(Beijing, April 8, 2022) – This weekend, the Nissan e.dams team will return to Rome for the fourth and fifth races of the 2021-22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Last season, nissan e.dams team won a total of 12 points in two races in Rome, ranking fifth.
In the last race in Mexico City, two of Nissan's e.dams team both advanced into the top ten and won six points, fully demonstrating the strong power of Nissan's Formula E2 (Gen2).
Nissan e.dams team is about to take on Formula E Roma
With this weekend's double race kicking off, the Formula E World Championship will debut in Rome, Italy, for the fourth time, and the drivers will compete at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR circuit at the Esposizione Universale Roma district, a few miles from the Colosseum. The track was built for the 2017-18 Formula E Championship in Rome and was extended last season.
The Rome race will kick off this season's Formula E Championship in Europe, and Nissan Formula E will also have its first typical block track of the season. The Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR circuit has a combination of fast and slow corners, complex road conditions and grip levels, and serious bumps in some sections, which pose a higher challenge for engineers and drivers.
Nissan e.dams drivers Sebastian Buemi and Maximilian Gauntell join forces for Rome
Mr. Tommaso Volpe, Nissan Motor's Director of Global Motorsport, said: "We are looking forward to the upcoming two races in Rome. Last season, our team was far ahead of the competition in Rome. As an Italian, Rome station is quite intimate for me. When I used to live in Rome, I used to drive past the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR circuit on my commute. Of course, during the race, the riders were definitely much faster than I was! ”
"We will make the most of the next two races to validate the power performance of Nissan's formula two-generation formula e (Gen2), which has already helped us to achieve the double top ten in Mexico City. During the short break after the mexico City station, the entire convoy was working hard. We want to achieve better performance and results in the tight and fast schedule that follows. Mr. Tommaso Volpe added.
Gregory and Olivier Driot, team principals at Nissan e.dams, said: "Going back to the Eternal City is always a heart-wrenching one. We've seen a lot of great games here in the past. The weather here is changeable, for example, in last season's race, the weather was cold, the track was slippery, and we needed to make full preparations for the condition of the tires according to the weather. Nissan's e.dams team improved in their last stop in Mexico City and we are looking forward to winning more points at Roma. ”
The challenging Circuit roma will validate the excellent performance of Nissan's Formula E2 (Gen2).
This season, nissan e.dams will continue to combine the Formula E Championship with Nissan's electric vehicle offerings. Nissan e.dams driver Sebastien Buemi will race in the No. 23 car named after the new all-electric crossover SUV, Nissan Ariya. Maximilian Guenther, who is also in the team, will race in the No. 22 car named after Nissan LEAF, Nissan's all-electric model.
Nissan aims to bring the driving excitement and fun of zero-emission electric vehicles to consumers around the world by participating in the Formula E Championship. Nissan Plans to Achieve Carbon Neutrality of the Entire Enterprise's Operations and Product Lifecycle* by 2050. At the same time, Nissan Motor plans to achieve 100% electric drive of new models in its core markets in the early 2030s. Nissan translates its accumulated knowledge and technology on the track and on the road to create a better electric model for consumers.