Porsche Taycan revealed as 2022 Formula E Safety Car
18th January 2022Image credit: Porsche
Formula E have announced the Porsche Taycan will become Safety Car for the 2022 season, ahead of its debut at the Saudia Arabian Diriyah E-Prix.
In previous seasons, the safety car role fell to the Mini Electric Pacesetter and BMW Roadster. Now, the upcoming season will introduce the Porsche Taycan as the official safety car of 2022.
The Taycan Turbo S will be outfitted with a special livery, symbolising the 11 teams competing within the championship.
Vice President of Porsche Motorsport, Thomas Laudenbach said:
“We’re proud that Formula E has entrusted a Porsche with this task – one that is important for the safety of its drivers,
“With the Taycan Turbo S as the official safety car, we’re making an important contribution to track safety and also underlining the importance of Formula E for Porsche Motorsport.
“The distinctive design illustrates our commitment to the successful future of this innovative racing series.
“Although we’re rivals out on the track, we’re spreading this message to the world together.
“What’s more, we hope that this also enables us to appeal to a younger target audience who are not yet motorsport fans.”
This move, to bring the Taycan in as the championship safety car, was also supported by Formula E’s CEO, Jamie Reigle.
Reigle said:
“Formula E is delighted the Porsche Taycan Turbo S will serve as the Championship’s safety car from Season 8,
“The Porsche Taycan Turbo S is the pinnacle of high performance electrified vehicles and will light up Formula E city racetracks around the world.
“In designing the Formula E safety car, Porsche reimagined the critical on-track safety function to be a powerful symbol of the championship’s commitment to an electrified future and the unity of the competitors in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.”
With a power output up to 560 kW, in addition to it’s handling and safety performances, the Taycan was an ideal choice for the electric motorsport.
With launch control available, the Porsche model can go from 0-100km/h in a blistering 2.8 seconds.
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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.