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Formula E Paris ePrix
Paris ePrix: Buemi tops FP1 by 0.7s
Formula E points leader Sebastien Buemi was fastest in the first session for this afternoon's Paris ePrix at the Les Invalides street circuit.
Sam Smith
Edited: May 20, 2017, 11:01 AM
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The Renault e.dams driver put in a late 200kW lap to end up 0.7s ahead of Jose-Maria Lopez, who had been quickest for much of the latter stages of the session.
The DS Virgin driver recovered from a lock -up at Turn 1, which saw him gently nudge the wall in the opening moments of the 45 minute session. The Argentine was able to continue unaffected and finished the session as runner-up.
Jean-Eric Vergne was third for Techeetah, while Lucas di Grassi placed fourth for ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport.
Mahindra’s Felix Rosenqvist set the fifth fastest time ahead of last season’s pole-sitter Sam Bird. The latter caused a red flag in the session after he parked his DS Virgin Racing car on the circuit after he suffered a complete power shutdown.
Mike Conway was an impressive seventh as he made his Faraday Future Dragon debut, replacing the DTM-bound Loic Duval.
Nelson Piquet (NextEV), Nick Heidfeld (Mahindra) and Nicolas Prost rounded out the top ten.
Oliver Turvey was 14th fastest but will start the Paris ePrix this afternoon with a ten-place grid penalty after a motor change was undertaken on his NextEV car.
Notable incidents were Techeetah’s Esteban Gutierrez having a trip up the Turn 7 escape road and both of the ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport drivers, Lucas di Grassi and Daniel Abt locking up and having to perform reversing manoeuvres after trips down the Turn 1 escape road.
The second practice session is scheduled to begin at 10.30 local time.
Practice 1 results
#DriverTeamLapsTimeGap 1 9 
Sébastien Buemi 
DAMS 22 1'01.998 2 37 
Jose Maria Lopez 
Virgin Racing 26 1'02.715 0.717 3 25 Jean-Eric Vergne 
Techeetah 30 1'03.039 1.041 4 11 
Lucas di Grassi 
Team Abt 29 1'03.061 1.063 5 19 
Felix Rosenqvist 
Mahindra Racing 30 1'03.064 1.066 6 2 Sam Bird Virgin Racing 18 1'03.068 1.070 7 6 Mike Conway 
Dragon Racing 28 1'03.248 1.250 8 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team 29 1'03.326 1.328 9 23 Nick Heidfeld Mahindra Racing 27 1'03.360 1.362 10 8 Nicolas Prost DAMS 24 1'03.396 1.398 11 20 
Mitch Evans Jaguar Racing 27 1'03.437 1.439 12 27 
Robin Frijns Andretti Autosport 27 1'03.451 1.453 13 66 Daniel Abt Team Abt 30 1'03.591 1.593 14 88 Oliver Turvey NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team 30 1'03.619 1.621 15 7 
Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 24 1'03.775 1.777 16 28 
Antonio Felix da Costa Andretti Autosport 31 1'03.848 1.850 17 5 Tom Dillmann 
Venturi 29 1'03.864 1.866 18 33 
Esteban Gutierrez Techeetah 23 1'03.888 1.890 19 4 Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 27 1'04.052 2.054 20 47 Adam Carroll Jaguar Racing 29 1'04.201 2.203
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