Bird quickest in rain affected Formula E test

Sam Bird topped the times in the penultimate day of FIA Formula E pre-season testing at Donington Park.

The DS Virgin Racing driver posted a 1:30.451s effort early in the afternoon running before rain intensified shortly after the benchmark time was set at the Leicestershire circuit.

Lucas di Grassi emerged as Bird’s nearest challenger with the Abt driver 0.3s adrift of the Brit, while there was gap of more than half a second back to Dragon Racing’s Loic Duval in third.

Venturi driver and Formula E rookie Jacques Villeneuve was fourth fastest albeit more than a second adrift of Bird.

Jerome D’Ambrosio ended the day in fifth position ahead of Venturi’s Stephane Sarrazin.

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Oliver Turvey completed the most mileage with the Brit logging 54 laps, recording a time good enough for seventh spot.

Issues struck Andretti and Trulli GP squads once again with their cars consigned to the garage for the majority of the session.

Robin Frijns is expected to receive a run when testing continues later today as the Andretti team evaluate the Dutchman.

Result: FIA Formula E Test Day 5, Donington Park

Position	Driver	Team	Time
1	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing	1m30.451s
2	Lucas di Grassi	Abt Audi Sport	1m30.772s
3	Loic Duval	Dragon Racing	1m32.022s
4	Jacques Villeneuve	Venturi	1m32.154s
5	Jerome D’Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1m33.419s
6	Stephane Sarrazin	Venturi	1m33.569s
7	Sebastien Buemi	e.dams	1m33.883s
8	Oliver Turvey	China Racing	1m34.203s
9	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	1m34.501s
10	Nathanael Berthon	Team Aguri	1m34.739s
11	Nicolas Prost	e.dams	1m34.895s
12	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	1m35.611s
	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Trulli GP	no time
	Simona de Silvestro	Andretti Autosport	no time
	Robin Frijns	Andretti Autosport	no time