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Success for HWA RACELAB at the GEOX Rome E-Prix: Stoffel Vandoorne came home third in an eventful race to present the team from Affalterbach with its first podium finish in its first season in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. Gary Paffett failed to finish after being involved in an early, multi-car collision through no fault of his own.

• Third place for Stoffel Vandoorne, DNF for Gary Paffett
• Stoffel Vandoorne: "That was the reward for all the hard work we have put in."
• Gary Paffett: "When you are behind a car that drives into the wall, there is nothing you can do."
• Ulrich Fritz: "What a great day for the whole team and, of course, for Stoffel!"

HWA RACELAB has taken the next step on the road to the team's first race in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Drivers Bent Viscaal (NED), Jake Hughes (GBR) and Keyvan Andres (IRN) gained more valuable experience during the two-day test at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. The outing in Spain was the second of three official test events for the German team, before the season gets underway in May.

• HWA RACELAB drivers feature in the top ten of individual sessions on three occasions
• Bent Viscaal: "The trend is definitely a positive one."
• Jake Hughes: "We are already capable of performing at a very high level."
• Thomas Strick: "We have seen that we can match the times at the front of the field."

This weekend, HWA RACELAB and the other teams in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship commence the "European leg" of the season: Rome, Monaco, Paris, Berlin and Bern are the next venues, before the 2018/19 season concludes in July with a double-header in New York. With six races behind them, the new team from Affalterbach's record at the halfway point of the season is a mixed bag: Despite a number of set-backs, Gary Paffett and Stoffel Vandoorne both have points to their name and are looking ahead with confidence to the race in the Italian capital.

• Quotes from Gary Paffett and Stoffel Vandoorne ahead of the race in Rome
• Ulrich Fritz: "We are capable of finishing in the top ten."
• Facts and schedule for the GEOX Rome e-Prix

Following its recent upturn in fortunes in Hong Kong, HWA RACELAB endured a disappointing weekend at round six of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship in Sanya, China. Neither Stoffel Vandoorne nor Gary Paffett were able to finish the race.

• Retirements for Gary Paffett and Stoffel Vandoorne
• Gary Paffett: "A really disappointing day."
• Stoffel Vandoorne: "It has been a difficult weekend for the team."
• Ulrich Fritz: "It is bitterly disappointing, but that is racing."

For the past two days, HWA AG has taken on a new challenge at Circuit Paul Ricard in France: The HWA RACELAB team attended the first official tests ahead of the new, international 2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship.

• Drivers Bent Viscaal, Jake Hughes and Keyvan Andres complete 249 laps
• Jake Hughes clocks fourth fastest time of the session on Thursday afternoon
• Thomas Strick: "We are pleased to be part of this exciting series."