Antonio Felix da Costa dominated the second New York E-Prix of the weekend, as he lead almost every moment of the race.
Da Costa inherited pole position earlier in the day after Nick Cassidy was penalised for changing parts on his car.
The Portuguese driver held the lead as the lights went out, with Andre Lotterer in third place jumping the start, before braking and driving away again.
Da Costa dropped back to second place with just over 30 minutes remaining in the race, as he opted to take his sole Attack Mode of the race. Vandoorne, who took Attack Mode one lap later, moved to the front momentarily.
Vandoorne dropped back to third behind Alexander Sims after taking Attack Mode, but produced a late lunge on the Mahindra driver to take second place.
The former McLaren F1 driver hunted da Costa, but couldn’t move ahead of the DS Techeetah driver for the lead.
Mitch Evans was third, taking the final spot on the podium after overtaking Sims in the final stages of the race.
However, Evans was lucky to see the chequered flag at all, as he had a sizeable moment while overtaking Nyck de Vries during the race. After running over a bump, the car flew sideways – but Evans managed to secure the car and continue on his way.
Sims crossed the line in fourth, while Sam Bird produced an astonishing recovery drive to take fifth after starting from 16th on the grid.
Robin Frijns was sixth, ahead of de Vries who had a similar out-of-control moment to Evans when he attempted to move ahead of Sims.
Jake Dennis was eighth, with Lotterer recovering to ninth after his opening lap mishap.
Having started from the back row after failing to set a qualifying lap, Edoardo Mortara rounded out the top 10.
Formula E will return in two weeks’ time for another double-header event in London.
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