On Saturday, the Formula E paddock visited their third continent for the third race of the season. After being let go by McLaren, Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne is trying his hand at Formula E. Round 3 was at Santiago in Chile while the previous rounds were in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Marrakech in Morocco.
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Vandoorne hadn’t had the best of runs so far, but had pace in qualifying. In Santiago, he proved it again by grabbing 5th on the grid. Sadly, mid-race, he made a mistake while overtaking an opponent and stuffed the car into the wall.
It was going so well for @svandoorne up until this moment 😔#SantiagoEPrix pic.twitter.com/Zyh9zGkhon
— Formula E (@FIAFormulaE) January 26, 2019
Meanwhile, the race was won by British driver Sam Bird, with Mahindra’s Pascal Wehrlein 2nd. Completing the podium was Daniel Abt, after original 3rd-placed finisher, Alexander Sims, copped a penalty.
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Bird is now 2nd in the driver’s standings, just one point behind Wehrlein’s teammate, Jerome D’Ambrosio. Only 14 drivers finished the race as a number of title contenders crashed or retired. D’Ambrosio was the only contender, apart from Bird, to finish in the points, with a fine 8th place.
Later on, Vandoorne took to Twitter to express his thoughts on the race.
Extremely disappointed with my stupid mistake today 😔 Im sorry for the whole team, good points were up for grabs today! Gonna work hard to come back stronger! 🙏 Ciao Santiago pic.twitter.com/PJONieGHBj
— Stoffel Vandoorne (@svandoorne) January 26, 2019
