Berlin E-Prix: BMW’s Dennis stays on top in second issue
The Brit, who has signed with the newly self ample Andretti Autosport inch personnel for 2022, backed up his FP1 leaderboard-topping tempo with the quickest time on Saturday morning.
The BMW Andretti racing driver slotted into first assign of abode with a 1m06.228s courtesy of his slack 250kW fats vitality inch to regain a 0.154s margin over skilled Audi rival Lucas di Grassi.
Dennis posted his flying inch with three minutes remaining of the half of-hour session on the Tempelhof Airport venue and on the time had held a mighty 0.319s advantage.
On the opposite hand, di Grassi’s slack inch to second knocked present championship chief de Vries into third, the Mercedes driver having handiest been 22nd quickest with 5 minutes left on the clock.
Robin Frijns, who after a in actuality early Flip 4 peep with the wall, consistently ran on the tip of the times sometime of the switches from inch vitality to assault mode and into qualifying runs.
The Envision Virgin Racing driver ended up with the fourth-easiest time, working 0.397s off Dennis whereas Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein accomplished the tip six.
Maximilian Gunther, teammate to Dennis who assign of abode the third-quickest time in first issue on Friday afternoon, modified into once fourth tenths adrift and ran to sixth forward of Stoffel Vandoorne.
Defending System E champion Antonio Felix da Costa pipped his two-time title-winning DS Techeetah teammate Jean-Eric to eighth and ninth, nevertheless Vergne is exhibiting formidable tempo.
The French racer modified into once fifth in first issue after the qualifying simulation runs, nevertheless notably modified into once the second-quickest driver within the lesser-powered 235kW and 200kW sprints.
He backed up that underlying tempo at a circuit where he received final year, as Vergne headed di Grassi within the 200kW laps and Vergne ran straight to the tip over da Costa on his first swap to the assault mode boost.
Norman Nato rounded out the tip 10 for Venturi Racing because the rookie fights to retain retain of his seat for subsequent season amid heavy rumours of di Grassi joining after Audi’s departure.
The Dragon Penske Autosport personnel hugely restricted the mileage of its two drivers, as Sergio Sette Camara had handiest delivered two laps forward of his final flying inch to 11th.
Sam Chicken, who could per chance fall out of neighborhood one qualifying after inch one to tee-up a title price from neighborhood two on Sunday, modified into once 12th over a stable slack inch from NIO 333’s Oliver Turvey.