This next season 2024/2025 will be the eleventh of which has already passed its first decade and which will in turn be the sixth who joined the category in 2019/2020. The brand and the championship are approaching this new stage with enthusiasm and with the certainty that others will follow.
In 2023 working at the same time on three automotive projects, that of Generation 3that of the new Gen3 Evo (which will be used this year) and that of the future Gen4given that .
During a meeting with several media, asked the Formula E co-founder Alberto Longo and the CEO of Porsche Ibérica Tomas Villén how they arrive after having surpassed one the first decade and the other its first five years in the electric single-seater category. “We make the image of a human being, and we have passed the first stage of being babies, and now we begin the stage of adolescence, to continue growing, to continue being the championship that grows the most every year, but we there's a There's still a lot left,” Longo said. “We have a long way to go and it is a top priority to continue to attract brands like Porsche and ultimately growth, growth, growth.”
Villén took the baton and accepted. “Yes, Formula E is going to be a benchmark in competition, because the more you know it, the more you love it, as is the case with electric cars, the more you drive it, the more sensations it gives you. We We are committed to electrification eight years ago but five years ago we decided to become experts in electric mobility, and for us the competition is always This has been a fundamental point to learn it and l 'apply to our production cars, also in combustion.
“It is true that we do not understand electrification without sporting spirit, which is why for us Formula E is a clear commitment in terms of policy or competition strategy of the brand. The time has come for the experience we have already gained takes us to the next level, so that more people know us.
Porsche admits, both in its car sales section and in the competition, that it just needs to win, and after tasting the honeys of success in the recent season 10 with Wehrlein, Florian Modlingerdirector of Porsche Motor, outlined the duties for this year: “Yes, we won the drivers' title, but the team title eluded us last year, and now a new championship is coming, the constructors' championship. This means there are There are two more on the table that we haven't won and that's clearly the goal, to fight for all three until the end.
And in the new season 11, in addition to the Porsche official team and of Andrettithere is another team that will carry the powertrains of the German brand, the famous team Kiro Race (formerly ERT), which will use last year's, while Porsche and Andretti will use the evolved powertrain.
Pascal Wehrlein, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E team
Formula E is a great showcase but also a very useful laboratory, and in this transfer from the track to the road, the world championship will this year inaugurate an interesting measure, that of pit stops for ultra-fast loading (10% charging in 30 seconds, which means a power level of 600 kilowatts).
Pascal Wehrlein welcomes it with optimism, not only for the team but also for the brand: “I think that for us, as a manufacturer, it is an important issue, because we have this transfer from trams to racing cars or vice versa. And everything we learn here, maybe in the future it will be in the Taycan or the electric Macan, so we support the idea.
“We like the idea of fast charging. We like to support it and, especially for us as a manufacturer, it's important. All the data and everything we learn here on the track will also be transferred to our cars from road “And Fast charging is a topic for all consumers around the world who use electric cars, so for us it makes sense and it's another area where we can have a lot of data transfer. »
