LONDON’S IN-OUT, IN-OUT RETURN SHAKES IT ALL ABOUT
The latest Formula E-hatched unconventional world first for motorsport with a part-indoor, part-outdoor circuit. The long-awaited return of London to the electric calendar. A brilliant second victory for series rookie Jake Dennis to tee-up a genuine but totally unforeseen title challenge. A maiden victory for Alex Lynn, which arrived so soon after the Briton learned that his services would no longer be required by Mahindra Racing for the 2022 season.
All these remarkable story threads will be remembered in good time for their own small place in racing history. But the masses of internet comments posted in response to last Sunday’s race at the ExCeL would have you believe there was only one talking point.
Lucas di Grassi sat in eighth as the safety car was deployed for Andre Lotterer squeezing reigning champion Antonio Felix da Costa into the pitwall in their dice for 12th. The DS Techeetah driver then abandoned his damaged machine at Turn 1, its front-left wheel buckled after the “sore loser” Porsche driver had made a “super dirty” defensive move.
The position of the wreckage meant the Mini safety car slowed to a crawl down the main straight, which created a window of opportunity. Audi called di Grassi into the short pitlane, he slowed to the 50km/h limit and dived out of view of the TV cameras behind a staircase
