Beijing Formula E: Bruno Senna tops practice two for Mahindra
Bruno Senna set the pace in second free practice for the opening round of the new Formula E Championship in Beijing
The Brazilian recorded a best lap of 1m41.341s aboard one his Carlin-run Mahindra Spark-Renault SRT_01E, which put him three tenths up on fellow countryman Lucas di Grassi in the fastest of the Abt entries.
Di Grassi's time of 1m41.676s around the Beijing street circuit edged out China Racing driver Ho-Pin Tung, who was a further tenth back in third.
Franck Mongagny (Andretti), Daniel Abt (Abt) and Jarno Trulli (Trulli) rounded out the top six.
Sebastien Buemi, who was second quickest in the opening session, didn't set a representative time and ended up last after crashing early on.
The 30-minute session was stopped just over three minutes early when Tung also crashed.
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| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Senna | Mahindra | 1m41.341s | - | 11 |
| 2 | Lucas di Grassi | Abt | 1m41.676s | 0.335s | 5 |
| 3 | Ho-Pin Tung | China | 1m41.824s | 0.483s | 8 |
| 4 | Franck Montagny | Andretti | 1m41.845s | 0.504s | 7 |
| 5 | Daniel Abt | Abt | 1m42.172s | 0.831s | 6 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Trulli | 1m42.457s | 1.116s | 7 |
| 7 | Jaime Alguersuari | Virgin | 1m42.601s | 1.260s | 7 |
| 8 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Dragon | 1m42.720s | 1.379s | 9 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Venturi | 1m42.779s | 1.438s | 8 |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | China | 1m42.788s | 1.447s | 10 |
| 11 | Charles Pic | Andretti | 1m42.904s | 1.563s | 8 |
| 12 | Nicolas Prost | e.dams | 1m42.934s | 1.593s | 8 |
| 13 | Karun Chandhok | Mahindra | 1m43.159s | 1.818s | 11 |
| 14 | Stephane Sarrazin | Venturi | 1m43.713s | 2.372s | 11 |
| 15 | Oriol Servia | Dragon | 1m43.853s | 2.512s | 8 |
| 16 | Michela Cerruti | Trulli | 1m45.489s | 4.148s | 9 |
| 17 | Katherine Legge | Aguri | 1m46.171s | 4.830s | 7 |
| 18 | Takuma Sato | Aguri | 1m48.499s | 7.158s | 5 |
| 19 | Sam Bird | Virgin | 1m48.956s | 7.615s | 11 |
| 20 | Sebastien Buemi | e.dams | 2m24.162s | 42.821s | 2 |
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