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Formula E Berlin ePrix I
Berlin E-Prix: Lotterer beats Mortara to top practice times
Andre Lotterer logged the fastest time in Berlin E-Prix free practice, posting a late 1m05.967s lap to lead the Formula E morning timesheets ahead of qualifying.
Jake Boxall-Legge
Edited: May 14, 2022, 9:03 AM
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Lotterer overturned Edoardo Mortara's hold of the session with a lap set after the chequered flag had flown on the second free practice session, putting his Porsche on top prior to his and the team's home event.
The Mercedes duo of Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries set the first timed laps of the second practice session, but the times quickly tumbled into the pace from the earlier session - Alexander Sims (Mahindra) first to break into the 1m06s in FP2, swiftly followed into that bracket by DS Techeetah's Antonio Felix da Costa.
Mortara was next to vault to the top, posting a 1m06.274s to go just 0.004s slower than Mahindra driver Oliver Rowland's morning benchmark, as Sergio Sette Camara (Dragon Penske) was just shy of the Venturi driver's time.
Robin Frijns then took the advantage, the Envision driver posting a 1m06.104s to put almost two tenths over Mortara.
The Dutchman's effort then withstood a fast opening sector from Rowland, as the Briton was a tenth away from reclaiming his morning position atop the leaderboard.
As Rowland went second, Pascal Wehrlein was next to lead the session for Porsche, deposing Frijns as the session timer ticked towards the halfway point with a 1m06.073s.
But Mortara hit back, coolly slotting his car on top once more with the first lap below 1m06s, a 1m05.993s. Then followed Sebastien Buemi (Nissan), who posted a 1m06.047s to get within touching distance of the fastest time.
Lotterer finally eclipsed Mortara's time by 0.026s, rocketing to the top of the charts and leaving Mortara to be content with second.
Buemi was fourth ahead of Wehrlein, who made it two Porsches in the top four, as Frijns and Mitch Evans (Jaguar) completed the top six.
Avalanche Andretti man Jake Dennis was seventh fastest from da Costa, with Rowland and Vandoorne completing FP2's top 10.
Rowland had earlier headed a tightly contested first free practice session, where his timesheet-topping lap withstood a late siege from multiple regular frontrunning drivers - ultimately standing ahead of Venturi's Lucas di Grassi by 0.053s.
Monaco winner Vandoorne was third fastest from Mortara, while Dennis and Wehrlein completed a top six separated by under a tenth of a second.
Berlin E-Prix FP2 results
Cla Driver Team Time Gap 1 Andre Lotterer
Porsche Team 1'05.967 2
Edoardo Mortara
Venturi 1'05.993 0.026 3
Sébastien Buemi
DAMS 1'06.047 0.080 4
Pascal Wehrlein
Porsche Team 1'06.073 0.106 5
Robin Frijns
Virgin Racing 1'06.104 0.137 6
Mitch Evans
Jaguar Racing 1'06.149 0.182 7
Jake Dennis
Andretti Autosport 1'06.193 0.226 8
Antonio Felix da Costa
Techeetah 1'06.201 0.234 9
Oliver Rowland
Mahindra Racing 1'06.208 0.241 10
Stoffel Vandoorne
Mercedes 1'06.252 0.285 11
Sergio Sette Camara
Dragon Racing 1'06.295 0.328 12
Maximilian Gunther
DAMS 1'06.347 0.380 13
Oliver Turvey
NIO Formula E Team 1'06.388 0.421 14
Lucas di Grassi
Venturi 1'06.428 0.461 15
Alexander Sims
Mahindra Racing 1'06.446 0.479 16
Sam Bird
Jaguar Racing 1'06.505 0.538 17
Jean-Eric Vergne
Techeetah 1'06.673 0.706 18
Nyck de Vries
Mercedes 1'06.685 0.718 19
Nick Cassidy
Virgin Racing 1'06.694 0.727 20
Oliver Askew
Andretti Autosport 1'06.713 0.746 21
Dan Ticktum
NIO Formula E Team 1'06.714 0.747 22
Antonio Giovinazzi
Dragon Racing 1'07.339 1.372 View full results
Berlin E-Prix FP1 results
Cla Driver Team Time Gap 1 Oliver Rowland
Mahindra Racing 1'06.270 2
Lucas di Grassi
Venturi 1'06.323 0.053 3
Stoffel Vandoorne
Mercedes 1'06.358 0.088 4
Edoardo Mortara
Venturi 1'06.359 0.089 5
Jake Dennis
Andretti Autosport 1'06.362 0.092 6
Pascal Wehrlein
Porsche Team 1'06.368 0.098 7
Jean-Eric Vergne
Techeetah 1'06.373 0.103 8
Sébastien Buemi
DAMS 1'06.376 0.106 9
Antonio Felix da Costa
Techeetah 1'06.403 0.133 10
Robin Frijns
Virgin Racing 1'06.489 0.219 11
Nyck de Vries
Mercedes 1'06.506 0.236 12
Oliver Turvey
NIO Formula E Team 1'06.618 0.348 13
Andre Lotterer
Porsche Team 1'06.644 0.374 14
Nick Cassidy
Virgin Racing 1'06.669 0.399 15
Mitch Evans
Jaguar Racing 1'06.730 0.460 16
Maximilian Gunther
DAMS 1'06.740 0.470 17
Sam Bird
Jaguar Racing 1'06.769 0.499 18
Oliver Askew
Andretti Autosport 1'06.946 0.676 19
Alexander Sims
Mahindra Racing 1'07.022 0.752 20
Sergio Sette Camara
Dragon Racing 1'07.121 0.851 21
Antonio Giovinazzi
Dragon Racing 1'07.543 1.273 22
Dan Ticktum
NIO Formula E Team 1'07.630 1.360 View full results
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