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Edoardo Mortara
FP1 // P10
FP2 // P12
Qualifying // P10
Race // P8
Championship // P14 [40 points]
Felipe Massa
FP1 // P18
FP2 // P15
Qualifying // P8
Race // P13
Championship // P22 [3 points]
ROKiT Venturi Racing
Championship // P10 [43 points]
After taking two days off from competition, ROKiT Venturi Racing returned to the Tempelhof Airport to contest the penultimate race of Formula E’s sixth season and the fifth leg of the Berlin E-Prix.
Showcasing encouraging pace over the course of FP1 and FP2, drivers Felipe Massa and Edoardo Mortara maintained this momentum into qualifying, securing P8 and P10 on the grid after launching their efforts from Group 3.
A promising start saw Felipe maintain P8 over lap 1 while Edo successfully overtook Sergio Sette Camara to advance to P9. In a flat-out race at Tempelhof, both drivers ran in-formation over the opening stages, maintaining position, managing energy, and opening a gap to the cars behind.
In the second third of the race, an incident when activating Attack Mode pushed Felipe down to P12 as Edo moved into P7 after passing Tom Blomqvist
Edo ultimately experienced a lonely race to take an unchallenged P8 at the chequered flag to notch four points. Felipe recovered to take P13 after slipping to as low as P16, showing the potential of the team’s Season 6 package.
Susie Wolff – ROKiT Venturi Racing Team Principal
“Edo and Felipe started the race very well and in the opening stages, were able to under consume on energy which helped our strategy. As the race progressed, we struggled for pace, and realistically, I think P8 is the best result we could have achieved. We have one race left of the season now and we’ll be pushing hard to end what has been a difficult week of racing on a high.”
Edoardo Mortara
“I made a good start and overtook Sette Camara on the first lap to move into P9. Felipe was in front of me at this point and we managed to pull away from the cars behind which was positive. When I was saving energy, I suffered from a lot of oversteer, especially when I was in Attack Mode. The cooling track temperatures didn’t help the situation but I was still able to remain on track, more or less. I think P8 is the best result we could get realistically and hope we can regroup for tomorrow so we can get a strong result in the final race of the season.”
Felipe Massa
“It was another frustrating race. I made a good start and in the early stages, the pace was very encouraging. My main focus was opening up a gap to the cars behind me and I managed to do this. Everything was going well until we decided to arm Attack Mode. Blomqvist went to arm it at the same time – he braked very early and I braked late which meant that I was too close to him and couldn’t see the arming loops which meant that it didn’t activate. After that, it was terrible and I lost all of the margins that I had established at the beginning. I’m very disappointed but now we’ll concentrate and focus on tomorrow so we can hopefully end the season on a high.”
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