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Hong Kong ePrix: Mortara inherits win as Bird disquaified

Edoardo Mortara won Formula E’s 50th ePrix in Hong Kong on Sunday after Sam Bird collected a post-race penalty that stripped the Briton of victory hours after the podium ceremonies. Bird was first across the line but the celebrations were muted, with the Virgin Racing driver aware that stewards were investigating a penultimate-lap collision with DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer. The impact at Turn Two punctured the German’s right rear tyre and dumped the leader, a three-times Le Mans 24 Hours winner, out of the race. The stewards imposed a five-second penalty on Bird, pending appeal, for causing a collision — a sanction that promoted Venturi’s Swiss driver Mortara into the top spot...
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