Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne experienced a variety of challenges at Portland\u2019s first E-Prix, on a circuit far removed from the usual Formula E layout.
Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne experienced a variety of challenges at Portland’s first E-Prix, on a circuit far removed from the usual Formula E layout.Formula E made a rare trip to a permanent circuit in Portland. Set up outside the city, the track is rural and the walls have disappeared in favour of patches of grass.
The DS Penske driver's assertions were proven correct the very next day. This is the first time that motorsport has come so close to cycling. The leading driver doesn't want to expend too much energy and so huddles in the pack, also knowing they can't attempt a breakaway because they would use up too much energy before the end of the race and would be reeled in by the pack.
As the race took place on a permanent circuit, it was possible to run the first practice session on Friday afternoon, at the same time as the start of the race scheduled for the following day. The first few laps were cautious for all concerned, and resulted in a few swerves in the grass. At the end of this first session, led by McLaren’s Rene Rast, Vergne was less than two-tenths off the pace and his team-mate Vandoorne was half a second off the top of the timesheet.
But all hope was not lost, because in Monaco Vergne and Vandoorne had started from the back row and finished in the points. This was not to be the case in Portland, where the race was marred by two accidents which resulted in a safety car, bringing the proceedings to a standstill and four laps were to be added on.
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