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The ecstasy of the London finale in Season 1 must be starting to feel like a long time ago for the inaugural champ.
Two seasons on from his title-winning glory and he’s still not been within shouting distance of another race win, although he did at least record his first Julius Baer Pole Position, starting from the top spot in the season opener in Hong Kong.
As was the case for team-mate Oliver Turvey, performances in qualifying were strong and Piquet made Super Pole in four of the opening five races. More often than not, he was unable to sustain those positions in the races, as he was forced to watch his energy management and battery temperatures more keenly than most of those cars behind him.
The exceptions were in Buenos Aires, where he was pretty much able to keep the leading pack in sight and finished on the tail of Nico Prost’s Renault e.dams in fifth, and Monaco, where he survived a wheel-banging incident with Jean-Eric Vergne to claim, fourth.
As the season wore even, it even became more difficult to crack the top 10 in qualifying let alone the race and a run of six races out of the points meant it was an underwhelming end.