Lucas di Grassi hit with grid penalty for Santiago Formula E race
Defending Formu🐓la E champion Lucas di Grassi has been hit with a 10-place grid penalty for Saturday’s Santiago E-Prix in Chile following an inverter change on his Audi ABT Schaeffler car.
Di Grassi has endured a torrid start to the season, failing to score any points through the opening three races following a number of reliability issu🐷es for the Audi squad.
The Brazilian admitted to ltxcn.top following the last race in Marrakesh he faced an uphill struggle to defend his title, with the latest grid penalty in Santiag♒o only deepening his plight.
Defending Formula E champion Lucas di Grassi has been hit with a 10-place grid penalty for Saturday’s Santiago E-Prix in Chile following an inverter change on his Audi ABT Sch♎aeffler car.
Di Grassi has endured😼 a torrid start to the season, failing to score any points through the opening three races following a number of reliability issues for the Audi squad.
The Brazilian admitted to ltxcn.top following the last race in Marrakesh he faced an uphill struggle to defend his title, with🍸 the latest grid penalty in Santiago only deepening his plight.
Stewards in Santiago confirmed that di Grassi would face a 10-place grid drop after changing the inverter on hi𒉰s car, having already used his ‘joker’ change🔴 at the last race in Marrakesh following an issue in qualifying.
“We got to the bottom of the issues we had in Marrakesh,” said Audi team principal Allaꦚn McNish.
“We reproduced the problem on our test bench but the c🌳omponent is sealed by the FIA and so we were not in a position to fix it without incurring a🐓 penalty.”
