P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Formula E’s first track action at the Shanghai International Circuit was delayed in bizarre circumstances on Friday when five cars stopped on track early in practice one due to a suspected spec RESS battery software update issue
During the first Formula E practice session at the Shanghai International Circuit, five cars stopped on track due to a suspected spec RESS battery software update issue. The drivers affected were Dan Ticktum, Pascal Wehrlein, Nyck de Vries, Antonio Felix da Costa, and Sergio Sette Camara. The red flag period lasted for 45 minutes while changes were made to the software on the cars. The software updates were administered by the Fortescue WAE company, the spec RESS supplier. It is unclear if the issues were related to changes made ahead of the Berlin E-Prixs earlier in the month to protect the batteries during the race. Updates to the car software were suspected to be the cause of the session stopping problems according to Andretti team principal Roger Griffiths. Mitch Evans topped the disrupted session times, ahead of Norman Nato, Jean-Eric Vergne, Jake Hughes, and Oliver Rowland.
