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Monaco E-Prix – Antonio Felix da Costa was quickest in a close fought pole shootout to see DS Techeetah on pole for the second Monaco in a row.
Da Costa’s 1:31.317 saw him hold off the final three drivers in a very close fought Super Pole session. The reigning champion hasn’t had as good a start to his title defense as he would have hoped for so far and as such said he was being cautious and only gave it 99% on his lap. Coming in just 0.012 behind da Costa was Envision Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns, who had been fastest in the group stages.
Breathtaking race on the world s most famous street circuit Disappointing result for Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Customer team Envision Virgin Racing on the podium Monaco, May 8, 2021 - Spectacular Formula E premiere in Monaco: For the first time in its history, the electric racing series used the full version of the world s most famous street circuit. The fans witnessed a breathtaking race with numerous overtaking maneuvers and lead changes that are rarely seen in Monaco. The race was a great advertisement for Formula E and electric racing, said Allan McNish, Team Principal of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. For us as a team, the race was unfortunately disappointing.
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Monaco E-Prix – Jaguar are looking quick in Monaco topping both practice sessions but it was Mitch Evans with the fastest time so far today in FP2.
Evans led teammate Sam Bird in a 1-2 at the end of FP2, a reverse of their FP1 positions, after posting a 1:31.118 in the dying stages of the final practice session. Bird was less than two tenths behind his teammate while reigning champion, Antonio Felix da Costa, was five hundredths further back for Techeetah.
Andre Lotterer, who took his first points of the season finishing 2nd in Valencia last time out, was fourth fastest with a 1:31.471 for Tag Heuer Porsche. While Nissan e.dams, who are debuting their new powertrain this weekend were fifth with Oliver Rowland, who qualified on pole the last time Formula E was in Monaco but didn’t start there as he had to serve a grid penalty.
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Rome, Italy
Rome E-Prix 2 – Nick Cassidy took his first Formula E pole position for Envision Virgin Racing as he mastered the tricky conditions in Rome.
Heading out in the final qualifying group, Cassidy had the best of the conditions and he was one of three drivers who progressed from that group to Super Pole. The Kiwi’s 1:56.006 was just out of reach from ROKiT Venturi’s Norman Nato, who had topped group qualifying, as the Frenchman had the fastest sector 2 but tapped a wall and lost time in the final sector.
Aside from both rookies getting to start from the front row, they both now have their first points of the season thanks to the points for being fastest in group qualifying and pole.