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New York E-Prix: Da Costa leads Formula E practice

In cooler conditions compared to Friday afternoon's FP1 session, owing to the 7am start to proceedings in Brooklyn's Red Hook district, the drivers aimed to start running early to try to clear up some of the dust pervading the circuit.

Nyck de Vries was first to get within a second of the Friday times, setting a 1m10.693s, before countryman Robin Frijns punched in a 1m10.157s to get his Envision machinery to the top.

He was accosted by teammate Nick Cassidy, who displaced de Vries for second - before the Mercedes driver returned to the top with a 1m10.121s.

Andre Lotterer was then first to surpass the Friday times on a full 250kW power lap, posting a 1m09.353s - as Porsche teammate Pascal Wehrlein popped up into second with a lap 0.8s behind.

Frijns returned to headline the session for mere seconds, shading Lotterer by 0.03s, before de Vries displaced him with a 1m09.306s.

Jean-Eric Vergne then grabbed a 1m09.281s to pick up control of the session, before Stoffel Vandoorne went a tenth and a half faster - but both were surpassed by Lotterer with a 1m09.073s.

The times were then brought into the 1m08s by Wehrlein, but he was brushed aside by Mitch Evans, who held the best time of the session until the final few minutes - before da Costa displaced him with a 1m08.684s which ultimately proved to be the headliner of the session.

Mitch Evans, Jaguar Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 5 (Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images)

Evans' time was good enough for second overall, as Andretti's Jake Dennis claimed the third-fastest time in the American squad's home round.

Wehrlein ended the session in fourth ahead of Frijns, who led Envision's charge as Cassidy struggled with traffic on one of his fliers.

Vergne dropped to sixth, next to former teammate Andre Lotterer in the timing board, as Vandoorne and championship leader Edoardo Mortara were eighth and ninth quickest. Antonio Giovinazzi made his way into the top 10, 0.008s off of Mortara's best.

Vandoorne had headed FP1 with a late effort to depose Sergio Sette Camara from the top of the times.

The Dragon driver had beaten the more established frontrunners with a 1m10.135s, but Vandoorne fired in his best time before the chequered flag fell - clocking a 1m09.836s to hold the overnight bragging rights.

Formula E New York E-Prix I - Practice Results

FP2

Cla Driver Team Time Gap Interval
1 Portugal Antonio Felix da Costa France Techeetah 1'08.684    
2 New Zealand Mitch Evans United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1'08.886 0.202 0.202
3 United Kingdom Jake Dennis United States Andretti Autosport 1'08.900 0.216 0.014
4 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Germany Porsche Team 1'08.907 0.223 0.007
5 Netherlands Robin Frijns United Kingdom Virgin Racing 1'08.942 0.258 0.035
6 France Jean-Eric Vergne France Techeetah 1'08.973 0.289 0.031
7 Germany Andre Lotterer Germany Porsche Team 1'09.073 0.389 0.100
8 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Germany Mercedes 1'09.116 0.432 0.043
9 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Monaco Venturi 1'09.164 0.480 0.048
10 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi United States Dragon Racing 1'09.172 0.488 0.008
11 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland India Mahindra Racing 1'09.192 0.508 0.020
12 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Germany Mercedes 1'09.241 0.557 0.049
13 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi France DAMS 1'09.274 0.590 0.033
14 Germany Maximilian Gunther France DAMS 1'09.308 0.624 0.034
15 Brazil Sergio Sette Camara United States Dragon Racing 1'09.343 0.659 0.035
16 United States Oliver Askew United States Andretti Autosport 1'09.374 0.690 0.031
17 United Kingdom Sam Bird United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1'09.412 0.728 0.038
18 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Monaco Venturi 1'09.514 0.830 0.102
19 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey United Kingdom NIO Formula E Team 1'09.577 0.893 0.063
20 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum United Kingdom NIO Formula E Team 1'09.638 0.954 0.061
21 New Zealand Nick Cassidy United Kingdom Virgin Racing 1'09.980 1.296 0.342
22 United Kingdom Alexander Sims India Mahindra Racing 1'10.856 2.172 0.876

FP1

Cla Driver Team Time Gap Interval
1 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Germany Mercedes 1'09.836    
2 Brazil Sergio Sette Camara United States Dragon Racing 1'10.135 0.299 0.299
3 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland India Mahindra Racing 1'10.143 0.307 0.008
4 United Kingdom Sam Bird United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1'10.171 0.335 0.028
5 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Monaco Venturi 1'10.316 0.480 0.145
6 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Germany Porsche Team 1'10.319 0.483 0.003
7 Portugal Antonio Felix da Costa France Techeetah 1'10.350 0.514 0.031
8 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Germany Mercedes 1'10.397 0.561 0.047
9 Germany Maximilian Gunther France DAMS 1'10.400 0.564 0.003
10 United Kingdom Jake Dennis United States Andretti Autosport 1'10.419 0.583 0.019
11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Monaco Venturi 1'10.449 0.613 0.030
12 Italy Antonio Giovinazzi United States Dragon Racing 1'10.488 0.652 0.039
13 United Kingdom Alexander Sims India Mahindra Racing 1'10.498 0.662 0.010
14 New Zealand Nick Cassidy United Kingdom Virgin Racing 1'10.599 0.763 0.101
15 New Zealand Mitch Evans United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1'10.613 0.777 0.014
16 United Kingdom Dan Ticktum United Kingdom NIO Formula E Team 1'10.621 0.785 0.008
17 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey United Kingdom NIO Formula E Team 1'10.732 0.896 0.111
18 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi France DAMS 1'10.739 0.903 0.007
19 Netherlands Robin Frijns United Kingdom Virgin Racing 1'10.763 0.927 0.024
20 France Jean-Eric Vergne France Techeetah 1'10.788 0.952 0.025
21 Germany Andre Lotterer Germany Porsche Team 1'11.389 1.553 0.601
22 United States Oliver Askew United States Andretti Autosport 1'11.480 1.644 0.091
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