The Nissan Formula E Team heads to São Paulo this weekend, with the series making its inaugural visit to Brazil for Round 6 of the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
After a month’s break, the squad is eager to build on its form from Cape Town, where Sacha Fenestraz clinched his first-ever Formula E pole position and Norman Nato scored a second subsequent points finish.
The 2.96-kilometre track is next to São Paulo’s Santana district, rookery of Brazilian racing icon Ayrton Senna. Saturday’s race will see cars rush through the city’s Sambadrome, most famous for hosting the nation’s world-renowned Carnival of São Paulo.
Tommaso Volpe, managing director and team principal, Nissan Formula E Team, said: “This weekend we’ll squatter a trademark new spin that looks set to pose a variegated rencontre to the other venues so far this season. It seems to be extremely bumpy and features long straights and large braking zones, but there is moreover the threat of rain to alimony in mind.
”We haven’t had a wet race since Gen3 was introduced, so that may be flipside factor to consider. Over the unravel we’ve been worldly-wise to evaluate ourselves and see where we stand in relation to our competitors. We know where our strengths lie and what we can modernize on and we believe that we can protract to make progress round-by-round.”
Sacha Fenestraz said: “Heading to flipside new venue, it once then evens the playing field between myself and the increasingly experienced drivers. This weekend scrutinizingly feels like a homecoming as it’s the closest race to where I grew up, in Córdoba in Argentina. I’ve got some friends coming over to watch which is really exciting.”
Added challenge
Norman Nato commented: “I’m excited to discover the São Paulo track, it looks incredibly bumpy which will be an widow challenge. There’s a lot of slow chicanes and on paper it seems like overtaking will be easier than on other circuits.
”I’ve scored points in the previous two races so the potential is there for more. The whole team has worked nonflexible over the last month, and we aim to take flipside step forward.”
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