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As on the previous day, the day's programme was punctuated by a practice session at 10:00 local time, followed by qualifying at 12:20 local time and the start of the race at 17:03 local time. However, track conditions were more favourable, with milder outside temperatures and a track cleaned by…

Hampered by suspension problems (a common issue affecting all cars) while in third place, French driver Jean-Éric Vergne was forced to retire, while Maximilian Günther finished sixth after spending most of the race in the top five.

A bronze medal would do the Franco-American team a lot of good after a promising but somewhat up-and-down year.

Formula E may have taken a short break in its calendar, but the last few weeks have nevertheless been very busy for the Franco-American DS Penske team.

Jean-Éric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne will find themselves in a situation that smiled on them three times last season, racing on a circuit on which no one has ever driven.

This was the Franco-American team's objective for the weekend: to get both cars to the finish, and of course, if possible, in the points. The two drivers worked well together on the 2.933 km, 11-turn circuit which, with its many straights, demanded a great deal of energy.

Formula E underwent somewhat of a reset last year with the arrival of the Gen 3 machinery and the third-generation single-seaters were very different from the cars they replaced.

Into the deep end. For three days (24, 25 and 27 October), the 11 teams taking part will be able to observe each other and gauge the work carried out by each of them during the off-season.

The air was already 30C when the electric single-seaters took to the track at precisely 8.10am on Saturday.