Patrick Carpentier will conduct testing in Formula E

Photo: Jacques Nadeau Le Devoir
For the driver, Patrick Carpentier,the trigger happened at the track Friday, while he was acting as the ambassador of the ePrix of Montreal.

The promoter of the championship of Formula E, Alejandro Agag, has announced on Monday morning that the quebec driver Patrick Carpentier will take part in testing at the wheel of a car of the series in October in Valencia, Spain, in the hope of getting a steering wheel for next season.

“It happened very quickly this weekend,” admitted Carpentier, still on a cloud. After having done my work to describe the race on tv, I went home and the phone rang on Saturday evening around 22: 30. I was wondering who could be calling me at this hour. It was Alejandro Agag, who wanted to know my interest in the FE. We talked Sunday and it is materialized only on Monday morning. Now, it is necessary that I speak with my wife on Tuesday. “

Even if nothing is provided in anticipation of the next season, Carpentier has acknowledged in an interview with The canadian Press that he was ” out of retirement to ride full-time in the series.

“This is an exploratory testing, he recalled. If it goes well, I love it, and that they are happy, then we will start talks with a team. I have not discussed this with any team up here, but it could go much further, of course. “

Too old?
 

When we asked him if he was not too old to attempt a return to competition, and especially if he would be able to experience success on tours to the four corners of the planet, while it was mainly driven by North America, the Quebec 45 years old has been keen to reassure everyone.

“I’ve raced in Europe in the time series Indy — I had even made Japan, Brazil, Germany, Australia and England, so I’m still not bad walked, he spoke. I’ll see what it will give. But you know, sometimes life is too short not to try. […] And then, I’m not too old for the FE. Stéphane Sarrazin and Nick Heidfeld, who know of the success in this series, are in quarantine. So why not me ? “

For Carpentier, the trigger happened at the track Friday, while he was acting as the ambassador of the ePrix of Montreal.

“When I tried the car, I couldn’t believe it, he first said. It’s been so long that I had not embarked on a single-seater, and I have to admit that I was more comfortable than at the time when I was doing NASCAR. It was as if I had landed from the FE yesterday. Moreover, the behavior of the car reminded me of really like a car in the Formula atlantic — more fast, of course. I really enjoyed it. “