The Briton had contrasting ends in the newest spherical throughout the Diriyah E-Prix double-header, taking a commanding win within the opening race earlier than failing to attain any factors within the sequel.
Dennis was left “shocked why we have been so dangerous” simply 24 hours after a convincing victory, claiming forward of this weekend’s race in Brazil that the problem was as a consequence of a scarcity of all-round grip in qualifying.
With a seven-week hole because the final spherical as a result of cancellation of the Hyderabad E-Prix, Dennis believes the break has allowed the American staff time to resolve the problem.
“None of us knew what occurred, however I really feel like we’ve received to the underside of that now and received an understanding,” Dennis instructed Motorsport.com.
“I’m positive different surprises will come up after which we be taught from them however it’s not like we’re now going to go on a successful rampage.
“However I genuinely do really feel like we’ve discovered errors and constructed up a greater information of how the whole lot works.
“We’ll simply be taught from our errors and our weaknesses and transfer ahead.”
Jake Dennis, Andretti World
Picture by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Pictures
Regardless of probably fixing the issues that bothered him and the staff in Saudi Arabia, Dennis stays cautious that qualifying will nonetheless be a problem in Brazil this weekend.
“I believe our one-lap tempo remains to be a weak space even when the whole lot is aligned, so if the whole lot will not be good then we get extraordinarily punished with that as a result of we’re on the reduce line [for the duels] already,” he mentioned.
“When you have got one small factor not within the window then you definitely’re out. Whereas a few of the guys who’ve a bit extra margin in qualifying and have the higher automotive, if issues don’t align then perhaps they will nonetheless scrape via, whereas for us it’s simply not the case.”
Manufacturing facility Porsche driver Pascal Wehrlein additionally endured a tough Diriyah occasion because the season-opening Mexico Metropolis E-Prix winner completed within the decrease reaches of the factors.
The German believes the second working of the Sao Paulo E-Prix will comply with the same sample to final yr’s occasion, with a peloton type of racing the place drivers need to sit within the slipstream versus main to save lots of power.
“We used the break effectively I believe understanding the primary couple of races and attempting to enhance additional,” he instructed Motorsport.com. “It was not likely a break to be trustworthy, we have been nonetheless fairly busy.
“I believe usually we’re going to see the opposite excessive of Method E right here, the opposite type of racing with everybody attempting to be within the slipstream, nobody desires to guide the race.
“Precisely the other of what we noticed within the first couple of races.”
