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Bird survives Santiago, Wehrlein scores maiden podium

Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird survived a race of attrition in the Formula E Santiago round, beating Mahindra’s Pascal Wehrlein who scored his maiden podium. Polesitter Sebastien Buemi led the early stages of Nissan e.dams ahead of front-row starter Wehrlein. Bird got up to third on the opening lap, passing Daniel Abt’s Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler at the penultimate hairpin corner. Buemi built a small gap to Wehrlein, enough that he was able to activate his Attack Mode without losing position, as Bird closed on Wehrlein. He used his Attack Mode earlier to close on and overtake the rookie into Turn 1, which prompted Wehrlein to activate his in order to close back up. Bird was then...
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