As he stood on top of the podium, Nelson Piquet Jr held his trophy in one hand and his crash helmet – a tribute to his father’s original design – in the other.
Sebastien Buemi stole pole position in the closing seconds of qualifying in Long Beach narrowly edging out Daniel Abt and e.dams-Renault team-mate Nicolas Prost.
Lucas di Grassi was the fastest man in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the Long Beach ePrix, three tenths ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne and Nicolas Prost.
