Jake Dennis has said he is “not really bothered about the championship” after a DNF on Saturday in Berlin.
Current Formula E world champion, Jake Dennis has said he is “not really bothered about the championship” labelling the first Berlin E-Prix as not his day after he retired from the race following a lock-up in the final few laps.
Stuck in a stint of bad form, Andretti has struggled so far in Berlin, unable to make the duals in qualifying and scoring no points in the race.
Promoting himself to fifth at one point in the race, Dennis was forced to pit after a large lock up and needing to replace his front right tyre.
After the first pit stop, Jake quickly returned to the pits again to retire the car and put an end to what was a dismal day for Andretti.
Post race, Jake said: “We’re still struggling in qualifying, there’s no denying that. It’s challenging to really see some positives right now.
“The race was perfect, it was going so well and so we just need to clearly see we have a very efficient and fast race car.”
Dennis has dropped to fourth in the championship behind Oliver Rowland who finished third in the race.
Despite this, he is determined not to completely give up on the season, believing there is still results to recover but has stated his mind is no longer on the championship.
He said: “I’m not really bothered about the championship right now like I wasn’t last year.
“Obviously Nick scoring 25 points isn’t ideal but ultimately not all races are going to be like this. He’s going to have his bad day.
“I’ve had a couple now, hopefully I don’t have anymore and we’ll see what happens.”
Discussion was had after the race on the enjoyment of the ‘peloton’ style of Formula E racing for drivers.
While Jean Eric Vergne displayed dislike for it, Jake remained neutral on the matter, stating it is fun when you’re on the ‘good end of it’.
He said: “It has its moments, I think when you’re on the good end of it, you try and enjoy it a bit more. I’m normally on the good end of it but this weekend not so much and last weekend with the contact.
“There’s a limit and I think obviously today there’s some drivers which push a little bit more over the limit than others so you have to try and allow that.
“Right now, I feel like it’s one or the other. We either have a really chaotic race or a very Tokyo race where there’s 20 overtakes.
“To answer if I enjoy it, it’s okay.”