With the sun finally shining brightly over the Principality, following difficult conditions earlier in the week, the first day of the Monaco E-Prix delivered a tactical and exciting race for DS Penske, who secured vital points after putting in a strong performance on the track.
As has now become tradition in Formula E in Monaco, the cars took to the track at 7.30am on Saturday morning for a first 30-minute free practice session. It was a relatively quiet session, punctuated by a few close calls in the run-off areas, but mainly devoted to set-up work. At DS Penske, the focus was more on set-up than on pure performance, although Taylor Barnard managed to set the ninth-fastest time. The pace picked up a notch during the second session. While fine-tuning the final details ahead of qualifying, Barnard came very close to the wall in the tunnel, whilst Maximilian Guenther confirmed the potential of the DS E-Tense FE25 with the fourth-fastest time in a high-intensity session.
