Formula E: Gunther clocks fastest time of week on final day of testing

Two-time champion Jean-Eric Vergne fired the #25 DS PENSKE to the top of the timesheets in the Friday morning session, setting the fastest time of the week with a new benchmark of 1:25.248 in Valencia. That mark was lowered to 1:25.127 right after lunch by Maximillian Gunther in the Maserati.

With perfect conditions this morning, all 22 drivers put on a show as the official Formula E test was opened to fans for the first time. The top five all went quicker than the previous Gen2 best by half-a-second – set by Edoardo Mortara’s 1:25.763 at last season’s pre-season test.

JEV was top, shining under the winter sun as he railed around the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, registering a 1:25.248 for the fastest time of the week so far.

Just three hundredths behind the experienced Frenchman was rookie Jake Hughes, the new NEOM McLaren recruit continuing his impressive performance ahead of his full-time debut in Season 9.

Reigning champion Stoffel Vandoorne was in third, the Belgian quickly acclimatizing to his new surrounds at DS PENSKE. Behind him were the Maserati MSG Racing pair of Guenther and Mortara.

Despite breaking down in the early stages of the session, Jake Dennis was the sixth quickest in the #27 Andretti Porsche and Dan Ticktum was the final driver to clock a lap time in the 1:25 bracket – the NIO 333 outfit making in-roads into the upper portion of the timing boards in Valencia this week

it wasn’t an incident-free session with a shunt for Sebastien Buemi (Envision Racing) bringing out a red-flag to remove his stricken, after the former champion ran-off straight into the wall at Turn 4. The test hasn’t been smooth sailing for Envision, with Nick Cassidy not setting a time in the three-hour run.

Friday AM Results

350KW
Pos	Driver	Nat	Team	Car	Time	Lap	Gap		Kph
1	25 Jean-Éric VERGNE	FRA	DS PENSKE	DS E-TENSE FE23	1:25.248	30	+0.000	+0.000	142.6
2	5 Jake HUGHES	GBR	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Nissan E-4ORCE 04	1:25.284	17	+0.036	+0.036	142.5
3	1 Stoffel VANDOORNE	BEL	DS PENSKE	DS E-TENSE FE23	1:25.286	44	+0.038	+0.002	142.5
4	7 Maximilian GÜNTHER	DEU	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati Tipo Folgore	1:25.341	27	+0.093	+0.055	142.4
5	48 Edoardo MORTARA	CHE	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati Tipo Folgore	1:25.534	22	+0.286	+0.193	142.1
6	27 Jake DENNIS	GBR	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	Porsche 99X Electric	1:25.922	33	+0.674	+0.388	141.4
7	33 Dan TICKTUM	GBR	NIO 333 Racing Formula E Team	NIO 333 ER9	1:25.966	8	+0.718	+0.044	141.4
8	11 Lucas DI GRASSI	BRA	MAHINDRA RACING	Mahindra M9Electro	1:26.150	14	+0.902	+0.184	141.1
9	13 António Félix DA COSTA	PRT	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	1:26.376	13	+1.128	+0.226	140.7
10	94 Pascal WEHRLEIN	DEU	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	1:26.516	41	+1.268	+0.140	140.5
300 kW
1	7 Maximilian GÜNTHER	DEU	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati Tipo Folgore	1:25.962	11			141.4
2	5 Jake HUGHES	GBR	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Nissan E-4ORCE 04	1:26.032	29	+0.070	+0.070	141.3
3	1 Stoffel VANDOORNE	BEL	DS PENSKE	DS E-TENSE FE23	1:26.047	42	+0.085	+0.015	141.2
4	25 Jean-Éric VERGNE	FRA	DS PENSKE	DS E-TENSE FE23	1:26.057	44	+0.095	+0.010	141.2
5	48 Edoardo MORTARA	CHE	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati Tipo Folgore	1:26.100	23	+0.138	+0.043	141.2
6	27 Jake DENNIS	GBR	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	Porsche 99X Electric	1:26.467	24	+0.505	+0.367	140.6
7	17 Norman NATO	FRA	Nissan Formula E Team	Nissan E-4ORCE 04	1:26.633	29	+0.671	+0.166	140.3
8	58 René RAST	DEU	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Nissan E-4ORCE 04	1:26.651	28	+0.689	+0.018	140.3
9	33 Dan TICKTUM	GBR	NIO 333 Racing Formula E Team	NIO 333 ER9	1:26.674	19	+0.712	+0.023	140.2
10	94 Pascal WEHRLEIN	DEU	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	1:26.713	19	+0.751	+0.039	140.2
11	8 Oliver ROWLAND	GBR	MAHINDRA RACING	Mahindra M9Electro	1:26.762	19	+0.800	+0.049	140.1
12	9 Mitch EVANS	NZL	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar I-TYPE 6	1:26.830	6	+0.868	+0.068	140.0
13	4 Robin FRIJNS	NLD	ABT CUPRA Formula E Team	Mahindra M9Electro	1:26.852	4	+0.890	+0.022	139.9
14	51 Nico MÜLLER	CHE	ABT CUPRA Formula E Team	Mahindra M9 Electro	1:27.049	18	+1.087	+0.197	139.6
15	13 António Félix DA COSTA	PRT	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	1:27.085	11	+1.123	+0.036	139.6
16	11 Lucas DI GRASSI	BRA	MAHINDRA RACING	Mahindra M9Electro	1:27.097	5	+1.135	+0.012	139.5
17	36 André LOTTERER	DEU	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	Porsche 99X Electric	1:27.163	27	+1.201	+0.066	139.4
18	23 Sacha FENESTRAZ	FRA	Nissan Formula E Team	Nissan E-4ORCE 04	1:27.166	23	+1.204	+0.003	139.4
19	10 Sam BIRD	GBR	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar I-TYPE 6	1:28.282	12	+2.320	+1.116	137.7
20	16 Sébastien BUEMI	CHE	Envision Racing	Jaguar I-TYPE 6	1:29.554	6	+3.592	+1.272	135.7
110 kW
21	27 Jake Dennis	GBR	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	Porsche 99X Electric

