Vergne sets the pace on opening day

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Vergne sets the pace on opening day

Three drivers break 1:30s as testing resumes at Donington

Vergne sets the pace on opening day

Day one of the final pre-season test in Donington ended with Jean-Eric Vergne in his Techeetah top of the timing sheets with a 1:29:640. Vergne was just six thousands off his lap record from the first day of testing at the previous outing.

Today’s running was interrupted by multiple red flags caused by debris and from the MS Amlin Andretti and the Faraday Future Dragon Racing machines, as the drivers were clearly pushing hard around a damp track at the start of the day, although the sun made an appearance during the afternoon session.

The two Jaguar Racing cars of Adam Carroll and Mitch Evans ran well as they topped the timesheets at certain stages of the day. The two Renault e.dams drivers and Jose-Maria Lopez in the DS Virgin Racing cars, set the most laps of anyone with 42 each.

Lopez also topped the morning session with a lap time of 1:34:501.

Formula E Collective Test session – Donington park (Day one)

  1. Jean Eric Vergne,Techeetah, 1:29:640
  2. Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing, 1:29:924
  3. Nico Prost, Renault e.dams, 1:29:970
  4. Jerome D’Ambrosio, Faraday Future Dragon Racing, 1:30:013
  5. Sebastien Buemi, Renault e.dams, 1:30:159
  6. Daniel Abt, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport, 1:30:200
  7. Adam Carroll, Jaguar Racing, 1:30:713
  8. Jose Maria Lopez, DS Virgin Racing, 1:30:852
  9. Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra Racing, 1:30:885
  10. Ma Qing Hua, Techeetah, 1:31:181
  11. Lucas Di Grassi, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport, 1:31:231
  12. Stephane Sarrazin, Venturi Racing, 1:31:538
  13. Antonio Felix Da Costa, MS Amlin Andretti, 1:31: 559
  14. Mitch Evans, Jaguar Racing, 1:31: 699
  15. Maro Engel, Venturi, 1:32:371
  16. Nelson Piquet, NEXTEV NIO, 1:32:493
  17. Felix Rosenqvist, Mahindra Racing, 1:32:694
  18. Loic Duval, Faraday Future Dragon Racing, 1:32:786
  19. Oliver Turvey, NEXTEV NIO, 1:33:183
  20. Robin Frijns, MS Amlin, Andretti, 1:33:236