Lately we saw Audi
factory driver René Rast
do all sorts of things in terms of racing, be it the R8 LMS GT3
he is usually in, the R18 e-tron Quattro LMP1
he drove last year, the Ligier JS P2
LMP2 from G-Drive Racing and other cars
on RaceRoom and Project CARS as shown on his YouTube channel, and the
list will have another entry as he will step into Formula
E for the Berlin ePrix, to be held next
weekend, on May 21st.
The deal arraged for
Rast was a one-off race as he stands in for the leading driver of
Team Aguri,
Antônio Felix da Costa,
as he will give priority to his commitments in DTM
with BMW,
and although Adam Carroll
was the most possible addition from the shortlist, in the end the
German driver will be the one in the cockpit.
Although the cars
where Rast raced were way bigger than the Formula BMW cars from 12
years ago or the Spark-McLaren SRT01_E,
his experience in multiple types of machinery, specially counting the
last three seasons, may give the skills needed to get used to the car
quickly, as well to the details related to the electric powertrain.
The decision to
stick with the standard powertrain made Team Aguri’s
competitiveness decrease, with even Felix da Costa not going past
some point scoring drives, while the other car saw the third driver
step in this season in Ma Qing Hua,
with Nathanaël Berthon and Salvador Durán leaving their seat after
three races each.
Rast already did
some simulator training to get a hang of the car and he didn’t seem
to be worried about being quick right away, and with the FIA
WEC drivers being a strong majority in
the series, he may not let the German fans down.
PHOTO: G-Drive Racing
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