Renault e.dams finishes just shy of the podium in the Berlin ePrix

On this circuit, which has a very particular surface, the Renault e.dams team got down to work to find the best setups in free practice. Buemi was the fastest driver in the last two sectors so he tackled qualifying in an optimistic frame of mind. But the Swiss was unable to recapture the same feel for the car and he ended the session in seventh place. Pros too had to cope with a lack of grip and qualified in 19^th spot.

Watched by Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber and David Coulthard the start was given in a highly-charged ambiance. In the first corner Sebastien took advantage of a mistake by Rosenqvist to move up a place.

A few laps later he sliced past Jerome d'Ambrosio and slotted into fifth. He began to push even harder and overtook Jean-Eric Vergne who muscled his way back in front a few laps later as the two cars made contact.

Thanks to the quickest car change of the whole field the Swiss got back in front of the Frenchman in the pits. Prost was less fortunate in this phase of the race. He was blocked in his pit by traffic, which cost him over eight seconds and he lost the places he had gained on the track.

The second part of the race was just as exciting as Buemi and Vergne ate into the gap separating them from Turvey. Buemi got past the British driver and Vergne took advantage of this to slip though on the inside to claim third place while the Renault e.dams driver remained fourth. The closing laps of the race saw no changes among the leaders, while further back Prost moved up a place on every lap and took the chequered flag in 14^th spot.

After the ninth round of the season Renault e.dams is still in sixth position in the teams' championship with 89 points. In the drivers' rating Buemi has moved down to fifth with 82 points and is now only four points outside a top-three finish overall.