Mercedes and Venturi stand out from the rest at the Diriyah E-Prix

The eighth season of Formula E begins a little in Diriyah as the seventh ended, with the domination of the Dutch defending champion, Nyck de Vries (Mercedes) and his runner-up, Edoardo Mortara (Venturi). As the cars are exactly the same as last year – the FIA ​​has decided to limit the teams to a single homologation for the last two seasons of Gen2 – we should not expect a reversal of the situation. “ This year, the races will be decided on details, indicates Thomas Chevaucher, team principal of DS Techeetah. The performance between the cars is extremely close, and that's why it's more risky than ever to start in the middle of the pack. We have also seen this to our cost. » It is true that there were many “details” on this Saudi track, very cluttered with sand blown from the desert – and mountains of dust from construction sites.