E4---Virgin-Racing20151229Starting at the back of the grid after a hard qualifying session, which saw him blocked in sector three, the Jean-Eric Vergne made up ground on those ahead of him and headed into the halfway stage of the race having made up five places. After successfully winning the Fanboost vote, the 25-year old Frenchman was able to use the extra 100KJ of power gained, following the changeover, to overtake Stephane Sarrazin on lap 26 and set his sights on Nelson Piquet Jr. who was in eighth place.

A scintillating battle developed over the final half a dozen laps as Vergne went wheel-to-wheel with Piquet Jr., before forcing a mistake to overtake on the penultimate lap. With Daniel Abt now in his sights, Vergne and his DSV-01 made up another position on the final lap to secure his first points finish with DS Virgin Racing.

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