Stoffel Vandoorne, DS Penske, DS E-Tense FE23. Photo by Sam Bloxham/Motorsport Images

Vandoorne Leads the Opening Session in Leg 1 of the Berlin ePrix Doubleheader

April 22, 2023

Formula E

by Kimberly Kay

DS Penske’s Stoffel Vandoorne set the early pace in Free Practice 1 (FP1) in leg 1 at the SABIC Berlin E-Prix. The reigning World Champion put down a 1m05.803s at the Tempelhof Airport circuit today ahead of FP2 that is set to take place early morning EST. The split between the top 9 cars on grid was only 0.3s which suggests the field is wide open in terms of who will lead into FP2 and qualifying thereafter. The session however did not come without incident.

Edo Mortara out-brakes himself and is in the wall!

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The Maserati MSG Racing of Edoardo Mortara crashed into the barriers which led to a yellow flag at the ten minute mark in FP1. Mortara appears to have escaped the incident without injury and should be good to head back out for FP2. Robin Frijns also had a small spin out in his ABT CUPRA. You can find full FP1 results below.

FP1 Results

POS	DRIVER	TEAM	TIME	GAP
1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS PENSKE	1:05:803	–
2	Jake Dennis	AVALANCHE ANDRETTI FORMULA E	1:05:888	+ 00:085
3	Maximilian Gunther	MASERATI MSG RACING	1:05:891	+ 00:088
4	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS PENSKE	1:05:955	+ 00:152
5	Edoardo Mortara	MASERATI MSG RACING	1:05:988	+ 00:185
6	Sam Bird	JAGUAR TCS RACING	1:06:014	+ 00:211
7	Mitch Evans	JAGUAR TCS RACING	1:06:025	+ 00:222
8	António Félix Da Costa	TAG HEUER PORSCHE FORMULA E TEAM	1:06:063	+ 00:260
9	André Lotterer	AVALANCHE ANDRETTI FORMULA E	1:06:101	+ 00:298
10	René Rast	NEOM MCLAREN FORMULA E TEAM	1:06:115	+ 00:312
11	Sébastien Buemi	ENVISION RACING	1:06:135	+ 00:332
12	Dan Ticktum	NIO 333 RACING	1:06:247	+ 00:444
13	Sérgio Sette Camara	NIO 333 RACING	1:06:307	+ 00:504
14	Lucas Di Grassi	MAHINDRA RACING	1:06:421	+ 00:618
15	Jake Hughes	NEOM MCLAREN FORMULA E TEAM	1:06:471	+ 00:668
16	Robin Frijns	ABT CUPRA FORMULA E TEAM	1:06:494	+ 00:691
17	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG HEUER PORSCHE FORMULA E TEAM	1:06:524	+ 00:721
18	Sacha Fenestraz	NISSAN FORMULA E TEAM	1:06:572	+ 00:769
19	Nico Mueller	ABT CUPRA FORMULA E TEAM	1:06:589	+ 00:786
20	Nick Cassidy	ENVISION RACING	1:06:744	+ 00:941
21	Oliver Rowland	MAHINDRA RACING	1:06:889	+ 01:086
22	Norman Nato	NISSAN FORMULA E TEAM	1:07:158	+ 01:355

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