本周，NIO 333FE车队的三位车手——奥利弗·特维（Oliver Turvey）、丹·提克图姆（Dan Ticktum）和亚当·卡罗尔（Adam Carroll）在西班牙 瓦伦西亚的里卡多-托尔莫赛道上参加了为期三天的国际汽联FE世界锦标赛（以下简称“FE”）官方测试，他们三人均在不同时段完成了相应的赛道测试。

测试期间得益于良好的天气状况，因此车队能全身心投入到针对车辆的一系列赛道测试上，主要集中在控制系统排查、排位赛模拟和赛车性能优化上，与非赛季期间赛道外的研发测试相比，赛道内实车测试更能让车手熟悉赛车并及时发现问题反馈车队工程师加以改善。因此，季前测试尤其重要，也是第八赛季开幕战之前唯一的机会。

官方测试期间，三位车手完成了总计长达1417.9公里的赛道测试，其中奥利弗驾驶3号赛车全程参与了全部测试内容，而33号赛车则由提克图姆和卡罗尔交替完成了全部测试内容。针对测试期间赛道表现及体验总结，三位车手依次表示

NIO333FE车队3号车手Oliver Turvey ：

“在瓦伦西亚测试的三天里，我们尝试了很多东西。考虑到我们在第七和第八季之间进行的测试数量有限，这段时间是至关重要的。我相信我们已经改进了赛车，但FE赛事竞争水平非常高，我们还需要找到更多的提高空间。重要的是，将把这次测试中汲取的所有经验，在沙特迪里耶首站发挥出来，我们已经迈出了坚实有力的一步，希望这能让我们在明年的街道赛上有更突出自我的表现。”

 NIO333FE车队33号车手 Dan Ticktum：

“我想说，我对测试的第一次体验很不错。驾驶一台FE赛车是很有挑战的，这种挑战性和我预期的一样艰难，我仍然有很多东西要熟悉，但不幸的是我只有两天测试时间，但即便如此，我也感觉自己获得了很大进步。对于我这样的FE新人来说，FE赛车的动能机制是对我来说比较陌生的，所以肯定需要一段时间来适应，但我会尽我所能来进入最佳状态，我已经在期待新赛季的开始了。”

NIO333FE车队开发及预备车手Adam Carroll：

“这对我来说是非常有意义的一次测试。我一直在试着努力去接近奥利弗的水平，但我觉得首要事情是对赛车有一个全面的了解。现在，我可以有机会参与测试并给出反馈，与团队合作来改善赛车性能。车队成员真的很努力，正如我们所知，想夺得冠军是需要很多努力的。只有在更好的赛车性能基础上拥有更出色的驾驶技术，这才会另成绩提高，这对参与比赛的每个人来说都是一个极端的挑战，但车队会非常、非常努力地达成这个目标，整个赛季前都在不断前进和提高。”

NIO333FE车队首席运营官兼执行领队 Russell O 'Hagan：

“这一周我们在瓦伦西亚收获了很多，也学到了很多东西。我们对赛车性能和比赛节奏的一致性方面的改进感到非常满意，但对于如何最大化提高我们单圈成绩仍是一直以来去追求的。我们有充足的测试数据，所以我们会在FE赛场上更加努力，希望迪丽耶首站能有出色的表现。

另外，我想对机组人员和车手们说一声非常感谢，感谢他们一直以来的奉献，感谢他们互相彼此提高，让我们的努力得以展现。当然，NIO333FE还有很多的潜力需要挖掘出来。”

在瓦伦西亚官方测试后，NIO333FE赛车将从西班牙直接运往沙特迪里耶，未来将参加于2022年1月28日和29日举行的第八赛季FE世界锦标赛的前两场比赛。

1^st Dec 2021: All three NIO 333 Formula E Team drivers - Oliver Turvey, Dan Ticktum and Adam Carroll - took to the racetrack at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain this week to complete a varied schedule of running at the official FIA Formula E World Championship three-day test.

It was the only opportunity for the entire Formula E field of 2022 to run together ahead of the Season 8 opening event in Diriyah next month.

In generally good weather conditions, with only a damp start at the beginning of the last day, the NIO 333 squad executed a varied test programme primarily focussing on control systems, qualifying and race performance.

A total of 1417.9 kms were completed by Oliver (#3 NIO 333 001), Dan and Adam, who shared driving duties in the #33 NIO 333 001.

Oliver Turvey – car 3 NIO 333 001 (All Days)

“We tried a lot of things over the three days here in Valencia. These days were crucial considering the limited amount of testing we’ve had between Seasons 7 and 8. I believe that we have improved the car, but the level of competition is very high, and we still need to find a little bit more. We’ll take all the learnings from this test and put together the best package we can for Diriyah, but we have made a positive step and hopefully that will benefit us on the street tracks next year and we can start the season strongly.”

Dan Ticktum – car 33 NIO 333 001 (Monday – Tuesday)

“My first taste of Formula E was good I would say. It was tough, that’s for sure, and a big challenge as I expected. There’s so much to it and unfortunately two days is not a long time to learn, but I felt like I made good progress. The regen concept is very new for someone like me, so it’s definitely going to take a while to get used to that, but I’ll do my best and I’m looking forward to the start of the season already.”

Adam Carroll – Development and Reserve Driver - car 33 NIO 333 001 (Thursday)

“It was a positive experience and very good for me to get out in the car. I was trying to get close to Oliver on my side, which was going to be hard in one day and I didn’t quite get there, but the main thing I was trying to achieve was an overall understanding of the car. Now I can increase my feedback and work with the team to extract as much performance as possible. The team is working really hard and, as we know, the Championship’s extremely tough and competitive. When you add this on top of all the technology that Formula E contains, it’s a different kind of level altogether. It’s an extreme challenge for everyone involved, but the team is going to work very, very hard, keep pushing forward and improving all season.”

Russell O’Hagan, Deputy Team Principal & COO, NIO 333 Formula E Team

“It’s been a productive week here in Valencia with some good running and a lot of lessons learnt. We leave feeling quite pleased with the improvements made in the consistency of our car feel and race pace, but with some unanswered questions on how to maximise our single lap performance. We are armed with plenty of data so we’ll redouble our efforts in that area heading in to Diriyah. 

On a team level I want to say a big thank you to the crew and drivers for their ongoing dedication and to the constructive environment they provide one another with to continue on our journey for improved performance. There is certainly more to come from NIO 333.” 

The NIO 333 FE 001 cars are now being shipped straight from Spain to Diriyah for the first two races of the eighth ABB FIA Formula E World Championship on 28^th and 29^th January 2022.