The level of energy deployment necessary for a good race on a proper road course is made possible by Formula E’s still relatively new Pit Boost fast-charging, which I think is one of the most underrated technical developments in racing recently. Not only does it reduce the amount of in-race management, increase the strategic options, and create great mid-race jeopardy, this level of fast-charging seems among the most likely of all current technologies in motorsports to have massive consumer benefits.

The letter is, well, sweeping. It criticizes the stewarding, the race direction, the rules, and even the leadership’s understanding of what the racing product is. They want an overhaul that puts people who understand Formula E racing specifically in charge, as well as better feedback and decision-making mechanisms.

And, like, fair enough. But it doesn’t seem like team management had much of a view into this move, and drivers going rogue doesn’t seem like the most likely route to professionalizing the series. What it’s gotten them so far is another round of “Formula E is a shit show” headlines.

2023 Formula E champion Jake Dennis has been one of the biggest prospects, as he has been rumored to be considering leaving Andretti after a drop in form over the past couple seasons. He says he was weighing multiple serious offers, but he decided to stay with the team that gave him his rookie ride. To be fair, taking a glance around the motorsport world, I wouldn’t leave the TWG stable right now, either.

Previous generations of Formula E rules have only allowed completely new homologations for mid-rule-cycle Evo updates to the whole platform. Now, instead, the series will give each team allotments of development tokens for specific systems that they can deploy as needed for joker upgrades. This is not only less expensive than having to develop and homologate whole new cars while suffering with the flaws of the current one until the Evo, it means teams will be bringing different updates at different times, which will inject some surprise into the field.

Everything we’ve seen from Cadillac F1 so far has this nice, understated, black/white/silver thing going, but their test livery did not suggest impeccable taste. Are they going to sully the car with neon booger green? Will Cadillac be the new Kick Sauber?

Also worthy of note was Porsche driver Nico Müller, who took his first pole position in Formula E.

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All right, it would be negligent not to point out that Citroën is much closer to a rebrand than a new team that should be getting all warm and fuzzy about out-of-the-gate success, and in fact it might be argued the team had some unfair advantages getting going, but come on, this is a glorious win no matter how you slice it.

Dan Ticktum, though — as is his wont — had a miserable time.