Race 2016 Berlin ePrix

sébastien buemi led majority of eprix , took third victory of season.

while buemi extended lead 5 seconds in front of abt, di grassi running in fifth place , in tight bunch of cars consisting of vergne , prost. di grassi s team told him attempt keep him on track 1 lap longer rivals. further down field, frijns fought way through top ten , slid , drifted through first turn in passing move on duval. heidfeld had moved through field run in top ten , later mounted kerb overtake conway ninth place. prost drew closer vergne , pressure caused vergne clout bollards @ chicane. caused front right section of vergne s front wing shatter. vergne took kerb second time driving same chicane on next lap , removed front wing. debris littered on track , prost moved ahead of vergne take on fourth position. mandatory pit stops, during drivers need change second car, began on lap 25 when leaders made stops immediately. di grassi s strategy allowed him remain on track 1 lap , made pit stop on 26th lap. after pit stops, buemi kept lead abt second, prost third , di grassi moved ahead of vergne take on fourth.

with debris vergne s car littered across track @ chicane, officials called full course yellow flag on lap 28 allow marshals clean track. racing resumed 2 laps later buemi holding eleven-second advantage on abt. bird gained 2 positions passing ma , d ambrosio move twelfth @ restart. attention focused on battle third place di grassi closing prost. di grassi had more electrical energy prost , first move on latter saw him steer onto outside line on 38th lap. di grassi got alongside prost noted lack of room available , not overtake him. following lap, di grassi feigned second overtaking manoevure on prost @ same corner , passed him around inside move third place. senna recorded race s fastest lap on 39th lap. completed circuit in 59.067 seconds , earned 2 points. shortly after, announced di grassi under investigation speeding during full course yellow flag drawing closer teammate abt.

duval lost control of car on 43rd lap , slid backwards outside barriers lining circuit @ seventh turn. incident necessitated deployment of safety car , time gaps in field neutralised. although duval s vehicle stuck in place difficult retrieve, course marshals able extract car track , allowed race restart 2 laps left. buemi kept lead @ restart abt close behind him. abt informed team teammate di grassi faster him , ordered allow latter through. abt attempted let di grassi through latter not complete manoevure. when prost drew closer, abt realised switching positions di grassi carried risk of losing podium position , no switch took place. buemi maintained lead rest of race win eprix. abt took best formula e finish in second , teammate di grassi completed podium. off podium, prost secured fourth vergne fifth , frijns. heidfeld, conway, de silvestro , sarrazin rounded out points-scoring positions. outside top ten, british duo of bird , turvey took eleventh , twelfth. ahead of piquet, ma, senna , d ambrosio last of classified finishers. buemi s (and e.dams-renault s) third victory of season.