After yesterday’s qualifying, car 24 with Jean Eric Vergne driving started in P4 while car 25 with Roberto Gonzalez started at the back of the grid. Both cars made a good start and after the first lap car 24 was up to P3 while car 25 was working through the traffic. Jean-Eric had some very close battles, including heavy contact when he was hit by car 37, which resulted in severe tyre degradation and forced car 24 to pit early for a full service including driver change to Tor