The 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship kicked off in earnest with the opening session of the Valencia test from Circuit Ricardo Tormo, as Jaguar TCS Racing’s Mitch Evans fired to the top of the times. Mitch Evans flew out of the gates in the opening session of the Valencia test with the fastest time of the morning’s running on a 1m24.474s as the chequered flag approached. Rookie Barnard set the timesheets alight to go top at around the half-way stage of the opening session, driving Sam Bird’s NEOM McLaren. The rookie steered to a 1m24.929s, which was well within Maximilian Guenther’s fastest time from the Valencia test last season (a 1m25.127s). The final flurry of times saw Evans the cream rising to the top.

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