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This concludes the third free practice session. Qualifying is scheduled for 1.5 hours later and starts at 13:40 CET. We at e-Formula.news will be at the start for you again. Until then, have a nice lunch break and see you later.
This brings the 3rd free practice session to a close.
The top 10 are:
1. Dennis
2nd Evans
3rd Ticktum
4. Mortara
5. Günther
6. Barnard
7. Nato
8. Wehrlein
9th Drugovich
10. Vergne
Jake Dennis takes the lead!
And then there is contact between Vergne and Felix da Costa, who was travelling fast. Vergne was in the path of the Jaguar
.And so the third free practice session ends with a bit of a shock.
But neither car appears to have suffered any damage.
Just before the end of the session, Rowland has a small moment of shock: he almost loses his car while driving over one of the bends, but manages to keep the car out of the wall.
With 3 minutes remaining in this session, Mitch Evans still holds the top position, followed by Ticktum and Mortara. Günther is in 4th place.
The two works Porsches are 8th with Wehrlein and 11th with Mülller.
Nico Müller improves his time slightly once again: the Swiss was in last place until just now. However, his improved time is only enough for an improvement to 15th place
Fred Bertrand, team principal of Mahindra, just revealed that the problem with Nyck de Vries' car yesterday was the inverter.
There are still 10 minutes left in this session. However, it is currently quite quiet on the track. Only Günther, Barnar, Wehrlein, di Grassi and Müller are currently doing laps
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Max Günther was able to significantly improve his time once again: with a lap time of 1:15.398 minutes, the German placed directly behind the leader Evans.
With 15 minutes left on the clock, Mitch Evans fought his way to the top. The Miami winner improved his time to a 1:15.320 minutes.
Now Vergne is also following suit and is placed between Mortara and Rowland in 2nd place.
Mortara takes the lead with a lap time of 1:15.584 minutes and reigning world champion Rowland also improves his time with a 1:15.749 minutes. Both fight their way to the front of the field.
Buemi had just briefly taken the lead, but was then quickly overtaken by Wehrlein.
Wehrlein's current best time: 1:15.821 minutes
Buemi just behind the Swiss with 1.16.064 minutes.
Third place is occupied by Lucas di Grassi.
Drugovich gives free rein to his frustration: the Andretti driver informs his team over the radio that he lacks grip. The same problem he had in the 1st and 2nd free practice sessions.
Rowland also complains. For him, it is oversteer and traction that are causing him problems.
More than half of the field has now returned to their garages. Only Felix da Costa, de Vries, Maloney and Wehrlein are currently completing laps of the 3.001-kilometre track.
Nyck de Vries has now also made it onto the track after his problems at the start.
Dennis takes the lead with a lap time of 1:17.283 minutes
.For comparison: the best time from 2nd free practice yesterday was 1:15.343 minutes. The time was set by Ticktum.
The front of the field is currently occupied by three Porsche-powered cars, with Ticktum in first place with 1:17.704 minutes, followed by Dennis 0.017 seconds behind Ticktum and Drugovich in third place
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de Vries seems to have starting problems. Exactly the same problems he had yesterday at the start of the race.
All drivers are now on the track. Only Nyck de Vries is currently still in his garage.
The green flag waved and the 3rd free practice session was given the green light.
With an outside temperature of 30 degrees, the drivers prepare for the start of the session.
Interesting to note, however: yesterday, the fans were only allowed into the grandstands for the race. This seems to be similar today. Not a single fan can be seen in the stands yet.
The second race is scheduled for 18:05 CET today. But before that, there will be qualifying and the third free practice session. The latter starts in a few minutes.
The first race of the "Double Header" of Formula E in Saudi Arabia took place yesterday at the Corniche Circuit in Jeddah. Pascal Wehrlein secured victory and shared the podium with Edoardo Mortara and Mitch Evans.
Good morning and happy Valentine's Day. Nice to have you with us for our live ticker from Jeddah.
