Buemi, the reigning champions of the FE, disqualified from the first race

Photo: Ryan Remiorz, The canadian Press
Buemi hit the inside of the chicane at turn # 13 before going to crush his Renault e. Dams directly in the wall of security on the other side, in the corner no. 14.

The sky fell on the head of the championship title of the Formula electric (FE) early Saturday evening after he had learned that the commissioners had disqualified.

Sebastian Buemi, who had finished fourth Saturday before the commissioners determine that the second car showed a deficit of four kilos under the weight limit accepted, found himself in this precarious position after you have made a wrong move in the morning.

While he remained five minutes in the second session of free practice sessions, Buemi was hanging on the inside of the chicane at turn # 13 before going to crush his Renault e. Dams directly in the wall of security on the other side, in the corner no. 14.

He escaped unharmed, but his car suffered heavy damage — the front suspension is completely disintegrated, as is her muzzle. As a result, the test session was stopped to remove the car and restore the safety barriers.

In a race against time then ensued at Renault, e. Dams to return the car in a state in anticipation of the race, held five hours later.

The mechanics — and even the co-owner of the French team Jean-Paul Driot — have, therefore, put hand to the dough so that it can participate in the race, and they finally managed to offer him a second mount with less than 10 minutes to do so before departure.

The ex-pilot of Formula 1 team Toro Rosso, who had won six of eight races in which he had participated since the beginning of the campaign — it was absent of the two races in New York two weeks ago —, not, therefore, acknowledge six points behind di Grassi, but 18.

“It has been a disaster to this accident, he recognized. It was my fault, so I would like to for a long time. In the end, it is necessary to recognize that it has not been a good day. “

And without knowing it, Buemi was not the end of his sentences.

Neither the Renault team e. Dams, nor Buemi had not responded by early Saturday evening.