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Mortara wins in Hong Kong after Bird time penalty [full race video]

Following a hectic race in Hong Kong, which saw Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird steal what looked to be a sure win from DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer, the FIA issued Bird a critical five second penalty for puncturing Lotterer’s tyre, which ultimately ended his race. The penalty drop’s the Brit to sixth place, handing Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara and the team, their maiden win. With that, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler’s Lucas di Grassi moves up to second place.

In the final moments of the race, Bird was chasing down race leader Lotterer when he made contact with the back of his car, breaking his rear suspension and appearing to puncture his tyre. After sustaining the damage, Lotterer limped home nursing his stricken car.

Nissan e.dams’ Oliver Rowland took the lead off the line as the pack made it around Turn 1 and through the chicane, leaving Poleman Stoffel Vandoorne (HWA Racelab) in second until Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird, who’d fought through the pack, took his position.

Just minutes in, the race came under a full course yellow as Geox Dragon’s Filipe Nasr’s damaged car carried on into the wall on Turn 2, with both Mahindra Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosio and Pascal Wehrlein then colliding with the stricken car, ending all three drivers races within the first five minutes. Under the Safety Car, the pack regrouped until the race was temporarily stopped under a red flag while the cars were salvaged. After the incident was cleared, 13minutes were added to the clock to make up for the lost time under the red flag.

Out of Turn 1, Rowland fell to 10th when his car slowed, handing Bird the lead with an aggressive Andre Lotterer behind. Seconds later, Lotterer exploited Bird’s wide line around Turn 2, slipping into the lead.

Further down the pack, Vandoorne in third was holding back Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara in fourth, eager to relive the podium finish he had in Hong Kong last season.

At the front, Bird was biding his time behind Lotterer, keeping close on his tail while the German held the lead. Heading into Turn 2, the British driver made a move, passing Lotterer before the German reclaimed his lead through the chicane. Neck and neck, the two battled hard for the top step of the podium.

With less than 18minutes left, Vandoorne stopped on track suffering a technical failure while Nissan e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi picked up damage to his front, left wheel through the chicane, ending his race early. With the Safety Car deployed, Vandoorne was recovered.

The race restarted with 11 minutes left to go, with Lotterer still in the lead, Bird close behind in second and Mortara in third. The Swiss-Italian driver has good memories here in Hong Kong after leading much of the race and securing a podium on his Formula E debut last season.

Further down the pack, Rowland stopped on track after snapping his rear axel following contact with the wall. With the Safety Car deployed, Rowland’s wreck was cleared and the race restarted with less than two minutes to go.

Chipping away at the German race leader, Brit driver Bird made contact with the back of Lotterer’s car, puncturing the tyre, leaving him helpless as the car limped home, unable to finish with smoke pouring out the back. While Bird sailed over the finish line to take the win. Behind Bird came Mortara in second and di Grassi in third. With the race finished, Bird came under investigation following the incident with Lotterer, and the FIA issued Bird a critical five second penalty for puncturing Lotterer’s tyre, which ultimately ended his race. The penalty drop’s the Brit to sixth place,

Race results
1Edoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team(25)
2Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler(18)
3Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing(15)
4Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler(12)
5Felipe MassaVENTURI Formula E Team(10)
6Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing(12)
7Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing(6)
8Gary PaffettHWA RACELAB(4)
9Oliver TurveyNIO Formula E Team(2)
10Antonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport(1)

Driver standings
Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing54
Jerome D’AmbrosioMAHINDRA RACING53
Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler52
Edoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team52
Antonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport47
Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing43
Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing34
Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler34
Pascal WehrleinMAHINDRA RACING30
Andre LottererDS TECHEETAH29

Team standings
Envision Virgin Racing97
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler86
MAHINDRA RACING83
VENTURI Formula E Team66
BMW i Andretti Motorsport65
DS TECHEETAH57
Panasonic Jaguar Racing35
Nissan e.dams21
HWA RACELAB7
NIO Formula E Team6
GEOX DRAGON2

 

Mar 10, 2019Blagojce Krivevski
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Blagojce Krivevski is physicist and green technology lover. Keep in touch with Blagojce through his email, web site, Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook and Google+.

March 10, 2019 Electric Car Newsformula e, hong kong e-prix, Hong Kong ePrix
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