Formula E Hyderabad: John Eric Vergne WINS the Formula E Hyderabad race. Envision’s Cassidy and Sebastian Beumi finish on P2 & P3 respectively. A wonderful race, saw Cassidy trying his best to take the lead from the Frenchman but the former F1 race kept his calm to win a thrilling race. Unfortunately, it was a horror show for Jaguar after Bird hit Evans in a bid to overtake, thereby taking both cars out of the race. The Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix as it is commonly known is a 2.8 km street circuit that saw the country hosting the first-ever electric motor racing event. Follow Formula E Hyderabad Highlights on InsideSport.IN
IT’S P1 FOR @JeanEricVergne IN HYDERABAD 🇮🇳🏆@GreenkoIndia #HyderabadEPrix pic.twitter.com/GQbtsQ1jsD
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) February 11, 2023
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Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix Schedule
February 10
Free Practice 1: 4:25 pm to 5:15 pm
February 11
Free Practice 2: 8:05 am to 8:55 am
Qualifying: 10:40 am to 11:55 am
Race: 3:03 pm to 4:30 pm
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With FP1 being over, it is now time for the Final Day. Saturday will be a busy day. The FP2 session will be a 50-minute session starting at 8:05 AM in the morning. Unlike F1, there will not be FP3. From 10:40 AM the Qualifying session will start which will continue till 11:55 AM.
Finally, the race will kick start at 3:03 PM and is expected to come to a close at 4:30 PM
Free Practice 1 Highlight –
History was made in Hyderabad as the ABB FIA Formula E Championship completed its first day of on-track action in India. It was Envision Racing’s Sebastien Buemi who set the early pace, topping the time sheets at the end of Free Practice 1 with a time of 1m15.088s.
After a delayed start to the session, all cars made their way onto the 2.835km street circuit. However, just minutes into FP1, the TAG Heuer Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein brought out a red flag after a big impact at Turn 18.
Our first ever timed session in India is complete! 🇮🇳@Sebastien_Buemi goes fastest with a time of 1m15.088s ⏱️@GreenkoIndia #HyderabadEPrix
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) February 10, 2023
Formula E Hyderabad LIVE Streaming Details
The Formula E Hyderabad will be Telecasted on the Star Sports Network (Star Sports Select 2). The Live Streaming will also be available on Disney + HotStar in India.
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The podium finishers of the inaugural Formula E race in India on Saturday will not get to ‘pop the champagne’, a decades-old tradition in motorsport, as part of the victory celebrations. Instead, they will have to make do with confetti cannons.
Keeping the ‘local customs’ in mind, all stakeholders of the Hyderabad race – promoters Greenko, Telangana government, Formula E and the series champagne sponsor Moet & Chandon – have decided to not use the bubbly on the podium.
Formula E also respects the local tradition and customs, too, and that was the reason why the previous round in Saudi Arabia had confetti canons for celebration instead of champagne. The same was decided for the inaugural Formula E race in Muslim majority Indonesia last year.
Alcohol advertising is banned in India, but barring a few states, it is sold in massive quantities around the country. Back in 2020, it was reported that five South Indian states — Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala — consumed half of India’s total liquor consumption. The total consumption of alcoholic beverages in the country was 5 billion litres.
