Venturi’s Mortara tops final day of Formula E testing in Valencia

Mortara took to the top midwa♉y through the six-hour session with a 1m25.763s, a second clear of Mercedes’ Stoffel ♉Vandoorne’s benchmark on day two of the test.
The 34-year-old ended the fifth session in Valencia just 0.041s ahead of Tꦫecheetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne.
Vandoorne was the third and final driver to get within a tenth of Mortara’s top time, 0.098s off after setting the 🎶fastest final sector of anyone.
A late lap from Jaguar’s Mitch Evans propelled hi💝m up to fourth ahead of Pors🍃che's Pascal Wehrlein.
Reigning Formulಞa E champion Nyck de Vries was just under 0.2s off the𒈔 pace in sixth, edging out Envision Racing duo Nick Cassidy and Robin Frijns.
Antonio Felix da Costa and Al♔exander Sims rounded out the top 10 in the final classification.
Next up wa💟s Sam Bird in 11th, while Jake Dennis and Oliver Rowland set identical times in 12th and 13th respectively.
Formula E vet🦹eran Lucas di Grassi was 14th as he continues to adapt to life with Venturi, ꦦahead of Andre Lotterer and Sebastien Buemi.
Rookie🦩 Oliver Askew ended t♏he day 17th overall, within a second of Mortara’s top time.
Sergio Sette Câmara completed the most laps of anyone - 83 in total - despite a technical issue in the first couple of hours of theꦐ day.
Adam Carroll was in action fo🍒r NIO 333, taking over from Dan Ticktum because of his Formul꧒a 2 commitments in Saudi Arabia.
Cꩵarroll was the slowest of the drivers who set times, while Antonio Giovinazzi didn’t take part in the final day of testing due to being in Jeddah for F1.
Full classification:
Valencia Pre-Season Testing - Session 5 | ||||
Position | Driver | Nationality | Team | Time |
1 | Edoardo Mortara | SUI | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 1m25.763s |
2 | Jean-Eric Vergne | FRA | DS Techeetah | 1m25.804s |
3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | BEL | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 1m25.861s |
4 | Mitch Evans | NZL | Jaguar TCS Racing | 1m25.884s |
5 | Pascal Wehrlein | GER | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 1m25.895s |
6 | Nyck de Vries | NED | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 1m25.901s |
7 | Nick Cassidy | NZL | Envision Racing | 1m25.913s |
8 | Robin Frijns | NED | Envision Racing | 1m25.918s |
9 | Antonio Felix da Costa | POR | DS Techeetah | 1m26.061s |
10 | Alexander Sims | GBR | Mahindra Racing | 1m26.107s |
11 | Sam Bird | GBR | Jaguar TCS Racing | 1m26.162s |
12 | Jake Dennis | GBR | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 1m26.197s |
13 | Oliver Rowland | GBR | Mahindra Racing | 1m26.197s |
14 | Lucas di Grassi | BRA | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 1m26.256s |
15 | Andre Lotterer | GER | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 1m26.419s |
16 | Sebastien Buemi | SUI | Nissan e.dams | 1m26.472s |
17 | Oliver Askew | USA | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 1m26.519s |
18 | Maximilian Günther | GER | Nissan e.dams | 1m26.765s |
19 | Sergio Sette Câmara | BRA | Dragon / Penske Autosport | 1m26.859s |
20 | Oliver Turvey | GBR | NIO 333 FE Team | 1m26.882s |
21 | Adam Carroll | GBR | NIO 333 FE Team | 1m28.192s |
22 | Antonio Giovinazzi | ITA | Dragon / Penske Autosport | No Time Set |

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