Formula E test days from 29 November to 2 December in Valencia/Spain 24.11.2021: Final pre-season tweaks for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team ABB FIA Formula E World Championship test Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 29 November - 02 December 2021 At the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship test days in Valencia, the

Final pre-season tweaks for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team



ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
test Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
29 November - 02 December 2021


At the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship test days in Valencia, the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team launches the final stage of preparations for the upcoming season. The eleven teams and 22 drivers contesting the world’s first electric racing series will complete five test sessions at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo between 29 November and 2 December.


Valencia is an important pre-season test, not least because of the mandated changes to the qualifying and race format. Season 8 takes off on the 28th and 29th of January with a doubleheader event in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Sixteen races on four continents make up the 2021/2022 Formula E calendar.



After 2019 and 2020, this is the third time that the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team readies itself for the start of the season in Valencia. André Lotterer (GER/#36) and Pascal Wehrlein (GER) flying the new starting number 94, return as regular drivers.



The Porsche 99X Electric will be put through its last paces on the Spanish racetrack, on which two races were contested in season 7 due to pandemic-related changes to the calendar. Engineers at Weissach have updated the software in Porsche’s first electric racing car. The powertrain remains the same. Due to the pandemic, the FIA decided that, for financial reasons, only one drive system can be homologated for seasons 7 and 8.



“This test will give us important insights about where we stand compared to the competition,“ says Amiel Lindesay, Head of Operations Formula E. “The objective is to have two racing cars that are perfectly prepared for a successful start to the season.”




The racetrack

The layout for the test on the Circuit Ricardo Tormo will be the same as that of the 2021 Valencia E-Prix. The 3.376-kilometre circuit with its 15 turns has some critical places such as the tight double-right dog leg (turns 9 and 10) and the bus stop chicane (turns 13 to 15).


The track is driven anticlockwise. Valencia has hosted the official Formula E test since 2017 – making this the fifth time.




Viktoria Wohlrapp- photo Porsche