The primary 5 locations within the groups’ rating are in actual fact occupied by solely three producers. Porsche, the sturdy chief, and buyer workforce Andretti in fifth, whereas Jaguar is in third outpaced by its buyer squad Envision Racing. Fourth place, only one level behind the British producer, goes to the DS Penske workforce.
However DS Penske has scored probably the most factors, 75, within the final three races, on circuits that everybody was discovering. The Franco-American workforce reaped the rewards of its work and took benefit of its expertise within the self-discipline to attain on unfamiliar floor.
In Berlin, all of the groups will discover a completely acquainted circuit: the historic Tempelhof airport. This atypical, very handy, and centrally situated venue has hosted all of the German races of the championship since its inception in 2014, except the 2015 version which came about within the Mitte district, at Alexanderplatz.
Berlin can be a double-header, like this weekend, and the situation was the scene of six consecutive races in 2020 amidst a well being disaster. The observe layouts had been totally different and utilized in each instructions, however the ultra-rough concrete floor would be the identical this yr.
Nevertheless, because the Gen3s will probably be racing there for the primary time, as will their new Hankook tyres, that are perceived as very totally different by the drivers in comparison with the Michelin tires of earlier seasons, it nonetheless offers loads of unknowns for the drivers.
Stoffel Vandoorne, Staff Penske
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DS Cars has good reminiscences in Berlin
Porsche has by no means gained a race at dwelling, however final yr the German producer positioned each of its automobiles within the factors within the first race, and one within the second.
At the moment, it was one other German squad, Mercedes, which dominated the proceedings by putting its 4 automobiles (these of the manufacturing facility workforce and people of its consumer Venturi) within the first 4 locations of the second E-Prix.
Stoffel Vandoorne, now with DS Penske, was third on the rostrum for each races final yr. Within the Berlin opener final yr, solely the DS Techeetah of Jean-Eric Vergne, second on the end, challenged the German domination when the Venturi of Edoardo Mortara gained.
DS Cars has discovered reminiscences of Berlin, as a result of it was on the Tempelhof observe that it gained its second constructors’ championship title in 2020, when Antonio Felix da Costa, then Vergne’s team-mate, gained the drivers’ title forward of Vandoorne.
As we speak Vandoorne is with DS Penske with Vergne, Da Costa is with Porsche with Pascal Wehrlein, whereas Sam Fowl, a veteran of the self-discipline alongside Mitch Evans, desires of being a champion on the wheel of his Jaguar.
This yr, the Berlin E-Prix will happen nearly a month earlier, with doubtlessly totally different climate, and inevitably cooler than the final three E-Prix. Who will emerge victorious from this three-way match between Porsche, Jaguar, and DS?
Will they be challenged by Envision or Andretti, or by one other workforce that has remained below the radar? And what about Maserati, which isn’t having the season it had hoped for and which could have the ability to put all of it collectively in Berlin?
The reply will probably be given on Sunday night on the finish of the 2 E-Prix, which will even mark the changeover to the second a part of the 2023 season.