Solid end to the season for the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E team
The TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E team narrowly missed its third podium finish this season at the Berlin E-Prix. With his Porsche 99X Electric, André Lotterer (GER) fought for fourth place in the final race of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship on the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit on Sunday. The good team result was completed by Pascal Wehrlein (GER), who finished sixth. For Porsche it was the second best team result of the season. As the best German, Pascal Wehrlein finished the first Formula E world championship season in eleventh place. André Lotterer is 17th in the team classification, Porsche is eighth.
The race 15
With a strong performance in qualifying, the Porsche drivers secured a good starting position for their home race. On the 2.355-kilometer circuit in the capital, which was driven in the opposite direction on Sunday, André Lotterer was in seventh and Pascal Wehrlein in tenth. Due to an accident, the race was stopped shortly after the start and the cars had to return to the pit lane. When the race started again after about 20 minutes behind the safety car, the Porsche 99X Electric gradually made up positions and established themselves in the front field. For many laps they drove directly one behind the other. Although, as on Saturday, he was unable to use a good two minutes of his attack mode for further overtaking maneuvers due to a safety car phase, André Lotterer secured fourth place shortly before the finish with a strong action. Pascal Wehrlein made up a total of four positions and finished sixth.
Quotes about the Berlin E-Prix, Race 15
Amiel Lindesay, Head of Operations Formula E: “We only missed the Super Pole by five thousandths of a second. That was a strong performance from André. But we just have to qualify even better in order to be able to translate our good racing performance into top results. We will continue to work on that. The race itself was good. It's just a shame that Andrè's second attack mode had the safety car out on the track - as a result, he couldn't use all of the additional energy. Otherwise he would have been able to move up two positions. All in all, it was a good end to a season today, in which we were able to set some positive accents, but overall fell slightly short of our own expectations. "
André Lotterer, Porsche works driver (# 36): “Missing the podium so narrowly is always annoying. Most of the time, however, I was on the road in a larger group and had to be careful not to get anyone into my car. The overtaking maneuver at the end was pretty tight, but successful - it's just a shame that it was too late by then to attack the podium. With the positive experiences we have had this season, we can look to the future with confidence. "
Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche works driver (# 99):“That was a good race. Our car had good pace and I was able to make up a few positions. It was a strong result for the team, even if we could have done more today. It's a shame that the season is over. We have made good progress recently and have been regularly picking up points, especially from the second half of the season. I'm already looking forward to next year. ”