Strong recovery performance on the streets of Rome goes unrewarded for MS&AD Andretti Formula E team.

Rome. BMW works driver Félix da Costa (POR) put in an
impressive recovery performance in the seventh race of the ABB FIA
Formula E Championship in Rome (ITA). Watched by Klaus Fröhlich,
Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development and BMW
Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt, the MSAD Andretti Formula E
team Portuguese driver fought his way up through the field after
starting from last place on the grid. Félix da Costa reached the
top-ten after his pit stop but fell back during the closing phase of
the first Rome E-Prix, crossing the line in 11th place.
After 33 laps, his team-mate Tom Blomqvist (GBR) finished in
15th position.

 

Félix da Costa had started the race from 20th place after
an unfortunate collision during qualifying, while Blomqvist secured
12th position in the qualifying session. The next event is
scheduled to take place in two weeks’ time: the Paris E-Prix will be
held in the French capital on 28th April.

 

Reactions on the Rome E-Prix

 

António Félix da Costa, MSAD Andretti Formula E,
11th place:
“It was a good recovery during the
race after the incident in qualifying when we had to start the race
from the very last position. We chose an aggressive strategy by doing
a short first stint. I overtook a lot of cars and used the energy very
well. We knew that the second stint would be hard because we had less
energy than the others but we came home just short of scoring points
in 11th. I think we showed that we had some potential to
score some solid points this weekend. We take the positives and go to
the next one.”

 

Tom Blomqvist, MSAD Andretti Formula E, 15th
place:
“It was a difficult race. I was hit from behind and
spun around on the second lap which put me into last place. Then we
ran out of energy on the last lap before coming in for the pit stop
and got stuck in the pit lane. We lost a lot of time there. Basically
from there the race was extremely compromised and it was pretty
disappointing not being able to have a clean run. That would have been
nice after a decent qualifying.”

 

 

The BMW i Fleet

BMW i is once again “Official Vehicle Partner” of the ABB FIA Formula
E Championship in Season 4. Spearheading the BMW i fleet is the new
BMW i8 Coupé, modified with BMW M components (combined fuel
consumption: 1.9 l/100 km; combined energy consumption 14.0 kWh/100
km; combined CO2 emissions: 42 g/km)*. As well as the BMW i8 Coupé,
the BMW i fleet for the ABB Formula E Championship also includes the
new BMW i3s (combined fuel consumption: 0.0 l/100 km; combined energy
consumption: 14.3 kWh; combined CO2 emissions: 0 g/km)* as “Medical
Car” and “Race Director Car”, and the BMW X5 xDrive40e (combined fuel
consumption: 3.4 – 3.3 l/100 km; combined energy consumption: 15.4 to
15.3 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 78 – 77 g/km)* in its role as
“Rescue Car”. 

 

* The fuel consumption and CO2 emissions figures shown
were determined according to the European Regulation (EC) 715/2007 in
the version applicable at the time of type approval. The figures refer
to a vehicle with basic configuration in Germany and the range shown
considers the different size of the selected wheels and tires.

 

The CO2 efficiency specifications are determined according
to Directive 1999/94/EC and the Pkw-EnVKV, and based (for
classification) on the fuel consumption and CO2 values as
per the NEDC cycle.

 

Further information on official fuel consumption figures and specific
CO2 emission values of new passenger cars is included in
the following guideline: “Leitfaden über Kraftstoffverbrauch, die
CO2-Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer
Personenkraftwagen” (Guideline for fuel consumption,
CO2 emissions and electric power consumption of new
passenger cars), which can be obtained free of charge from all
dealerships and at https://www.dat.de/en/offers/publications/guideline-for-fuel-consumption.html.