Vergne beat Andretti’s Jake Dennis to pole in qualifying, and in the initial stages of the race was building a lead over Andre Lotterer after the Porsche driver cleared the Briton.
But Vergne was then dispatched by winner Mitch Evans for the first time following the lap nine safety car and was later cleared by Robin Frijns, prompting the French driver to pick up attack mode to drop behind Sam Bird in the process.
Having been particularly vocal during the discussion over strategy on the radio, Vergne felt that he was left baffled by the “confusing” mixed messages from his DS Techeetah engineers over how to approach the race.
“Let’s put it this way. I don’t want to have another race like that because it was a complete mess,” Vergne said.
“You know, one corner my engineer would tell me the strategy, then they come on and tell you another one, then they will tell you ‘there was one lap more’, the lap after ‘no, there was one lap less’.
“I was completely confused. Because I don’t want…
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