Lucas di Grassi leads opening Marrakesh Formula E practice
Lucas di Grassi laid down the ear൲ly pace in Marrakesh on Saturday by topping the firstꦕ Formula E practice session of the weekend for Audi.
Defending Formula E champion di Grassi was one of two drivers to coꦑmplete a qualifying simulation in FP1, allowing him to finish more than nine-tenths of a second clear of the field.
Di Grassi set a fastest time of 1:20.310 to mark a new track record for Formula E at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, with Dragon Racing's Jerome d'Ambrosio following in second place after also putting in a time at full 🌳power.
Lucas di Grassi laid down the early pace in Marrakesh on ܫSaturday by topping ♑the first Formula E practice session of the weekend for Audi.
Defending Formula E champion di Grassi was one of two dri𝓡vers to complete a qualifying simulation in FP1, allowing him to finish more than nine-tenths of a second clear of the field.
Di Grassi set a fastest time of 1:20.310 to mark a new track record for Formula E at the Circuit Int⛦ernational Automobile Moulay El Hassan, with Dragon Racing's Jerome d'Ambrosio following in second place after also putting in a time at full power.
The remaining 18 drivers opted against a qualifying simulation, l🔯eaving their power capped at 180kW, with di Grassi's teammate Dani🐓el Abt finishing as the best of the rest in third place, 1.2 seconds off the pace.
Mitch Evans led Jaguar's charge in fourth place 🎀ahead of Renault's Sebastien Buemi and DS Virgin Racing's Sam Bird, with Techeetah's Jean-Eric Vergne following ⛎in P7 as the quartet was separated by less than one-tenth of a second.
Nelson Piquet Jr. finisheജd eighth in the second Jaguar, while 2016 Marrakesh pole-sitter Felix Rosenqvist was ninth ahead of Oliver Turvey, who rounded out the top 10.
A number of drivers struggled for grip on the dusty circuit, wh๊ile a repainted run-off at the final corner also gave a couple of drivers a scare as they found t🌱he limits of the track.
Venturi had a difficult session as both Maro Engel and Edoardo Mortar⛎a suffered multiple stoppages on-track, lea𒐪ving them 17th and 20th respectively in the final classification.
