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Formula E New York ePrix
New York ePrix: Bird leads twice red-flagged practice
Saturday winner Sam Bird set the pace in the third practice session of Formula E's New York ePrix weekend, which was interrupted by crashes from Tom Dillmann and Robin Frijns.
David Gruz
Edited: Jul 20, 2017, 3:06 AM
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DS Virgin driver Bird beat Jean-Eric Vergne, who finished second in Saturday's race, by 0.179s with a time of 1m02.209s.
The Frenchman held first place until the final five minutes, having been the first one to improve after a 10-minute red flag stint caused by Dillmann stopping on track.
Venturi driver Dillmann hit the wall on the exit of Turn 1, breaking his right-rear suspension.
The session also ended with a red flag as Frijns lost the back of his Andretti-run car and smashed his rear wing into the wall.
Behind Bird and Vergne, Venturi's Maro Engel took third, 0.002s faster than NEXTEV driver Oliver Turvey, while Nelson Piquet and Dillmann were fifth and sixth behind their teammates.
DS Virgin rookie Alex Lynn, who secured pole for Saturday's race, was seventh, ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Jerome d'Ambrosio, the top nine separated by less than half a second.
Mahindra's Nick Heidfeld completed the top 10.
Practice results
ClaDriverTeamTimeGap 1 
Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1'02.209 2 
Jean-Eric Vergne 
Techeetah 1'02.388 0.179 3 
Maro Engel 
Venturi 1'02.425 0.216 4 Oliver Turvey NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team 1'02.427 0.218 5 
Nelson Piquet Jr. NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team 1'02.524 0.315 6 Tom Dillmann Venturi 1'02.545 0.336 7 Alex Lynn Virgin Racing 1'02.558 0.349 8 Lucas di Grassi Team Abt 1'02.655 0.446 9 
Jérôme d'Ambrosio 
Dragon Racing 1'02.663 0.454 10 Nick Heidfeld 
Mahindra Racing 1'02.725 0.516 11 Loic Duval Dragon Racing 1'02.759 0.550 12 Stéphane Sarrazin Techeetah 1'02.878 0.669 13 Daniel Abt Team Abt 1'03.091 0.882 14 Adam Carroll Jaguar Racing 1'03.117 0.908 15 
Antonio Felix da Costa Andretti Autosport 1'03.175 0.966 16 
Felix Rosenqvist Mahindra Racing 1'03.231 1.022 17 
Mitch Evans Jaguar Racing 1'03.277 1.068 18 Pierre Gasly DAMS 1'03.380 1.171 19 
Robin Frijns Andretti Autosport 1'03.433 1.224 20 Nicolas Prost DAMS 1'03.503 1.294
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