Swiss balance sheet: pilots score a lot of points
REVIEW The two ELMS drivers Louis Delétraz and Neel Jani were the most successful Swiss on the international stage this weekend, finishing first and second.
Louis Delétraz (gallery left, photo: ELMS) has picked up in the European Le Mans Series where he left off in 2022: namely at the front. The Geneva native won the opening race in Barcelona with his two new teammates Charlie Eastwood and Salih Yoluc for Racing Team Turkey. Second place in the LMP2 category went to Neel Jani from the Duqueine team, who lost out to Delétraz in the final turn because he had brake problems.
Alexandre Coigny was almost a third Swiss on the podium. The driver from the Cool Racing team had to settle for fourth place overall and third in the Pro-Am after four hours of driving. On the other hand, Cool Racing took first place in LMP3 - after a penalty for the actually winning Racing Spirit of Leman team, which had to make do with third place in the end.
Sébastien Buemi on pole position, first points for Müller and Abt-Cupra
No podiums, but finally points for all three Swiss drivers in Formula E. At the double round in Berlin, Sébastien Buemi, who became a father for the third time a few days ago, was once again the most successful of the Swiss trio with his second pole position this year and a fourth place in the first race. Edoardo Mortara (Maserati) and Nico Müller each secured two points with a ninth-place finish. For Müller and the Abt Cupra team, it was the first two since their comebacks in Formula E.
Nico Müller: "This weekend was a rollercoaster ride of emotions: A tough Saturday was followed by a Sunday with a place on the front row of the grid and points in the race for Abt-Cupra (center gallery). It was beautiful and emotional to see the happy faces in the team when Robin and I came back to the pits after the successful qualifying. We knew the race was going to be tough, but we still made the best of it."
Formula E continues in two weeks. On May 6, the race will start on the street circuit in Monaco.
Patric Niederhauser missed 3rd place
The Swiss figureheads narrowly missed the podium at the opening round of the GT World Challenge at Monza as well. Patric Niederhauser (Gallery right, Photo Audi Motorsport) missed 3rd place by just 0.5 seconds. Audi brand colleague Ricardo Feller finished in 5th place. Philip Ellis also narrowly missed the podium in the Gold Cup in fourth place.
Source: Auto Sport Switzerland (ASS)
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