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Misano E-Prix: Vergne heads practice as Cassidy suffers high-speed crash

Vergne Cassidy Misano (Organization) Sebastien Buemi Jake Hughes Sergio Sette Camara Taylor Barnard DS Penske N Cassidy Jaguar Racing

Vergne’s 1m17.482s left him just 0.20s clear of McLaren’s Jake Hughes as Envision’s Sebastien Buemi was a further 0.081s behind in Saturday morning's session.

Buemi topped the order with a 1m19.123s after the opening 10 minutes and just prior to a red flag after the ERT of Sergio Sette Camara was unable to recover to the pits after stopping on track.

Once running resumed nearly 10 minutes later, and with the session extended by five minutes due to the delay, Buemi’s team-mate Robin Frijns hit the top with a 1m18.733s.

The Dutchman then lowered his personal best to a 1m17.908s, before he was beaten by Buemi and Cassidy.

Lap times continued to tumble inside the final 10 minutes with Vergne posting a 1m17.456s that stood as the best effort until it was removed for track limits, leaving Hughes fastest with a 1m17.502s.

Vergne then moved back to the top, nearly matching his previous disallowed lap, which proved to be the session’s fastest time as a second flag ended proceedings early.

This was after Cassidy went off at high speed on the approach to the final corner, the Kiwi having to take avoiding action as cars ahead slowed to prepare for a flying lap.

Cassidy’s Jaguar suffered right-front suspension damage which will put his participation in today’s qualifying, due to be held at 1020hrs local time, in doubt.

During the first practice session on Friday evening, DS Penske claimed a 1-2 with Vergne’s 1m17.546s leaving him nearly two tenths clear of team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne as Cassidy finished third.

Marshals work to remove the car of Nick Cassidy, Jaguar TCS Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6, from the circuit after a crash (Photo by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Images)

Maserati MSG’s Jehan Daruvala claimed fourth but team-mate and Tokyo E-Prix winner Maximilian Guenther finished 21st after suffering a technical problem which meant the German stopped on track before returning to the pits.

Mitch Evans (Jaguar), Nico Muller (Abt), Buemi (Envision) and Sam Bird (McLaren) completed the top eight, with current championship leader Pascal Wehrlein ninth for Porsche.

Camara finished just behind and less than seven tenths off Vergne’s time, as eight different teams occupied places inside the top 10.

Rookie running

A 30-minute rookie test was also held earlier on Friday, with each of the 11 teams running one nominated driver during the session.

Formula 2 driver Taylor Barnard topped the session for McLaren having set a 1m18.762s with his final effort, leaving the Briton 0.154s clear of DS Penske’s Robert Shwartzman.

Current F2 championship leader Zane Maloney finished third for Andretti, nearly six tenths behind, as F3 driver Tim Tramnitz (Abt) and Daytona 24 Hours victor Matt Campbell (Porsche) completed the top five.

Ahead of their Formula E debuts in Berlin next month, Paul Aron was eighth quickest for Envision, which marked the Estonian’s first time in the car, with Mahindra’s Jordan King finishing one place ahead.

Taylor Barnard, NEOM McLaren Formula E Team, e-4ORCE 04 (Photo by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Images)

The Briton’s car developed a battery problem, however, meaning regular driver Edoardo Mortara was unable to take part in FP1 later that day as the team replaced the component.

Also suffering a problem was Sheldon van der Linde, as the South African was limited to only 11 laps due to a power problem in his Jaguar and finished last in the running order.

