With former Formula 1 driver Nick Heldfeld at the wheel, Mahindra will hold its first public demonstration of the new Formula E Gen3 car at next weekend's Goodwood Festival
Formula E's new Gen3 car will race in public for the first time next week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. Nick Heidfeld, a former F1 driver, will be piloting the car for the first time in front of the fans, using Mahindra's M9Electro on the uphill track at the event, which runs from June 23rd to June 26th.
The Formula E teams began receiving their new cars last month and have already taken to the track to test the new models, which will be the fastest in the history of the category. Porsche was the first to release images of the car, followed by Jaguar and NIO.
Heidfeld is far from being a stranger at Mahindra. The driver was a starter for the team for three seasons in Formula E, before leaving the track for good in 2018 and taking up a position as a consultant for the British-based Indian car manufacturer.
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The German has experience in Goodwood: he has already set the speed record for the event, completing the track in 41s6 with his 1999 McLaren - a mark that was only broken 20 years later.
The new Formula E Gen3 car promises to be the fastest in the history of the category, with a top speed of up to 322 km/h. The single-seater will be the first to feature power trains at the front and rear, with the front being responsible for regenerating up to 250 kW of braking energy. At the rear, the 350 kW of power makes the new cars more than twice as powerful as the current ones.
In addition, the brakes will be completely different - for the first time, they will not be hydraulic. As the new batteries will have a very high efficiency - up to 95% - it is expected that the total energy recovered by the drivers during the races will represent up to 40% of the total energy spent in the race.