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Written by Rowan Horncastle
Ladies and gents, there"s a new electric racing champ in town. This weekend, Jean-Eric Vergne fought off his Virgin Racing competitor to be officially crowned the 2017/18 Formula E champion in New York City. The former Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver went into the season four finale double-header with a 23-point advantage over his closest rival, Sam Bird. JEV only needed the first of two races over the weekend to seal the championship, his first since British Formula 3 in 2010. But it wasn"t easy. Both JEV and his Techeetah team-mate Andre Lotterer were forced to start in 18th and 19th position in Saturday"s race having been written off from qualifying for exceeding the maximum allowed energy limit of 200kW. Undeterred, Vergne then snaked his way through the pack on the incredibly tight 2.4km Brooklyn circuit to finish fifth, four places ahead of title rival Sam Bird which was enough to wrap up the championship.
Date written: 16 Jul 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12573
Ladies and gents, there"s a new electric racing champ in town. This weekend, Jean-Eric Vergne fought off his Virgin Racing competitor to be officially crowned the 2017/18 Formula E champion in New York City. The former Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver went into the season four finale double-header with a 23-point advantage over his closest rival, Sam Bird. JEV only needed the first of two races over the weekend to seal the championship, his first since British Formula 3 in 2010. But it wasn"t easy. Both JEV and his Techeetah team-mate Andre Lotterer were forced to start in 18th and 19th position in Saturday"s race having been written off from qualifying for exceeding the maximum allowed energy limit of 200kW. Undeterred, Vergne then snaked his way through the pack on the incredibly tight 2.4km Brooklyn circuit to finish fifth, four places ahead of title rival Sam Bird which was enough to wrap up the championship.
Date written: 16 Jul 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12573
