Formula E
Sam Bird also withdraws from the Cape Town E-Prix
Jaguar will not be able to repair Sam Bird's car in time before the start © Paulo Maria / DPPI
There will only be 17 car at the start of the first Cape Town E-Prix in history. After the withdrawal of the Mahindra and Abt-Cupra teams, it is Sam Bird's turn to have to give up the South African event. The Briton suffered a big accident during qualifying. After losing control of his Jaguar, he hit first the wall at turn 9 then the car of Edoardo Mortara, who had also been in an accident a few seconds earlier. Fortunately, neither driver was injured in this pileup.
😲 HEAVY hits for @EdoMortara and @SamBirdOfficial in Qualifying.
Fortunately, both are out of their cars and have walked away without injury.#CapeTownEPrice
— Formula E (@FIAFormulaE) February 25, 2023
Heavily damaged by the double impact, the Jaguar n°10 will ultimately not take the start of the Cape Town E-Prix. The English team explained that the intensity of the damage required a change of chassis for Sam Bird, which is not possible to do in the time given between qualifying and the race.
Sam will not take part in Round 5. #CapeTownEPrice pic.twitter.com/eidG1S2V0I
— Jaguar TCS Racing (@JaguarRacing) February 25, 2023
Concerning Edoardo Mortara, Maserati has not yet communicated whether or not he will be present at the start of the E-Prix. Looking at the images of the Italian car after the accident, it is difficult to believe that the Swiss will indeed be present…
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Dorian Grangier
A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.
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