Formula E visits Pope Francis ahead of Rome E-Prix 

FIA Formula E Championship representatives visited Pope Francis on Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s inaugural Rome E-Prix.

FE CEO Alejandro Agag was joined by ACI President Angelo Sticchi Damiani and a selection of drivers and team personnel who received an Apostolic Blessing before attending the papal audience at Santa Marta.

Formula E visits Pope Francis ahead of Rome E-Prix 

FIA Formula E Championship representatives visited Pope Francis on Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s inaugural Rome E-Prix.

FE CEO Alejandro Agag was joined by ACI President Angelo Sticchi Damiani and a selection of drivers and team personnel who received an Apostolic Blessing before attending the papal audience at Santa Marta.

The official FE championship car was also brought to Vatican City, with reigning champion Lucas di Grassi, Renault e.dams’ Nico Prost, NIO’s Luca Filippi and Venturi’s Maro Engel among the drivers to share images of the meeting on social media. 

The all-electric series will race around the streets of Rome for the first time ever this weekend, with the seventh round of the 2017/2018 season taking place at the second-longest track on the calendar, the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR street circuit. 

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