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Formula E Berlin E-Prix II
Berlin E-Prix: Rowland pips Gunther in final practice
Oliver Rowland snared the fastest lap over Maximilian Gunther in the final Formula E practice session ahead of the 2021 Berlin E-Prix 14-way title decider at Tempelhof Airport.
Matt Kew
Edited: Aug 15, 2021, 10:26 AM
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The Nissan e.dams racer, entering his last race with the team, led with his 1m06.372s full 250kW power yardstick that he set with two minutes of the half-hour session left to run.
That flying lap on a circuit that has been reversed overnight put Rowland 0.043s clear of BMW Andretti racer Gunther as the German manufacturer enters its final Formula E race in which any one of 14 drivers stand in mathematical contention to win the title.
Norman Nato, meanwhile, earned the fourth-fastest time ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne.
With points leader Nyck de Vries in sixth behind Saturday polesitter Jean-Eric Vergne, it was a formidable display from the Silver Arrows powertrain.
Rookie driver Jake Dennis clocked seventh ahead of Saturday race winner Lucas di Grassi while Envision Virgin Racing driver Nick Cassidy led Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein inside the top 10.
Race one podium finisher Mitch Evans ran to 11th ahead of Rene Rast and Andre Lotterer.
Ahead of the field diving into the pits with six minutes remaining ahead of their full power runs, it was Edoardo Mortara who headed the timing screens following his attack mode hot laps.
The Venturi Racing driver, who clocked second in the first race on the conventional anti-clockwise layout, bolted to the top with his 1m06.977s flier using the 235kW power mode.
That put the Puebla E-Prix winner, who sits second in the points heading into the final race of the season, clear of defending champion Antonio Felix da Costa by a strong 0.162s.
After Mortara became the first driver to dip under the 1m07s barrier, his teammate Nato, fourth in the Berlin opener, ran to the third-best attack mode time and was 0.203s off Mortara as Gunther clocked fourth for BMW Andretti.
Mortara, who sits three points off de Vries in second, would eventually rank 14th in the session ahead of Sam Bird and da Costa.
De Vries, who set the pace in first practice, had been running in second behind teammate Vandoorne during the standard 200kW laps before Jaguar Racing’s Bird made an early place for the 35kW attack mode boost.
That put the Brit, who retired on Saturday with a suspected battery issue, to the top of the timing screens as he landed a 1m07.353s to run ninth hundredths of a second clear of Vandoorne.
However, Gunther looked impressive through the different settings as on his first use of attack mode, again ran to the top with a 1m07.185s after seven minutes of the session.
FP2 results:
Cla # Driver Team Time Gap 1 22 Oliver Rowland
DAMS 1'06.372 2 28
Maximilian Gunther
Andretti Autosport 1'06.415 0.043 3 71
Norman Nato
Venturi 1'06.502 0.130 4 5
Stoffel Vandoorne
Mercedes 1'06.579 0.207 5 25
Jean-Eric Vergne
Techeetah 1'06.609 0.237 6 17
Nyck de Vries
Mercedes 1'06.781 0.409 7 27
Jake Dennis
Andretti Autosport 1'06.784 0.412 8 11
Lucas di Grassi
Team Abt 1'06.833 0.461 9 37
Nick Cassidy
Virgin Racing 1'06.852 0.480 10 99
Pascal Wehrlein
Porsche Team 1'06.889 0.517 11 20
Mitch Evans
Jaguar Racing 1'06.897 0.525 12 33
René Rast
Team Abt 1'06.929 0.557 13 36
Andre Lotterer
Porsche Team 1'06.960 0.588 14 48
Edoardo Mortara
Venturi 1'06.977 0.605 15 10
Sam Bird
Jaguar Racing 1'06.990 0.618 16 13
Antonio Felix da Costa
Techeetah 1'06.995 0.623 17 23
Sébastien Buemi
DAMS 1'07.097 0.725 18 6
Joel Eriksson
Dragon Racing 1'07.123 0.751 19 94
Alex Lynn
Mahindra Racing 1'07.143 0.771 20 4
Robin Frijns
Virgin Racing 1'07.171 0.799 21 7
Sergio Sette Camara
Dragon Racing 1'07.266 0.894 22 8
Oliver Turvey
NIO Formula E Team 1'07.284 0.912 23 88
Tom Blomqvist
NIO Formula E Team 1'07.431 1.059 24 29
Alexander Sims
Mahindra Racing 1'07.467 1.095 View full results
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