Lucas di Grassi hit with grid penalty for Santiago Formula E race
Defendin💎g F🎐ormula E champion Lucas di Grassi has been hit with a 10-place grid penalty for Saturday’s Santiago E-Prix in Chile following an inverter change on his Audi ABT Schaeffler car.
Di Grassi has endured a torrid start to the season, failing to score any points through the opening three races following a number of reliability issues for tꦬhe Audi squad.
T𝓰he Brazilian admitted to mahbx.com following the last race in Marrakesh he faced an uphill struggle to defend his title, with the latest grid penalty in Santiago only deepening his plight.
Defending Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi has been hit with a 10-place grid penalty for Saturday’s Santiago E-Prix in Chile following an inverter change on his Audi ABT Schaeffler c🍰ar.
Di Grassi has endured a torrid start to the season, failing to score any points through the opening three races foll☂owing a number of reliability issues for the Audi squad.
The Brazilian admitted to mahbx.com following the last race in Marrakesh he faced an up✨hill struggle to defend his title, with the latest grid penalty in Santiago only deepening his plight.
Stewards in Santiago confirmed that di Grassi would face a 10-place grid drop after changing the inverter on his car, having already used his ‘joker’ change at the la♑st race in Marrakesh following an issue in qualifyin🍎g.
“We got to the botto💎m of the issues we ꦫhad in Marrakesh,” said Audi team principal Allan McNish.
“We reproduced the p🐼roblem on our test bench but the component is sealed by the FIA and so we were not in a position to fix it without incurring a penalty.”
