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BMW finish on a high with Guenther fastest in the final test

Valencia, Spain

Emer Hedderman by Emer Hedderman
1st December 2020
4 min read
BMW finish on a high with Guenther fastest in the final test

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Season 7 Testing – Maximilian Guenther topped the times for BMW on a very competitive last day of pre-season testing in Valencia.

For the third year in a row, indeed for every pre-season test that BMW have been a Formula E manufacturer, BMW i Andretti closed out the official test with the fastest time.

Guenther set his time of 1:11.760 during the latter part of today’s continuous six hour session, and while three other drivers came within a tenth of the German, he managed to end his time in Valencia with the top time once again.

“It is obviously great to have set the fastest time of the week again, as we did last year,” said Guenther. “Having said that, the focus of the tests was not on lap times. We were fully focussed on completing our programme, and we did a good job of that. We had worked very hard and well in the run-up to this test. Here at Valencia, we took the opportunity to try some different things with the new car. I think we did a very good job.”

It was a good end to the long weekend for Dragon as Sergio Sette Camara and Nico Mueller finished closest to the BMW, with both drivers half a tenth or less off the best time of the event. The defending champion, Antonio Felix da Costa, was the highest placed Techeetah. The Portuguese’s 1:11.815 was good enough for the fourth fastest time.

After finishing the previous four test sessions in the lower part of the timecharts, Jaguar’s Mitch Evans ended on a positive note with a lap only 0.120 seconds off Guenther. Pascal Wehrlein, who missed the Berlin races after switching from Mahindra to Porsche during the summer, posted the sixth quickest time of the day.

Jean-Eric Vergne’s time was good enough for eighth and saw him split the two Olivers on the charts. Nissan’s Rowland in seventh with a 1:11.943, while NIO 333’s Turvey in ninth, less than two hundredths behind the Frenchman and 0.236 off first.

Rounding out the top ten of the day was Venturi’s Norman Nato, who just barely missed out on setting a 1:11 lap time, ending his first pre-season test with a 1:12.002.

It was a very close session with all drivers setting times well within one second of each other, and only three drivers, Lynn, Bird and di Grassi, didn’t set their fastest times of the test today. Their best came during Sunday’s running, while Bird and di Grassi’s best would still have seen them at the bottom of the list, all driver’s quickest times would have seen the whole grid within 0.578 of a second.

There was only one brief red flag during the day when Sette Camara spun on track. There has been a dramatic drop in the number of red flags shown this year as the decision was made not to include a chicane on the main straight. That has meant that lap times are faster, and the teams have undoubtedly saved quite a bit on parts and repair.

Final test day times –

  1. Maximilian Guenther BMW i Andretti 1:11.760
  2. Sergio Sette Camara Dragon/Penske Autosport +0.036
  3. Nico Mueller Dragon/Penske Autosport +0.050
  4. Antonio Felix Da Costa DS Techeetah +0.055
  5. Mitch Evans Panasonic Jaguar Racing +0.120
  6. Pascal Wehrlein TAG Heuer Porsche +0.148
  7. Oliver Rowland Nissan e.dams +0.183
  8. Jean-Eric Vergne DS Techeetah +0.218
  9. Oliver Turvey NIO 333 +0.236
  10. Norman Nato ROKiT Venturi Racing +0.242
  11. Jake Dennis BMW i Andretti +0.287
  12. Edoardo Mortara ROKiT Venturi Racing +0.306
  13. Nick Cassidy Envision Virgin Racing +0.339
  14. Sebastien Buemi Nissan e.dams +0.374
  15. Alexander Sims Mahindra Racing +0.403
  16. Alex Lynn Mahindra Racing +0.420
  17. Andre Lotterer TAG Heuer Porsche +0.445
  18. Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-Benz EQ +0.459
  19. Robin Frijns Envision Virgin Racing +0.484
  20. Rene Rast Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler +0.485
  21. Nyck de Vries Mercedes-Benz EQ +0.519
  22. Tom Blomqvist NIO 333 +0.548
  23. Sam Bird Panasonic Jaguar Racing +0.579
  24. Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler +0.761
Tags: BMW i AndrettiFormula EMaximilian GuentherPre-season testingSeason 7TestingValencia
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After being in the right place at the right time, Emer attended Formula E pre-season 1 testing. She has become steadily more entwined with the series adding Fan Site operator and journalist to her initial fan status.

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