Formula E points leader Jean-Eric Vergne says he was driviꦜng “completely blind” in the final stint of the Mexico E-Prix after losing all telemetry due to a syst🎃ems glitch. 

Vergne made up ground early on in Mexico City andꦫ looked on course for a podium finish, until he was passed by both Sebastien Buemi and Nelson Piquet Jr. in the closing stages of Saturday’s race and ultimately had to settle with f🙈ifth. 

But the Frenchman revealed after the race he encountered a bizarre systems glitch on his Techeetah car which resulted in a loss of radio comm🔥unications and left him with no information on his steering wheel display. 

Vergne said he was left with no option but to concede his podium posit👍ion so he could copy his rivals' strategies in order to get to the end of the race and secure important points.

“The first stint✨ was great and I was fighting to climb up the positions, se had a really god 🎃pit-stop and I gained a position," Vergne explained. 

“However, I quickly discovered that I had lost all radio,🌼 beeps and steering wheel information, so I drove my second stint completely blind. 

“In the end, I had to let Sebastien Buemi pass me s🎶o that I couꦫld copy his strategy to finish the race. Scoring points is the most important thing at this stage so when Nelson Piquet came up behind me, I didn’t want to fight him blind, so I let him pass too.”

Teammate Andre Lotterer ended a frustrating race outside of the points in 13th, after being given a driꦛve-through penalty for an unsafe pit release that saw him knock over one of the Techeetah mechanics while exiting the garage. 

The German, who also battled stabili๊ty issues during the opening stint, confirmed his mechanic was “OK” following the♑ incident.

“We had some stability issues in my first car tha﷽t we need to investigate. The second car was fine and I was able to push on and climb up to seventh position. Unfortunately, we had an unsafe release from the pit-stop as one of my mechanics got brushed by the car as I was leavin🅰g. 

“He’s been checked by the medical team and he’s ok, which is ♎the most important thing. It’s a shame🍬 with the penalty but I understand why it was issued.”