Vandoorne took the crown on the closing date in Seoul

the Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne is the new Formula-E world champion after finishing on the podium in the last round of the season, race-2 in Seoul. The Belgian took the record from his partner this season, Dutchman Nick De Vries. The final race was scored by the Swiss Mortara, his fourth of the year and last of this Gen2 season. Mercedes also left the championship with a double title.

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Qualifying has already begun to decide the game between the only candidates for the title who came with options in the last appointment, Vandoorne and Evans, when the Belgian qualified fourth on the grid and the New Zealander, who won the race on Saturday, thirteenth. He had no choice but to venture from the always-troubled middle of the pack and at a circuit where it was very difficult to catch up as 21 points behind Vandoorne gave him little room for any other strategy than winning. The last pole in the Gen2 farewell of Formula-E is for the Portuguese Antonio Da Costa.

The Portuguese held his position well from pole against Mortara and Dennis with Vandoorne behind them and Evans only made up one position at the start, also narrowly escaping a low-speed pileup a few corners later. In the second lap, Mortara overtook the Portuguese and Dennis also took advantage of the infiltration. Behind Evans reached ninth place in four laps.

He was still the ever-difficult to overtake Jean-Eric Vergne while Vandoorne stayed comfortable in fourth place inside the very stretch group and was closing in on Da Costa. The Belgian was always a virtual champion because of the impossibility that Evans could not only win but even deduct points.

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The other great rivalry between Mercedes and Venturi for the teams’ title put the Germans at times and slightly uphill with Nick De Vries’ car retiring due to a puncture that sent him into the pits. But after a few laps it was Di Grassi who, due to another puncture, fell into the points zone and it became impossible for Venturi to beat Mercedes, who left the Formula-E championship with two crowns and its entire structure has passed into McLaren’s hands for the next Gen3 phase.

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A Safety Car due to Günther’s retirement due to a breakdown regrouped the race, but Mortara quickly put three seconds behind his pursuers due to an incident between Dennis and Da Costa that took off to the poleman (he fell to 16th place) and the penalty fell to The British manufacturer Vandoorne got a place on the podium, second. Vergne continued to be a wall for Evans who resigned himself to his fate as runner-up in the final third of the race.

The Stadium and the Olympic Park of the Seoul ’88 Olympics are hosting this 100th race in the electric category, which means that the farewell to Gen2 from next season will bring a new generation of cars (Gen3) that will be even faster , lighter and more efficient, and a single-seater closer to an F2.

Classifications

Race-2 E-Prix Seoul
1. ​Edoardo Mortara (Sui/Venturi) 34 laps
2. Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel/Mercedes) at 3″758
3. Jake Dennis (GB/Andretti) at 6″649
4. Robin Frijns (PB/Envision) at 7″021
5. Oliver Askew (USA/Avalanche) at 7″850
6. Jean-Eric Vergne (Fra/DS Techeetah) at 9″471
7. Mitch Evans (NZL/Porsche) at 10″243
8. Nick Cassidy (NZL/Envision) aa 14″208 (VR)
9. Sébastien Buemi (Sui/Nissan) at 16.629
10. Antonio Felix Da Costa (Por/DS Techeetah) at 22″226 (pol)
World Cup of drivers
1. Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel/Mercedes) 213 points
2. Mitch Evans (NZL/Porsche) 180 points
3. Edoardo Mortara (Sui/Venturi) 169 points
4. Jean-Eric Vergne (Fra/DS Techeetah) 144 points
5. Lucas Di Grassi (Bras/Venturi) 126 points
Team World Cup
1. Mercedes-EQ FE Team 319 points
2. Rokit Venturi 295 points
3. DS Techeetah 266 points