| Spark SRT05e | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Car Details | ||
| Manufacturer |  Dallara Spark Racing Technologies
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| Model | SRT05e | |
| Chassis | Carbon Fibre/Aluminium monocoque | |
| Motor | Various | |
| Battery |  McLaren Applied Technologies
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| Tyres | Michelin
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| Formula E Record | ||
| Début |  2018 Ad Diriyah E-Prix
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| Entries | 0 (0 Starts) | |
| Entrants | Audi; BMW; DS; Jaguar Racing; Mahindra; Mercedes-Benz; NIO; Nissan; Penske; Porsche; Venturi | |
| Poles | Wins | F.L.s |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 | |
| T.P.s | 0 | |
The Spark SRT05e, also known as the Spark Generation 2 or Gen 2, is a race car chassis, to be used as the base car for the ABB FIA Formula E Championship between the 2018/19 and 2021/22 Championship.[1] Built by Spark Racing Technologies with assistance from Dallara as a replacement for the Spark-Renault SRT_01E, the Gen 2 was be the first FE car capable of completing a full race distance, having been fitted with a battery constructed by McLaren Applied Technologies.[1]
22 Gen 2s were sold to the eleven entrants 2018/19 Formula E Championship, along with a full set of spares for each chassis, with two additional examples retained by the series for promotional events.[1] The examples sold to the teams were then be retrofitted with powertrains developed by one of FE's nine approved manufacturers for season five, as per the FIA's regulations.[1]
The SRT05e was to receive a "face-lift" ahead of the 2020/21 Championship, identified as the "Evo" package, which will implement "self-punishing" bodywork after complaints about aggressive driving in the SRT05e's debut season.[2] However, this implementation would be delayed due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, with tentative plans to introduce the update in 2021/22.[3]
The Gen2 Evo project was canceled altogether in May 2020, with Formula E instead focusing on developing the Gen3 for the 2022-23 season.
Competitive History[]
The Gen 2 made its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show on the 6 March 2018, with deliveries to teams following soon after for testing.[4] The SRT05e subsequently made its public test debut during the 2018 Valencia Test, which was attended by all eleven entrants to the 2018/19 season with nine different manufacturers building powertrains.[5] The fastest time of the test would be recorded by António Félix da Costa at the wheel of the BMW iFE.18 variant of the Gen 2, a 1:16.977, while Nelson Piquet Jr. covered the most distance in the Jaguar powered version.[5]
Development History[]
Spark Racing Technologies were among a number of companies to apply for the tender to build a new FE car for the 2018/19 season when the FIA and Formula E Holdings opened applications in March 2016.[6] They won the tender with ease having successfully obtained the tender for the first FE car, the Spark-Renault SRT_01E back in 2012, and immediately announced that Italian racing specialists Dallara would partner them on the project once again.[7] The design process began late in 2016, with several proposed designs submitted to the FIA and Formula E for approval.[1]
Formula Creative[]
The FIA and FE approved one of the Spark designs in early 2017, releasing several CAD renderings by Spark in February 2017.[8] These designs were steadily evolved over 2017, with Spark and Dallara ultimately getting approval to build a version of their final design at the end of the 2017 season.[1] The final design was revealed on the 30 January 2018 with a series of HD images and renderings of the new car, dubbed the "Gen 2", with the full public unveiling of the first chassis staged for the 6 March 2018 at the Geneva Motor Show.[1]
Spark SRT05e Evo[]
The first official renders of the Spark SRT05e Evo package.
After receiving widespread praise for its radical design, the FIA and Formula E agreed to extend the use of the SRT05e for an additional season, meaning it would serve as the base chassis for the series for four seasons.[9] This announcement was followed by news that the SRT05e would receive a "facelift" ahead of the 2020/21 season, which was designed to "punish" drivers for making contact.[2] The update was requested by several drivers and teams after the SRT05e proved particularly robust during its debut season in 2018/19, allowing drivers to be more aggressive than they otherwise could have been.[2]
The first images of the "Evo" update to the SRT05e were revealed on 4 February 2020, and would show major revisions to the front and rear bodywork.[10] The bodywork covering the front wheels was removed, and instead replaced with a Spark-Renault SRT-01E-style front wing, designed to be more delicate than the original.[10] At the rear, meanwhile, the coverings over the rear wheels had been removed, and were instead replaced by a shark-fin down the spine of the chassis, as well as a pair of angled winglets to form a partial rear-wing.[11]
Production of the "Evo" update was cancelled entirely to introduce the Gen 3 car for the 2022-23 season.
