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Formula E Valencia, Spain Valencia E-Prix 1 – Mercedes EQ’s Stoffel Vandoorne has had all his qualifying times cancelled for using an incorrect tyre. The Mercedes driver had beaten Techeetah’s Antonio Felix da Costa to the front of the grid but during post-session scrutineering it was found that one of the tyres used on Vandoorne’s car wasn’t the same one that the team had registered as being used. The steward’s decision reading that: “The number of the tyre mounted on the car (03709739) is not corresponding with any of the ones declared in the Technical Passport.” As a result...
24 Apr 2021 Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne has had all of his times deleted from qualifying for the Formula E Valencia E-Prix due to a tyre rules infringement. Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne has had all of his times deleted from qualifying for the Formula E Valencia E-Prix due to a tyre rules infringement. The infringement means Vandoorne will be forced to start from 24th on the grid, handing da Costa pole for this afternoon’s Valencia E-Prix. The stewards ruled that Mercedes had breached article 3.2 of Formula E’s regulations, which states: “On the sidewall of each tyre, appropriate ide...