Nissan Formula E Team secured points in the first-ever Hyderabad E-Prix, with Norman Nato taking seventh in a chaotic race. Meanwhile, Sacha Fenestraz had podium hopes, running in fourth before being caught up in an incident and working his way back up to 12th in Round 4 of Season 9.
Nato and Fenestraz both showed strong race pace, with Nato coming back through the field to secure seventh and his first points for the team. Fenestraz progressed to the Duels for the second time but narrowly missed out on making it through to the semi-finals. A strong launch saw the Franco-Argentine challenge the top-three, before being caught up in an incident and losing several positions. Tommaso Volpe, team principal and managing director of, the Nissan Formula E Team said: “We never look for excuses when we don’t perform but this time the team did a perfect job throughout the weekend, apart from one little issue in qualifying with Norman”.
Norman Nato said “We still have areas to improve on, especially in qualifying, however, the car is fast and if we can qualify closer to the front then we have the potential to score some big points. Now we look forward to Cape Town and continuing our development there.”
