Porsche appeals Wehrlein Puebla disqualification after losing maiden Formula E win

Polesitter Wehrlein dominated the race to navigate the line 3.6s to the good over Audi suburbanite Lucas di Grassi, but he was rapidly excluded from his and Porsche’s maiden series win.

The FIA threw both Porsches and the two Nissan e.dams cars out of the results without the teams failed to declare the typecasting of their tyres for the race on their technical passports.

This meant, equal to an FIA bulletin, sole supplier Michelin could not “perform the required pressure management”.

But Porsche have now launched an request versus the result and will uncork the process of compiling their specimen to submit in the coming days.

Head of the manufacturer’s Formula E operation, Amiel Lindesay told Autosport: “We’ve appealed it and we believe it’s too harsh in the circumstances.

“There’s no performance proceeds on the car. It was an legalistic mistake on our side, which we take responsibility for.

“But this did not transpiration performance of the car and if you click left or right, it shouldn’t effect the outcome of the race.”

Wehrlein had been informed over team radio by his race engineer to build a 5s gap to di Grassi in the event of a penalty surpassing the heavy reprimand took him out of contention.

Autosport understands that Nissan e.dams has not taken up its right to appeal.

Should Porsche succeed in its bid, it moreover places the practice of the technical passport under increased scrutiny.

In similar circumstances, Mercedes suburbanite Stoffel Vandoorne had his Valencia E-Prix pole lap thrown out when Mercedes incorrectly recorded a tyre barcode.

In previous seasons, former Audi suburbanite Daniel Abt was ruled from his maiden victory in Hong Kong in 2017 without incorrect invertor and MGU barcodes.

On the technical passport, Lindesay said: “It needs to be looked at – put it that way.

“I talked well-nigh it with the FIA. It’s something as a group that we need to work on to make sure such a thing doesn’t rule over the championship.

Lindesay continued: “It doesn’t squint good in the big picture.

“It’s something for the future and the Sporting Working Group to make sure the regulations are in a way that such a mistake doesn’t have any effect on the result.

“Especially something like that, where you have the right tyres on the car.

“It’s never nice for the championship, the suburbanite or the team.”

Championship co-founder Agag was visibly enraged by the outcome of the race.

On Sunday, he said: “I was very turned-on considering I love racing, I love a real race.

“I saw a fantastic show by Porsche and Pascal. I wasn’t happy with them not winning.

“We need to learn lessons. We are learning all the time.

“Actually, we should apologise to the fans considering they don’t know what happened.

“We need to learn lessons. This one is simple. Check surpassing we go racing that everybody has fielded the correct tyres. That’s it.

“Now you understand why I was so wrestling yesterday. I wanted to skiver somebody!

“Luckily I didn’t.”