Hankook mastered the dress rehearsal for the start of the Formula E season, in January in Mexico, without any issues. During the five-day test in Valencia, Spain, in mid-December 2022, the Hankook iON Race impressed teams with its strong performance – both in the dry and on a wet track. “The test was extremely positive. We were particularly pleased when it rained, as that allowed us to gather more information on the performance in wet conditions,” says Thomas Baltes, Hankook’s Formel E race engineer.
Over the course of the five days of testing, the drivers completed 5,128 laps and covered a total distance of 17,300 kilometres. That is roughly the same distance as from the test circuit in Valencia, Spain, to Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico, the venue for the Hankook Mexico City E-Prix. Maximilian Guenther from Maserati MSG Racing set a Formula E test lap record of 1:25.127 minutes on the new Hankook iON Race in Valencia.
