NEXTV TCR driver Nelson Piquet Jr feels that he and other drivers possible underestimated the Monaco ePrix track, as it was far harder to overtake than they expected.

The Brazilian driver finished the race in third place but struggled to pass his main championship rival Lucas Di Grassi for second place and the lead in the drivers championship.

“I think we underestimated the track. Most of the tracks we have been to overtaking was not an issue, and I thought maybe that Monaco would be the same, as a lot of people would be saving energy so you could try and overtake, but it was a little bit harder than we expected,” said Nelson Piquet Jr.

The 29-year old did manage to overtake Jerome d’ Ambrosio into the harbour hairpin at turn three to move up into third place, but Piquet Jr feels that all the drivers were not as focused on energy saving and that’s why not much overtaking happened.

“I did manage to take a car at the beginning of the race, but I think everybody was relaxed on energy a little bit, as everybody was pushing and that made it very hard to overtake, but we tried hard, temperature was a big issue on this track, but overall it was not too bad,” said the 29-year old.

Charles Pic finished in eighth place after Scott Speed’s penalty and he thought he had a strong race in Monaco, but he wants to understand what his problem is in qualifying.

“The race was positive, with a starting position of p18 we had a pretty bad position but during the race the pace was good and p9 a reasonable position. Now we have to solve the qualifying issues because this is the main problem at the moment,” said Charles Pic.

NEXTV TCR are now in fourth in the teams championship. The Chinese team have improved dramatically through the season and they will be hoping to continue their upward trend into the final four rounds of the championship.