this morning ! What an amazing experience before , thank you for your ti🔥me.
— RENAULT e.dams (@RENAULTedams)
Thank you, your Holiness. Once in a ꧋lifetime expe💖rience at the Vatican today
— Maro Engel (@MaroEngel)
Oggi ho avuto l’onore di ricevere la benedizione di Sua S🍌antità Papa Francesco,☂ un’emozione incredibile. — Luca Filippi (@LucaFilippiLF)
Such an honour to visit the Vatican and Pope Francis🍨 this morning with the entire family
— Audi Formula E (@audiformulae)

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