Jaguar driver Evans fastest in second practice

Mitch Evans

On the morning of the 2020 Marrakesh E-Prix, it was Panasonic Jaguar Racing's Mitch Evans who set the fastest time ahead of Qualifying. The Kiwi driver posted a best lap time of 1:17.309s – shaving just short of three seconds off the official lap record set by Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas di Grassi.

Following Evans was di Grassi with a time of 1:17.545s and Envision Virgin Racing's Robin Frijns with a time of 1:17.580s. 16 cars and drivers all finished the session within a second of each other.

After missing the first Practice session yesterday due to illness, reigning champion and DS Techeetah driver Jean-Eric Vergne returned to the paddock with a clean bill of health for the second Practice ahead of Qualifying. With no time to adjust to the track and work on the car, the Frenchman was 1.7s off the pace, setting the second slowest time of the session.

FP2 Results

POS	DRIVER	TEAM	CAR	TIME/GAP
1	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	Jaguar	1m17.309s
2	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	Audi	0.236s
3	Robin Frijns	Virgin	Audi	0.271s
4	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	Mahindra	0.320s
5	Alexander Sims	Andretti BMW	BMW	0.374s
6	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	Mercedes	0.481s
7	Maximilian Guenther	Andretti BMW	BMW	0.532s
8	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi	Mercedes	0.559s
9	James Calado	Jaguar	Jaguar	0.560s
10	Oliver Rowland	e.dams	Nissan	0.567s
11	Sebastien Buemi	e.dams	Nissan	0.594s
12	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	Mahindra	0.601s
13	Andre Lotterer	Porsche	Porsche	0.715s
14	Sam Bird	Virgin	Audi	0.816s
15	Antonio Felix da Costa	DS Techeetah	DS	0.905s
16	Brendon Hartley	Dragon	Penske	0.912s
17	Nico Muller	Dragon	Penske	1.060s
18	Daniel Abt	Audi	Audi	1.085s
19	Oliver Turvey	NIO	NIO	1.118s
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	Mercedes	1.268s
21	Felipe Massa	Venturi	Mercedes	1.342s
22	Neel Jani	Porsche	Porsche	1.446s
23	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS Techeetah	DS	1.769s
24	Ma Qinghua	NIO	NIO	3.704s