Exciting afternoon for the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team on the second day in London: Nyck de Vries on the podium for the second time this weekend; Stoffel Vandoorne drops back to P15 from P1 after an incident.
Stoffel and Nyck set the fastest times in their respective qualifying groups, making it through to the Super Pole session where Stoffel secured his fourth pole position in Formula E. Nyck qualified fourth on the grid. Nyck fought his way up into P2 during the race – fighting for the top spot of the podium throughout. After an eventful race marked by two safety car periods, he took the chequered flag in second place to secure his second podium of the weekend.
In an action-packed E-Prix, Stoffel led the field from pole position until around the half-way point when Oliver Rowland made contact with his car, bumping him down into P15. Stoffel had already regained several positions as he charged up the field when there was contact with another car, costing him a few more places. He classified fifteenth by the end of the race.
After the penultimate race weekend of the season in London, Nyck de Vries (95 points) is six points up on Robin Frijns (89 points) and leads the drivers’ championship. Virgin Racing (165 points) occupies the top spot in the team championship, with a seven-point lead over the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team (158 points) in second position.
The season finale of the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will take place in Berlin, August 14/15.
Driver
|
FP3
|
Qualifying
|
Super Pole
|
Race
|
Standings
|
#17
N. de Vries |
P4
1:20.346 24 Laps |
P6 (Q1: P1)
1:20.511 3 Laps |
P4
1:20.353 |
P2
Grid: P4 FL: 1:22.268 |
P1
95 Points |
#5
S. Vandoorne |
P18
1:20.899 21 Laps |
P3 (Q2: P1)
1:20.459 3 Laps |
P1
1:20.181 |
P15
Grid: P1 FL: 1:22.475 |
P13
63 Points |