User blog:Dutch Leonard/20 Laps at Hong Kong Formula E

Today I ran 20 laps at Hong Kong with battery management. I thought it would be fine, I am pretty familiar with Hong Kong. I was worried about the battery too much and didn't get to the front like I wanted to try and set a leisurely pace. I was trading  back and forth for second when something happened. I don't think anyone was right behind me to push me into the wall, I probably just was a little too fast going around a corner and couldn't turn enough and then that thing happened where you want to back out but you just bang back and forth and now darn it you're pointing the wrong way and I went from second to 16th just like that.

I managed to only get back up to fourth place but I wasn't worrying about the battery anymore and was able to finish the race and not have a DNF. So next time I get in front I won't set such a leisurely pace, I'll go like heck and relax when I'm a few thousand yards ahead. I had hoped lapping the slow bots would help me at least make the podium, but the top bot was not troubled by them and apparently did not need to worry about his battery management.