Friday PM Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Car	Time	Gap
1	7	M. Günther	Maserati Tipo Folgore	1:25.127	0.000
2	1	S. Vandoorne	Ds E-Tense Fe23	1:25.236	0.109
3	8	O. Rowland	Mahindra M9electro	1:25.317	0.190
4	5	J. Hughes	Nissan E-4orce 04	1:25.334	0.207
5	10	S. Bird	Jaguar I-Type 6	1:25.388	0.261
6	17	N. Nato	Nissan E-4orce 04	1:25.417	0.290
7	25	J. Vergne	Ds E-Tense Fe23	1:25.466	0.339
8	58	R. Rast	Nissan E-4orce 04	1:25.470	0.343
9	4	R. Frijns	Mahindra M9electro	1:25.597	0.470
10	48	E. Mortara	Maserati Tipo Folgore	1:25.717	0.590
11	37	N. Cassidy	Jaguar I-Type 6	1:25.878	0.751
12	94	P. Wehrlein	Porsche 99x Electric	1:25.893	0.766
13	11	L. Di Grassi	Mahindra M9electro	1:25.978	0.851
14	36	A. Lotterer	Porsche 99x Electric	1:26.050	0.923
15	9	M. Evans	Jaguar I-Type 6	1:26.074	0.947
16	51	N. Müller	Mahindra M9 Electro	1:26.170	1.043
17	33	D. Ticktum	Nio 333 Er9	1:26.188	1.061
18	27	J. Dennis	Porsche 99x Electric	1:26.368	1.241
19	13	A. Da Costa	Porsche 99x Electric	1:26.858	1.731
20	23	S. Fenestraz	Nissan E-4orce 04	1:27.361	2.234
21	3	S. Sette Câmara	Nio 333 Er9
22	16	S. Buemi	Jaguar I-Type 6