During the Rome E-Prix weekend, LWOS got to chat with Sacha Fenestraz, the Nissan driver and the youngest on the grid.
The Frenchman debuted in Formula E in 2022 when he replaced the injured Antonio Giovinazzi for the Seoul ePrix. This season, Nissan contracted Fenestraz alongside Norman Nato. The 23-year-old is in 13th place in the Championship and scored his first pole earlier this year at the Cape Town ePrix.
Hi Sacha, first of all, how are you?
Everything is fine! I’m very happy to be here in Italy and happy to race in Rome this weekend.
Talking about the track, what do you and the team expect this weekend?
It’s going to be an interesting weekend, probably this is one of the most difficult tracks of the season. Most of the drivers know the layout, but for me, it’s my first time racing here, so it’ll be interesting. Also, we’ll have to understand where we are to the others.
It’s really hot these days, do you think the high temperatures will play a role during the weekend?
We changed some things and how we approach the weekend, but many things are the same as the Portland E-Prix. We’ll see how it goes, it’s a track that will be good for us, or so we hope.
The weekend will be interesting, also with the championship fight, but it’s expected a more traditional E-Prix to respect the Portland one, what do you think?
Yes, it’ll be a more normal Formula E race, not like we’ve seen in Portland. It’s going to be interesting: the temperatures are really hot, the championship fight is tight… We’ll see how it goes, I guess!
Talking about the rookie test this weekend, do you think that Formula E can change something to make young drivers approach the series?
This opportunity’s good for rookie drivers, when I was driving at the time as a reserve driver I wish I could have had a similar thing. This can give a chance to the rookie drivers, but also the teams can have extra data and information on the track.
From the fan point of view, do you think Formula E has to improve some aspects of social communications toward the young fanbase?
Of course, there are a few things that can be changed in terms of image, but at the moment Formula E is growing up very fast and the championship has a big potential to do it even faster. I think they are doing a good job and trying to get new fans is important.
