This time gain guaranteed Hughes some vital track position - allowing him more time to dictate rather than force the issue. His teammate Rene Rast was in that group and while his average speed per lap was 111kph, 112kph and 112kph, Hughes averaged 114kph every lap. Berlin saw more than double Jakarta at 190 and 172 manoeuvres in Rounds 7 & 8, respectively.Īided by his fastest speed of the race up to that point far (230km/h), Hughes slashed a gap of around three seconds to the group in front to just over one. We saw a total of just 54 passes in Round 10 and 80 in Round 11.Ĭontrast this even with Monaco - a circuit where other series' particularly struggle with overtaking - and we saw 116 moves over Round 9. Minimum speeds and momentum are both critical, meaning big stops and opportunities come at a premium. Overtakes are tricky at such a punishing circuit. Fast, flowing circuit and a real overtaking challenge He had said pre-race that he'd hoped the Berlin blip would indeed be just that, however, he had a harder time of it than he'd hoped converting what appeared to be a Monaco return to form come Saturday in Jakarta zero progress out of the groups and 20th on the grid was less than ideal. Hughes' climb meant that he was the ABB Driver of Progress winner in the opening Jakarta race, as he turned a difficult qualifying session - where he failed to capitalise on his Monaco pace and pole - into an unlikely point. Such is the challenging nature of the Ancol Beach Circuit and the stifling, unparalleled heat and humidty that the Gulavit Jakarta E-Prix throws drivers' way, that NEOM McLaren's Jake Hughes declared he has “never been so happy with a point in my life” after rising from 20th to 10th in the first part of the Indonesian double-header.
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