Di Grassi Sets Pace in Beijing ePrix Practice 2
Lucas di Grassi laid down a 1:37.2 to claim the second session by 0.7 seconds over teammate Daniel Abt. Di Grassi took the top spot after topping the charts for much of the session, with Abt rising into the runner-up position in the closing moments.
Stéphane Sarrazin led the way for Venturi to take third in the session, with Team Aguri’s Antonio Felix da Costa and Renault e.dams’ Nico Prost rounding out the top five.
The session came to an early end after Andretti Formula E driver Simona de Silvestro got into the wall on the tight Beijing circuit to force a red flag.
With practice complete, the Formula E field will return to the Beijing street course for qualifying before commencing with the second running of the Beijing ePrix.
Practice 2 Results
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap |
1 | 11 | Lucas DI GRASSI | ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | 7 | 1:37.279 | +0.000s |
2 | 66 | Daniel ABT | ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | 7 | 1:37.993 | +0.714 |
3 | 4 | Stephane SARRAZIN | Venturi Formula E Team | 9 | 1:38.336 | +1.057 |
4 | 55 | Antonio Felix DA COSTA | Team Aguri | 7 | 1:39.768 | +2.489 |
5 | 8 | Nicolas PROST | Renault e.Dams | 10 | 1:39.827 | +2.548 |
6 | 77 | Nathanael BERTHON | Team Aguri | 5 | 1:40.283 | +3.004 |
7 | 23 | Nick HEIDFELD | Mahindra Racing Formula E Team | 5 | 1:40.349 | +3.070 |
8 | 25 | Jean-Eric VERGNE | DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team | 8 | 1:40.376 | +3.097 |
9 | 9 | Sebastien BUEMI | Renault e.Dams | 9 | 1:40.669 | +3.390 |
10 | 27 | Robin FRIJNS | Andretti Formula E Race Team | 8 | 1:40.978 | +3.699 |
11 | 88 | Oliver TURVEY | NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team | 10 | 1:41.055 | +3.776 |
12 | 1 | Nelson PIQUET JR | NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team | 4 | 1:41.333 | +4.054 |
13 | 21 | Bruno SENNA | Mahindra Racing Formula E Team | 9 | 1:41.457 | +4.178 |
14 | 2 | Sam BIRD | DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team | 9 | 1:41.474 | +4.195 |
15 | 7 | Jerome D'AMBROSIO | Dragon Racing | 10 | 1:41.965 | +4.686 |
16 | 6 | Loïc DUVAL | Dragon Racing | 10 | 1:42.408 | +5.129 |
17 | 28 | Simona DE SILVESTRO | Andretti Formula E Race Team | 8 | 1:43.150 | +5.871 |
18 | 12 | Jacques VILLENEUVE | Venturi Formula E Team | 2 | – | – |