The Best Formula E Race Ever? | What We Learned At The Marrakesh E-Prix

The 2019 Marrakesh E-Prix will go down as one of the most action packed races in the history of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship! A remarkable victory, plus plenty of drama on track means this race will live long in the memory. Saunders talks us through what we learned in Marrakesh.


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[goffc]

It's a shame we couldn't watch it cause there was no live transmission here

[MAmeer-gsrg]

"Best Formula E ever"
The title is like Salt in the wounds after There was no Live stream

[CubiReviews]

Da Costa missed the breaking point as did Sims. So to me it's a clear racing incident. I just hope that Audi finds some pace and that we'll see more races like this one. Loved every second!

[ludovictalbot]

Formula e is improving a lot and I think people should stop being so "F1 fans" and become "racing fans", more open to another form of racing. I'm not saying F1 is boring or anything, only saying Fe Indycar and Nascar have good races!

[jonsnow]

The fact that Da Costa took the blame makes him really likeable
Certainly not something you expect from a racing driver

[TheChrisD]

What we learned is that F-E likes to shoot itself in the foot with geoblocking.

[embeddedtech]

I got to know of formula e on YouTube and then suddenly out of nowhere they decided not to live stream nor upload the race. Am so disappointed but I will always be a fan nonetheless

[mohamedyassine]

I was there and it was amazing to see those Gen2 cars fighting ! That's why we love formula E

[LightBWK]

Not sure what happened in the race. Cannot watch it. Quite disappointed.

[teroalho]

Amazing FE you have deliver it. This gen2 car is piece of gold.

[sewashburn]

What's the point of having a race if you can't watch it?

[DerekHurst]

Was the YouTube live and available replay of the Saudi race a one off? I was hoping to watch yesterday's race the same way.

[zipplait]

We learned that people was missing YouTube streams or at least re-live of race

[nerfmono]

A weekend to forget for my favorite driver, Stoffel Vandoorne. Had so much potential after fastest s1 in quali but then his car shut down, and in the race it was over after only 1 turn. I really hope the dark horse stops following him.

[MayankAbhishek]

I believe Dcosta tried running Sims wide which ultimately harm himself. He has no one to blame. The opportunity was there for victory and Sims went for it which he should be doing. Racing incident indeed

[roxannelyson]

I'm still going with Techeetah. Technical infringements during the first race knocked them from 1-2 and they still finished P2 and P5. This race, driver errors pushed them to the back. Andre locked up during quali and started P20. Jev spun on the the first turn and ended up P21. Yet, they finished P5 and P6. Lose the mistakes and no one can touch them.

[pedromrgdias]

Da Costa was surprised by Sims' late breaking and tried to counter. Big mistake, as Sims would not manage to go on the outside without jeopardising both cars. Hence DAC trying to counter was finally the one to blame. Or better, the second in line to blame. This is primarily a team management mistake.

[theflagstand]

I went away with 13 minutes remaining because of a commercial break, with Da Costa and Sims leading. When I returned about 5 minutes later, Da Costa was standing behind the wall off the track, safety car was deployed, Sims had dropped to third and D'Ambrosio was suddenly leading. You could say I felt like I missed something...

[ReynaldoRoman]

I’m just excited the races are now on YouTube in the states. I can actually keep up with the season.

[StephenBoyd]

Brilliant race. Attack mode really works to mix things up a bit.