Sebatien Buemi fastest in Formula E Punta del Este testing

The Renault e.dams driver led the way from DS Virgin driver Jean-Eric Vergne by more than half a second, setting a laptime nearly two seconds faster than anyone managed during the race event on Saturday.

Nicolas Prost completed a good day for the Renault squad by taking third place, almost a full second clear of Stephane Sarrazin, who was fastest in the Punta test last season.

Behind Antonio Felix da Costa in fifth, reigning champion Nelson Piquet Jr and his NEXTEV TCR team-mate Oliver Turvey were next up, as the team continued its recovery from a tough start to the 2015/16 campaign.

The team also gave an outing to Chinese racer Zhang Da Sheng, who brought up the rear of the field to make it 19 runners on the day.

Formula E test results:

Pos Driver                  Team                Time
1.  Sebastien Buemi         Renault e.dams      1m13.218s
2.  Jean Eric Vergne        DS Virgin Racing    1m13.753s
3.  Nicolas Prost           Renault e.dams      1m13.888s
4.  Stephane Sarrazin       Venturi             1m14.886s
5.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Team Aguri          1m14.949s
6.  Nelson Piquet Jr        NEXTEV TCR          1m14.990s
7.  Oliver Turvey           NEXTEV TCR          1m15.058s
8.  Loic Duval              Dragon Racing       1m15.184s
9.  Sam Bird                DS Virgin Racing    1m15.285s
10. Oliver Rowland          Mahindra Racing     1m15.402s
11. Bruno Senna             Mahindra Racing     1m15.570s
12. Jerome d'Ambrosio       Dragon Racing       1m15.575s
13. Robin Frijns            Andretti Autosport  1m15.581s
14. Daniel Abt              Abt Audi Sport      1m15.742s
15. Simona De Silvestro     Andretti Autosport  1m15.765s
16. Jacques Villeneuve      Venturi             1m16.366s
17. Lucas di Grassi         Abt Audi Sport      1m16.598s
18. Nathanael Berthon       Team Aguri          1m18.633s
19. Zhang Da Sheng          NEXTEV TCR          1m23.311s