The Latest Breaking News from JeanEric Vergne

The situation could have been serious, but the worst was avoided thanks to perfectly applied safety procedures. On Tuesday morning, test driver Robert Shwartzman stopped the #2 DS E-TENSE FE23 usually driven by Stoffel Vandoorne at Turn 11. The car appeared to be experiencing a battery problem, a part common…

Two months is a long time in motorsport, especially when that period spans across seasons, with the results of the previous campaign consigned to the past as new optimism builds for the year ahead.

In 2022, the two races already held at the end of July at the same venue were more successful for Stoffel Vandoorne than for Jean-Eric Vergne, who was pushed off the track by another competitor.

The French manufacturer scored its first WEC podium with the 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar last time out at Monza, the result for the #93 machine di Resta shared with Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne marking the first time Peugeot had finished on the same lap as the leader.

The air was already 30C when the electric single-seaters took to the track at precisely 8.10am on Saturday.

The Andretti Autosport driver headed into Saturday’s race leading the championship, one point ahead of Nick Cassidy and a further 28 points clear of Evans. 

The Jaguar driver beat fellow Kiwi and championship protagonist Nick Cassidy by 1.6s to the win, as the runner-up spot moved the Envision Racing driver into the points lead. 

The Jaguar driver was already top of the times with a lap that would have been good enough to end the session fastest heading into the final five minutes.

The Jaguar driver was already top of the times with a lap that would have been good enough to end the session fastest heading into the final five minutes.