The first two rounds of the 2017/18 Formula E championship took place this weekend with drama unfolding throughout the two days of action. On the first day of running on Saturday, Jean-Eric Vergne claimed the first pole position of the season. He held off Sam Bird in the Super Pole shootout, with Nick Heidfeld just behind. The top three were separated by less than three-hundredths of a second.
Race 1
As the lights went out for the first race of the season, Vergne kept his lead into the first corner. While everyone was relatively well behaved in the first three corners, Andre Lotterer caused a traffic jam at Turn 4 when he stuck it in the wall.