Nick Cassidy and Taylor Barnard have set the early pace in the free practice sessions ahead of the Formula E Miami E-Prix.
The Kiwi, who told Motorsport Week on Thursday that the team may struggle until the GEN4 commencement in two seasons’ time, went fastest on Friday afternoon with a 1:23.785s, a tenth-of-a-second ahead of Tag Heuer Porsche’s Antonio Felix da Costa.
On Saturday morning, Barnard was faster, despite the early morning start allaying the track temperature.
The NEOM McLaren youngster was around four tenths quicker, with a 1:23.339, with da Costa second again, almost two tenths down.
The Homestead-Miami Speedway has provided a new challenge for FE drivers, the NASCAR circuit being a different monster to the usual circuits the all-electric championship, and so far we have seen some incidents.
The Porsches of da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein nearly came together in FP1, with DS Penske’s Jean-Eric Vergne spinning in FP2.
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