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Your support makes all the difference.Britain’s Oliver Turvey says he now wants to ride the momentum of his first Formula E podium during a historic Mexico City leg of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship as Daniel Abt became the first German race winner in the Championship’s history.
Having qualified in pole during last year’s E-Prix, only not to finish the race, the NIO Formula E Team driver, set about righting those wrongs while also securing a very strong result for his team which were bottom of the team standings.
The Cambridge Blue briefly led the race after Felix Rosenqvist’s car came to a halt but was punished for an unlucky pit stop where Renault e.dams Nico Prost held him up allowing Abt to take the position he never looked like relenting.
But despite seeing his first ever race win slip from his grasp Turvey admitted it was still a special day as he appeared on the podium for the first time in four seasons and he wants to use this momentum to go one better next time.
“To get the first podium is always the hardest, especially in a championship like Formula E, the level of the teams and drivers is so high now,” said the Cumbrian-born racer. “I'm just really proud to be racing in Formula E and hopefully we can carry this momentum forward and get a race win.
“It feels phenomenal to get our first podium in Formula E. I feel we've been close a few times. Last year was really tough. We had Pole Position and then we had the issue when I was in the lead.
“It's always a great atmosphere and when you hear the cheer through the stadium on the first lap it's a pretty amazing feeling.”
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