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luglio 11, 2021 - Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

Disappointing debut for the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team on the streets of New York City

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The tenth round of the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season in #newyork City concluded with #nyckdevries in 13th place and #stoffelvandoorne retiring from the race with a puncture

  • Nyck was assigned to the first qualifying group and was fourth fastest in his group. The track then improved steadily as qualifying progressed, resulting in Nyck starting the race from P18 on the grid.
  • Nyck was hit from behind shortly after the start and was unable to avoid hitting the car in front of him. This caused damaged to his own car, compromising the balance. During the 38-lap race, he still managed to gain five positions and ultimately cross the finish line in P13.
  • Stoffel started in the second qualifying group but had to settle for P21 on the grid after brushing against the wall in the last sector.
  • In the race, Stoffel gained several positions before he had to retire his car following a puncture.
  • After the tenth race of the current campaign, DS Techeetah (128 points) lead the team championship, closely followed by Virgin #racing (124 points) and Audi (115 points). The Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team (113 points) has fallen back to fourth place.
  • The eleventh round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will take place tomorrow, Sunday (start time 18:34 BST), once again on the #newyork City street circuit.

Driver

FP1

FP2

Qualifying

Super Pole

Race

Standings

#17

N. de Vries

P14

1:11.390

19 Laps

P6

1:09.614

18 Laps

P18 (Q1: P4)

1:10.581

3 Laps

-

P13

Grid: P18

FL: 1:11.724

P7

59 Points

#5

S. Vandoorne

 

P7

1:11.041

19 Laps

P8

1:09.636

18 Laps

P21 (Q2: P6)

1:10.952

5 Laps

-

DNF

Grid: P21

FL: 1:11.271

P10

54 Points

Ian James, Team Principal:

“It's great being in #newyork for two rounds of this championship. #newyork embodies everything you would expect from a host city to a Formula E event.

Today, however, has been a massively disappointing day for the whole team. We had a solid start to the weekend, showing good pace in the practice sessions. However, we put ourselves on the back foot through our qualifying performance, ultimately starting in P18 and P21. From there on you know it is going to be difficult to recover and score those – especially after the last couple of races - sought-after points.

Early damage for Nyck meant his race was compromised from the off, hampering his ability to fight his way to the front of the field. For Stoffel, a similar scenario played out when he made contact and had to retire from the race with a puncture.

All of this is particularly painful as we are starting to lose ground in both the teams' and drivers' championship. We came to #newyork as the leaders in the teams' standings – albeit with a tiny gap to our competitors. But, after having finished the first race here, we find ourselves in fourth position in the standings. It is another race in which we haven’t been able to optimise our performance; this is not meeting our expectations.

We will need to set it right tomorrow as it’s still all to play for. I’m glad we get a shot at it again in a second race here in NYC.”

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