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Tough race day in #Berlin for the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team: #stoffelvandoorne and #nyckdevries finished the penultimate race of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season 12th and 22nd respectively
Driver | FP1 | FP2 | Qualifying | Super Pole | Race | Standings |
#5 S. Vandoorne
| P6 1:07.033 30 Laps | P7 1:06.693 22 Laps | P22 (Q3: P6) 1:07.006 3 Laps | - | P12 Grid: P22 FL: 1:09.162 | P15 63 Points |
#17 N. de Vries | P14 1:07.193 31 Laps | P3 1:06.547 22 Laps | P19 (Q1: P4) 1:06.902 3 Laps | - | P22 Grid: P19 FL: 1:09.340 | P1 95 Points |
Ian James, Team Principal:
“Today was a challenging day for the team. It was always going to be challenging of course, with the field so close together. What we didn’t expect however, is that we would make our own lives more difficult by making some mistakes in our approach for qualifying. What followed was a race where we would have to fight our way to the front; a difficult fight.
During the race, there were other obstacles on our way to the points. Damage to Nyck’s car, in the form of a tyre puncture, saw him fall back to the back of the pack after having to pit for a new tyre. This played a key factor in how our race unfolded after that, as points were initially most certainly within reach for him and the team. Stoffel had his own battle to fight – coming from the far back in P22. He managed to make up 10 positions in the race, but that unfortunately wasn’t enough to score any points.
We will now need to take the learnings from today, and improve those areas we know we need to improve. We’ve got a good understanding already of what we will need to work on. We can also take some comfort out of the pace we have seen in the car during the race and the fact that Nyck is still leading the championship. Looking at Venturi’s performance confirms that the package we have is very strong – and congratulations to them on a fantastic race! If we can deliver tomorrow, it will pay off big time. The team is still in a position to end this season on the highest high possible, and that is our goal.”
Stoffel Vandoorne:
“Today was tough. We found ourselves at the back of the grid after a difficult time in qualifying. We were able to fight our way forwards during the race. I gained ten positions, and so in the end, came home in twelfth place just outside of the points. And at the same time, I had perhaps one of the fastest cars on the track. Our focus now is on tomorrow's race, in which we are still fighting for the team championship. However, we’ll have to sort out our qualifying first. I think we'll have a better race tomorrow if we can start from further up the grid.”
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