Formula E School Series Concludes in London
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The Formula E School series ran alongside the main championship for most of the season. While Luke Ide for the Colfe School won the London Race.
Despite managing ninth and tenth on the grid for Sunday’s London ePrix, Trulli GP end the season having picked up no more points.
Nelson Piquet Jr did enough to take the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship, moving from sixteenth on the grid to finish seventh on the road, while Sam Bird took the race victory.
Stephane Sarrazin took advantage of running in the best conditions during qualifying to take his and Venturi’s first pole of the season at Battersea Park.
Sebastien Buemi ended the final free practice session ahead of qualifying for the season finale of the Formula E season with the quickest time ahead of Loic Duval and Oliver Turvey.
Loic Duval was quickest in first practice for Sunday’s final race of the season at Battersea Park ahead of Sebastien Buemi and Sam Bird.
Sebastien Buemi took victory in race one at Battersea Park to move within five points of Nelson Piquet Jr with just one race to go this season.
Virgin Racing will be partnered by the DS brand of Citroen for the second season of the FIA Formula E Championship.
Sebastien Buemi closed the gap on championship leader Nelson Piquet Jr to just 14 points after taking the 3 points on offer for pole position on Saturday at Battersea Park.
Jean-Eric Vergne was quickest in FP2, which was delayed while alterations to turn one were completed to allow drivers to avoid the bump on its exit.
The profile of turn one of the Battersea Park circuit has been altered to allow drivers to miss the large bump that caused a pushrod failure on Jerome d’Ambrosio’s car during FP1.
Stephane Sarrazin was quickest in opening practice for todays first race at Battersea Park ahead of Sam Bird and Lucas di Grassi.
Boris Johnson took to the Battersea Park track in a Formula E car ahead of this weekends Visa London ePrix double header at the circuit.
Boris Johnson completed two laps of the Battersea Park circuit on Friday in a Formula E Spark-Renault SRT_01E as the Mayor of London welcomed Formula E to London.
Experienced single-seat driver, Alex Fontana will replace Vitantonio Liuzzi for the final two rounds of the Formula E season in London.
Fabio Leimer will replace Jaime Alguersuari at the Virgin Racing Formula E team for the 2015 London ePrix, it will be his debut race.
For the season final in London, Oliver Turvey has signed for NEXTEV TCR, while Sakon Yamamoto has filled the empty seat at Amlin Aguri.
