New York: Everything you need to know ahead of the e-Prix

Little has changed on the Brooklyn Street Circuit in recent years, although it has always remained faithful to the same location. Last year, two drivers who have not been on the top podium since then won: Maximilian Günther, then for BMW i Andretti and Sam Bird. That race was supposed to be a harbinger for the European Championship final, which was played that evening. Bird then hoped that the cup would come home and only he was left with a cup.

If we look for corona, it was also holy ground for Jean-Éric Vergne. The Frenchman crowned himself twice champion over there, coincidentally also the two years that the American city formed the final for the championship. But it was also the scene of the battle between Lucas Di Grassi and Daniel Abt, where Allan McNish had to put the heads back in line. In short, New York has already given the necessary enthusiasm. Although it will hopefully also help Stoffel Vandoorne not to let his competitors walk away too far.

If you don’t want to miss anything this weekend, you should be there from Friday evening. The first free practice will be held at 10 pm. After that, the second session will take place on Saturday at 1 p.m. and the group qualifications will start at 2:40 p.m. The race itself will start at 7 p.m. Then the pilots get a well-deserved night’s sleep to do everything all over again on Sunday at exactly the same times. As always you can follow all free training sessions on the channels of the organization. As always, RTBF Auvio is the best place for qualifying, starting at 2:30 PM. If you missed it, you can watch the recap on Eurosport 1 from 6pm. While they jump in live 50 minutes later, RTBF is already there from 18:30. This applies to both Saturday and Sunday.

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