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Rossiter backs Formula E Gen4 car to beat F1 in extreme rain

Formula E Gen4 test driver James Rossiter believes its car could beat a Formula 1 car in exceptionally heavy rain, with both running wet-weather tyres.

GPBeat · Newsroom05 Oct 2026, 23:34 · 1 min

James Rossiter, a test and development driver for Formula E’s Gen4 car, believes he could be substantially faster than a Formula 1 car in exceptionally heavy rain. His comparison puts him in a Gen4 car on Bridgestone’s ‘typhoon’ rain tyres and the F1 car on full-wet tyres. He made the comments to a media group that included RacingNews365, which reported them on 1 October.

Rossiter credits the combination of the Gen4 car and Bridgestone tyre for his confidence. RacingNews365 says Gen4 cars can deliver around 600 kW of power, though Rossiter’s prediction is specifically about performance in extreme rain.

Rossiter also expects Gen4 cars to run in conditions in which, in his view, the FIA would normally stop a session. That, too, is his prediction about the new car’s wet-weather capability.

Sources 01

SOURCEFormule E-testcoureur doet boude claim: "Dan ben ik ruim sneller dan F1"RacingNews365 Nederland · Source date as found: 2026-10-01

Source context

Source: RacingNews365 Nederland’s 1 October 2026 account of Rossiter’s remarks to a small media group.

Claims and supporting evidence 4

RacingNews365 identifies James Rossiter as a Gen4 Formula E test and development driver and says he spoke to a small group of media that included RacingNews365. His view is attributable to him, not to Formula E or the publisher.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Speaker, role and provenance of the reported interview Reported on 1 October 2026 The supplied source is RacingNews365’s account of the interview; no separate interview recording or transcript was supplied.

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Rossiter says he is convinced he would be substantially faster in a Gen4 car on Bridgestone tyres than a Formula 1 car on full-wet tyres if it were raining extremely hard. This is his forecast, not a measured result or a claim about all wet conditions.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Rossiter’s conditional Formula E–Formula 1 comparison Statement reported on 1 October 2026; comparison concerns the Gen4 car The quote gives no circuit, F1 driver, lap times or completed head-to-head test.

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Rossiter credits the combination of Gen4 technology and Bridgestone’s typhoon rain tyre. He predicts that Formula E cars will run in conditions in which, in his view, the FIA would normally stop a session. This is his expectation, not an announced FIA policy or an observed outcome.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Rossiter’s explanation and further expectation Prospective Gen4 performance, as discussed in the report of 1 October 2026 The supplied report does not establish that such running has occurred or how the FIA would handle a particular session.

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RacingNews365 reports that Bridgestone is supplying tyres for Formula E’s Gen4 era and that the cars can deliver approximately 600 kW, or 815 hp. These are background assertions in the retrieved report, not performance measurements supporting Rossiter’s wet-weather comparison.

This source finding must be read within the stated scope and source context. Technical context supplied by the publisher Gen4 era, described in the 1 October 2026 report No independent technical specification was supplied.

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05 Oct 2026, 23:34

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