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SAM BIRD (VIRGIN RACING) CLINCHES PUTRAJAYA E-PRIX
ROUND 2 OF FIA FORMULA E
Podium@Putrajaya (Source: FIA EPRIX)
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Sam Bird cruised to victory in round two of the Formula E season in Putrajaya ahead of championship leader Lucas di Grassi and Sebastien Buemi.
The Virgin Racing driver crossed the finish-line to pick up the full 25 points and clinches his first EPrix win. Unlucky week-end for Team Trulli.
The Virgin Racing driver crossed the finish-line to pick up the full 25 points and clinches his first EPrix win. Unlucky week-end for Team Trulli.
This is what happened during race week-end:
Bruno Senna, Katherine Legge and Nick Heidfeld were awarded FanBoost (extra power voted by fans on-line) for the 2014 FIA Formula E Ycapital Management Putrajaya ePrix
The three drivers each received an extra power boost for five seconds per car to be used during the race.
After an investigation by the stewards the following drivers each received post-qualifying grid penalties. Sebastien Buemi was moved to the back of the grid after his car was found to be underweight. Jerome d´Ambrosio sat alongside Buemi on the last row for exceeding the maximum power usage.
Nicolas Prost was dropped 10 places for causing an avoidable collision in Beijing, first race of the season.
Bruno Senna, Katherine Legge and Nick Heidfeld were awarded FanBoost (extra power voted by fans on-line) for the 2014 FIA Formula E Ycapital Management Putrajaya ePrix
The three drivers each received an extra power boost for five seconds per car to be used during the race.
After an investigation by the stewards the following drivers each received post-qualifying grid penalties. Sebastien Buemi was moved to the back of the grid after his car was found to be underweight. Jerome d´Ambrosio sat alongside Buemi on the last row for exceeding the maximum power usage.
Nicolas Prost was dropped 10 places for causing an avoidable collision in Beijing, first race of the season.
The e.dams-Renault driver clocked a 1:21.779s ahead of Dragon Racing´s Oriol Servia but the French driver, Prost was moved back on the grid after picking up a grid penalty for the last-lap crash with Nick Heidfeld in Beijing.
Prost said: “My goal was just to stick it on pole so I could start 11th and that´s what we did. The Beijing pole was a bit of a surprise but here I felt really good. We´ll have to see how the race goes, fastest lap would be great too but overall I´m really happy with the result and my performance.“
Prost said: “My goal was just to stick it on pole so I could start 11th and that´s what we did. The Beijing pole was a bit of a surprise but here I felt really good. We´ll have to see how the race goes, fastest lap would be great too but overall I´m really happy with the result and my performance.“
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