The DS Penske driver posted a 1m01.937s inside the ultimate hour to develop into the one driver to interrupt the 1m02s barrier throughout the two three-hour classes on the Tempelhof Airport circuit in Germany, which performed host to the Berlin E-Prix double-header over the weekend.
The AF Corse World Endurance Championship driver accomplished 82 laps throughout the day, having additionally completed quickest within the opening three-hour session with a greatest lap of 1m02.150s.
Shwartzman’s greatest time within the afternoon was lower than two tenths slower than the quickest time set on both day of the Berlin E-Prix races, with Mahindra’s Edoardo Mortara posting a 1m01.741s to assert pole on Saturday.
Mahindra duo Kush Maini and Frederick Vesti loved sturdy performances as Monday’s working was the primary time both had pushed a System E automobile.
Vesti, a Mercedes F1 Junior and final yr’s F2 runner-up, completed third within the opening session and seventh later within the day, along with his morning time of 1m02.227s simply marginally faster than what he might produce within the afternoon.
Maini, an F2 podium finisher in addition to a member of Alpine’s F1 younger driver programme, completed the day fifth quickest on a 1m02.208s after claiming sixth place earlier.
Dries Vanthoor, Envision Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6
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The outright second quickest driver from the day was Jak Crawford, who posted a 1m02.110s for Andretti on his System E debut which left him 0.173s behind Shwartzman’s greatest.
Sheldon van der Linde occupied third, the South African having beforehand pushed in final yr’s rookie take a look at, whereas his brother Kelvin competed final weekend for Abt rather than Nico Muller, who had clashing WEC commitments.
Additionally returning to System E motion was Felipe Drugovich, the 2022 F2 champion driving for Maserati MSG as soon as once more with a 1m02.221s leaving him second within the morning session.
However the Brazilian proved to be the reason for the day’s second purple flag as his automobile got here to a halt on the exit of Flip 4 within the first hour of the afternoon session.
After being recovered to the pits, Drugovich was capable of rejoin and accomplished a complete of 49 laps within the afternoon earlier than the chequered flag, setting a 1m02.171s within the last 10 minutes to leap into fourth.
The primary stoppage, happening within the second hour of the primary session, had extra critical penalties as Dries Vanthoor crashed his Envision at Flip 3 in avoidance of one other automobile.
The injury to his automobile, which was pushed by Joel Eriksson over the weekend, meant Vanthoor was unable to finish any extra working for the rest of the day.
The second Envision, pushed by Alice Powell, completed the day twenty first total with a quickest lap of 1m03.454s because the Briton targeted on improvement work with 56 laps essentially the most of any driver from the afternoon.
Reigning F1 Academy champion Marta Garcia completed the day 18th and simply 1.225s off Shwartzman’s greatest time for ERT having by no means pushed a System E automobile earlier than.