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Jean-Eric Vergne victorious on the streets of Monaco

Jean-Eric Vergne lifted himself back into title contention with victory on the streets of Monaco, bringing to an end the streak of eight consecutive different winners so far this season.

The reigning champion held off the advances of Oliver Rowland in the closing stages with energy levels dropping but managed to hold station and take the chequered flag. The result marks Vergne’s first win around the Principality in any discipline.

Vergne led away from Julius Baer pole position, despite Rowland topping the times in the super pole shoot-out – after the Nissan e.dams driver carried over a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Alexander Sims in Paris.

Rowland, who was later promoted to third on the grid due to Mitch Evans receiving a penalty for a third reprimand, jumped ahead of Pascal Wehrlein in the early phase of the race after the MAHINDRA RACING driver locked-up and went deep into Sainte-Devote.

Not only did Wehrlein lose a place to Rowland – who set his sights on Vergne at the head of the field – he struggled to put down the power and fell behind Felipe Massa on the run down to the Turn 3 hairpin.

With the leading quartet pulling away and building a gap back to Sebastien Buemi in fifth, it became a strategic battle about when to deploy ATTACK MODE. Rowland was the first to blink with the final activation approaching the five-minute mark, however, Vergne and Massa mirrored his move a lap later to quell any speed advantage.

Despite running nose-to-tail in the final few corners, the top-four remained in the same order as they crossed the line – leading to Vergne becoming the only repeat winner this season and vaulting the DS TECHEETAH driver to the top of the standings.

The podium positions were completed by Massa, claiming his first podium in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship on home soil for the Monegasque VENTURI Formula E Team. Massa finished in front of Wehrlein in fourth, who secured an extra point for setting fastest lap.

Buemi couldn’t extend his unbeaten record in Monaco – after winning the previous two editions – ending up in fifth over five seconds behind Wehrlein, with Mitch Evans a place further back in sixth after Antonio Felix da Costa was disqualified for exceeding maximum power usage.

Current leader of the voestalpine European races Andre Lotterer was promoted to seventh, putting him one point behind Vergne in the title race. Alex Lynn scored his first points since his return for Panasonic Jaguar Racing in eighth, as Stoffel Vandoorne and Jose Maria Lopez moved up the order following a post-race time penalty for Daniel Abt – after causing a collision with Oliver Turvey at Turn 1.

With the streak finally coming to an end and the top-three drivers separated by six points, will anyone emerge as a clear title contender as the electric street racing series heads to Berlin for round 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship and the penultimate leg of the voestalpine European races on May 25.

Race results
1Jean-Eric VergneDS TECHEETAH46:05.547s(25)
2Oliver RowlandNissan e.dams+0.201s(21)
3Felipe MassaVENTURI Formula E Team+1.261s(15)
4Pascal WehrleinMAHINDRA RACING+1.439s(13)
5Sebastien BuemiNissan e.dams+6.215s(10)
6Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing+16.213s(8)
7Andre LottererDS TECHEETAH+16.848s(6)
8Alex LynnPanasonic Jaguar Racing+18.112s(4)
9Stoffel VandoorneHWA RACELAB+18.551s(2)
10Jose Maria LopezGEOX DRAGON+18.860s(1)
11Jerome D’AmbrosioMAHINDRA RACING+21.488s
12Gary PaffettHWA RACELAB+21.853s
13Alexander SimsBMW i Andretti Motorsport+26.934s
14Tom DillmannNIO Formula E Team+31.861s
15Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler+49.400s
16Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing1 Lap
17Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing5 Laps
DNFOliver TurveyNIO Formula E Team32 Laps
DNFLucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler31 Laps
DNFEdoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team29 Laps
DNFMaximilian GuntherGEOX DRAGON29 Laps
DSQAntonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport51 Laps

 

Driver standings
Jean-Eric VergneDS TECHEETAH87
Andre LottererDS TECHEETAH86
Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing81
Antonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport70
Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler70
Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing69
Jerome D’AmbrosioMAHINDRA RACING65
Oliver RowlandNissan e.dams59
Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler59
Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing54
Edoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team52
Pascal WehrleinMAHINDRA RACING51
Sebastien BuemiNissan e.dams40
Felipe MassaVENTURI Formula E Team32
Stoffel VandoorneHWA RACELAB20
Alexander SimsBMW i Andretti Motorsport18
Maximilian GuntherGEOX DRAGON10
Gary PaffettHWA RACELAB8
Oliver TurveyNIO Formula E Team6
Alex LynnPanasonic Jaguar Racing4
Jose Maria LopezGEOX DRAGON3
Nelson Piquet Jr.Panasonic Jaguar Racing1
Tom DillmannNIO Formula E Team0
Felipe NasrGEOX DRAGON0
Felix RosenqvistMAHINDRA RACING0

 

 

 

Team standings

DS TECHEETAH173
Envision Virgin Racing135
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler129
MAHINDRA RACING116
Nissan e.dams99
BMW i Andretti Motorsport88
VENTURI Formula E Team84
Panasonic Jaguar Racing74
HWA RACELAB28
GEOX DRAGON13
NIO Formula E Team6

 

 

May 12, 2019Blagojce Krivevski
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