Berlin Formula E: Jose Maria Lopez sets fastest time in practice

The DS Virgin Racing driver leapt to the top of the times midway through FP2, deposing Saturday's race winner Felix Rosenqvist in the process.

Rosenqvist set the early pace on a 1m07.753s, which Lopez edged by almost a tenth to set a new Tempelhof record of 1m07.670s.

Lopez's effort meant Sebastien Buemi's hold of the lap record lasted little more than an hour - the Renault e.dams driver having topped FP1 with a 1m07.712s.

Buemi was in the clear in the opening session, opting for full-power 200kW laps while the other frontrunners focused on race-power runs.

In FP2 he left his qualifying simulation until the last moment, then jumped to third with a 1m07.782s.

That dropped the second DS Virgin of Sam Bird to fourth ahead of Daniel Abt.

A lurid Jean-Eric Vergne ended up sixth-fastest, having lost time with a sideways moment through the final corner.

Lucas di Grassi lapped faster than his Saturday pole time but was still only ninth fastest, half a second off the pace, as a host of drivers improved in warm conditions and with the track at its most rubbered-in.

FREE PRACTICE ONE RESULTS:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastien Buemi	e.dams	Renault	1m07.712s	-	24
2	Maro Engel	Venturi	Venturi	1m08.857s	1.145s	33
3	Jose Maria Lopez	Virgin	DS Virgin	1m08.951s	1.239s	28
4	Lucas di Grassi	Abt	ABT Schaeffler	1m09.032s	1.320s	27
5	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra	Mahindra	1m09.086s	1.374s	24
6	Jean-Eric Vergne	Techeetah	Renault	1m09.136s	1.424s	24
7	Sam Bird	Virgin	DS Virgin	1m09.266s	1.554s	24
8	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra	Mahindra	1m09.279s	1.567s	24
9	Stephane Sarrazin	Techeetah	Renault	1m09.408s	1.696s	27
10	Nicolas Prost	e.dams	Renault	1m09.465s	1.753s	26
11	Daniel Abt	Abt	ABT Schaeffler	1m09.473s	1.761s	29
12	Oliver Turvey	NextEV	NEXTEV TCR	1m09.598s	1.886s	28
13	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Dragon	Penske	1m09.628s	1.916s	20
14	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	Jaguar	1m09.658s	1.946s	17
15	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV	NEXTEV TCR	1m09.694s	1.982s	27
16	Loic Duval	Dragon	Penske	1m09.929s	2.217s	18
17	Tom Dillmann	Venturi	Venturi	1m09.950s	2.238s	24
18	Antonio Felix da Costa	Andretti	Andretti	1m10.012s	2.300s	20
19	Adam Carroll	Jaguar	Jaguar	1m10.083s	2.371s	24
20	Robin Frijns	Andretti	Andretti	1m10.129s	2.417s	20

FREE PRACTICE TWO RESULTS:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Jose Maria Lopez	Virgin	DS Virgin	1m07.670s	-	12
2	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra	Mahindra	1m07.753s	0.083s	17
3	Sebastien Buemi	e.dams	Renault	1m07.782s	0.112s	17
4	Sam Bird	Virgin	DS Virgin	1m07.916s	0.246s	16
5	Daniel Abt	Abt	ABT Schaeffler	1m08.034s	0.364s	17
6	Jean-Eric Vergne	Techeetah	Renault	1m08.078s	0.408s	13
7	Nicolas Prost	e.dams	Renault	1m08.159s	0.489s	15
8	Oliver Turvey	NextEV	NEXTEV TCR	1m08.186s	0.516s	11
9	Lucas di Grassi	Abt	ABT Schaeffler	1m08.206s	0.536s	20
10	Maro Engel	Venturi	Venturi	1m08.388s	0.718s	22
11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV	NEXTEV TCR	1m08.530s	0.860s	14
12	Loic Duval	Dragon	Penske	1m08.669s	0.999s	11
13	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra	Mahindra	1m08.683s	1.013s	13
14	Antonio Felix da Costa	Andretti	Andretti	1m08.875s	1.205s	11
15	Stephane Sarrazin	Techeetah	Renault	1m08.931s	1.261s	12
16	Robin Frijns	Andretti	Andretti	1m09.030s	1.360s	12
17	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Dragon	Penske	1m09.076s	1.406s	11
18	Tom Dillmann	Venturi	Venturi	1m09.230s	1.560s	20
19	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	Jaguar	1m09.290s	1.620s	17
20	Adam Carroll	Jaguar	Jaguar	1m09.944s	2.274s	13