{"id":129825,"date":"2023-02-15T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T07:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=129825"},"modified":"2023-02-15T13:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:13:16","slug":"jean-eric-vergne-won-formula-e-prix-hyderabad-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/jean-eric-vergne-won-formula-e-prix-hyderabad-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Eric Vergne Won Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jean-Eric Vergne Won Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India: <\/strong>DS Penske\u2019s Jean-Eric Vergne won Formula E\u2019s first race in India as Porsche\u2019s Pascal Wehrlein extended his championship lead with fourth place in Hyderabad. The win was Vergne\u2019s 11th in Formula E but first in two years and the double champion needed an energy-saving defensive drive to hold off New Zealander Cassidy in the closing laps near the Hussain Sagar Lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-february-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">February 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jean-Eric Vergne Won Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India \u2013 Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nick Cassidy was second for Envision Racing with Porsche\u2019s Antonio Felix da Costa promoted to third in his 100th race after Envision\u2019s Sebastien Buemi was handed a 17-second post-race penalty for an overpower infringement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first-ever Formula E race in India was hosted in Hyderabad, the race that also happens to be the first FIA-organised event in India in a decade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Season 9 opening race in Mexico City and two events in Diriyah precede the Hyderabad E-Prix, which is the fourth race on the Formula E 2023 season (Saudi Arabia).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The race itself was an action-packed affair, with the qualifying session and the main race producing some close results.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlike Formula 1 which uses a more traditional qualifying session to decide the starting grid of the ace (consisting of three elimination-style rounds of racing, and more recently a Sprint race).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formula E uses what it considers a more thrilling approach to qualifying that consists of four rounds of racing and employs a dueling format for the Quarter Finals, Semi Final, and Finals rounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Eric Vergne Won Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India: DS Penske\u2019s Jean-Eric Vergne won Formula E\u2019s first race in India as Porsche\u2019s Pascal Wehrlein extended his championship lead with fourth place in Hyderabad. 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