Wheels UAE – July 26, 2019

formulae

2019/20season

opens withtwo

racesin saudi

arabia

The 2019/20 season

of theABBFIAFormula

E Championshipwill

feature new venuesin

SeoulandLondonas part

of thelongest andmost

comprehensive calendar

to date. Seasonsix will

comprise14 races in

12 citiesandcover four

continents.The busiest

seasonyet of electric

racingwillget underway

witha double-headerin

Ad Diriyah in November,

stoppingoff in Seoulfor

thefirst timein May and

once again comingto a

closein Londonin July.

In addition,alterations

have alsobeenmadeto

thesportingregulations,

whichare set to be

introduced for season

six.New for next season,

drivers willhave an

additional10kWof power

availablewhenusing

AttackMode,rising

from225kWto 235kW.

Also, drivers won’t be

ableto activate Attack

ModeunderFull Course

Ye llow (FCY), or when

thesafety caris deployed

• meaningthedrivers will
  have to go off theracing
  lineto activate Attack
  Modeundernormal
  race conditionsand
  retaintheriskof losing
  positions.Furthermore,
  to enhance theeffects
  of energy management,
  duringsafety carperiods
  or underFCY, a fixed
  quantity of energy —
  equalto 1kWhperminute
  for thedurationof the
  cautionperiod— willbe
  subtracted fromthetotal
  energy remainingin each
  car. This measure will
  ensure thatdrivers will
  no longer be ableto save
  energy by drivingat lower
  speedsunderFCY or
  behindthesafety car.
  More pointswillalsobe
  on offer in seasonsix,
  withan additionalpoint
  handedoutto thefastest
  driver in thequalifying
  groupstages. The driver
  whosecures JuliusBaer
  polepositionstillpicks-up
  three pointsas in previous
  years - as well as one
  pointbeingawardedto
  thedriver whosetsthe
  fastest lap finishingin
  thetop-10 of thefinal
  classification.

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World-famousfineartphotographerDavid Yarrow

hasteamedupwithLandRover insupportofTuskto

raiseawarenessofdeclininglionnumbersinAfricaby

capturinga setofstunningwildlifeimages.

Tuskhasdesignated 2019 asitsYearoftheLion

tobringtheissueofthreatenedlionpopulationsto

thetopoftheconservationagenda.Tosupportthe

initiative,LandRover senta prototypeofthenew

Defender4x4, whichwillmake itsworldpremiere

laterthisyear, totheBoranaConservancyinLaikipia,

innorthernKenya,tohelpsupportliontrackingand

monitoringoperations.

Thenew4x4promisestobringanunparalleled

breadthofcapabilityandnewlevelsofcomfortand

driveabilitytotheDefenderfamilyandwas testedby

expertwildlifemanagersperforminga seriesofreal-

worldactivitiesinBorana.LandRover’s linktoEast

Africastretchesbackto 1948 , whensomeofthefirst

48 pre-productionSeriesmodelsweretestedinthe

region.

Yarrowwas onhandtocapture a seriesofimages

asthenewDefender, wearinga speciallydevised

camouflage, was puttoworklocatinga prideoflions.

There are currentlyfewerthan 20 ,000Africanlions

remaininginthewild,comparedwith 25 ,000rhinos

(20,000whiterhinosand5,000blackrhinos),and

three-quartersofAfricanlionpopulationsare in

decline.

Yarrowsaid:“Wildlifephotography isallaboutaccess

—aboutgettingyourselfinthebest position—so

you needa vehiclethatcanreachinaccessibleplaces.

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Photographerraisesawareness of drop in lionnumbers usinga Land Rover

Defenderhasbeensynonymouswithadventure and

conservationsincethefirst LandRover debutedin

1948 , soit’s fittingthatoneofthefirst officialtasksfor

NewDefenderhasbeentoshinea lightonthedangers

facedbylionsinAfrica.”

SupportedbyTusk,theBoranaConservancyworks

ina numberofstrategicareasincludingsupporting

communities, environmentaleducation,habitat

protection,savingendangeredspeciesandensuring

human-wildlifeco-existenceisachievable.

Laura Wood,HeadofGlobalPRBrand&

Partnerships, JaguarLandRover, said:“Thisactivity

provideda greatchanceforustoworkwitha team

ofpartnersatTuskandDHLtoraisetheprofile

ofdwindlinglionnumbersinAfrica.TheBorana

Conservancyfeaturesa widerangeofchallenging

environments, makingit a perfectplacetotest theoff-

roadattributesofthenewDefender.”

the uniqueprogrammein Kenya gave tusk-supported

wildlife managers a chance to test the new defenderin real-

world scenariosacross the 14,000-hectare conservancy

in day to day operations

the new Landrover defenderwillmake

its world premiere later thisyear