OK. Let's get the puns out of the way first. The inaugural Formula E electric motor racing series in Beijing ended with a shocking crash as the volt wagons of Nic Heidfield came together before the last corner.
With Prost in the lead, Heidfield slipped down the inside. Prost immediately swerved into him just as his father did to Ayrton Senna all those years ago. It had the desired effect. Heidfield's car hit a curb, leapt into the air, somersaulted three times before landing cockpit down and breaking into pieces. Not too long ago Heidfield would have been dead. But he squeezed out of the wreckage and sprinted after his former friend to have a quiet word about the incident.
You know when a race promoter says that he doesn't really care about crowds, what he really wants is the social media nerds, that not much good can happen. What you don't know is that each driver has two cars. Yes. Although the race only goes for an hour, the 20 Spark-Renault SRTs only have enough juice for 30 minutes. When the drivers come in for a pit stop they actually change to a new car.