Sebastien Buemi
started outside the pole position or the front row of the Punta
del Este ePrix, but the fact that he is
the best driver and has the best car of the FIA
Formula E grid became evident after
this race, winning his second round in the 2015/2016 season.
Lights went to green
and Jerome D’Ambrosio
started well while Loïc Duval
didn’t have the same luck, being passed by Sam
Bird even before the first corner.
Sebastien Buemi found a way to pass Lucas
di Grassi but got stuck behind Duval.
On Lap 4, Buemi
overtook Duval with ease and took third place, while Bruno
Senna had to to pit because of a
puncture. The e.Dams
driver was flirting with the second place, but Sam Bird made sure the
Frenchman won’t pass. Although he needed a bit more than pressure,
Buemi got second place, carrying Duval along against Bird.
Being clearly the
quickest driver in the lead battle, Buemi started to put pressure on
D’Ambrosio on Lap 8, but with another textbook pass through Turn
17, Buemi left D’Ambrosio behind to take the lead of the ePrix. Two
laps later, a local yellow came when Nathanael Berthon spun his Team
Aguri car, coming to a halt for a few moments. Taking the opportunity
in the same Turn 17, di Grassi overtook Sam Bird to fourth place, and
in the same place, a lapped Bruno Senna hits the wall, and as his car
got suspension damage, he decided to switch to his second car.
The fight for the
podium got really hot on Lap 14, as Lucas di Grassi presents his ABT
Audi car to his FIA WEC team-mate
Duval, really wanting to overtake. The battle was so intense that
both almost had contact in the pit stop entry.
After the pit-stops,
Buemi still had the upper hand, but now he was followed by di Grassi.
Sam Bird was ready to secure his fourth place but then his DS
Virgin car had a problem and stopped in
the middle of the track. Bird tried to reset the car, but there was
no improvement in his situation, retiring after trying everything he
could do. After that, the first full course yellow came to the
Uruguayan street track. Green flag came on Lap 22 but the situation
was still on Buemi’s favor, leading with some margin but di Grassi
just one second behind.
On Lap 32 everything
was almost decided, but then Jean-Eric
Vergne tried a move into Nelson
Piquet Jr. to take the eighth position.
They banged wheels and Piquet held his place, but a few corner later,
Piquet banged wheels with the wall and retired, leaving the way
pretty open to Vergne, who also passed Daniel Abt to get seventh
place. With the yellow flags in place, Buemi’s work was to bring
his car to the finish line, with di Grassi in second and D’Ambrosio
completed the podium.
The Formula E show now takes a break and returns only in 2016, more specifically on February 6th, at the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
PHOTO: Renault e.Dams
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