Jaguar double in Berlin and victory with a great finish by Evans

Jaguar achieved a great one-two in the first race of the weekend at the historic airport of Tempelhof. His two cars turned into planes in an absolutely thrilling final leg of the race, where Mitch Evans He achieved the victory with a great last attack, leading his partner Sam Bird. It was the second victory in a row for the 28-year-old New Zealander, after the previous event in Sao Paulo, and he won it with a display of style in the final turns, in the decisive moment of an exciting race that included up to 190 position changes, with countless overtakings in the first corner of the German layout.

The former F1 and current pilot of Toyota within fighting the world, Sebastien Buemi (ENVISION RACING), who took pole position, dominated the event with just 5 laps to go, with two Jaguars hot on his heels. Sam Bird he was second, but it seemed clear that Evans had more speed. And it didn’t take long to take advantage of it either. Race Direction provided 3 more final laps for the safety cars to exit the track due to accidents Vandoorneenclosed by ticktum against the wall, and by subsequent pressing of a Jack Dennis that he would make a dangerous ‘strike’ on a closed curve when he clearly overbraked. Wore it on Da Costa and hence the return of the Portuguese Porsche.

In those final laps, Evans passed Bird and took advantage of his better energy management from his battery to turn things around. Buemi, who was the leader, was ‘sold’ with little power and lost position to Mitch, and finally went from fighting for first place to being overtaken by two other cars and finishing 4th. Evans pushed very fast and no one could catch him. He was followed by Bird (2nd) and local Maximilian Günther (Maserati)which brought the spectators who arrived at the old airport to their feet in the final overtaking of Buemi that put him on the podium.

Wehrlein continues to lead

Cassidy was 5th and Pascal Wehrlein was 6th. The German from Porsche staged a great comeback starting in 15th place. But in the end he had to settle for some good points from sixth position, which allowed him to keep 23 points ahead of Nick Cassidy at the top of the overall Formula E standings ahead of contention in the second race of the weekend which takes place this Sunday at the same Berlin circuit.

CUPRA SINCE THE POINTS

For its part, CUPRA, which competes in some ways at home by belonging to the Volkswagen group, was left with honey on its lips. Nico Muller, who started 17th, starred in a stunning comeback to score the Spanish firm’s first points in its first season in Formula E with ABT. He was always in the top 10 in the decisive part of the race, but finally finished the round in 15th position, behind his teammate. Frijns (14th).