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Frijns finishes first in New York with Vergne securing second successive Formula E crown

Robin Frijns rounded out the season in style with victory in New York for Envision Virgin Racing, as Jean-Eric Vergne pulled his way up into the points to clinch the ABB FIA Formula E Championship.

Vergne drove a clean and clever race, staying out of trouble and advancing up the order to seventh place and securing a second successive title. The DS TECHEETAH driver did enough to defend his crown and become the first back-to-back champion in Formula E history.

Entering the final E-Prix of the season, Vergne still held a sizable advantage in the points table and only needed to avoid a non-scoring finish to put himself in prime position to pick-up the prize.

After again struggling in the first group of qualifying, the Frenchman found himself down in 12th on the grid and looking to gain places during the race. However, he wasn’t the only championship contender eager to make a move forwards, with both Lucas di Grassi and Mitch Evans failing to make it to the super pole shoot-out.

Despite Sebastien Buemi’s best efforts, his championship chances were cut short after being beaten to pole position by Alexander Sims – missing out on the three precious points on offer.

Vergne kept di Grassi and Evans in his vision and calmly controlled his championship destiny by negotiating his way to ninth nearing the end of the race. Although it was settled shortly before the finish and quickly became a formality as di Grassi and Evans came to blows and ended in the barriers only four corners from the chequered flag.

Taking two places on the final lap, Vergne vaulted further up the field to seventh and crossed the line to confirm his place in the history books as the first double champion and the first driver to successfully defend his title.

Frijns fended off Sims and Buemi to finish in the points for the first time since winning on the streets of Paris back in April. The result moved Frijns to fourth in the standings and marks Sims first podium finish in Formula E.

It’s time to celebrate, but the countdown has started for the new season, with the ABB FIA Formula E Championship picking-up again in Ad Diriyah on November 22 & 23.

Race results
1Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing(25)
2Alexander SimsBMW i Andretti Motorsport(21)
3Sebastien BuemiNissan e.dams(15)
4Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing(12)
5Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler(11)
6Oliver RowlandNissan e.dams(8)
7Jean-Eric VergneDS TECHEETAH(6)
8Stoffel VandoorneHWA RACELAB(4)
9Antonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport(2)
10Gary PaffettHWA RACELAB(1)
11Jerome D’AmbrosioMAHINDRA RACING
12Pascal WehrleinMAHINDRA RACING
13Oliver TurveyNIO Formula E Team
14Tom DillmannNIO Formula E Team
15Felipe MassaVENTURI Formula E Team
16Alex LynnPanasonic Jaguar Racing
17Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing
18Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler
19Maximilian GuntherGEOX DRAGON
DNFEdoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team
DNFAndre LottererDS TECHEETAH
DNFJose Maria LopezGEOX DRAGON
Driver standings
Jean-Eric VergneDS TECHEETAH136
Sebastien BuemiNissan e.dams119
Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler108
Robin FrijnsEnvision Virgin Racing106
Mitch EvansPanasonic Jaguar Racing105
Antonio Felix da CostaBMW i Andretti Motorsport99
Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler95
Andre LottererDS TECHEETAH86
Sam BirdEnvision Virgin Racing85
Oliver RowlandNissan e.dams71
Jerome D’AmbrosioMAHINDRA RACING67
Pascal WehrleinMAHINDRA RACING58
Alexander SimsBMW i Andretti Motorsport57
Edoardo MortaraVENTURI Formula E Team52
Felipe MassaVENTURI Formula E Team36
Stoffel VandoorneHWA RACELAB35
Maximilian GuntherGEOX DRAGON20
Alex LynnPanasonic Jaguar Racing10
Gary PaffettHWA RACELAB9
Oliver TurveyNIO Formula E Team7
Jose Maria LopezGEOX DRAGON3
Nelson Piquet Jr.Panasonic Jaguar Racing1
Tom DillmannNIO Formula E Team0
Felipe NasrGEOX DRAGON0
Felix RosenqvistMAHINDRA RACING0
Team standings
DS TECHEETAH222
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler203
Envision Virgin Racing191
Nissan e.dams190
BMW i Andretti Motorsport156
MAHINDRA RACING125
Panasonic Jaguar Racing116
VENTURI Formula E Team88
HWA RACELAB44
GEOX DRAGON23
NIO Formula E Team7

 

Jul 15, 2019Blagojce Krivevski
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