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De Vries wins wet Valencia thriller after energy management chaos

by Hannah Prydderch
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De Vries wins wet Valencia thriller after energy management chaos

Race Winner Nyck de Vries (NLD), Mercedes Benz EQ, EQ Silver Arrow 02 celebrates in Parc Ferme

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Nyck de Vries took victory after a chaotic last-lap energy miscalculation resulted in only 12 cars finishing upon Formula E’s inaugural Valencia E-Prix, held in wet conditions on Saturday.

The 45 minute + 1 lap race proved to be an unusual affair from the outset owing to wet conditions, following a burst of rain during the build-up, which prompted a Safety Car start.

Antonio Felix da Costa’s race looked to be well-managed from the start, holding the lead and allowing Maximillian Guenther to fall into the clutches of Mahindra’s Alex Lynn.

However, the racing soon ground to a halt on Lap 2 as Porsche’s Andre Lotterer spun Sebastien Buemi into the gravel at Turn 9, triggering the safety car.

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Da Costa was quick off the restart once again for DS Techeetah, as a train of cars began to form behind second-placed Guenther, who had fallen two seconds back from the Portuguese driver.

De Vries on the other hand was storming his way through the pack from seventh, passing Lynn around the outside of Turn 4 for third and then dispatching Guenther in the BMW i Andretti for second.

Wheel-to-wheel racing was in action throughout the field, with the second Mahindra of Alexander Sims making his way from 11th to fifth as Vandoorne charged up to 14th from the back of the grid.

With 25 minutes remaining, da Costa looked in control ahead of de Vries and Lynn, whilst Guenther’s race came to a sudden end as he beached himself in the gravel at Turn 2.

The return of safety car saw da Costa expertly manage the restart once more, as de Vries tried to stay in the DS Techeetah’s slipstream.

Behind the leading duo, the Mahindras duelled over over third as further back, Mitch Evans’ race ended prematurely. The Jaguar driver knocked into the side of Dragon/Penske’s Sergio Sette Camara and spun him into the gravel at Turn 9.

At the same time, Vandoorne and the second Dragon/Penske of Nico Mueller were battling side-by-side, after the Belgian driver drove through the gravel at Turn 8.

The race got back underway with 10 minutes remaining, as da Costa held the race lead ahead of de Vries. Further back, Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein and ROKiT Venturi’s Norman Nato fought over sixth.

The German driver was caught out as Nato passed him despite going through the gravel, allowing the Envision Virgin duo of Nick Cassidy and Robin Frijns to overtake him. His hard work was then undone as Nato went through the gravel again and dropped himself down to 10th.

With just over five minutes remaining, the safety car reappeared for the fifth time as Lotterer found himself stranded him the gravel at Turn 1. His Porsche team-mate Wehrlein also retired due to a safety issue with his brakes.

Restarting with 1 minute + 1 lap remaining would prove to be a recipe for chaos as da Costa’s race crumbled.

Energy mismanagement resulted in several drivers falling to below one per cent useable energy before the final lap, including race leader da Costa.

A baffling final lap ensued as De Vries smoothly moved his way up to the lead, as cars came to a halt on track all around him. He crossed the line ahead of Rowland and Sims, both of whom were swiftly disqualified for insufficient energy.

As a result, Mueller brought home Dragon/Penske’s first podium since Jerome d’Ambrosio’s third place at the Zurich E-Prix in Season 4. Additionally, due to all the disqualifications, Vandoorne was promoted to third for Mercedes’ first double podium this season.

Rookie Cassidy managed to come home in fourth place, as Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Rene Rast split the Envision Virgin duo, holding Frijns behind him in sixth.

After narrowly losing out on a lights-to-flag victory, da Costa’s only consolation will be that he was still able to bring home points in seventh.

Britain’s Lynn and Sam Bird had to settle for eighth and ninth, ahead of the second Audi of Lucas di Grassi.

BMW i Andretti’s Jake Dennis and DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne rounded out the finishers in 11th and 12th place.

In the end, the remaining 12 drivers were not classified after running out of energy. This included Rowland, Sims, NIO 333’s Oliver Turvey and Tom Blomqvist and the ROKiT Venturis of Nato and Edoardo Mortara.

Wehrlein, Lotterer, Evans, Sette Camara, Guenther and Buemi all retired earlier in the race.

As a consequence of the double podium, it is a Mercedes 1-2 at the top of the drivers’ standings, with de Vries on 57 points, nine in front of Vandoorne. The German team also assume the lead of the teams’ championship on 105 points, ahead of Jaguar Racing in second.

Position Driver Team Gap
1 Nyck de Vries Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team
2 Nico Muller Dragon/Penske Autosport 13.128
3 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team 34.886
4 Nick Cassidy Envision Virgin Racing 36.903
5 Rene Rast Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler 51.650
6 Robin Frijns Envision Virgin Racing 52.985
7 Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler 2:41.946
8 Jake Dennis Andretti Motorsport 3:07.061
9 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Techeetah 4:19.582
10 Oliver Rowland Nissan e.dams DSQ
11 Alexander Sims Mahindra Racing DSQ
12 Antonio Felix da Costa DS Techeetah DSQ
13 Alex Lynn Mahindra Racing DSQ
14 Sam Bird Jaguar Racing DSQ
15 Oliver Turvey NIO 333 Formula E Team DNF
16 Tom Blomqvist NIO 333 Formula E Team DNF
17 Norman Nato Rokit Venturi Racing DNF
18 Edoardo Mortara Rokit Venturi Racing DNF
19 Pascal Wehrlein Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team DNF
20 Andre Lotterer Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team DNF
21 Mitch Evans Jaguar Racing DNF
22 Sergio Sette Camara Dragon/Penske Autosport DNF
23 Maximilian Guenther Andretti Motorsport DNF
24 Sebastien Buemi Nissan e.dams DNF
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  1. J.S. Bourget says:
    3 years ago

    This was Formula E’s version of the 2005 US GP.

    It’s really a shame the “electric revolution” is nothing more than a part of the wealth redistribution scheme known as the climate change movement (I believe Agag is major figure in pushing this scheme) — the technology *could be* compelling and FE actually produces far better racing than F1. With a few modifications and performance restrictions removed, FE wouldn’t be far from F1 performance levels. It would be nice to see a series set aside all of the political “clean energy” nonsense (no vehicle is “clean”, especially anything running off lithium batteries), and allow for an open formula so we can see gas, diesel, hybrid, electric, hydrogen, etc all compete against each other.

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Drivers’ Standings

#DriverPoints
1Jake Dennis229
2Nick Cassidy199
3Mitch Evans197
4Pascal Wehrlein149
5Jean-Eric Vergne107
6Sebastian Buemi105
7Maximilian Gunther101
8Sam Bird95
9Antonio Felix da Costa93
10Norman Nato63

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