Porsche and Formula E today revealed the Taycan as the new official safety car for the electric, open-wheel racing series. The all-electric Taycan will lead the series’ race cars starting on January 28-29 at the season opener in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.
Porsche developed the car’s livery
specifically for the series. Although the rear quarter linework may be vaguely
reminiscent of the Rothmans livery famously associated with the automaker, the
color scheme is actually a nod to the teams currently racing in the series as
it features the colors of every car on the grid.
Formula E’s new safety car is a Taycan
Turbo S, which means its motors make 751 hp. From the factory,
the range-topping Taycan can launch from 0-100 km/h in 2.8 seconds,
which incidentally, is exactly the same amount of time as the Formula E race
cars.
The model has been modified, though, to
feature a roll cage and bucket seats with six-point seatbelts for Bruno
Correia, Formula E’s longstanding safety car driver. He also gets a fire
extinguisher and a high-tech communications system. To communicate with the
cars on track, the Taycan also has a safety car lighting system and flashing
lights that are integrated into the bumpers, as well as a Marelli Logger System.
