The a has been red-flagged after a crash for Jaguar's Sam Bird triggered a multi-car pile-up. Full story:
A serious multi-car Formula E crash has caused the opening Rome E-Prix this weekend to be red-flagged.The first of two FE races in Italy this weekend was halted on the ninth lap of racing after numerous cars were involved in a high-speed accident.
While Jake Dennis, Nick Cassidy and Maximilian Guenther immediately behind were just able to avoid the spinning Bird after the Briton had bounced off the wall, Envision Racing’s Sebastien Buemi was unable to avoid the stricken Jaguar which had stopped broadside across the track. The resulting chaos and debris caused a concertina effect behind which claimed Antonio Felix da Costa , Lucas di Grassi and Robin Frijns .
Vandoorne was able to drive his damaged DS Penske back to the pits where it is currently being repaired ahead of a restart.
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