2021年4月25日,2021 国际汽联电动方程式世界锦标赛第六站比赛继续进行,相比前一天,西班牙瓦伦西亚的天气情况有了明显好转,NIO 333 FE车队的两位车手在成绩上也有了大幅提升。
在当天上午举行的排位赛中,奥利弗·特维在第4组出场,展现了稳定的实力,本赛季第二次闯入超级杆位,他所驾驶NIO 333 FE 001赛车创造了全场第五快的圈速。同组出发并一起进入超级杆位的队友汤姆·布隆奎斯特也带来了令人印象深刻的一圈,第四名的排位赛成绩刷新了他个人在FE职业生涯最佳。NIO 333 FE车队的两位车手奥利弗·特维和汤姆·布隆奎斯特凭借在排位赛时赛道路面的优势和出色的发挥,获得了位于第二排发车的机会。
在稍晚进行的正赛中,与前一天的雨战不同,本场正赛并未出动一次安全车,各车队竞争焦灼。奥利弗一路稳扎稳打,比赛期间曾上升至第二名,最终以第8名冲线,在45分钟+1圈的正赛后为车队从瓦伦西亚带回4个积分。布隆奎斯特在比赛后半段采取了不同策略以防止昨天比赛大规模的赛车能量耗尽情况,最终以17名完赛。
奥利弗·特维(Oliver Turvey)
NIO 333 FE 001,8号
R6排位分组:第4
R6排位成绩:第5(由于其他对手受赛后处罚,上升至第4)
R6正赛成绩:第8
“我们在潮湿的环境中拥有很好的排位赛成绩。我在第4组中做出了很好的成绩,进入超级杆位后又取得不错的表现。正赛第二排第四位的发车是一个很好的位置,我们知道这场比赛将是艰难的,赛道在完全干旱的情况下,电量管理至关重要。我认为我们造就了一个良好的开端,我在第一个弯道超越汤姆,一直保持到第三个弯道,比赛的首要任务就是控制电量。我能够稳住我的速度,但是我们在攻击模式上输了一点。然而,我们的比赛执行得非常好,进入了一个良好的节奏,发挥出赛车的最大性能。在一场没有任何意外发生的比赛中,我以第8名的成绩将积分囊入怀中,这是一个非常棒的结局,所以我真的要感谢车队的辛勤工作。”
汤姆·布隆奎斯特(Tom Blomqvist)
NIO 333 FE 001,88号
R6排位分组:第4
R6排位成绩:第4(由于其他对手受赛后处罚,上升至第3)
R6正赛成绩:第17
“我们在排位赛的发挥很好,但在比赛中不得不为车速而挣扎。这对我来说是一个令人失望的结果,因为我们取得了近乎完美的开局,取得了非常好的排位赛结果。不过,现在距离下一站摩纳哥的比赛还有一段时间,我们仍然有时间分析数据、了解我们需要提升什么,从而改善我们排位赛和正赛的成绩。”
克里斯蒂安·西尔克(Christian Silk)
NIO 333 FE车队领队
FE方程式的比赛充满了不确定性,这对车迷来说是一件幸事,但对车队而言就有些一言难尽了。我们很明显感觉到昨天的赛车并没有发挥最大潜力,因此我们在赛车的调校上做出了很大的改变。显而易见的是,这些改变提升了我们的赛车性能。
上午的自由练习比较潮湿,但对我们来说,这是一个非常好的、了解赛车在雨地条件下性能的机会。我们在上午的自由练习取得了进步,这将帮助我们在未来应对雨战时奠定基础。在排位赛中,幸运女神站在了我们这一边——随着比赛的进行,赛道逐渐变干,而汤姆和奥利弗抓住了机会,两人都进入了超级杆位赛,这真是太棒了。尽管在超级杆位赛中比赛的条件对我们不利,但是车手们还是很好地完成工作,车队也实现了第二排并排发车。
这是一场非同寻常的比赛,而我们的工程师在车辆的性能管理上也付出了非常多的精力。奥利弗取得了一个梦幻开局,凭借强劲的表现一度上升到第二位。在比赛行将结束之时,我们的赛车遭遇了一些速度的问题,但是看到NIO 333赛车这样强劲的表现让我们感到非常高兴,这给我们满怀希望继续前进。汤姆在比赛伊始有些挣扎,失去了几个位置。不幸的是,他的赛车上遭遇了一些问题,这限制了他跑出他的速度,导致了赛车跌出积分区。我们将仔细研究这些数据,并确定问题出在哪里。
我要感谢所有的车迷在周末的支持。这个周末车迷们一直在通过Fanboost(粉丝加速)来支持我们并且投票给奥利弗和汤姆,这对身处赛道的我们来说是巨大的鼓舞。
5月8日,FE世界电动方程式比赛将移师摩纳哥的蒙特卡洛赛道,进行第7站的比赛。
Round 6 of the ABB Formula E World Championship in Valencia was greeted with finer weather than yesterday and much improved results for the NIO 333 Formula E Team.
