Formula E Valencia test: Mercedes' Stoffel Vandoorne fastest on second day

Lap times tumbled in the second afternoon of running at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo as Vandoorne edgܫed out season seven runner-up Edoardo Mortara to head the order, with the Venturi racer ending up just 0.044s shy.
Jake Dennis went fastest with an hour to go but was ultimatꦑely shuffled down to third in his Avalanche Andretti as both Vandoorne and Mortara found late im🅷provements.
Reigning Formula E champion Nyck de Vries was 0.114s down on his Mercedes teammate in fourth, while Pascal Wehrle𒐪in rounded out the top five for Porsche.
Next up came Jaguar’s Mitch Evans and new V﷽enturi recruit Lucas di Grassi in sixth and 🗹seventh.
Following his switch to Mahindra, Oliver Rowland outpaced new teammate Alexander Sims to end the second day with🧸 theℱ eighth-quickest time.

Andre Lotterer ensured both Porsche cars finished inside the top 10, while Avalanche Andretti’s Oliver Askew was once again the fastest of Formula E’s rookie co🤪ntingent.
The American was just 0.081s adrift of a top-10 placing as he continues to get to grips with Formula E following his switch from In🌺dyCar.
Antonio Giovinazzi was the next fastest rookie in 17th for Dragon-Penske as the outgoing Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver got within a seconℱd of Vandoorne’s benc♊hmark.
NIO 333’s Dan Ticktum ended up 19th in the afternoon order, ahead of the Techeetah duo of Jean-Eric Vergne and Antonio Felix da Costa, who🐽 were split by Alice Powell.
The 2021 W Series runner-up was getting some seat time in Robin Frijns’s Envision car after the Dutchman topped the opening day of runnin🎀g on Monday.
Da Costa sets morning pace, de Vries wins mock race
Da Costa set the pace in the shortened morning session, whiꦆch followed a race simulation to trial the new extra time regul𒈔ations for the upcoming 2022 season.
For every minute spent behind the safety car or under a full course yellow in races next season, 45 seconds will be added to the standard race time of 45 minu💯tes + one lap.

De Vries ‘won’ the mockꦅ race on Tuesday morning after passing Mercedes stablemate Vandoorne with a lap to go.
Mortara also got past Vandoorne a꧑t the end to take second, while Grassi followed the Mercedes driver home in fourth.
20𓆏15/2016 champion Sebastien Buemi complet🌠ed the top five following a late pass on Nissan teammate Maximilian Gunther.
Jaguar pair Sam Bird and Evans both failed to get off the line at the start, but were able 🐲to reset their cars and finish the race simulation.
Following a break from track action on Wednesda🌊y, the third and final day of testing at Valencia continues on Thursday.
Valencia Pre-Season Testing Day 2 - Morning | ||||
Position | Driver | Nationality | Team | Time |
1 | Antonio Felix da Costa | POR | DS Techeetah | 1m26.769s |
2 | Nick Cassidy | NZL | Envision Racing | 1m26.776s |
3 | Jake Dennis | GBR | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 1m26.816s |
4 | Oliver Rowland | GBR | Mahindra Racing | 1m26.849s |
5 | Nyck de Vries | NED | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 1m26.921s |
6 | Mitch Evans | NZL | Jaguar TCS Racing | 1m27.011s |
7 | Sam Bird | GBR | Jaguar TCS Racing | 1m27.138s |
8 | Oliver Turvey | GBR | NIO 333 FE Team | 1m27.347s |
9 | Stoffel Vandoorne | BEL | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 1m27.386s |
10 | Alexander Sims | GBR | Mahindra Racing | 1m27.855s |
11 | Oliver Askew | USA | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 1m28.203s |
12 | Andre Lotterer | GER | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 1m28.769s |
13 | Pascal Wehrlein | GER | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 1m28.903s |
14 | Edoardo Mortara | SUI | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 1m29.142s |
15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | ITA | Dragon / Penske Autosport | 1m29.281s |
16 | Lucas di Grassi | BRA | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 1m29.333s |
17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | FRA | DS Techeetah | 1m29.392s |
18 | Sebastien Buemi | SUI | Nissan e.dams | 1m30.240s |
19 | Sergio Sette Câmara | BRA | Dragon / Penske Autosport | 1m30.319s |
20 | Maximilian Günther | GER | Nissan e.dams | 1m30.335s |
21 | Alice Powell | GBR | Envision Racing | 1m31.432s |
22 | Dan Ticktum | GBR | NIO 333 FE Team | 1m31.883s |
Valencia Pre-Season Testing Day 2 - Afternoon | ||||
Position | Driver | Nationality | Team | Time |
1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | BEL | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 1m26.045s |
2 | Edoardo Mortara | SUI | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 1m26.089s |
3 | Jake Dennis | GBR | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 1m26.100s |
4 | Nyck de Vries | NED | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 1m26.159s |
5 | Pascal Wehrlein | GER | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 1m26.176s |
6 | Mitch Evans | NZL | Jaguar TCS Racing | 1m26.302s |
7 | Lucas di Grassi | BRA | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 1m26.342s |
8 | Oliver Rowland | GBR | Mahindra Racing | 1m26.363s |
9 | Alexander Sims | GBR | Mahindra Racing | 1m26.456s |
10 | Andre Lotterer | GER | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 1m26.481s |
11 | Oliver Askew | USA | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 1m26.562s |
12 | Sergio Sette Câmara | BRA | Dragon / Penske Autosport | 1m26.577s |
13 | Sebastien Buemi | SUI | Nissan e.dams | 1m26.634s |
14 | Sam Bird | GBR | Jaguar TCS Racing | 1m26.673s |
15 | Maximilian Günther | GER | Nissan e.dams | 1m26.704s |
16 | Nick Cassidy | NZL | Envision Racing | 1m26.710s |
17 | Antonio Giovinazzi | ITA | Dragon / Penske Autosport | 1m26.894s |
18 | Oliver Turvey | GBR | NIO 333 FE Team | 1m27.138s |
19 | Dan Ticktum | GBR | NIO 333 FE Team | 1m28.791s |
20 | Jean-Eric Vergne | FRA | DS Techeetah | 1m29.141s |
21 | Alice Powell | GBR | Envision Racing | 1m29.724s |
22 | Antonio Felix da Costa | POR | DS Techeetah | 1m30.488s |

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