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Formula E Valencia, Spain Valencia E-Prix 2 – After his first pole position earlier, Jake Dennis took a very assured debut victory for BMW i Andretti. Round six of the season saw only the third standing start of the season as the cars lined up on a dry track for the first time since Diriyah. As the lights went out, the two leaders, Jake Dennis and Alex Lynn held positions but it was an inter-team battle behind them as Oliver Turvey went side-by-side with Tom Blomqvist before getting past into...

Formula E Valencia, Spain Valencia E-Prix 1 – Stoffel Vandoorne took his second and Mercedes’ third pole of the season as Formula E prepares for their first Spanish E-Prix. Despite hitting the chicane just before starting his super pole lap, Vandoorne was a tenth off the first sector but aced the final two sectors to record a 1:26.494, beating the previous best from DS Techeetah’s Antonio Felix da Costa by 0.028 seconds. Nyck de Vries’ time, just over two tenths slower than his Mercedes...

Formula E Valencia, Spain Valencia E-Prix 1 – Maximilian Guenther went fastest in the morning’s practice sessions for the first ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race in Valencia. Guenther, who has been the fastest driver in testing in Valencia for the past two years, once again topped the times at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo with an early quick lap which put him as the first under 1 minute 27 seconds, with a 1:26.958, and was good enough to hold off the rest of the grid. It was a very com...

Last weekend saw the 2020-2021 Formula E World Championship touch down in Rome for the third and fourth rounds of the championship. There was still much to prove for the BMW i Andretti team, who arrived after two scoreless races in Diriyah a month ago languishing at the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship points standings. While this weekend’s doubleheader was a significant step forward for BMW Andretti with Maximilian Guenther picking up points from both races, there is still a long w...

Formula E Rome, Italy Rome E-Prix 2 – Nick Cassidy took his first Formula E pole position for Envision Virgin Racing as he mastered the tricky conditions in Rome. Heading out in the final qualifying group, Cassidy had the best of the conditions and he was one of three drivers who progressed from that group to Super Pole. The Kiwi’s 1:56.006 was just out of reach from ROKiT Venturi’s Norman Nato, who had topped group qualifying, as the Frenchman had the fastest sector 2 but tapped a wall a...

Mercedes’ Vandoorne victorious at Rome ePrix Date published: April 11 2021 Mercedes Formula E driver and Formula 1 reserve Stoffel Vandoorne secured his first win of the season in race two at the Rome ePrix. The opening race of the weekend at the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR saw Vandoorne finish in the barriers after a collision that also involved his Mercedes team-mate Nyck de Vries, but the Belgian bounced back in style by finishing the weekend atop the podium. There was drama after the S...

Formula E Rome, Italy Rome E-Prix 1 – Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne wins ahead of the two Jaguars in a Rome race bookended by the Safety Car. The Mini Electric Pacesetter led the pack away as the race started under safety car conditions as the track was wet in parts. The Mini led them around the first lap to give the drivers a chance to feel out the conditions before pulling into the pits and getting the race underway with 39 minutes plus 1 lap of the race left. As the track went green, the ...

Rome E-Prix: Vergne wins after Di Grassi suffers issue from lead 10 April, 2021 DS Techeetah driver Jean-Eric Vergne won a dramatic first leg of the Formula E Rome E-Prix after Lucas Di Grassi suffered an issue from the lead of the race. Di Grassi looked to have come out on top after a race-long, back-and-forth battle between him and Vergne, but lost power with under five minutes to go. Sam Bird finished second after a nice recovery drive from 10th on the grid, ahead of his Jaguar teammate Mitc...

Vandoorne secures pole for Rome E-Prix 1 Rome, Italy Rome E-Prix – Stoffel Vandoorne secured pole for Mercedes ahead of this afternoon’s ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race in Rome. Vandoorne had been third quickest in group qualifying stages but was quite confident in his SuperPole lap saying “Okay, let’s see what the others can do.” over team radio after setting his 1:38.484. The last Rome E-Prix pole sitter, Andre Lotterer, felt TAG Heuer Porsche had the potential for the bes...

Formula E Diriyah, Saudi Arabia Diriyah E-Prix – Envision Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns pipped de Vries to the top of the timesheets in the final free practice session of the weekend. With just over a minute of practice left to run, Nyck de Vries had been holding the fastest spot before his fellow countryman put a 1:07.294 second lap together in the Audi powered Virgin car to beat the Mercedes’ best of the day by nearly a tenth and a half. Frijns’ teammate, Nick Cassidy, whose qualifying...