‘Traffic jams’ key ingredient in Lynn/Wehrlein Unique York FE clash
Mahindra Racing driver Lynn, third on the grid, made an speedy dive for enlighten on 2d-initiating Jean-Eric Vergne into Turn 1 however ran extensive after scuffling with entrance locking.
This compelled the Briton to burn too noteworthy vitality as he fell to fifth, which left him to dive for assault mode to fend off the overcut from Audi racer Lucas di Grassi and Wehrlein.
Nonetheless with correct of manner given to drivers on the racing line, Lynn modified into compelled to hit the brakes as he rejoined the music from the assault mode activation gate to again faraway from hitting Wehrlein.
This got here as Wehrlein battled Lynn’s teammate Alexander Sims to again again of sixth.
Asked to level to the warding off circulation, Lynn talked about: “I wasn’t definite what came about. Sims explained that they were form of jockeying.
“Then when I got here out, we know that they’ve priority. I didn’t will have to have a collision. Then it simply modified into very awkward. It modified into a minute bit of a traffic jam.”
This allowed each and each vehicles to total the overcut, “which is what we searching to again faraway from”.
“It didn’t work,” added Lynn, who scored pole in Unique York on his collection debut in 2017.
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Lynn lastly fell to 11th, having lost one enlighten to the Nissan e.dams of Oliver Rowland when he recovered following a stir at Turn 11 on lap 10 following a label from Wehrlein.
He blamed spinning the wheels to straighten the automobile as having cost him more vitality.
Wehrlein had without note met the again of Lynn on the capacity to the hairpin, with the disqualified Puebla E-Prix victor braking later into the nook as he moved off-line for assault mode.
While the German took full responsibility for the collision, he reckoned Lynn had been left at threat by a “traffic jam” no topic Wehrlein making an are trying to brake even earlier prior to his lock up.
Wehrlein told Motorsport.com: “I had the incident then with Alex, which modified into clearly my fault. I wished to switch and take the assault mode.
“I simply had a explore within the guidelines, I braked even earlier than on my first assault mode. Obviously, or no longer it’s two fully diverse traces. The fashioned line and the assault mode line.
“There were fancy three, four vehicles ahead. Always, the last one is form of in of a traffic jam, backed up and so I could possible possible no longer again faraway from Lynn.
“I attempted to brake genuinely laborious till I locked my tyres.”
Wehrlein modified into no longer penalised for the incident however retired soon after with suspension injury.