Bigger is better – livery changes for the fans

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Larger numbers and the specific name abbreviations are set to improve the fan experience as of the upcoming Berlin ePrix.

The FIA has decided to help fans recognize who actually drives a car. Like in Formula 1, the teams have to increase the drivers’ numbers sizes, which have to be placed visibly onto the rear mudguard. Additionally, the so called TLA (Timing Letter Abbreviation) needs to be put on both sides of the external roll up. To ensure these information will be clearly visible to the spectators, the FIA defined the following minimum sizes:

Driver’s numbers
– Height: 145 mm
– Stroke thickness: 30 mm

TLA
– Height: 100 mm
– Stroke thickness: 20 mm

Since every driver has to change his car during the race and to make sure people at the track can immediatly see whether a driver already swapped his vehicle or not, one car will have black numbers and one car red numbers. The teams are encouraged to provide the highest possible contrast between the car’s livery and the numbers.

In case you are unfamiliar with Formula E’s abbreviations, here is a full list of all TLAs that has been used this season so far:

Abt, Daniel – ABT
Bird, Sam – BIR
Buemi, Sébastien – BUE
Carroll, Adam – CAR
Conway, Mike – CON
Felix da Costa, Antonio – DAC
d’Ambrosio, Jérôme – DAM
di Grassi, Lucas – DIG
Dillmann, Tom – DIL
Duval, Loïc – DUV
Engel, Maro – ENG
Evans, Mitch – EVA
Frijns, Robin – FRI
Gutierrez, Esteban – GUT
Heidfeld, Nick – HEI
Lopez, José Maria – LOP
Piquet Jr., Nelson – PIQ
Prost, Nicolas – PRO
Rosenqvist, Felix – ROS
Sarrazin, Stéphane – SAR
Turvey, Oliver – TUR
Vergne, Jean-Eric – VER

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