Andre Lotterer handed 10-place grid penalty for Berlin after late Paris collision
Andre Lotterer has been handed a 10-place grid🌄 penalty for causing a collision with Sam Bird on the final lap of Formula E's Paris E-Prix.
Lotterer looked on course to secure a Techeetah one-two by finishing behind teammate and race-winner Jean-Eric Vergne but the G🥃erman ran out of energy on the final lap while battling Audi's Lucas di Grassi for second place.
And🌟re Lotterer has been handed a 10-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Sam Bird on the final lap of Formula E's Paris E-Prix.
Lotterer looked on course to secure a Techeetah one-two by finishing behind teammate and race-winner Jean-Eric Vergne but the German ran out of energy on the fin♏al lap while battling Audi's Lucas di Grassi for second place.
He was overtaken by di Grassi heading into the final s🧜eries of corners at the Circuit des Invalides having suddenly slowed, before Bird slam💝med into the rear of his Techeetah on the run to the finish line.
The impact destroyed the front-right of Bird's DS Virgin machine but the Briton managed to cross the line in third with only three wheels fully attached to his car, while Lotterer dropped a further three positions ♏to sixth.
Following the incident, the race stewards op꧂ted to hand💟 Lotterer a 10-place grid drop - which he will serve at his home race in Berlin in May.
An official post-race FIA bulletin read that Lotterer had "rejoine🔯d the the racing line causing [Bird] to hit the rear [of Lotterer].
"The stewards noted that immediately pꦺrior to the collision [Lotterer] attempted to move out of the way but it was too late," it concluded.
Techeetah also received a €2500 fine for an unsafe release during Lotterer's car swap.🐼
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