Pascal Wehrlein maintains championship lead with Berlin podium on home soil, celebrates with daughter

Pascal Wehrlein had a disappointing start to his home race at the Berlin E-Prix, suffering a puncture at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Round 7 on Saturday. However, the Porsche driver returned in his Pink Pig livery and secured a third-place finish the following day after starting from pole position, regaining both his and his team’s championship lead on home soil. He made sure to share the podium moment with his daughter Soleya, who happily clapped as he held her in his arms.

Pascal Wehrlein reflects on Berlin podium in Formula E Round 8

Pascal Wehrlein said that despite the Round 7 setback, he made sure to focus on Round 8 the next day. The No. 94 Porsche driver shared a series of pictures from the podium celebrations after the Berlin double-header, along with a note summing up his time in front of his home crowd.

He wrote in the caption: “P3 and pole position! A very good day overall. I’m still a bit disappointed about yesterday, but the important thing was to move on and focus on today… and that’s what we did. Thanks to the team: the car was amazing all weekend, almost unbeatable. Congratulations to everyone for making our home race very special, and we’re already looking forward to Monaco.”

He said after the race: “First of all, a great day today with first place in qualifying and a podium finish. A good race, good pace, and both Mitch [Evans] and Oli [Rowland] had fresh tyres for the race, so they didn’t really do qualifying, which is an advantage. I was basically the first car on used tyres, so we can be happy with that.”

Pascal Wehrlein shares Berlin podium moments with daughter

Pascal Wehrlein joined race winner Mitch Evans of Jaguar TCS Racing and runner-up Oliver Rowland of Nissan on the podium. He shared the special moment with his daughter Soleya, who once again joined him for the podium celebrations.

Ahead of the race, Wehrlein took part in a photoshoot in which he featured alongside a classic Porsche 930 Turbo to build excitement for his home race, which also marked Porsche’s 75th motorsport anniversary. Sharing a video from a Berlin street, Wehrlein wrote: “Bringing the classics for the home race in Berlin… Porsche 930 Turbo.”

The Porsche drivers raced in a special Pink Pig livery, and the colour seemed to suit them well, with both securing podium finishes. Nico Muller won his maiden Formula E race in Round 7 in Berlin.

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