Felix Rosenqvist fastest for Mahindra in Rome Formula E practice

Felix Rosenqvi⛎st led Mahindra to the front of the field during practice for this weekend's Rome Formula E race in two incident-packed sessions that saw a number of teams fail to complete a qualifying simulation.

Rosenqvist managed to complete a full power 200 kW lap during FP2 to set a fastest lap time of 1:35.467 for Mahindra around the long Rome circuit, giving him an edge of three-tenths of a second ov𝐆er DS Virgin Racing's Sam Bird ahead of qualifying later today.

Rosenqvist fastest in Rome Formula E practice

Felix Rosenqvist led Mahindra to the front of the field during practice for this weekend's Rome Formula E race in two incident-packed sessions that saw a ꦏnumber of teams fail to complete a qualifying simulation.

Rosenqvis🌌t managed to complete a full power 200 kW lap during FP2 to set a fastest lap time of 1:35.467 for Mahindra around the long Rome circuit, giving him an edge of three-tenths of a second over DS Virgin Racing's Sam Bird ahead of qualifying later today.

Defending champion Lucas di Grassi took third for Audi ahead of Dragon's Jose Maria Lopez, with the Renault duo of Nicolas Prost and Sebastien Buemi following in fifth and si𝔍xth place respectively.

Jerome d'Ambrosio finished seventh in the second Dragon car, while FP1 pace-setter Nelson Piquet Jr. ended the final practice session in eighth place as a late red flag denied most of the field a chance to get in a lap 𝓰in qualify🎃ing trim.

Alex Lynn suffered a crash in FP1 before anotheᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr impact in the second session, bringing out a red flag on both occasions, with his FP2 shunt causing the running to come to a premature end.

Qualifying from the Rome E-Prix takes place at 11am BST o⛎n Saturday.

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