Climate activists wanted to prevent the start of Formula E races in Berlin

On Sunday, April 23, six climate activists from the group “Last Generation” tried to prevent a Formula E race in the Berlin district of Tempelhof. They tried to attach themselves to the track.

Shortly before the start of the eighth round of the race series at the former airport Berlin-Tempelhof, the activists climbed over the fence onto the track. However, before they could glue themselves in front of and between the lined-up race cars, security personnel reacted and led them away. They were handed over to the police to establish their identities. The race started seven minutes late and was won by New Zealander Nick Cassidy.

“The bill is wrong”

The campaign was met with a lot of incomprehension because Formula E is a race with electric cars and not with combustion engines. The same applies to Formula E driver Jean-Eric Vergne: “If that happens a few seconds later, it will be life-threatening. It is incomprehensible, because we are in an electric race here.”

The “Last Generation” also commented on the campaign itself. The point is that even racing electric cars wastes huge amounts of energy. «The elderly woman in her rented apartment in Tempelhof freezes all winter through her justified fear of the next electricity bill and just a few meters away masses of valuable energy are wasted every second as we cheer. As happy as we are that it is now e-cars racing over the route, the math is not correct!”, they write in a press release. (lzo)

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