BEIJING (Reuters) - The crowd surged to its feet with a gasp as Nicolas Prost's car struck Nick Heidfeld's as they battled for first place, sending Heidfeld into a barrier and corkscrewing into the air at the inaugural Formula E electric race in Beijing.
The crash came on the final corner of the first ever Formula E race, a motor sport tournament that uses electric vehicles instead of petrol engines and has taken two years to put together with the support of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the governing body of Formula One.