After qualifying strongly in Group 4, Oliver Turvey set the fifth fastest lap in the #8 NIO 333 001 during the team's second double 'Top Six' Superpole shoot-out this season. Team-mate Tom Blomqvist also set an impressive lap during his quick run in Group 4 and ultimately set his Formula E career best result in the #88 car with an impressive P4 on the Superpole time sheet.
From a second row ‘lock out’ by the NIO 333 FE team (after pre-race penalties), Oliver drove a hard-fought contest this afternoon, running up in P2 after his first Attack Mode. He took the chequered flag to score four valuable Championship points for the team in P8.
Tom made a valiant start from P3 and battled the quick mid-fielders for the duration of the 45 mins + 1 lap competition. He crossed the finish line in P17 to conclude the first ever Formula E electric racing weekend to be hosted in Spain.
Oliver Turvey, #8 NIO 333 001
Qualifying Group 4 - Race Grid Position: P5 (P4 after penalties applied)
Round 6 Race Result: P8
“We had a great qualifying in the damp conditions. I managed to put in a good lap in the group session to make Superpole and then another great lap in the shoot-out. To end up P4, and on the second row, was a great position. We knew that the race was going to be tough in the full dry, with energy management here being critical. I think we got a good start; I was able to get ahead of Tom in the first corner and up to P3, and then the first part of the race was just managing the energy. I was able to keep the pace, but think we lost out a little bit in Attack Modes. However, we executed the race really well, got into a good rhythm and got the most out of the car. To come home in P8 and score points in a race with no incidents is a great result, so I have to really thank the team for all their hard work."
Tom Blomqvist, #88 NIO 333 001
Qualifying Group 4 - Race Grid Position: P4 (P3 after penalties applied)
Round 6 Race Result: P17
“Qualifying was good, but we struggled in the race for pace. It was a disappointing result for me as we had qualified so well and started so far up the grid. However, we now have some time until the next event in Monaco to analyse the data and try to understand what we need to do to improve and convert our qualifying performance into the race.”
Christian Silk, NIO 333 Formula E Team Principal
“Formula E is nothing if not unpredictable, which I guess is great for the fans if a little tricky for the teams to manage. We made quite a lot of changes from how we ran yesterday as we really did not feel we were getting the most from the car. The changes we made definitely moved the cars towards improved performance which is great to see.
The morning session was wet, so it really was a chance to learn more about the performance of the car in the slippery conditions and we made good progress in this session which will stand us in good stead in future wet sessions. The qualifying track conditions really came to us as the circuit dried out during the sessions. Tom and Oliver grabbed the chance presented by the better track and both made it into Superpole, which is fantastic. The conditions worked against us in Superpole, but again the drivers did a great job to achieve a row two lockout.
The race ended up being very unusual and really taxed our engineers as we managed the performance of the car. Oliver made a great start and ran a really strong race fighting as high as P2. We struggled a little with pace at the end of the race, but it was really pleasing to see the NIO 333 car running so strongly and this gives us great hope going forwards. Tom got slightly bulked at the beginning and lost a couple of places at the start. Unfortunately, we had some issues with his car which prevented him showing his natural pace and we finished out of the points with that car. We will go through the data with a fine-toothed comb and determine exactly where the problem was.
I would like to thank all our fans for their support over the weekend. For us at the circuit it is really great to know people are following us and voting for Oliver and Tom with Fanboost.”
The all-electric racing series now heads to Monte Carlo, in the Principality of Monaco, for Round 7 of the 2021 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship on 8th May.