{"id":28944,"date":"2023-01-25T09:10:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenracingnews.com\/?p=28944"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:10:34","slug":"ds-penske-seeks-to-recover-after-weak-start-in-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenracingnews.com\/ds-penske-seeks-to-recover-after-weak-start-in-mexico-city\/","title":{"rendered":"DS PENSKE Seeks to Recover after Weak Start in Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The debut in Mexico City was not as expected for the DS PENSKE<\/strong> team. The team arrived at the Formula E<\/strong> season 9 opener with high expectations after adding reigning champion Stofel Vandoorne to its ranks, and showed interesting things in the preview held in Valencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The former Mercedes driver finished 14th, while his teammate Jean-Eric Vergne was 11th in a qualifying session that would set the tone for the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Things started quite well in Free Practice, with both cars running in the top five in each session,”<\/strong> Vandoorne said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “The car felt really good, but in qualifying we couldn’t get a clean lap when we needed it due to traffic. We didn’t manage to capitalize on what we knew we had in Free Practice performance,” <\/strong>said the pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n