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Virgin Racing's Bird wins opening FE round at Diriyah

Audi-powered Sam Bird opened the books on the 2019/20 Formula E season with a win in round 1 at Diriyah, the Virgin Racing driver leading home Porsche's André Lotterer and Mercedes' Stoffel Vandoorne. Poleman Alexander Sims led the field off the grid, the BMW-Andretti drivers keeping his two Mercedes rivals at bay in an all-German powerhouse battle that also included Bird and Porsche's Lotterer. Nissan e-dams Sebastien Buemi was the event's first casualty, the Swiss pulling off the track and into retirement, unable to restart his car. Mercedes see themselves as 'beginners' in Formula E Meanwhile, reigning FE champion Jean-Eric Vergne was still locked in P11, his position on the grid, the...
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