Taylor Barnard claims there was not enough time to worry about making his Formula E debut in Monaco, such was the short notice to replace the injured Sam Bird.
The 19-year-old Briton became the youngest starter of a Formula E race when he competed in Saturday’s Monaco E-Prix, having only been told 20 minutes before the second practice session that he would be competing. This was after regular McLaren driver Bird suffered a high-speed off at Sainte Devote in the day’s earlier FP1 session that left him with a broken bone in his left hand, meaning Barnard got the call-up as the team’s reserve driver.
Taylor Barnard, NEOM McLaren Formula E Team, e-4ORCE 04, leads Sebastien Buemi, Envision Racing, Jaguar I-TYPE 6 Photo by: Sam Bagnall / Motorsport Images “The first five laps I kind of backed off a little bit and kind of took my time, saved as much energy as I could,” said Barnard, who raced at Monte Carlo last season in Formula 3. “I’m not really sure if that was the plan but it was the most comfortable for me at the time and in hindsight, it was probably the best thing to do.
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