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2017 New York City ePrix Race 2 Results – Sam Bird Sweeps Weekend

By Alex Herbst

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 15: Sam Bird (GBR), DS Virgin Racing, Spark-Citroen, Virgin DSV-02. leads Daniel Abt (GER), ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport, Spark-Abt Sportsline, ABT Schaeffler FE02 during the New York City ePrix, ninth round of the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Series on July 15, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA. (Photo by Sam Bloxham/LAT Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 15: Sam Bird (GBR), DS Virgin Racing, Spark-Citroen, Virgin DSV-02. leads Daniel Abt (GER), ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport, Spark-Abt Sportsline, ABT Schaeffler FE02 during the New York City ePrix, ninth round of the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Series on July 15, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA. (Photo by Sam Bloxham/LAT Images) /
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Sam Bird was on fire in Brooklyn this weekend, sweeping both of the races for the Formula E New York City ePrix with DS Virgin Racing.

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New York City has never hosted a sanctioned auto race inside the city limits until this weekend. Formula E has become the first racing series to tackle the streets of the Big Apple, racing in the Red Hook district of Brooklyn. On Sunday, Sam Bird became the first driver to sweep a doubleheader weekend in 2017 for DS Virgin Racing.

Bird, who won the opening race of the weekend on Saturday, handled the field with grace on Sunday by winning by a wide margin over Mahindra’s Felix Rosenqvist. The two finished in the same order they qualified earlier in the day, with Bird surpassing Rosenqvist in the final round for the pole.

The race was fairly quiet for those out front, while others further back in the pack battled a race of attrition. Daniel Abt continued with his bad luck, losing power as well out of the second hairpin turn on the opening lap. Jaguar’s Mitch Evans was next to find trouble, losing power between turns 4 and 5. Alex Lynn and Maro Engel would also have trouble, failing to finish after having to abandon their first cars early.

Here are the full race results from Race 2 of the New York City ePrix:

  1. Sam Bird, DS Virgin Racing
  2. Felix Rosenqvist, Mahindra Racing
  3. Nick Heidfeld, Mahindra Racing
  4. Pierre Gasly, Renault e.dams
  5. Lucas di Grassi, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
  6. Nicolas Prost, Renault e.dams
  7. Tom Dillmann, Venturi Formula E
  8. Jean-Eric Vergne, Techeetah
  9. Robin Frijns, MS Amlin Andretti
  10. Jerome D’Ambrosio, Faraday Future Dragon Racing
  11. Adam Carroll, Panasonic Jaguar Racing
  12. Stephane Sarrazin, Techeetah
  13. Loic Duval, Faraday Future Dragon Racing
  14. Oliver Turvey, NextEV NIO
  15. Antonio Felix da Costa, MS Amlin Andretti
  16. Nelson Piquet Jr., NextEV NIO
  17. Maro Engel, Venturi Formula E
  18. Alex Lynn, DS Virgin Racing
  19. Daniel Abt, ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
  20. Mitch Evans, Panasonic Jaguar Racing

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The final race of the season for the all-electric championship will also be a doubleheader. Be sure to watch the Montreal ePrix from Canada on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30. Coverage both days begins at 2:30 PM eastern on FS2.

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