Marrakech Formula E: Muller tops rookie test for second year in row

Muller, who was also fastest in the test last year, topped both the morning and afternoon running, with a best time of 1m17.532s in the first session and an overall fastest lap of 1m17.074s that he set late in the afternoon.

Rossiter ended up just 0.115 seconds behind Muller's best time of the day.

The Briton drove both of Techeetah's cars in the afternoon as the team wanted to have continuity across its machines to validate a test it was running.

That meant Tatiana Calderon did not drive in the afternoon after she had set the second-fastest time in the morning, 0.142s slower than Muller in the session.

Fuoco wound up third fastest in the sole Dragon car.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr appeared on the official entry list for the second Dragon car but did not take to the track at any point during the day, although he was observed in the Marrakech paddock.

Nyck de Vries moved to the top of the times towards the end of the afternoon running, but was eventually shuffled down to fifth for Virgin Racing.

The 2019 ART Grand Prix F2 driver lost 90 minutes in the morning after damaging his rear suspension on a kerb.

Behind de Vries came Jann Mardenborough (above) for the Nissan e.dams squad, Bruno Spengler (BMW Andretti) and HWA's Raffaele Marciello, with Arthur Leclerc and Norman Nato rounding out the top 10 for Venturi.

Nato caused the second of the morning's red flags - the first was called out so debris could be removed from the track - when he stopped with a transmission issue midway through that session.

Former Williams F1 driver Sergey Sirotkin headed Sam Dejonghe in 11th for Mahindra Racing, ahead of Mitsunori Takaboshi and Jamie Green.

Green caused a late red flag in the afternoon when he crashed his Audi at Turn 7, causing damage to the rear of the car.

Daniel Juncadella, Harry Tincknell, Marco Wittmann, Pietro Fittipaldi, and Benoit Treluyer finished in positions 15 to 19.

NIO pair Jake Hughes - whose participation in the test was only confirmed shortly before it got underway - and Jamie Chadwick brought up the rear of the field.

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