FIA president Jean Todt insists the new electric single-seater racing series, Formula E, will benefit other motorsports series, including Formula 1.
F1 has moved to hybrid systems this season as it looks to become more environmentally friendly, but the power units are still in their infancy. Todt reckons FE’s focus on sustainable racing will filter up and down to other series.
“We can expect development in batteries, motor technology and security issues that can be transferred with other series such as F1, WEC etc,” he told the official Formula E website.
“You always learn from one championship to another one. For example, what generates a lot of cost is aerodynamic development and in Formula E it’s quite limited, which I think is a good thing because sometime you see how complicated aerodynamics are on a car.
“You take Formula 1 now with all the little winglets that require so much wind tunnel testing. So I would say let’s try to develop as much that can be transferred to a city car.”
The series launches next week with the inaugural Beijing Grand Prix
