It was nice after Friday, with our double P1s in free practice, to come back and actually get on top. “We didn’t really have anything on our side yesterday. “We had a tough weekend, much tougher than Saudi Arabia,” said Hansen. Not for Kevin Hansen and season one champion Molly Taylor, who led all the way to stay clear of the splatters and clinch their victory. This being Scotland, rain was a factor in the second round of the weekend, flying mud making visibility a problem. But there was a complete about turn on Sunday as Veloce dominated the second round to score its second victory of the season and jump back to the top of the points standings. The title-contending Sainz and Veloce teams didn’t even make the final on Saturday, the former leading the latter for victory in the so-called Redemption consolation race. The top step wasn’t ours unfortunately, but it feels like a win for us and it’s been a little while since we’ve been on the podium.” “The course is unbelievably quick and so technical, therefore to come away with this result is fantastic.
“Podiums are amazing no matter where you are standing, especially when the competition here is so fast,” said Munnings, putting a brave face on her disappointment. That demoted Andretti to second and handed the victory to X44. But then heartbreak: she had left the switch zone a tad too early, inside the minimum stop time, and the team copped a whopping 15.3-second penalty.
The race looked in the bag when Hansen handed over a healthy lead to Britain’s Catie Munnings, who put in a solid stint to hold off Cristina Gutiérrez (in for McConnell at X44) to cross the line first. But he went in too hot up the course’s big slope and slithered wide, which allowed Timmy Hansen to take the lead for Andretti. X44’s Fraser McConnell cleverly held back as the five Odyssey 21s barrelled into Turn One, then the Jamaican unleashed his hyperdrive to shoot past all four of his rivals to take a sensational lead.
Tactical use of the hyperdrive power boost proved key in the dramatic opening seconds of the final. The first round of the Extreme E double-header began with a bang, then ended in frustration for the apparent winner.
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