Wehrlein: Formula E Berlin contact with Dennis “should not happen”


The Porsche driver was left to complete fourth within the sequel on the Tempelhof Airport circuit on Sunday, one spot forward of Dennis because the pair battled for a lot of the 41-lap contest.

Wehrlein was left sad with the actions of Dennis, the reigning champion utilizing Porsche’s 99X Electrical aboard the Andretti machine, as each did not make progress because of the fixed clashes.

“I believe driving different drivers into the wall is simply too far, clearly,” Wehrlein informed Autosport.

“I believe it really works with a lot of the drivers, to drive side-by-side.

“Particularly between Porsche automobiles, this could not occur. It’s been mentioned many occasions, it’s nonetheless not working, so it’s what it’s.”

Whereas team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa was in a position to take his first Components E win of the 12 months, having been stripped of his victory in Misano for a technical infringement which has been appealed, Wehrlein was left in harm limitation mode as early as the primary lap.

This was after the German was pushed into the wall exiting the Flip 6/7 hairpin by the second Andretti of Norman Nato, which broken his automobile for the rest of the race.

Jake Dennis, Andretti World, Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3, Edoardo Mortara, Mahindra Racing, Mahindra M9Electro, Oliver Rowland, Nissan Components E Crew, Nissan e-4ORCE 04

Photograph by: Dom Romney / Motorsport Images

“I believe the worst factor for me as we speak was that my automobile was broken on lap one,” he mentioned.

“My steering was bent, my ground was broken, my entrance wing was broken. It’s simply pointless contact there.”

It was introduced forward of the weekend that Andretti would continue using Porsche power till the top of the Gen3 regulation cycle in 2026.

Crew principal Roger Griffiths admitted that previous to this season there had been clear-the-air talks between both teams after quite a lot of incidents throughout final 12 months, significantly between Dennis and Wehrlein.

Dennis, who began on pole for Sunday’s race earlier than slipping to fifth, believes that the peloton fashion of racing seen in Components E means all drivers have been aggressive this weekend when attacking or defending place.

“Everyone seems to be aggressive proper now, it’s actual difficult to pinpoint anybody,” he mentioned.

“The racing up the entrance is simply actually chaotic and there’s a number of contact between everybody so it’s actually tough guilty anybody.

“If I might have gotten forward of Pascal, I believe I might have had a bit extra of an opportunity to go at Nick [Cassidy] as a result of it was just a little bit cleaner between me and Nick however finally I couldn’t cross him, so fifth was one of the best we might come away with.”

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