Buemi the man to beat in Formula E testing

Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi was once again the man to beat in FIA Formula E as he topped the timesheets in the fourth day of testing at Donington Park.

The e.dams racer blitzed the Leicestershire circuit to post the fastest time since testing began shaving nearly a second off his leading effort from Wednesday’s hit out.

Buemi, who has topped three of the four test days, clocked a 1.31.083s lap which was two tenths of a second quicker than Audi Sport ABT’s Lucas Di Grassi. The Brazilian had led proceedings in the morning session.

“This morning we concentrated on race pace working on putting in lots of laps and finding the best balance with the temperatures of the tyres and battery,” said Buemi.

“We continued to focus on race pace in the afternoon, as well as qualifying runs.

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“Credit again has to go to the team for giving me such a good car and the confidence to push and we’ll now see how we can improve for the next one.”

It proved to be a productive day for the 10 Formula E teams as they racked up an impressive 840 laps from the session which was largely focussed on race simulations.

China Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosio was third quickest just half a second adrift of Buemi’s time while Scott Speed was fourth as he continued behind the wheel of the second Andretti Autosport entry.

Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird was fifth ahead of Daniel Abt in sixth with the top six covered by almost a second.

Former F1 podium finisher Nick Heidfeld, who missed Wednesday’s session, was eighth behind Nicolas Prost.

Jarno Trulli and Mahindra Racing’s Bruno Senna completed the top 10.

The FIA Formula E Championship will embark upon one more test day at Donington Park on August 19 before the inaugural race at Beijing, China on September 13.

FIA Formula E  Donington Park Test Day 4 Results 

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastien Buemi	e.dams	1:31.083s		44
2	Lucas di Grassi	Abt	1:31.282s	+0.199s	54
3	Jerome d’Ambrosio	China	1:31.651s	+0.568s	39
4	Scott Speed	Andretti	1:31.810s	+0.727s	46
5	Sam Bird	Virgin	1:31.895s	+0.812s	51
6	Daniel Abt	Abt	1:32.080s	+0.997s	57
7	Nicolas Prost	e.dams	1:32.124s	+1.041s	48
8	Nick Heidfeld	Venturi	1:32.126s	+1.043s	78
9	Jarno Trulli	Trulli	1:32.479s	+1.396s	38
10	Bruno Senna	Mahindra	1:32.506s	+1.423s	51
11	Franck Montagny	Andretti	1:32.512s	+1.429s	50
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Virgin	1:32.583s	+1.500s	28
13	Karun Chandhok	Mahindra	1:33.019s	+1.936s	46
14	Oriol Servia	Dragon	1:33.083s	+2.000s	46
15	Juan Manuel Lopez	China	1:33.425s	+2.342s	46
16	Michela Cerruti	Trulli	1:33.544s	+2.461s	31
17	Mike Conway	Dragon	1:33.692s	+2.609s	31
18	Katherine Legge	Aguri	1:33.778s	+2.695s	17
19	Fabio Leimer	Aguri	1:38.988s	+7.905s	39