Evans held off his remaining assault mode till he opened up a niche to the drivers behind him, after which used it to steal the race win of the primary ever E-Prix in Indonesia away from Jean-Eric Vergne, who nonetheless hasn’t received a race this season.
View PhotosEvans fended off Vergne within the final 2 laps to win an enthralling battle.
Mitch Evans managed the race brilliantly to win the 2022 Jakarta E-Prix from the DS Techeetah of Jean-Eric Vergne, who held on to second place forward of Edoardo Mortara. The Jaguar TCS Racing driver began the race in P3, and moved as much as P2 within the early phases of the race. He then cleverly held on to his remaining assault mode and deployed it in the direction of the tip of the race, serving to him into the lead.
Jean-Eric Vergne is but to win a race this season regardless of being simply 5 factors off the championship lead.
The race acquired underway with out a lot drama, till a wheel got here free off Oliver Rowland’s Mahindra, which pressured him to retire and introduced out an early security automotive. As the race resumed, each the DS Techeetah vehicles locked up their wheels in the identical nook, and Mitch Evans capitalized on this by overtaking Antonio Felix Da Costa, who began in second place.
We’re again racing! @mitchevans_ instantly makes a transfer up into P2, following this double lock up from the @DSTECHEETAH drivers ????
LIVE timing ???? https://t.co/UA9ig2D3Mc
???????? 2022 #JakartaEPrix pic.twitter.com/0Ows30jP5t
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) June 4, 2022
A short while later within the race, each the DS Techeetah vehicles activated their assault modes on the identical lap, and Da Costa tried to get previous Evans, however wasn’t profitable in doing so. He later misplaced P3 to Edouardo Mortara, and needed to battle with championship chief Stoffel Vandoorne’s Mercedes to maintain 4th place. After shedding the race lead whereas activating his second assault mode, polesitter Jean-Eric Vergne retook the race lead from Evans utilizing the 13 per cent additional energy out there within the assault mode period. However Mitch Evans nonetheless had an assault mode left within the bag which he reserved to make use of deeper within the race.
Evans solely triggered the second assault mode as soon as he was a good period of time away from Mortara in third place, and got here out in entrance of him by the smallest of margins to retain P2 after activating assault mode. This left him with loads of power and a transparent street up forward to go on the chase after the race chief. He finally caught Vergne and made a dive-bomb transfer on him to seize the race lead.
WHAT A MOVE from @mitchevans_ ????
He swoops down the within of @JeanEricVergne for the lead in Jakarta!
LIVE timing ???? https://t.co/UA9ig2D3Mc
???????? 2022 #JakartaEPrix pic.twitter.com/FhsyJaftQ6
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) June 4, 2022
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Vergne utilized tons of strain on the New Zealander – particularly within the final 2 laps – which allowed Mortara to shut into the battle for the lead. It might have gone both approach between the three of them within the closing phases, however Vergne ended up aggressively defending as an alternative of attacking Evans as he ran out of battery and the highest 3 completed as is, with just one second separating the trio. While Vergne remains to be to win a race this season, this outcome noticed him inch that a lot nearer to championship chief Stoffel Vandoorne. Mitch Evans now sits in P3 behind Vergne, and Mortara in P4, with solely 12 factors separating the 4 drivers.
THIS ENDING, THOUGH?! ????????@mitchevans_, @JeanEricVergne & @edomortara all battling it out to the road, for the win – completely unimaginable!
If you want us, we’ll be watching this on repeat…
???????? 2022 #JakartaEPrix pic.twitter.com/AiMRAmDMRL
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) June 4, 2022
Race Result – 2022 Formula E Round 9 Jakarta E-Prix
| Pos | Car No. | Driver | Team | Grid Pos. | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar TCS Racing | 3 | 48:28.424 | 26 |
| 2 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS TECHEETAH | 1 (Pole Pos.) | 0.733 | 21 (18 + 3 for pole pos.) |
| 3 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 4 | 0.967 | 15 |
| 4 | 13 | António Félix Da Costa | DS TECHEETAH | 2 | 3.35 | 12 |
| 5 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 7 | 4.038 | 10 |
| 6 | 27 | Jake Dennis | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 5 | 4.635 | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | Lucas Di Grassi | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 10 | 5.253 | 6 |
| 8 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 11 | 8.191 | 4 |
| 9 | 10 | Sam Bird | Jaguar TCS Racing | 14 | 13.348 | 2 |
| 10 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | Nissan e.Dams | 6 | 14.766 | 1 |
| 11 | 36 | André Lotterer | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 8 | 16.089 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO 333 FE Team | 16 | 20.922 | 0 |
| 13 | 28 | Oliver Askew | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 19 | 23.02 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | Maximilian Günther | Nissan e.Dams | 15 | 25.184 | 0 |
| 15 | 29 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra Racing | 20 | 29.52 | 0 |
| 16 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Envision Racing | 13 | 29.873 | 0 |
| 17 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision Racing | 21 | 30.854 | 0 |
| 18 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | NIO 333 FE Team | 18 | 31.827 | 0 |
| 19 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT | 17 | 38.218 | 0 |
| 0 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi | DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT | 22 | -DNF | 0 |
| 0 | 17 | Nyck De Vries | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 9 | -DNF | 0 |
| 0 | 30 | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra Racing | 12 | -DNF | 0 |
Formula E World Driver’s Championship Standings After Round 9
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 121 |
| 2 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS TECHEETAH | 116 |
| 3 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar TCS Racing | 114 |
| 4 | Edoardo Mortara | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 109 |
| 5 | Robin Frijns | Envision Racing | 81 |
| 6 | Nyck De Vries | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 65 |
| 7 | Andre Lotterer | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 59 |
| 8 | Pascal Wehrlein | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 55 |
| 9 | Lucas Di Grassi | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 55 |
| 10 | António Félix Da Costa | DS TECHEETAH | 54 |
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