Edoardo Mortara, one of the most experienced Formula E drivers, has been racing since this year for the Indian team Mahindra, which is not in the best shape at the moment, and in general he has not had any luck so far this season. And so much so that the vice-champion of the 2021 electric series failed to score a single point in the first eight stages of the season.
Until today: Mortara won the qualifying round in Berlin on Saturday, which precedes the first of two races in the double-header hosted by the German capital. And in Formula E, three bonus points are awarded for such achievements.
In the final qualifying round, Edoardo completed a lap around the old Templehof airport, 0.267 seconds faster than DS Penske driver Stoffel Vandoorne, who was second fastest. Jean-Eric Vergne, Vandoorne’s teammate, will start from the second row today, but the fourth result went to the Brazilian Sergio Sette Camara, who plays for the ERT team, whose representatives we rarely see in the leading group.
Just like the Mahindra racers: the last time this team’s car was on pole was last year in Mexico City, when Lucas di Grassi won qualifying.
The leader of the personal classification, Pascal Wehrlein, took sixth place, Antonio Felix da Costa, his teammate in the Porsche factory team, was ninth and Mitch Evans, a Jaguar driver and one of the favorites of the season, was only eleventh . But current world champion Jake Dennis, riding for Andretti, usually starts from the back row, as does his teammate Norman Nato.
The unusual starting grid promises an interesting race, because usually the battle on the Berlin circuit is very intense and you can expect a lot of overtaking actions. One thing is certain: it will be unpredictable.
Source: F1 News
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