{"id":246222,"date":"2026-01-19T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246222\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:06:09","slug":"marti-emerges-from-the-back-of-the-grid-to-score-his-first-formula-e-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/246222\/","title":{"rendered":"Marti emerges from the back of the grid to score his first Formula E points"},"content":{"rendered":"

After making his ABB Formula E debut in S\u00e3o Paulo, where he was involved in a dramatic crash during the Full Course Yellow, Pepe Marti<\/a> is now officially a points scorer in the championship and has established himself as one to watch this season.<\/p>\n

Starting from P20 on the grid and with a 10-second stop-go penalty to serve in the race, you could be forgiven for\u00a0 writing off the chances of the young Spanish driver of making it anywhere near the points – and for most of the race, the back of the pack is where he remained.<\/p>\n

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However, the situation shifted when a Full Course Yellow period was triggered on lap 20, as Nyck de Vries<\/a> came to a stop on track and retired from the race. This allowed Marti to catch up to the back of the pack and gradually climb his way forward as the race intensified, eventually taking seventh place with just two laps to go, finishing ahead of Citro\u00ebn Racing\u2019s Jean-Eric Vergne.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe got quite lucky that it turned into the Safety Car later in the Full Course Yellow appearance,” he said. “Last time out I was very unfortunate with it and this time it\u2019s gone the other way. I think we executed the perfect race from the restart.\u201d<\/p>\n

A popular figure with the Mexican crowd, who showed their unwavering support throughout the weekend, Marti certainly gave them a performance to be proud of.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI could hear it in the car, it was insane!\u201d He continued, \u201cIt was when the Safety Car got called out that everybody knew that I was going to get close to the pack. I felt the boost of energy and it was crazy to rise up front.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the advantage on energy, so I was just moving forward, trying to overtake, going for late moves into Turn Nine, so it was quite stressful. We took the ATTACK MODE at the right time, we did everything well, and I\u2019m happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

With momentum on his side, Marti now turns his attention to his team\u2019s home race in Miami, aiming to build on his breakthrough performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SCHEDULE: Where, when and how to watch or stream the 2026 Miami E-Prix, Round 3<\/p>\n

After an action-packed start to Season 12, you haven’t got long to wait until ABB Formula E returns to your screen, and this time, we’re returning to The Magic City: Miami. We’ll be visiting the Hard Rock Stadium for a trip around the Miami International Autodrome. US teams Andretti, CUPRA KIRO and DS PENSKE will be looking to put on a show for their home fans on\u00a0Saturday 31 January 2026.<\/p>\n

Find out more<\/p>\n

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HOSPITALITY: Experience Formula E and world-class motorsport as a VIP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After making his ABB Formula E debut in S\u00e3o Paulo, where he was involved in a dramatic crash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105,4277],"class_list":{"0":"post-246222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}