Rowland quickest again in Free Practice 2 ahead of qualifying for Puebla E-Prix

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Rowland quickest again in Free Practice 2 ahead of qualifying for Puebla E-Prix

Rowland quickest again in Free Practice 2 ahead of qualifying for Puebla E-Prix

Oliver Rowland (Nissan e.dams) topped the timesheets for Free Practice 2, making it a clean sweep for the opening sessions ahead of qualifying for the 2021 CBMM Niobium Puebla E-Prix.

For second session of the day, the field headed out under the shining Mexican sun with the drivers facing different track conditions from Free Practice 1 with a completely dry circuit.

With the drivers continuing to get a feel for the bumpy, abrasive Tarmac of the Autodromo Miguel E. Abed circuit, Turn 7 again proved to be problematic for the drivers, with Cassidy getting sideways and throwing up some major rooster tails in the dirt.

 

The session was largely calm, with the runners building up their pace in the dry conditions. However, there was trouble at Turn 11 for Oliver Rowland. This morning's quickest driver clouted the wall and crunched the carbon of his front wing but escaped without too much damage to his Nissan machine.

As the times tumbled it was the DS TECHEETAH pair of Antonio Felix da Costa and Jean-Eric Vergne holding the top two slots in the timesheets.

But undeterred by his earlier slip up, Rowland put in a storming lap to spoil the DS one-two on his final flying lap in Puebla. The Brit taking Free Practice 2 with a 1m22.861s.

Behind the Nissan driver were da Costa and Vergne with Alex Lynn (Mahindra Racing) and Edoardo Mortara (ROKiT Venturi Racing) rounding out the top five with the top 12 all covered by just one second.

With two sessions in the bag, Rowland looks to have the measure of Puebla so far. Don't forget to make your predictions ahead of qualifying.

 

 

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