Lucas di Grassi has praised the investigation carried out by the FIA following a battery fire in Formula E pre-season testing and says he “felt 100% safe” once running resumed.
Testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain was postponed following a battery fire in the garage of battery supplier WAE on Tuesday afternoon. Following an investigation by the FIA and WAE, which concluded that “none of the batteries present the same type of symptoms as the unit that failed”, testing resumed on Thursday afternoon and across Friday with no issues.
The FIA also confirmed that the batteries used at testing last week, and which will go back to WAE prior to the season opener in Mexico City, were the same specification as used last year in all 22 cars, which was also the first year of the Gen3 machine. “We are at the edge of battery technology there with these batteries being able to recharge at 600kW, so I don't think there is any other battery in the world that has this capacity,” added di Grassi.
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