E Terms:[]
1. Early Apex
A driver turns into a corner early.
2. Early Doors
- A popular term used by competitors when referring to the early stages of the series' season.
- 3. Economy Run
- Driving slower to conserve fuel.
- 4. End Plate
- The vertical end piece of a wing.
- 5. Esses
- Sequences of alternating turns on a road course, resembling the letter 'S'.
- 6. E.T.
- Elapsed Time. A term used in drag racing about the total time the run took, from start, to finish.
7. Excluded (often EXC or EXCL)
- Removed from competition before the race has started, generally due to an infringement during practice or qualifying.
- 8. ERS
- Energy Recovery System. Part of the hybrid engines used in Formula One since 2014, that recover energy from the brakes and heat and stores it in batteries, which is then used to boost power. It combines both a kinetic energy recovery system (KERS), known officially as the Motor Generator Unit – Kinetic (MGU-K), and a system recovering heat from the turbocharger, officially known as the Motor Generator Unit – Heat (MGU-H).