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Nelson Piquet, driver of Team China for Formula E Beijing ePRIX talked to SNTV on Wednesday ahead of the first world all-electric championship in Beijing this weekend.
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SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Nelson Piquet Jr., driver, Team China, Formula E Beijing ePRIX, on why joining team China
"I joined Team China because I thought it is a good opportunity for me. Obviously it is a very good team. When we were testing in England for the first few times, Team China were very quick. We came to a great agreement and it happened. Sometimes drivers don't come to the right agreement with other teams, for me, Team China was the right fit."
SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Nelson Piquet Jr., driver, Team China, Formula E Beijing ePRIX, on difference of driving E-car
"I have driven all kinds of cars in my life, from Formula 1 to rally cars so basically you can imagine that I raced and I won already. But obviously driving an electric car is very much different from anything else. It has the power, the turn, the brakes are the same but for a driver I have been used to hearing noises for the last 20 years in my career and suddenly you go out on to the track and hear no noise and only hear the tyres and the gear box, it's a different impression for sure, it's a little bit weird but I think this is the future, so we adapt to it but of course in the beginning it's a strange feeling when you are going into a corner, down shifting and you don't hear the engine revving, sometimes it's bit weird but we have to get used to it, I have got used to it already."
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'Formula E is the future', says Team China's Piquet
Thursday, September 11 2014Category:Racing