OPINION: Antonio Felix da Costa reacted angrily to a penalty decision in the first of the two London E-Prix, with the incident turning the spotlight acutely on the concerns of inconsistency of the Formula E stewards' decisions
who finished directly behind them. But the NIO 333 driver was eventually disqualified from the result because the team had ignored a direct instruction from the FIA technical delegate to replace the damaged front wing at the second red flag. The team deemed the damaged part to be safe, ignored the instruction and claimed the Brazilian had already been running with the damaged part after the first red flag.
While it’s not 100% clear whether all damaged cars were inspected by the FIA delegate, it raises a very big question. If a front wing is clearly broken, or any major component of a car for that matter, can it really be considered safe when it is no longer serving the purpose it was designed for? It’s a grey area to say the least but one which was even more baffling given events only two weeks earlier.
In Rome, Nato had been allowed to continue with a notably damaged front wing after the Nissan driver made contact with All this followed on from Nico Muller’s 27g crash in Portland at the previous round when he lost steering after his front wing became lodged under his car. The Abt Cupra driver was thankfully unhurt in the collision, but it was a clear example of just what can go wrong.
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