Closed Circuit: Venturi in Paris

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It was a day of potential for the Venturi team, as Stephane Sarrazin continued his point scoring run after his maiden podium in Long Beach, while Mike Conway looked to be a contender until an unfortunate accident in qualifying scuppered his day.

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The Venturi team looked as if there were on course to put in a tremendous team performance in Paris, as Sarrazin came to his home ePrix having scored in every round of the season so far, while Conway was finally getting to grips with the Formula E car and ended up topping FP2 ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne and eventual pole sitter Sam Bird.

While Sarrazin went in to compete in the Super Pole session for the fourth time out of seven races this season, Conway endured a miserable time in qualifying as, while the Englishman was on a quick lap, Nick Heidfeld span into the final corner and pulled out into the path of the Venturi. The scattered debris caused a red flag and gave Conway a chance to rejoin the session, but his second car was not charged enough, thus ending his qualifying.

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Sarrazin came to his home ePrix looking to go one better from his second place finish in Long Beach, but it wasn’t to be the case as a problem with his first car left the Frenchman trailing behind the leaders, with a fifth place a satisfactory result.

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Best time in FP1: 1:03.032 (P3)

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Best time in FP2: 1:01.715 (P5)

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Best time in qualifying: 1:02.148 (P3 in group session)

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Best time in the race: 1:02.804 (Lap 30)

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Pit stop time and difference to minimum pit stop time: 67.593 (1.593 above maximum time)

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[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”I had a really bad start and lost a position. I had a lot of troubles with car one, the one I had an accident with during free practice. I was not on a good pace. With the second car I was quick, very quick but it was too late. The guys in front were too far. But I am happy, I still scored points finishing in P5.”[/pullquote]

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It was a day of ‘what if?’ for Conway, as a collision with Nick Heidfeld in qualifying put pay to the promising pace shown in practice. The Englishman could never recover from starting at the back, and left Paris without adding to his tally from Long Beach.

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Best time in FP1: 1:03.228 (P5)

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Best time in FP2: 1:01.386 (P1)

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Best time in qualifying: 1:04.798 (P17)

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Best time in the race: 1:03.289 (Lap 38)

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Pit stop time and difference to minimum pit stop time: 70.432 (4.432 above maximum time)

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[pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”We could have done a bit more but it’s hard to start from the end of the grid because you have to manage energy and I was stuck in the traffic. It wasn’t so good. But as it has been said, a lot of my chances were lost during qualifying. That’s the race.”[/pullquote]

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Images courtesy of Rajan Jangda

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