P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Jaguar TCS Racing’s Mitch Evans has set the early pace in this weekend’s Shanghai E-Prix, topping the time sheets in the first practice session, which was significantly delayed after a number of cars came to a stop out on track. The Kiwi went fastest with a time of 1:13.215, just two one hundredths of a […]
During the practice session in Shanghai, the Kiwi driver set the fastest time with 1:13.215, narrowly beating Andretti’s Norman Nato by two one hundredths of a second, followed by Jean-Eric Vergne in third. Jake Hughes, Oliver Rowland, and Antonio Felix da Costa secured the next positions in the top six. Title contenders Pascal Wehrlein and Nick Cassidy finished in ninth and 11th place, respectively, with Jake Dennis in 14th. Sam Bird, returning from an injury break, finished 16th with a time of 1:13.558s. The session saw @mitchevans_ and @JaguarRacing leading the pack at the end of FP1, raising anticipation for the next day. However, technical issues arose early in the session, causing cars to halt and requiring flatbed trucks to transport them back to the pit lane, potentially caused by a recent software update on the cars by WAE. A possible solution is to reset the cars to the previous software version to avoid similar incidents in the future.
