{"id":74300,"date":"2026-05-04T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/74300\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:37:11","slug":"sebastien-buemi-criticises-berlin-formula-e-convoy-racing-as-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/74300\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastien Buemi criticises Berlin Formula E \u201cconvoy\u201d racing as \u201ctoo much\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formula E stalwart Sebastien Buemi<\/a>\u00a0criticised the extent of pack racing seen in the Berlin E-Prix, saying drivers were effectively running in a \u201cconvoy\u201d for much of the race.<\/p>\n

Last weekend\u2019s double-header in Germany saw several drivers deliberately give up track position and drop down the order to conserve energy, bunching up the field considerably.<\/p>\n

After Nico Muller<\/a> executed this strategy to perfection to claim his maiden Formula E win on Saturday, others followed suit on Sunday. Some drivers, including eventual race winner Mitch Evans<\/a>, even admitted to driving slowly in qualifying to start from further back, allowing them to save energy in the opening stages.<\/p>\n

This led to the entire field being compressed for the first third of the race, before drivers began deploying attack mode to charge to the front.<\/p>\n

This also led to a number of collisions, with Buemi getting involved in a four-way incident early in the race before having another run-in with Citroen\u2019s Nick Cassidy<\/a>, who suffered front-wing damage.<\/p>\n

While such pack-style racing is common in Formula E, Buemi believes the combination of Berlin\u2019s layout and extreme energy saving pushed it too far.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t like it,\u201d the 2015-16 champion told Motorsport.com. \u201cThat’s the way it is. I need to get better at it. I’m getting less bad now, I would say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if the pack-style racing got extreme in Berlin, he added: \u201cIt\u2019s too much. But the nature of the track makes it bad – the [energy] saving and the nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s bad because you drive in a convoy for like 20 minutes and of course, contact will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sebastien <\/p>\n

Sebastien Buemi, Envision Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Jordan McKean \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Buemi wasn\u2019t the only driver who wasn\u2019t fond of the peloton-style race in Berlin, with Cupra Kiro star Dan Ticktum<\/a> telling Motorsport.com: \u201cLook, we’ve got to stay political, so probably no comment. It’s not my favourite though.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahindra driver Nyck de Vries<\/a>, who was involved in the early collision with Buemi, Cassidy and team-mate Edoardo Mortara<\/a>, also expressed his views on what he described as \u201cvery tricky racing\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t have an answer. Certainly, the top 10 was very close in that first ten to twelve laps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether he enjoyed such conditions, he added: \u00a0\u201cAs long as you prevail, then yes [I can enjoy it.\u201d I think on our side, we’ve had quite a lot of difficulties so far, but we just have to keep on going, focus on ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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