Formula E race track Zurich

Formula E race track Zurich

Zurich , Switzerland
Route type:	temporary racetrack
Architect:	Hermann Tilke
Opening:	June 10, 2018
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	Formula E.
Route length:	2.465  km (1.53  mi )
Curves:	11

Coordinates: 47 ° 21 '40.8 "  N , 8 ° 32' 7.2"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-two thousand eight hundred forty-seven  /  246188

The Zurich Formula E race track is a temporary street circuit for races in the FIA Formula E championship in Zurich with a length of 2.465 km. On June 10, 2018, the only Zurich E-Prix to date took place on this route as part of the 2017/18 season ; the event was moved to Bern in 2019 .

course

The renowned engineering office Tilke Ingenieure & Architekten from Hermann Tilke was responsible for the design of the course .

The course in Zurich takes you on public roads in the Enge district of urban district 2 , directly on the shores of Lake Zurich . It runs counterclockwise and consists of eleven curves. The Mythenquai forms the start-finish straight , then the route turns right behind the arboretum into General-Guisan-Quai. There is a 90-degree left bend in front of the Red Castle , then the route leads over Stockerstrasse and after two further 90-degree left bends over Dreikönigstrasse and Genferstrasse. The route then turns right into Gotthardstrasse, and then left again onto Alfred-Escher-Strasse, which forms the back straight. At the intersection with General-Wille-Strasse, this straight line is interrupted by a chicane . This is followed by a hairpin with which the route turns left back onto Mythenquai.

Since the approval of the race provides for the establishment and control of a speed limit , a speed limit of 220 km / h applies on the route.

To be held in 2018

In 2018, construction work began around two weeks before the race. The streets on which the race took place were closed to traffic on Friday evening, 48 hours before the start of the first Zurich E-Prix. This was widely diverted. Local residents sometimes had to park their vehicles at Albisgüetli in advance. The last work was done shortly before the race. Since the route crosses the rails of tram line 5 , it did not run from Friday evening to Monday morning either. Paid grandstands were built at several points along the route. The garages in the pit lane and some of the bridges that make the area enclosed by the racetrack accessible were made of wood. The so-called eVillage was located in the park at the Arboretum on Mythen- and General-Guisan-Quai , where the public could watch the race on the big screen and get information about electric mobility at stands . According to the Zurich City Police, the first event attracted over 100,000 spectators. The blocking of the corresponding streets was lifted at 5 a.m. the day after the race.

In order to better follow the race, visitors climb various street signs and roofs of houses. As a result of the overload, a fiber cement slab in a parking garage broke, a man fell around three meters and sustained moderate injuries.

Cancellation of the 2019 event

On September 4, 2018, the Zurich City Council canceled the race planned for June 9, 2019 on the circuit. Since the ten-year anniversary of the Zurich Pride Festival will take place in addition to the Züri Fäscht in summer 2019 , the population did not want to expect another major event in the same summer. It was also communicated that if the event were to be held in 2020, the route would have to be relocated to another location, where the residents would be less stressed. As a replacement, Bern stepped in with its own new racetrack .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zurich ePrix 2018. Tilke GmbH & Co. KG, accessed on June 11, 2018 . 
2. ↑ The race. (No longer available online.) In: Formula E - Electric car race Zurich. Swiss E-Prix Operations AG, archived from the original on May 13, 2018 ; accessed on May 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Switzerland - Formula E is allowed to drive in Switzerland . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on June 11, 2018]).
4. ^ The race track signs just arrived. Swiss E-Prix Operations AG on Twitter , June 6, 2018, accessed on June 11, 2018 . 
5. ↑ ePrix Zurich of June 10, 2018. In: Zurich City Police. May 22, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Because of Formula E: Traffic is diverted. Retrieved June 11, 2018 . 
7. ^ Formula E: Intensive development work. Retrieved June 11, 2018 . 
8. ↑ FAQ. (No longer available online.) In: Formula E - Electric car race Zurich. Swiss E-Prix Operations AG, archived from the original on June 12, 2018 ; accessed on June 10, 2018 . 
9. ↑ How Zurich is preparing for its Formula E race. In: Bluewin. June 7, 2018, accessed June 9, 2018 . 
10. ^ Daniel Fritzsche, Remo Geisser: 7½ questions and answers about the Formula E race in Zurich . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 9, 2018 ( nzz.ch [accessed June 9, 2018]).
11. ↑ ^{a b} Positive balance of the Formula E-Prix . June 11, 2018 ( polizeiticker.ch [accessed June 11, 2018]).
12. ↑ Thomas Wyss: "Formula E ade" - Zurich quarter defends itself against new car races. Tagesanzeiger.ch, June 20, 2018, accessed on September 5, 2018 . 
13. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Zurich cancels Formula E race for 2019, replacement race in Bern? e-Formel.de, September 4, 2018, accessed on September 6, 2018 . 
14. ^ City Council of Zurich, Security Department: No Formula E races in Zurich in 2019. Media release. In: City of Zurich. September 4, 2018, accessed September 6, 2018 .