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Big three-car crash ends eventful Formula E practice

by Zane Shackleton
April 10, 2021
in Formula E, International, News
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Nick Cassidy has finished sixth and Mitch Evans tenth in the opening practice session for the Rome E-Prix, but it was a massive three-car crash that overshadowed proceedings.

Jean-Eric Vergne, Oliver Turvey and Jake Dennis were involved in a pile-up at the very end of the session.

Turvey was unaware that both Vergne and Dennis had slowed to a crawl for customary practice starts on the main straight.

With a blind entry, Turvey arrived at speed and slammed into the back of Dennis and Vergne, sending debris skewing across the circuit.

A dramatic end to Free Practice 1, but we're pleased to say all drivers involved are OK.#RomeEPrix pic.twitter.com/GVeNUJ4ABN

— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) April 10, 2021

All drivers have been cleared by the medical crew, with teams now scrambling to repair the cars in time for qualifying, which is slated to begin at 10 pm NZT.

Adding salt to the wounds for Turvey’s NIO 333 team, the sister car of Tom Blomqvist collected the barrier just minutes earlier to bring out the red flag.

Blomqvist had been experiencing brake dramas for most of the session and ran into repeated strife at turns 12 and 14. It would be the latter where he would eventually have his accident.

Lucas di Grassi topped the 45-minute session, edging out Mercedes driver Stoffel Vandoorne by 0.062s.

Considering Cassidy had never been to the Rome street circuit before, the Kiwi’s sixth place in practice is a strong omen for the rest of the weekend.

Evans ended up inside the top-ten, eight-tenths off the pace of di Grassi.

The Jaguar driver is the most recent Rome E-Prix winner and is yet to begin his full qualifying simulations. Instead, he spent most of FP1 focusing on race runs.

There is a second practice session scheduled to begin at 8 pm NZT.

The first of two races this weekend will then start at 2 am.

Every session can be caught live on Sky Sport 5.

PosNameGap
1Lucas Di Grassi1.38.785s
2Stoffel Vandoorne+0.062s
3Robin Frijns+0.246s
4Sérgio Sette Câmara+0.259s
5Norman Nato+0.354s
6Nick Cassidy+0.355s
7Sam Bird+0.485s
8Oliver Rowland+0.773s
9Jake Dennis+0.802s
10Mitch Evans+0.822s
11Jean-Eric Vergne+0.831s
12Nico Müller+1.068s
13Alex Lynn+1.12s
14Maximilian Günther+1.155s
15António Félix da Costa+1.254s
16Nyck de Vries+1.354s
17Oliver Turvey+1.492s
18André Lotterer+1.631s
19René Rast+1.705s
20Alexander Sims+1.914s
21Edoardo Mortara+1.956s
22Pascal Wehrlein+2.923s
23Tom Blomqvist+3.846s
24Sébastien Buemi+4.147s

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