Jakarta International e-Prix Circuit, Sunday 4 June

Hear from NEOM McLaren Formula E Team drivers René Rast and Jake Hughes, and Team Principal Ian James after the Jakarta E-Prix.

Free Practice 3	P20 (1:08.453)
Qualifying	P16 (1:08.805)
Race	P15

"It was a really difficult day today. In qualifying, I didn’t manage to put together a good lap, which meant I started the race in P16; a difficult position to fight from. At the beginning of the race, things didn’t look too bad – we were able to follow the cars in front while not consuming too much energy. We then had some overheating at the front of the car, impacting how fast and efficient we could continue to drive. This is something we will have to investigate. The potential was there, and now we need to analyse what went wrong. Next up is Portland, which I’m looking forward to.” 

Free Practice 3	P19 (1:08.443)
Qualifying	P8 (1:08.962)
Race	DNF

“That race tops off what was a challenging weekend. It was especially frustrating as René and I both got into the duels on separate days, had good starting positions, but were not able to translate that into good results. Yesterday’s race was a different style of race, being a shorter race. It seemed to suit us quite well, which was proven by me being able to gain ten positions in the race.  

“Today however, we were managing an issue in the race which meant we effectively couldn’t compete the way we were hoping. We now have to understand what caused that issue and try avoid it from happening again in the future. This weekend wasn’t one to remember, but I’m looking forward to racing in Portland in a few weeks.” 

“Today was clearly a massive disappointment for the team. It’s one thing to come away from an event knowing you were in the fight but, to be frank, we were never really in the race today at all. We’re still trying to understand what actually happened, but the fact that Jake started to fall back early on and René towards the latter stages of the race indicates that something was fundamentally wrong. The team is already ploughing through the data and has started to identify values which point to an issue on both cars. It’s obviously bitterly disappointing for the team to experience a day like this. It’s important though that whatever the root cause of the issue, we improve that which lies within our control, put the necessary containment in place and make sure that it doesn't happen again. 

“The team is working hard on doing exactly that at the moment. All in all it's been a tough weekend for us as a team here in Jakarta. It was nice to be able to race here again, but to leave here with 1 single point falls well short of our expectations. We'll be putting in all the work needed to come back way stronger in Portland and beyond. We are looking forward to the opportunity of redemption.” 

Standings after Round 11

NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	P7 (86 points)
Jake Hughes	P10 (46 points)
René Rast	P12 (40 points)