The points won in Diriyah by Edoardo Mortara had given charge and confidence at home maserati for theHyderabad E-Prix, the first in the history of Formula E to be held in India. A general motivation that had paid off with the result of the qualifications, where the Italian-Swiss had managed to get the Modena team’s first access to the semifinals. A goal unfortunately ruined by a decision by the Race Direction, which canceled Mortara’s time due to failure to respect the track limits. Anyway, the Trident however, he was able to console himself with the excellent performance of Maximilian Gunther5th on the starting grid and close to the podium area until the 13th lap of the race.
At that juncture, in fact, the German was unfortunately involved in the ‘fratricidal’ impact between the two Jaguars of Evans and Bird, with this episode dropping it to the bottom of the chart. Despite the good comeback from the rear, also favored by the penalties inflicted on other riders, Günther didn’t go beyond the 13th place the final: “It’s a shame to end the weekend like this – he has declared – we made a good step forward compared to the first two weekends of the season and had good pace in qualifying and the race. I was able to start in the top five and we had good energy and good pace. It was very unfortunate to lose the race when Bird and Evans made contact, putting me behind. It’s disappointing to lose a result that could have been very important, but that’s part of racing. Sometimes things don’t go your way, but in times like this it’s important to react in the right way, keep moving forward and have faith in your abilities. I know our time will come.”
Bad luck for too Mortarimmediately protagonist of a collision with Nick Cassidy’s Envision causing front wing damage. Also in this case, the race of the former DTM driver seemed compromised, but with the occurrence of other unexpected episodes, the Swiss managed to recover up to eleventh position, which later became tithing following the penalty imposed on Sébastien Buemi. In this way, therefore, Mortara hits the points zone for the second consecutive time, albeit with some regrets: “From my point of view it was a swing weekend – has explained – but our performance is improving. We were certainly faster on the lap, but the race was difficult to evaluate because it was compromised after the contact I had at the start. I lost the front wing and the car was not on top after the repairs, but somehow we managed to finish in the top ten. It’s clear that we need to be more competitive, but with a clean weekend I know we can aim for a good points finish.”
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