TECHEETAH TAKING KNIFE TO GUN FIGHT

Jean-eric Vergne is anticipating a “difficult” start to the 2017/18 Formula E season because his Techeetah team’s pre-season testing restriction has left it “with knives when the others have rifles”. Techeetah is a Renault customer, so the three-day official pre-season test at Valencia was therefore the team’s first chance to run the new Renault Z.E.17 powertrain.