Sebastien Buemi has extended his lead at the front of the championship with another win in Paris. The Renault e.dams driver took pole position and was left unchallenged through the majority of the race. Jose Maria Lopez finished second. The Virgin driver tried to close in on Buemi, but didn’t have the pace to challenge […]
Sebastien Buemi has secured his second pole position of the season ahead of the Paris ePrix. The Renault e.dams driver set a time just 0.006s faster than Jean-Eric Vergne in second. Buemi was in the first qualifying group, traditionally a difficult session, but that didn’t appear to bother the championship leader. His time was not […]
Lucas Di Grassi topped the second and final Formula E practice session ahead of qualifying in Paris. Last minute laps saw a number of drivers jump up the timing screen. Di Grassi crossed the finish line with seconds to spare, beating Virgin Racing’s Jose Maria Lopez’s time by just two-tenths of a second. Sebastien Buemi […]
Nick Heidfeld is hoping to challenge points leaders Renault e.dams in Paris. The Mahindra driver recovered from two back-to-back pointless races to take third in Monaco, and hopes Paris will produce another podium. “What is interesting for us and most other teams is that Renault struggled a bit more here last season than anywhere else,” Heidfeld […]
DS Virgin’s Sam Bird is confident he can run well in Paris after a disappointing Monaco weekend. Bird finished the Monaco ePrix eight laps behind the leaders after early contact with the wall damaged his suspension. The Brit took a point for the fastest lap, but it was a disappoint result after a podium in Mexico. […]
Nico Prost is confident he can fight at the front, if he can turn his luck around. The Renault e.dams driver is currently 126 points behind team mate Sebastien Buemi and 41 points behind Audi Sport ABT’s Lucas Di Grassi. But Prost believes he is closer to Buemi than ever during the race. “In the […]
Stoffel Vandoorne has received a three place grid penalty for the race ending collision with Felipe Massa. The McLaren driver was defending his position as Massa attempted a move up the inside at turn 1. The pair made contact and Vandoorne was sent into the gravel, damaging his suspension and ending his race. The grid […]
Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz is looking for a big improvement in Renault’s next engine upgrade after struggling to keep pace with Pascal Wehrlien. Sainz became stuck behind Wehrlein in the latter part of the race. The German, in a Sauber powered by year-old Ferrari engines, was faster than Sainz on the straights. “We need a […]
Jean-Eric Vergne has criticised Nelson Piquet Jnr after the crash that ended his Monaco ePrix. Vergne claims he had “clearly” taken third position from Piquet as the pair came through the swimming pool complex, but Piquet gave him no choice but to hit the wall. He also criticised the Brazilian’s method of defence before the […]
Nelson Piquet has called Jean-Eric Vergne “impatient” after the collision in Monaco that ended the Techeetah driver’s race. Piquet was defending a third position when Vergne came alongside him at the swimming pool complex. The pair touched, and Vergne was sent into the harbour-side barrier, bringing out the safety car. No driver has been penalised […]
Honda isn’t sure it will be able to bring an updated engine to Canada. With the current engine, McLaren would suffer at the high power Canadian circuit next month. Honda wants to bring an update to close the gap to it’s rivals, but doesn’t think it will be able to successfully transfer what they’ve done […]
Sebastien Buemi topped the times in the first practice session ahead of the Monaco ePrix. The championship leader finished the session nearly half a second quicker than team mate Nico Prost in second. Buemi left it until late in the session to jump to the top of the times, a position Nelson Piquet Jnr had […]