Rosenqvist repeat victory in the ePrix of Marrakech

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Felix Rosenqvist has added their second win of the season after conquering the ePrix of Marrakech. The pilot of Mahindra has remained behind Sébastien Buemi during almost the whole race, and four laps from the end has struck the ultimate to climb back up to the top of the podium, as it did in one of the two races held in Hong Kong after the exclusion of Daniel Abt. Buemi had to settle for the second position, while Sam Bird finished third, a result that does not allow him to retain the lead of the Formula E, which now goes to the hands of Rosenqvist.

Sébastien Buemi was asserting its pole position to retain the first position ahead of the Mahindra Sam Bird. The swede Felix Rosenqvist had to settle with occupy the third position despite making a good start, while José María ‘Pechito’ López was placed fourth. Behind, Alex Lynn was the pilot that worst luck ran as in the first curve it was Daniel Abt, which I threw to the loophole. A maneuver that, among other things, allowed Lucas Di Grassi and Nelson Piquet Jr. ensure the fifth and sixth place that they had from the start.

all in all, it was not the only rider who suffered some kind of mishap in the first few laps. However, ‘Pechito’ Lopez looked surprised by Lucas di Grassi, in a move that made him lose his line to the argentine. Out of site, the argentine fell to the seventh position of coup. In the final part of the group, Nico Prost was spun off as a result of a touch, a clear summary of your difficult weekend. Authentic contrast in relation to a Sébastien Buemi who took advantage of the doubts of his rivals got a second advantage over Sam Bird.

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despite winning the fourth position, Lucas di Grassi was accused of some kind of problem that made him lose in the first instance the position for Nelson Piquet Jr, to then stay standing for a full. However, this dance of problems and overtaking where Buemi, Bird and Rosenqvist managed to break the group with respect to a ‘Pechito’ López, who had returned to climb to the fourth position. An advantage which, however, did not prevent Bird also had problems just before the period of ‘Full Course Yellow’ led by André Lotterer. This circumstance led to all the pilots of the lead group to pit.

With a variety of strategic very small, only Nelson Piquet Jr. I got to take advantage of the change of single-seater after passing to ‘Pechito’ Lopez for the fourth position. Jean-Eric Vergne, Maro Engel, Nick Heidfeld, Edo Mortara and Tom Blomqvist went to the wake of both pilots just when ended the period of ‘Full Course Yellow’. With the second car and half the race ahead, Sébastien Buemi managed to open a gap of 1.5 seconds over Felix Rosenqvist, every time that the rider of Mahindra, I had a change of car for something slower than that of the pilot of Renault and.Dams.

Jean-Eric Vergne was the beginning of the second half of the race beating ‘Pechito’ López for fifth position, in a move that almost turned into an oasis in the desert, since the positions were going to be well-defined. In fact, Sébastien Buemi reduce their pace per lap to try to separate from Felix Rosenqvist, something that could not. To failure five laps from the end, the two great protagonists of the race were separated less than a second, while that Bird was let down by not being able to keep up with the pace of the two leaders.

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all in all, the british became a spectator of luxury in the duel for the victory. A battle that started four laps from the end with a brilliant overtaking of Felix Rosenqvist to Buemi. The pilot of Mahindra got a braking perfect to overtake the pilot of Renault and.Dams, which could only capitulate. There was No opportunity of reply by the strong pace of the pilot is Swedish and the checkered flag determined the victory of Felix Rosenqvist. The swiss Sébastien Buemi has had to be satisfied with the second position, while Sam Bird closed the podium in Marrakech.

In a career of a lot of work, Nelson Piquet Jr. this was done with the fourth position final ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne and José María ‘Pechito’ López. The argentine, with a very slow pace in the final stretch of the test, was benefited by the touch in the final laps of Edo Mortara, Nick Heidfeld and Maro Engel, leaving the Italian out of the game, Engel (of the area of points and Nick Heidfeld out of options of hunting ‘Pechito’. The area of points completed Tom Blomqvist with car Andretti, Nico Prost and Alex Lynn.

Classification ePrix of Marrakech Formula E 2017-18

Pos. Pilot Car Time / Dif.
1 Felix Rosenqvist Mahindra Racing Mahindra M4Electro 33 Turns
2nd Sebastien Buemi Renault e.Dams Renault Z. E 17 +0.945
3rd Sam Bird DS Virgin Racing DS Virgin DSV-03 +5.762
4th Nelson Piquet Jaguar Racing Jaguar R-Type II +6.554
5th Jean-Eric Vergne Techeetah Renault Z. E 17 +12.238
6th José María López Dragon Racing Penske EV-2 +16.491
7th Nick Heidfeld Mahindra Racing Mahindra M4Electro +28.381
8th Tom Blomqvist Andretti Formula E Andretti ATEC-03 +32.380
9th Nico Prost Renault e.Dams Renault Z. E 17 +33.099
10th Alex Lynn DS Virgin Racing DS Virgin DSV-03 +33.520