Hat - Tricked Out

Sebastien Buemi and Renault e.dams are on a roll, and there seems to be little anyone can do to stop them.

Sports and especially sports fans and the media elevate certain feats above others. Defending a title and scoring a hat-trick (in wins, title wins, etc) are two such feats that are considered to be big deals. Just look at the flak that Nico Rosberg came under from many British motorsport pundits for not sticking around to defend his hard-won Formula 1 world championship. The very act of beating Hamilton to the crown after being written off as someone simply not good enough to do so had clearly drained Rosberg. After a decade of mostly racing with uncompetitive teams – unlike Hamilton – Rosberg had hit the big time with Mercedes and troubled Hamilton enough to keep him honest in 2014 and 2015 before finally coming out on top last year. Yet not defending the title still leaves a question mark in the minds of his detractors.

Sebastien Buemi has made a bit of history en route to what looks like a successful title defence in the FIA Formula E Championship. Buemi and Renault e.dams made Formula E history by becoming the first driver to win three races in a row when the Swiss driver triumphed at the Buenos Aires ePrix.