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How is Formula E different from Formula 1?
Financial Express Mumbai
|February 11, 2023
The Formula E race is happening for the first time in India, on the streets of Hyderabad today; India hosted Formula 1 in 2011-13
ON FEBRUARY 11, ROADS around the Hussain Sagar Lake and NTR Gardens in Hyderabad will see racing cars trying to overtake each other at speeds above 200 km/h.
Unlike the deafening roar of Formula 1 cars, these are Formula E cars that produce sound similar to a fighter jet (or a loud kitchen mixer).
'Formula'refers to rules to which all participants' cars must conform.
Why did Formula E start?
Unlike Formula 1 that is held on closed circuits (race tracks)-and accessible to select few-Formula E was aimed at driving awareness around climate change, and that's why it's held on the streets of global cities. Although you need to buy tickets to watch the race, being held on regular roads makes it look more 'open' and closer to the masses.
The first race was held in Beijing in 2014, and there are yearly seasons. This is season nine (2022-23).
Formula 1, on the other hand, is a very old race-started in 1950.
What is season nine?
This story is from the February 11, 2023 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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