Two-time champion Jean-Eric Vergne from DS Penske team held his nerves to
win his maiden race at the inaugural Formula E race Hyderabad E-Prix at the
street circuit on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake at the NTR Marg, on
Saturday.The race was action-packed, with minor crashes, wheel-to-wheel action that
sent the motorsport fans in the city into delirium. The French driver
Vergne, took advantage after TCS Jaguar’s Mitch Evans, who took the pole in
the morning session and was running third at the time, crashed along with
three other cars when his teammate Sam Bird rammed into him on the first
turn in the 12th lap.
win his maiden race at the inaugural Formula E race Hyderabad E-Prix at the
street circuit on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake at the NTR Marg, on
Saturday.The race was action-packed, with minor crashes, wheel-to-wheel action that
sent the motorsport fans in the city into delirium. The French driver
Vergne, took advantage after TCS Jaguar’s Mitch Evans, who took the pole in
the morning session and was running third at the time, crashed along with
three other cars when his teammate Sam Bird rammed into him on the first
turn in the 12th lap.
Veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, film personalities including Nagarjuna,
Ram Charan, Malayalam actor Dulquer Salmaan, actress Shruti Haasan were
among several motorsports enthusiasts, besides Union Ministers Anurag
Thakur and Kishan Reddy, who witnessed the Hyderabad E-Prix on Satu.
