Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Round 5 of 10 in the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY
Rome E-Prix – Rome, Italy
RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
SELLERS EARNED HIS FOURTH PODIUM FINISH IN FIVE RACES IN THE ROME E-PRIX WITH SECOND PLACE; LEGGE FINISHED FOURTH
KATHERINE LEGGE, No. 3 Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY entry: “It was a good race. Simon didn’t make any mistakes so I couldn’t pass him. I was hoping to get past at the start but to no avail. I tried to pass but it is very challenging. The track is awesome; I really enjoyed driving this track. It made for an interesting race that half of it was wet and half of it dry. I hoped that would mix it up a bit but it didn’t. That just goes to underline how important qualifying is. Honestly the reason we finished fourth this weekend is because I pancaked the wall in qualifying and didn’t qualify further up where I realistically think we should have been. My mechanic, Owen, wasn’t here this weekend and was missed. I hope he feels better soon.”
BRYAN SELLERS, No. 6 Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY entry: “Early in the season it was difficult to replicate your laps but people are figuring it out. What you see now is a bunch of consistency. You have little bobbles and little separations but it’s really difficult to get things done in these cars. You have to qualify well and you have to run a mistake-free race because the only way you can pass is low percentage moves or a mistake from the person in front of you. I thought that maybe when the rain came that it would play into my favor because you are the guy that is chasing but in the end you have to weigh the risk and reward. It would have been nice to have a chance to win but at the same time, anything I would have done would have probably been a low percentage move. You hope, towards the end, that you have a chance to take advantage of it and go for it from there but Sergio was quick. He had a great qualifying lap and a perfect race. We have had five rounds, five different winners and so you have to keep knocking on the door of podiums and hope that you get a repeat win at some point in time and that you get those top-placed points.”