Cally Joetta picked up the 2nd last place finish of his SCRL Formula E Series career in the Season 1 Canada ePrix at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park when her #21 Haas F1 Team fell out with piston issues without completing any of the 10 laps.
The finish, which came in her 12th start, was her first on the circuit since the Germany ePrix at Hockenheimring when she was involved in a single-car accident after 1 of 7 laps, 9 races ago.
After trailing at Hockenheimring, Joetta was looking to rebound but struggled and finished 21st at Shanghai, before finishing a career best 3rd at Monaco and Long Beach. A 10th at Hungaroring would follow before she would continue to struggle with a 21st at Sebring, a 16th at Suzuka, 14th at Watkins Glen before finishing 20th in the last round at Osterreichring.
On race day, Joetta was scheduled to roll off starting 4th while starting in the final spot was the #26 Scuderia Toro Rosso of Keinan Busch but as soon as the cars started to roll off, Joetta's car started to smoke almost immediately as she was forced to coast back toward the pits and would pull into the garage as the field was given the green flag to start the race. Joetta's team would look over the car as the field made its way to Turn 5, the crew discovered that the piston had broken, ending their season in the garage.
Finishing 21st and 22nd was the #12 Sauber F1 Team of Dustin Joshua and the #77 Williams Martini Racing of Jonathan Raines, who both crashed out in Turn 10 as Joshua's car remained on track done for the day, while Raines was able to limp across the start/finish line to complete one more lap before pulling behind the wall, his championship in danger depending on where Alex DeFranco finished.
Rounding out the Bottom Five were drivers who finished on the same circuit as the race leaders; 19th was the #22 McLaren-Honda F1 Team of Cam Nixey and 18th was the #55 Scuderia Toro Rosso of James Barker.
For Joetta, she would never enjoy the success of going to victory lane, with her closest being the 3rd place finishes at Monaco and Long Beach, while finishing 13th in the final point standings. She hasn't competed in a SCRL race since.
The Season 1 SCRL Formula E Championship went to Raines, the first for the driver in his SCRL career. Raines would go the entire season without scoring a last-place finish, with his worst finish of the season being the 20th at CTMP.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL Formula E Series last-place finish for the #21 at CTMP.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL Formula E Series last-place finish for the #21 at CTMP.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #21-Cally Joetta / 0 laps / piston
21) #12-Dustin Joshua / 2 laps / crash
20) #77-Jonathan Raines / 3 laps / crash
19) #22-Cam Nixey / 4 laps / running
18) #55-James Barker / 4 laps / running
21) #12-Dustin Joshua / 2 laps / crash
20) #77-Jonathan Raines / 3 laps / crash
19) #22-Cam Nixey / 4 laps / running
18) #55-James Barker / 4 laps / running
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