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Motorsport without end: The first Formula One triple-header of the season, untapped potential in Formula E and a successful comeback in the DTM
This is what happened: Results and facts
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From the Côte d’Azur to Steiermark: The Mercedes-AMG Petronas #f1 Team began the first triple-header of the 2021 Formula One season with a second and a fourth place. After a one-year absence, the premier class of motorsport returned to the Circuit Paul Ricard last weekend. Lewis Hamilton qualified in P2, the same position he eventually ended the race in. Valtteri Bottas crossed the finish line in P4. For Lewis it was podium number 170 of his #f1 career. The team has only a short time to analyse the data from the last race before they are back in action – the Styrian Grand Prix (named after the Austrian province of Steiermark) is due to be contested as early as next weekend, 25/27 June. As with last year’s season opener, the Red Bull Ring near Spielberg is hosting two consecutive races. Just one week after the Styrian GP, the Austrian Grand Prix will follow at the same venue. In the 2020 season, the team won both races: Valtteri won the first round, Lewis the second a week later. However, in the two previous years, the Red Bull Ring did not turn out to be a particularly favourable venue for the team, with Max Verstappen winning his team’s home race on both occasions. In total, the team has won six Grands Prix at Spielberg.
Untapped potential: Eight points on Saturday, zero on Sunday – from a Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team perspective, the first ever visit by the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship to the Autodromo Miguel E. Abed near Puebla could certainly have produced a more gratifying points haul. Although Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries came away empty-handed from the second race after a battling performance, the signs were there of untapped potential for future occasions. The usual challenges posed by a Formula E race weekend were amplified in Mexico by some unpredictable #racing incidents and by exceptionally difficult track conditions in qualifying. In the first round of the Puebla E-Prix on Saturday, Stoffel and Nyck managed to claw their way back to seventh and ninth place with two strong recoveries. While Stoffel made up 14 positions in the course of the race, Nyck could have done even better if he had not been dropped to the back of the field early on after taking a hit from an opponent. In the second race on Sunday, both drivers were involved in collisions: Stoffel’s front wing was damaged shortly after the start, which compromised his pace, and Nyck had to retire after another driver hit his car from behind. Despite the low points haul in Mexico, the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team continues to top the team championship. However, the lead over second-placed DS Techeetah has shrunk to three points. Nyck and Stoffel are sixth and seventh in the drivers’ standings.
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