Mahindra Racing Driver's blog | Lucas Di Grassi

Hometown Reflection

 Having a Formula E race in Brazil was nothing short of amazing. It was such a pleasure to race in front of my friends, family and home fans that have been supporting me during my whole career. It was a very busy weekend though, with lots of off-track commitments, which made it one of the toughest events of my career.

The race weekend itself was a bit of a let-down. I made a mistake during qualifying which put me right at the back of the grid, making it a hard battle forwards throughout the race. Unfortunately, we just don’t currently have the pace to match our competitors, but I think I did the best job I could with the package we have to make it up to 13^th by the chequered flag. Of course, that wasn’t the target for my home race, or for the team. It was a shame as the pace at the start of the weekend was looking promising.

Now (after I have caught up on some sleep!) we move onto Berlin. The race at Tempelhof is a Formula E classic (remember the six-race event in Season 6?!) and I’m looking forward to returning to the track. I’ve won there twice before but as a team we will need to get everything right to score points. But we don’t give up and we will work harder than ever to secure the best result possible.

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