Jenson Button is preparing to debut in the new Extreme E series, which uses specially designed electrical SUVs ODYSSEY. In this series, he will pilot the machine of his JBXE team, and recently, on the roads of Wales, there were two-day tests, which gave him great pleasure.
Jenson Button: "These are great cars, children they like them, because they look like big toys! But at the same time its electric motor develops 550 hp.
I can't change this world, but I will try to help draw attention to existing problems. I thought that Extreme E is an excellent initiative: teams on their electric cars will participate in racing in those places of the planet who suffered from climate change, and we want people about it.
In the series there are teams of three world champions - Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton and mine, and Lewis - the current champion. In addition, piloting machines will be riders, repeatedly overlooking in various championships - in rally, rally-cross, in rally raids. This is the elite of motor racing, and we have never seen everything to come together to perform in off-road races.
This is a cool project! All machines are delivered to the venues of the races by the sea, and on this ship are scientists who examine these territories and will help to understand what you need to take to cope with the problem of climate change - we will hope for it.
I also like that the crews include men and women. I always believed that they should compete on a par with guys, because in motor racing there are no special physical exertion, and I want to quickly go to the start to perform together in these races.
In the UK, after ten with something, the sale of cars with engines of internal combustion will stop, they will remain in the past, and races on cars with gasoline engines will lose all meaning. The future of motor racing, all his species is uniquely connected with electricity.
When you click on the accelerator pedal on the Extreme E car, you immediately feel this power. It is so amazing that all conversations about V8 engines and their sound must be stopped. Definitely, I'm already going to purchase an electric car. "
Source: Formula 1 on F1news.ru