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Felipe Massa
FP3 // P17
Qualifying // P6
Race // P10
Championship // P19 [3 points]
Edoardo Mortara
FP3 // P14
Qualifying // P13
Race // P14
Championship // P14 [36 points]
ROKiT Venturi Racing
Championship // P9 [39 points]
After a difficult Saturday of competition, ROKiT Venturi Racing returned to the Berlin Tempelhof Circuit on Sunday to complete the second double-header of Formula E’s Season 6 showdown.
Over practice, the Monegasque marque rectified prior issues before contesting qualifying with both Edoardo Mortara and Felipe Massa in Group 3. While Edo took P13, Felipe navigated a competitive session to advance to Super Pole, securing P6 on the grid.
Felipe obtained a strong start to challenge for P5 into Turn 1, only to drop to P7 while Edo maintained P13 over the first tour. A lap 1 safety car neutralised the race in the early stages before rain drenched the circuit with 34-minutes + 1 lap remaining.
With a conservative strategy over the first half, Felipe remained in touch with the top five, however, over-consumed when duelling with Alex Lynn and Mitch Evans. This placed the Brazilian on an energy-saving program up until the chequered flag.
As a result of this, Felipe slipped through the field to ultimately take P10 at the line while Edo registered P14 following a hard-fought battle in pursuit of a points-paying performance.
Susie Wolff – ROKiT Venturi Racing Team Principal
“Both drivers battled hard - we just didn’t have the pace to achieve more today. It’s incredibly close and such a fine line between hero and zero.”
Felipe Massa
“I don’t know if I should be happy or really frustrated. I performed well in qualifying to get into Super Pole and I had really good pace at the start of the race. I was able to save some energy early on but in the middle of the race, I lost too much energy when fighting the cars around me and by trying to hold position. This impacted the strategy I was on and created some issues in the second half. One point is better than zero I suppose but I’m not happy with this result. It doesn’t reflect our efforts or our potential and I want to fight for more which I hope I can do on Wednesday and Thursday.”
Edoardo Mortara
“I was hoping for more today but it turned into another difficult race. I wasn’t really able to overtake the cars in front and I was losing positions to the cars behind. This battling cost us a lot of energy. We have quite a lot of work to do ahead of the final two races. Hopefully, we can perform better in qualifying and then score some more points from there to end the season on a high.”
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