Specifications[]
A full report of the Spark Gen 2's technical specification was released on the 6 March 2018, alongside the reveal of the first fully built chassis.[4] The major features of the specification are shown below:
Dimensions:
- Overall length: 5,160 mm
- Wheelbase: 3,100 mm
- Overall width: 1,770 mm
- Track width: 1,553 mm
- Overall height: 1,505 mm
- Ride height: 75 mm (max)
- Weight (inc. driver): 900 kg
- Battery: 385 kg
- Tyres: Michelin Pilot Sport - 18" (treaded)
- Front width: 260 mm
- Front diameter: 650 mm
- Rear width: 305 mm
- Rear diameter: 690 mm
- Brakes: Brembo
Performance:
- Maximum power: 250 kW (c.335 bhp)
- Race mode: 200 kW (c.270 bhp)
- Maximum speed: 280 km/h (174 mph)*
- 0-100kph (0-62mph): 2.8s
* It was originally reported that the Spark Gen 2 could reach over 300 km/h.[15]
Full Formula E Record[]
The full results for the Spark SRT05e are shown below:
References[]
Videos and Images:
- 'Introducing: the Gen2 Formula E car', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 30/01/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/january/introducing-the-gen2-formula-e-car/, (Accessed 30/01/2018)
References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 'Introducing: the Gen2 Formula E car', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 30/01/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/january/introducing-the-gen2-formula-e-car/, (Accessed 30/01/2018)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Alex Kalinauckas, 'Formula E set for new “self-punishing” front end design', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 06/08/2019), https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/self-punishing-front-end-facelift/4509302/, (Accessed 30/10/2019)
- ↑ Sam Smith, 'FORMULA E TO DELAY GEN2 EVO CAR', therace.com, (The Race, 09/04/2020), https://the-race.com/formula-e/formula-e-manufacturers-ask-to-delay-gen2-evo-car/, (Accessed 17/06/2020)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedRelease - ↑ 5.0 5.1 'BMW top for all three days of pre-season testing', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 19/10/2018), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2018/october/bmw-top-for-all-three-days-of-pre-season-testing/, (Accessed 19/10/2018)
- ↑ 'FIA puts Formula E battery and chassis supply out to tender', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 04/03/2016), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/march/fia-puts-formula-e-battery-and-chassis-supply-out-to-tender.aspx, (Accessed 31/01/2018)
- ↑ Scott Mitchell', 'Spark to build new Formula E car, cockpit protection device likely', autosport.com, (Haymarket Media, 24/08/2016), https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/125840/fe-set-to-adopt-cockpit-protection-device, (Accessed 31/01/2018)
- ↑ Sam Smith, 'Formula E's concept for new 2018/19 cars unveiled', autosport.com, (Motorsport Network, 12/02/2017), https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/128081/formula-e-new-201819-concept-unveiled, (Accessed 31/01/2018)
- ↑ Sam Smith, 'FORMULA E: Gen 2 Car Update, Extra Season Confirmed', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media, LLC., 18/01/2019), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/gen-2-car-update-extra-season-confirmed/, (Accessed 30/10/2019)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Matt Kew, 'Formula E reveals first pictures of updated Gen2 EVO car', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 04/02/2020), https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/gen2-evo-car-reveal-pictures/4680184/, (Accessed 17/06/2020)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Sam Smith, 'Formula E Confirms Attack Mode Details', e-racing365.com, (John Dagys Media LLC., 03/12/2018), https://e-racing365.com/formula-e/formula-e-confirms-attack-mode-details/, (Accessed 06/12/2018)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedAMode19A - ↑ Scott Mitchell, 'New Formula E car capable of more than 300km/h - champion di Grassi', autosport.com, (Motorsport Network, 31/01/2018), https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/134156/new-fe-car-capable-of-more-than-300kmh, (Accessed 31/01/2018)