Techeetah Formula E team principal Mark Preston says a pre-event software update led to the power over-usage that led to both his drivers being disqualified from qualifying. Championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne and his team-mate Andre Lotterer were first and second in the group qualifying stages when both drivers had their times deleted for exceeding the maximum power output of 200kW. Vergne was registered as using 205kW, and Lotterer at 204kW. Preston understands that this error is the result of a software update that was introduced before the New York double header finale to improve reliability. “We tried to come here as prepared as we could and minimise all errors and reliability...
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