That Table Mountain setting the stage for this weekend fifth eGP this season on the streets Cape Town. The racers covered 30 laps of 2.94 kilometers on this very fast circuit. The track partially follows the coastline, facing Robben Island.

Just like the previous race, there will be no Dutchmen on the track. French fries can’t drive. The Limburg racer did not receive permission from FIA doctors to travel to South Africa. Frijns crashed during the first eGP of the season in Mexico City just over two months ago serious wrist injury on. Drivers are already training on the simulator without any pain, but it’s too early for ‘real’ work. He will be replaced by the ABT Cupra team Kelvin van der Lindewho as a South African a cage game drives.

Good race despite the crash

Formula E racer Pascal Wehrlein, who leads the standings with 80 points, had an accident during the previous weekend’s race. During the first free practice in India, Germany crashed. Is ‘gas pedal keep hanging. Wehrlein had to go to the hospital, but climbed back into his electric Porsche a day later and knew it for real fourth to end.

Before nervous last week in Formula E. Teams in the electric racing class protested to the FIA, the international racing association. The FIA ​​thought it would be a great idea, like in Formula 1, to have young players, inexperienced rider (beginner) to encourage a number of free practice sessions.

The team protested this plan. Unlike Formula 1, the drivers in the electric class have one less free practice session and the practice sessions are also much shorter. They saw no room for rookies. The FIA ​​has (temporarily) abandoned those plans. Enough tension once on and off the track, so watch the race!

Where can I watch Formula E races?

Zigo Sports has the broadcasting rights of Formula E in our country for the entire season. Qualifying and racing in Cape Town can be followed through Ziggo Sports Racing. Also Eurosport broadcast eGP images. Do you also want to see the free practice session? Then you can go there Formula E World Championship YouTube channel.

You need a paid subscription for Eurosport and Ziggo Racing. If you don’t have one, you can’t watch Formula E in the Netherlands. Fortunately, there are foreign alternatives. You stream Formula E free via, among others Ran.de Germany, UK Channel 4 And sports YouTube channel Channel 4. All registrations are live.

If you try to watch those streams in the Netherlands you will probably end up like that blocked. It has to do with broadcasting rights. You can (legally) circumvent this hurdle with a VPN (Virtual Private Network). That’s how you change you IP address. Your favorite stream then ‘thinks’ you are in the country that broadcast the registration and still grants you access. It’s simpler than you think. We explain below.

Step by step plan: this is how you watch eGP for free

Using a VPN is not difficult. Follow this step:

1. Create an account with a good VPN provider. For example, choose Surfshark to use one of the fastest VPNs. You can even test this VPN for free with a Surfshark trial period.
2. Download the VPN app.
3. Sign in and connect with VPN servers in Germany or the UK.
4. Open your preferred streaming serviceFor example Ran.de, Channel 4 And YouTube stream from Channel 4.
5. Enjoy of the Cape Town race!

Race program in Cape Town

Unlike racing in Formula 1, all activity takes place in Formula E place on Friday and Saturday. This is a program from fifth race this season in electric racing class:

Mel Dees
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ICT journalist

Mels has been an IT journalist for over twenty years.