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Formula E Valencia testing delayed further following battery fire

Formula E pre-season testing in Valencia has been delayed further following a battery fire, with running currently set to resume on Thursday afternoon.

The reason for the extended postponement is to allow battery supplier WAE (formerly known as Williams Advanced Engineering) to file its investigation into the fire which took place in its garage on Tuesday afternoon.

But a final decision will be made at 11am CET on Thursday as to whether running can resume later that day and Friday.

A statement released by the FIA and Formula E read: “Formula E pre-season testing is preparing to resume from 2pm CET tomorrow, Thursday.

“This is subject to final confirmation at 11am [CET], and will follow completion of an investigation into the incident that happened yesterday. Further updates will follow in due course.”

Three days of testing were due to be held for the all-electric championship this week at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Spain and a three-hour session took place on Tuesday morning, which was headed by Jaguar’s Mitch Evans.

Source: Autosport

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