Nissan Formula E Team will be targeting a continuation of its strong recent results as the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship travels to Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli for Rounds 6 and 7 of Season 10.
Following Oliver Rowland’s positive performances in Diriyah, São Paulo and at the team’s home event in Tokyo, which has seen him clinch two pole positions and three consecutive podiums, the squad is in good spirits ahead of the first-ever Misano E-Prix.
While the Italian venue is sure to provide a different challenge, the team is buoyed by its current speed, also shown by Sacha Fenestraz’s strong race pace in Tokyo, where he climbed nine positions to almost score points.
Featuring adaptations to the usual Misano layout, most notably in the first sector and a chicane in place of a high-speed right-hand turn on the back straight, the 3.381-kilometre track is sure to challenge drivers and teams in different ways to recent venues. The high-speed nature of the 14-turn track will provide ample overtaking opportunities, particularly with energy management set to play a key role.
The weekend by the Adriatic coast also includes an FP0 session, designed for young drivers to taste Formula E machinery. Nissan Formula E Team’s reserve and simulator driver Caio Collet will get his first experience in the Nissan e-4ORCE 04, having previously clocked several hours on the team’s simulator.
Track action gets underway with FP0 and FP1 both on Friday, with qualifying at 10:20 CEST (UTC +2) and the E-Prix at 15:00 CEST on both Saturday and Sunday.