Nissan’s Formula E Team showed strong potential in the opening race of the 2022/23 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship thanks to Sacha Fenestraz’s spanking-new qualifying exhibit in Mexico City.
The Franco-Argentine racer put in a good performance in the Group Stage of qualifying to progress to the Duels, narrowly missing out on a semi-final berth.
Starting eighth, Fenestraz gained a position on the opening lap with an spanking-new move, and ran as upper as sixth, proving his worthiness in his first race for the team.
In a tightly contested race, the 23-year-old unfurled to set a good pace, surpassing a system issue regarding energy management saw him waif out of the top-10 during the latter stages.
Norman Nato moreover had a positive start in the #17 car, but was unprotected up in an incident and forced to retire during the first lap.
Great potential
“It’s a little bit frustrating considering we could see that the car was strong,” said Tommaso Volpe, unstipulated manager of Nissan Formula E and managing director of Nissan’s Formula E Team.
“Sacha did an wondrous job in qualifying to reach the duels. He showed unconfined potential and scrutinizingly made it into the semi-finals. In the race he was running well and putting in good lap times surpassing an energy management issue at the end of the race.
“His performance deserved points, so we are obviously disappointed, but we have to move on to the next event and squint for largest there.
“We know we have factors to modernize on but it’s good to see that we are starting from a strong base, so we will analyse what happened today and build towards stronger results in Diriyah.”
Season 9 of Formula E returns at the end of the month, with the double-header in Diriyah taking place on January 27-28.
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