
Cape Town held its first electric grand prix in the middle of one of South Africa’s darkest bouts of loadshedding on 25 February. It was thrilling.The 2.9km track proved to be one of the world’s fastest, and Nissan’s Sacha Fenestraz set a Formula E record for the fastest lap when he clocked 1:07.848s during qualifying.Pascal Wehrlein holds the top spot for the fastest lap during a race while driving the Tag Heuer Porsche (1:07.968) in May last year in Berlin.