Angry Vergne declares that the recent Formula E shunts "are not motorsport"



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There were high-profile incidents in three of the first four races of the 2017/18 season, with the collision of BMW Andretti drivers in Marrakesh, Vergne, his team-mates Andre Lotterer and Antonio Felix da Costa who clashed in Santiago, and the big accident between Vergne and Nelson Piquet for the last time in Mexico.

Although Vergne was able to continue after the Mexico crash, he sounded the blazon of several drivers throughout the yellow period called immediately after the shunt, before tipping into a corner during a clash with Mitch Evans later in the night. race.

"The frustration is huge," said the DS Techeetah's driver at Motorsport.com.

"I was touched, I spun, the guy [Evans] has no penalty, I was tripped by three cars under the full yellow course and none of them has a penalty.

"A guy who has passed has cut the chicane and hit me and has no penalty.

"So I want to understand what the rule is, maybe it's a new rule and everyone will hit the next race, which is already the case.

"I do not play this game but for me it is not motor sport.

"I do not like this kind of race, we do not see it in Formula 1, as if the drivers were coming up all the time.

"I hope it's going to change because I'm not enjoying this at all."

When asked if the number of incidents was due to the fact that Generation 2 cars could keep up with each other during the races, Vergne said: "But that was the same thing. 39, last year.

"And last year, the rules were so strict, I was punished for making the entire yellow run twice too fast in Zurich.In Mexico, three cars have doubled and nothing.

"Look at Robin Frijns, who completely blocked Jerome D'Ambrosio in qualifying.

"He blocked it, completely bent his knees and he only has a penalty of three places on the grid. What does that mean?"

"If I play against the championship guy, I'm going to block him, make a good lap, he'll be last and I'll only have a grid penalty of three places?" That's nonsense .

"[In Mexico], nothing made sense – I do not understand.

"But I'm a professional, so I went to talk to the race director and I asked him all these things and he did not get an answer.

"I mean, he did his job because he reported everything that happened – so he saw it all, which was good – but then, behind the decisions, it did not happen. It does not make sense to me and I do not think it made sense either.

"I will talk more with him and I will understand what really happened."

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