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Press Release Press Release MARCH 18, 2018 A frustrating result for Renault e.dams in Uruguay The Punta del Este ePrix brought down the curtain on the South American part of the FIA Formula E Championship, but the Renault e.dams team didn’t meet with much success as only Nicolas Prost saw the chequered flag although he failed to score points. Sébastien Buemi won the two ePrix held in Uruguay in seasons 1 and 2. He continued where he’d left off by showing his mastery of the circuit laid out beside the Atlantic ocean by setting the fastest time in free practice 1. But he failed to qualify for the SuperPole shootout and started the race in sixth place on the grid. After losing two places at the start, the Swiss showed his fighting spirit by overtaking Sam Bird and André Lotterer just before the race was neutralised behind the safety car. On the restart Seb tried to get past Daniel Abt, but damaged a rear wheel as he skimmed the wall. He was forced to stop to change cars long before his rivals and he rejoined hoping that race incidents would enable him to save enough energy to reach the finish. He decided not to use the fan boost, which he’d again been awarded by his many fans. His efforts failed to meet with success and he pitted and retired eight laps before the chequered flag fell. Nicolas Prost was in 19th spot on the grid at the start after going off on his qualifying lap. This forced him to play a waiting game and he did a great job making the most of the energy in his first car and was the last driver to stop. He purged a 10­second penalty for a battery change before rejoining. He never gave up and kept pushing hard until the chequered flag finishing in 15th place. Despite not scoring any points Sébastien Buemi is still in fourth place in the drivers’ championship, while Renault e.dams’ fifth place in the teams’ ratings remains unchanged. The FIA Formula E Championship’s next stop is Rome in just under a month on 14th April when the drivers will tackle a brand­new circuit. Nicolas Prost, n°8 “My day was compromised in qualifying. The overall level of the championship is so high that you just have to take risks. I was on a good lap pushing hard, but I had a slight off and that was that. From that moment on it looked like I was going to have a tricky race. We had a good car that was capable of fighting at the front. I was really hoping for a lot more than this result.” Sébastien Buemi, n°9 “It was a bad day for me and I’m feeling very sorry for the team. By clipping the wall I ruined our chances of a podium finish. We had a good enough car to achieve such a result as I was in front of Bird who finished third. Obviously I’m disappointed, but you can’t rerun the race and now we have to look to the next one. Although it wasn’t perhaps obvious in qualifying I think we were quick enough; that’s the positive aspect I’ll take away with me.” Jean­Paul Driot, co­owner of the team “The weekend was all the more disappointing as we’d won the two races held here in the previous seasons. We weren’t able to transform the speed we showed in free practice into concrete results. Our performance in qualifying was poor, especially Nico’s off that compromised his race. Seb had the potential to get into in the SuperPole; it was a close­run thing. Although he set a good pace in the early stages of the race he made a slight error when trying to get past Abt on the dirty side of the track. This had serious consequences as he had to come in early to change his car. Without another deployment of the safety car he couldn’t have made it to the finish. Our blank score card is disappointing as we could have bagged a big haul of points. That’s part of motor sport and we’re determined to show our capacity to fight back at the next race.” Vincent Gaillardot, FE programme manager “Punta del Este marked the halfway point of the season. After the series of podium finishes we began in Marrakech, we saw that this race, in which we’ve always been very quick in the past, was a good opportunity to get back in the running in the drivers’ classification. Unfortunately, we messed things up because of several small mistakes. The gap has widened, but we’ve shown that we’re in the mix. Once again the Super Pole was fought out between five different cars, which proves just how tight this championship is. Now, it’s up to us to string together the best sectors to clinch a pole position and a victory. More than ever, it’s our driving ambition at this stage of the season.” For More Information: Christophe DEVILLE Motorsport Communications campaign Manager +33 (0)1 76 84 64 83 [email protected] GROUPE RENAULT PRESS OFFICE Tel.: +33 (0)1 76 84 63 36 [email protected] Press Release MARCH 18, 2018 A frustrating result for Renault e.dams in Uruguay The Punta del Este ePrix brought down the curtain on the South American part of the FIA Formula E Championship, but the Renault e.dams team didn’t meet with much success as only Nicolas Prost saw the chequered flag although he failed to score points. Sébastien Buemi won the two ePrix held in Uruguay in seasons 1 and 2. He continued where he’d left off by showing his mastery of the circuit laid out beside the Atlantic ocean by setting the fastest time in free practice 1. But he failed to qualify for the SuperPole shootout and started the race in sixth place on the grid. After losing two places at the start, the Swiss showed his fighting spirit by overtaking Sam Bird and André Lotterer just before the race was neutralised behind the safety car. On the restart Seb tried to get past Daniel Abt, but damaged a rear wheel as he skimmed the wall. He was forced to stop to change cars long before his rivals and he rejoined hoping that race incidents would enable him to save enough energy to reach the finish. He decided not to use the fan boost, which he’d again been awarded by his many fans. His efforts failed to meet with success and he pitted and retired eight laps before the chequered flag fell. Nicolas Prost was in 19th spot on the grid at the start after going off on his qualifying lap. This forced him to play a waiting game and he did a great job making the most of the energy in his first car and was the last driver to stop. He purged a 10­second penalty for a battery change before rejoining. He never gave up and kept pushing hard until the chequered flag finishing in 15th place. Despite not scoring any points Sébastien Buemi is still in fourth place in the drivers’ championship, while Renault e.dams’ fifth place in the teams’ ratings remains unchanged. The FIA Formula E Championship’s next stop is Rome in just under a month on 14th April when the drivers will tackle a brand­new circuit. Nicolas Prost, n°8 “My day was compromised in qualifying. The overall level of the championship is so high that you just have to take risks. I was on a good lap pushing hard, but I had a slight off and that was that. From that moment on it looked like I was going to have a tricky race. We had a good car that was capable of fighting at the front. I was really hoping for a lot more than this result.” Sébastien Buemi, n°9 “It was a bad day for me and I’m feeling very sorry for the team. By clipping the wall I ruined our chances of a podium finish. We had a good enough car to achieve such a result as I was in front of Bird who finished third. Obviously I’m disappointed, but you can’t rerun the race and now we have to look to the next one. Although it wasn’t perhaps obvious in qualifying I think we were quick enough; that’s the positive aspect I’ll take away with me.” Jean­Paul Driot, co­owner of the team “The weekend was all the more disappointing as we’d won the two races held here in the previous seasons. We weren’t able to transform the speed we showed in free practice into concrete results. Our performance in qualifying was poor, especially Nico’s off that compromised his race. Seb had the potential to get into in the SuperPole; it was a close­run thing. Although he set a good pace in the early stages of the race he made a slight error when trying to get past Abt on the dirty side of the track. This had serious consequences as he had to come in early to change his car. Without another deployment of the safety car he couldn’t have made it to the finish. Our blank score card is disappointing as we could have bagged a big haul of points.
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