Mahindra driver Alexander Sims noted that the Puebla track in Mexico is “quite extreme by Formula E standards” and that it will put an additional load on the tires over the weekend.
“I think the track is quite extreme for Formula E standards in terms of the amount of long, flowing corners that we’ve got here in Puebla,” said the 33-year-old.
He also pointed out that there are few straight lines on the track that will test the tires and the drivers’ ability to identify the exact moment of a tire change so that they do not decrease.
Sims expects to spend more time putting together the attack mode in Puebla compared to a more traditional street venue, and cautioned that drivers will rejoin the track at roughly the same speed as everyone else after enabling the extra power mode that the city offers. Formula E.
“I think it’s going to be a tough corner on 250kW in qualifying, especially at the end of the lap when the tyres are probably getting pretty hot and struggling I think 1.5s is sometimes the case when the attack mode is just offline on some corner configurations but this looks like it should be more, maybe 2-2.5s time loss,” explained the British on the “Attack Mode”.
Sims, who achieved his first podium as a Mahindra driver in Rome, has 24 points in the standings and 14th place in the table.
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“I think there are going to be walls as well. So although we are on a permanent circuit it’s still going to be the same situation as all the other street tracks where you are going to be squeezed up against the wall. So that’s going to be critical to come out in clean air, “he said.
The 1.85-mile counterclockwise loop is only the second permanent track on the 2020/21 FE calendar after Valencia, which hosted a couple of events in April after having also run the only pre-season test late last year. .
Formula E will make its first visit to the Autodromo Miguel E. Abed this weekend. The series’ preferred location in Mexico City is not available for the races as it currently houses a temporary hospital for COVID-19 patients.
Written by | Gabriel Sayago
