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De Vries on top after mixed weekend for Mercedes

Dutch driver Nyck de Vries has taken an early lead in this year's ABB Formula E championship despite a bumpy first weekend of the season for the Mercedes team. De Vries was the dominant run-away winner of the first Diriyah E-Prix race on Friday night, with a four-second advantage at the line over Venturi's Edoardo Mortara. But a high-speed practice accident for Mortara on Saturday morning saw all cars using Mercedes powertrains barred from taking part in qualifying for the second night race. Mercedes subsequently revealed that 'an incorrect software parameter' had prevented the rear brakes acting as a fail safe when there was a problem with the front brakes. Read also: Evans details Lynn's...
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