Prost fastest, Buemi crashes out

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Prost fastest, Buemi crashes out

Prost fastest, Buemi crashes out

Nico Prost set the pace in second practice for the Hydro-Quebec Montreal ePrix, but the real story of the session was a huge crash for championship leader Sebastien Buemi that destroyed the front end of his Renault e.dams car.

Buemi clipped the wall on the entry to the chicane, which pitched him head-first into the barrier on the exit, tearing the left and right front suspension off the car and damaging the nose. Buemi was able to climb unaided from the car, but the damage to the barrier and debris strewn across the track meant the session was abandoned with five minutes remaining.

The monocoque was damaged in the impact, meaning that Renault e.dams has just five hours to get a new car ready for Buemi to use in the race…

Minutes before the crash Prost had lowered the unofficial track record, lapping in 1:22.180. This deposed Jean-Eric Vergne from the top spot, which the TECHEETAH driver had held since almost the start of the session.

It a highly-competitive outing there was almost nothing to choose between Vergne, Felix Rosenqvist, Stephane Sarrazin, Nick Heidfeld and Sam Bird, who made up the top six.

Lucas di Grassi didn’t do a 200kw lap and was back in 16th place for Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport.

The all-important qualifying session takes place next at 12pm (local time).

 

Free practice two times:

  1. Nico Prost, Renault e.dams 1:22.180
  2. Jean-Eric Vergne, TECHEETAH 1:22.378
  3. Felix Rosenqvist, Mahindra 1:22.394
  4. Stephane Sarrazin, TECHEETAH 1:22.395
  5. Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra 1:22.416
  6. Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing 1:22.482
  7. Loic Duval, Faraday Future Dragon Racing 1:22.793
  8. Robin Frijns, Andretti 1:22.815
  9. Oliver Turvey, NextEV NIO 1:22.983
  10. Nelson Piquet Jr, NextEV NIO 1:23.033
  11. Jerome D’Ambrosio, Faraday Future Dragon Racing 1:23.080
  12. Maro Engel, Venturi 1:23.404
  13. Jose Maria Lopez, DS Virgin Racing 1:23.496
  14. Mitch Evans, Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1:23.570
  15. Tom Dillmann, Venturi 1:23.604
  16. Lucas di Grassi, Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport 1:23.893
  17. Antonio Felix da Costa, Andretti 1:23.970
  18. Sebastien Buemi, Renault e.dams 1:24.035
  19. Daniel Abt, Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport 1:24.492
  20. Adam Carroll, Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1:24.986