Buemi on top; Mahindra Racing’s Heidfeld is 4th in Formula E pre-season testing

Third fastest was Daniel Abt, who had both Abt Schaeffler cars at his disposal after taking over from birthday boy Lucas di Grassi. The German’s best lap was 1:31.537s. Abt said: “For the two days we decided to split the running with Lucas [di Grassi] testing on Monday and myself today. It helped us gain more consecutive running and work on set-up changes more easily. These past two days we’ve focused on fixing software issues and mechanical issues and we took a massive step forward from the first day to the second. The car felt good and fast and it feels like we have a good package.”

GP2 race winner Tom Dillmann had his first proper test for Team Aguri and he racked up the laps, trying both qualifying simulations and a race run. He recorded the 10th fastest time. Andretti also managed to get out on track, but a series of teething troubles prevented Simona de Silvestro from setting a representative time.

Technical issues also hampered NEXTEV TCR and Trulli, which meant that Nelson Piquet Jr, Oliver Turvey and Jarno Trulli were unable to complete any running. Testing resumes at Donington on Monday August 17.

FIA Formula E Championship – Donington Park – Pre-season testing (Day 2) – Results:

1. Sebastien Buemi, Renault e.dams, 1:31.050s

2. Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing, +0.419s

3. Daniel Abt, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport, +0.487s

4. Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra Racing, +0.491s

5. Nicolas Prost, Renault e.dams, +0.542s

6. Bruno Senna, Mahindra Racing, +0.819s

7. Loic Duval, DRAGON RACING, +0.865s

8. Stephane Sarrazin, Venturi, +0.951s

9. Jean-Eric Vergne, DS Virgin Racing, +0.983s

10. Tom Dillmann, Team Aguri, +1.319s

11. Jerome D’Ambrosio, DRAGON RACING, +3.905s

12. Jacques Villeneuve, Venturi, +5.865s

13. Nelson Piquet Jr, NEXTEV TCR, no time set

14. Jarno Trulli, Trulli, no time set

15. Simona de Silvestro, Andretti, no time set

16. Oliver Turvey, NEXTEV TCR, no time set