Misano E-Prix - FP2 result


Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	J. Vergne DS Penske	25	17	1'17.482		157.135
2	J. Hughes McLaren	5	15	+0.020 1'17.502	0.020	157.095
3	S. Buemi Envision Racing	16	17	+0.101 1'17.583	0.081	156.931
4	N. Cassidy Jaguar Racing	37	14	+0.178 1'17.660	0.077	156.775
5	S. Vandoorne DS Penske	2	17	+0.279 1'17.761	0.101	156.572
6	M. Evans Jaguar Racing	9	17	+0.362 1'17.844	0.083	156.405
7	R. Frijns Envision Racing	4	17	+0.426 1'17.908	0.064	156.276
8	J. Dennis Andretti Formula E	1	15	+0.492 1'17.974	0.066	156.144
9	S. Bird McLaren	8	15	+0.493 1'17.975	0.001	156.142
10	N. Müller Team Abt	51	14	+0.606 1'18.088	0.113	155.916
11	L. di Grassi Team Abt	11	15	+0.609 1'18.091	0.003	155.910
12	E. Mortara Mahindra Racing	48	15	+0.656 1'18.138	0.047	155.816
13	N. Nato Andretti Formula E	17	17	+0.677 1'18.159	0.021	155.774
14	S. Fenestraz Nissan e.Dams	23	15	+0.693 1'18.175	0.016	155.742
15	A. Felix da Costa Porsche Team	13	16	+0.694 1'18.176	0.001	155.740
16	N. de Vries Mahindra Racing	21	16	+0.905 1'18.387	0.211	155.321
17	M. Gunther Maserati Racing	7	16	+0.928 1'18.410	0.023	155.276
18	D. Ticktum ERT Formula E Team	33	15	+0.978 1'18.460	0.050	155.177
19	P. Wehrlein Porsche Team	94	17	+1.032 1'18.514	0.054	155.070
20	J. Daruvala Maserati Racing	18	17	+1.200 1'18.682	0.168	154.739
21	O. Rowland Nissan e.Dams	22	15	+1.384 1'18.866	0.184	154.378
22	S. Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team	3	2	+32.105 1'49.587	30.721	111.100
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Misano E-Prix - FP1 result


Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	km/h
1	J. Vergne DS Penske	25	17	1'17.546		157.006
2	S. Vandoorne DS Penske	2	17	+0.197 1'17.743	0.197	156.608
3	N. Cassidy Jaguar Racing	37	18	+0.361 1'17.907	0.164	156.278
4	J. Daruvala Maserati Racing	18	13	+0.453 1'17.999	0.092	156.094
5	M. Evans Jaguar Racing	9	18	+0.557 1'18.103	0.104	155.886
6	N. Müller Team Abt	51	18	+0.574 1'18.120	0.017	155.852
7	S. Buemi Envision Racing	16	15	+0.613 1'18.159	0.039	155.774
8	S. Bird McLaren	8	16	+0.615 1'18.161	0.002	155.770
9	P. Wehrlein Porsche Team	94	18	+0.670 1'18.216	0.055	155.661
10	S. Sette Camara ERT Formula E Team	3	18	+0.691 1'18.237	0.021	155.619
11	A. Felix da Costa Porsche Team	13	17	+0.730 1'18.276	0.039	155.541
12	O. Rowland Nissan e.Dams	22	16	+0.730 1'18.276	0.000	155.541
13	D. Ticktum ERT Formula E Team	33	18	+0.787 1'18.333	0.057	155.428
14	L. di Grassi Team Abt	11	17	+0.902 1'18.448	0.115	155.200
15	J. Hughes McLaren	5	16	+1.164 1'18.710	0.262	154.684
16	S. Fenestraz Nissan e.Dams	23	17	+1.232 1'18.778	0.068	154.550
17	J. Dennis Andretti Formula E	1	16	+1.307 1'18.853	0.075	154.403
18	R. Frijns Envision Racing	4	18	+1.417 1'18.963	0.110	154.188
19	N. de Vries Mahindra Racing	21	15	+1.686 1'19.232	0.269	153.665
20	N. Nato Andretti Formula E	17	13	+2.413 1'19.959	0.727	152.268
21	M. Gunther Maserati Racing	7	8	+2.791 1'20.337	0.378	151.551
22	E. Mortara Mahindra Racing	48	0
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