Sebastien Buemi broke his own lap record around the Punta del Este street circuit to lead the opening Formula E practice session foꦗr the Punta del Este E-Prix. 

The Renault e.dams drive🧸r posted a blistering 🔯lap of 1:14.536 to end the first practice session on top, finishing nearly four-tenths of a second clear of Jaguar’s Mitch Evans with a time over half a second better than his 2015 pole position effort. 

Buemi, who has won both races to be held at the Uruguayan coastal circuit, is still searching for a first victory of the 2017/2018 campaign as he looks to make up ground in the championshi💦p fight. 

The season two champion set his best lap shortly🤪 after damaging the rear wing of his Renault Z.E. 17, following a brush with the barriers. 

An impressive late flying lap from Evans put Jaguar second in the timesheets, and the New Zealander could have gone even quicker had he no💎t encountered traffic in the final sector. 

Audi’s Lucas di Grassi was third quickest but over four-tenths down on Buemi’s time, edging Briton’s Alex Lynn, who wa🅰s fourth quickest for the DS Virgin squad. 

Champ🐓ionship leader Jean Eric Vergne, who claimed a stunning pole position at Punta del Este in his debut race in 2014, was fifth fastest for Techeetah, l✤ess than a tenth of a second faster than the second DS Virgin car of Sam Bird. 

Nelson Piquet ensured both Jaguar’s made an appearance in the top t♉en in the opening session with the seventh-fastest time, ahead of NIO’s Oliver Turvey.

Mexico City race-winner Daniel Abt was ninth ahead of Nico Prost, who finished the 45-minute session ov🌟er a second down on his Renault e.dams teammate.