New York ePrix: Bird leads twice red-flagged practice
Saturday winner Sam Bird set the pace in the third practice session of Formula E's New York ePrix weekend, which was interrupted by crashes from Tom Dillmann and Robin Frijns.
Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing
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DS Virgin driver Bird beat Jean-Eric Vergne, who finished second in Saturday's race, by 0.179s with a time of 1m02.209s.
The Frenchman held first place until the final five minutes, having been the first one to improve after a 10-minute red flag stint caused by Dillmann stopping on track.
Venturi driver Dillmann hit the wall on the exit of Turn 1, breaking his right-rear suspension.
The session also ended with a red flag as Frijns lost the back of his Andretti-run car and smashed his rear wing into the wall.
Behind Bird and Vergne, Venturi's Maro Engel took third, 0.002s faster than NEXTEV driver Oliver Turvey, while Nelson Piquet and Dillmann were fifth and sixth behind their teammates.
DS Virgin rookie Alex Lynn, who secured pole for Saturday's race, was seventh, ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Jerome d'Ambrosio, the top nine separated by less than half a second.
Mahindra's Nick Heidfeld completed the top 10.
Practice results
Cla | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sam Bird | Virgin Racing | 1'02.209 | |
2 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Techeetah | 1'02.388 | 0.179 |
3 | Maro Engel | Venturi | 1'02.425 | 0.216 |
4 | Oliver Turvey | NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team | 1'02.427 | 0.218 |
5 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team | 1'02.524 | 0.315 |
6 | Tom Dillmann | Venturi | 1'02.545 | 0.336 |
7 | Alex Lynn | Virgin Racing | 1'02.558 | 0.349 |
8 | Lucas di Grassi | Team Abt | 1'02.655 | 0.446 |
9 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Dragon Racing | 1'02.663 | 0.454 |
10 | Nick Heidfeld | Mahindra Racing | 1'02.725 | 0.516 |
11 | Loic Duval | Dragon Racing | 1'02.759 | 0.550 |
12 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Techeetah | 1'02.878 | 0.669 |
13 | Daniel Abt | Team Abt | 1'03.091 | 0.882 |
14 | Adam Carroll | Jaguar Racing | 1'03.117 | 0.908 |
15 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Andretti Autosport | 1'03.175 | 0.966 |
16 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mahindra Racing | 1'03.231 | 1.022 |
17 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar Racing | 1'03.277 | 1.068 |
18 | Pierre Gasly | DAMS | 1'03.380 | 1.171 |
19 | Robin Frijns | Andretti Autosport | 1'03.433 | 1.224 |
20 | Nicolas Prost | DAMS | 1'03.503 | 1.294 |
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