The System E season finale occurred on the ExCeL London’s distinctive indoor/outside structure on Sunday, which was affected by standing water due to heavy rain.
Previous to the 2 stoppages, race director Scot Elkin had instructed drivers to observe the security automobile to evaluate circumstances earlier than deploying the pink flag.
With solely six laps accomplished behind the security automobile and almost an hour and 20 minutes after the race formally began, drivers went again out for a 3rd time with inexperienced flag working commencing from the eighth lap by way of a rolling begin.
“They [the conditions] have been very unhealthy. Scot stated that we have been about to go racing earlier than the primary pink flag and I used to be mainly shouting down the radio saying it’s means too harmful,” stated NIO 333’s Dan Ticktum who completed eighth.
“It was truthfully fairly harmful for the entire race even when it did begin however everybody right here could be very skilled and mature.
“On the straights, mainly, we couldn’t see, nobody was doing something silly so [we were] in a position to have a fairly clear race which was good in the long run.”
A marshal makes an attempt to shift a few of the standing water on the monitor
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Regardless of the tough circumstances, there have been surprisingly no incidents for the 38-lap race, with no yellow flags displayed at any level as soon as inexperienced flag working began, as all 22 drivers completed the race.
Robin Frijns, who completed his final race for Abt Cupra in seventeenth, believes the race was fortunate to run with out incident given the low-grip circumstances and lack of visibility.
“It was simply concerning the restrict [to run the race], however in the long run nobody actually did a giant mistake,” he stated.
“We are able to stand right here now saying that it was alright as a result of we didn’t have a security automobile, we didn’t have a pink flag, there have been no large crashes.
“But when somebody spun out of Flip 14 and have been caught there at a 45-degree angle, there are 10 automobiles coming in and it will be a giant shunt. Life is straightforward if you understand what occurs.”