Yahoo Autos Frijns fastest in second London E-Prix practice
Robin Frijns was fastest in second practice for Formula E’s London E-Prix, with three of the seven championship contenders also in the top five.
The Envision Racing driver set a best time of 1m10.544s, 0.118s ahead of Oliver Rowland, who spun in the right-hander back into the ExCel building with eight minutes of the session to go.
The top five was covered by 0.225s, a stark contrast to Friday evening’s first session where less than a tenth covered the same positions.
Frijns’ Envision teammate Sebastien Buemi was third, ahead of fellow Jaguar-powered runner Nick Cassidy, with Pascal Wehrlein fifth for TAG Heuer Porsche. Cassidy was once again the fastest driver who didn’t run on full power.
Reigning champion Jake Dennis was sixth for Andretti, 0.033s adrift of Wehrlein, while Mitch Evans was seventh in the second factory Jaguar.
Sacha Fenestraz ensured both Nissans finished the session in the top-10 in eighth, with Dan Ticktum and Jean-Eric Vergne completing the top-10 for ERT and DS Pesnke respectively. The 10 quickest drivers were covered by 0.387s.
Sam Bird was 11th for NEOM McLaren, ahead of Maximilian Guenther (Maserati MSG Racing), Lucas di Grassi (Abt Cupra), and Stoffel Vandoorne (DS Penske), with Norman Nato (Andretti), Edoardo Mortara (Mahindra), Nico Mueller (Abt Cupra), and Jake Hughes (McLaren) 15th through 18th.
Porsche’s Antonio Felix da Costa was the lowest-placed championship contender in 19th, with Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries, Maserati’s Jehan Daruvala, and Sergio Sette Camara of ERT completing the field.
