Electric GT Championship – first two races scheduled

Electric GT
Credit: Autosport

First 2 races of the Electric GT Champioship^1,2,3 are scheduled for 25 & 26 November 2017 at France’s Circuit Paul Ricard. Complete 2017-2018 10-race-schedule is:

25 November – Circuit Paul Ricard, France
26 November – Circuit Paul Ricard, France
January – location to be announced
March – Portugal
April – Italy
May – Germany
June – Belgium
July – The Netherlands
September – U.K.
October – Spain


Electric GT interior
Credit: Evening Standard

Each event will include:
● 20-minute practice session
● 60-minute qualifying, to determine the grid for the first race
● day race – 60km
● dusk race – 60km

http://electriccarsreport.com/2017/04/electric-gt-championship-announces-official-first-race-nov-25-26-france/

http://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/9078/first-electric-gt-championship-race-scheduled

Mark Gemmell, Co-Founder & CEO, Electric GT Holdings Inc., speaks to the Tesla Motors Club about the series in the video below. He’s made a Musk-like investment in the Championship – “All of my money’s in this business, & all my wife’s money’s in the business & a lot of my friends, so we better make this work.”

Formula E: “I do know that if we take our Model S, we take it to the same circuit, we would beat them.”

Formula 1: “This thing is gonna die soon because young folks just are not interested.”



Electric GT on a circuit


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¹ “Tesla Model S racing series”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/03/tesla-model-s-racing-series.html

² “Tesla Model S racer for Electric GT World Series makes an appearance”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2016/10/tesla-model-s-race-car-for-electric-gt.html

³ “Electric GT circuit racing series – lighter, quicker Tesla Model S P100D (video)”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2017/03/electric-gt-circuit-racing-series.html
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