Formula E Has Now Had Seven Winners From Seven Teams In Seven Races

Formula E's run of different winners this season continued in Rome as Mitch Evans claimed the first win for the Jaguar team
Formula E Has Now Had Seven Winners From Seven Teams In Seven Races

Evans spent the first half of the race glued to the back of Andre Lotterer and although Stoffel Vandoorne stayed reasonably close, it soon became clear it was going to be a one-on-one between the front two. It would also come down to who could manage their two usages of Attack Mode - an off-line section of the track drivers can go through to get a temporary power boost - the best.

Evans looked the quicker of the two but couldn’t make a move under normal conditions so became the first to go for Attack Mode. It paid off handsomely but Lotterer didn’t make it easy - after successfully defending the obvious overtaking spots he went slightly deep into Turn 10, allowing Evans a run into the next chicane. That’s not usually an overtaking place but somehow the Jaguar man found a bit of room and snuck ahead, leaving Lotterer just enough room in what turned out to be an awesome move.

Lotterer then used his first Attack Mode, couldn’t pass, and then immediately used his second. Evans tried to use his final one but missed the activation, throwing Lotterer another advantage. He nailed it the second time, though, just stayed ahead, and then was just about able to manage the gap to the end and claim his - and Jaguar’s - first Formula E win.

Former McLaren F1 driver Vandoorne took his first podium in third, with Robin Frijns fourth, Sebastien Buemi fifth and Oliver Rowland sixth. Jean-Eric Vergne had finished seventh but was given a post-race penalty for overtaking during a full-course yellow, dropping him out of the points.

The start of the race was incredibly frantic as the track was wet, leading to a pile-up which completely blocked the track and forced a lengthy red flag period.

With the likes of Lucas di Grassi, Jerome d’Ambrosio and Antonio Felix da Costa having muted races to the lower points positions and Sam Bird having a tough drive to 11th following a first-lap incident, the championship is… well, ridiculously close - the top nine drivers are covered by just 13 points. Here’s how the standings currently look:

1st - Jerome d’Ambrosio, 65 points
2nd - Antonio Felix da Costa, 64 points
3rd - Andre Lotterer, 62 points
4th - Mitch Evans, 61 points
5th - Lucas di Grassi, 58 points
6th - Robin Frijns, 55 points
7th - Jean-Eric Vergne, 54 points
8th - Sam Bird, 54 points
9th - Edoardo Mortara, 52 points
10th - Daniel Abt, 44 points

Season 5 of Formula E has seen seven races, seven different pole-sitters, and seven different race winners from seven different teams. How long can the streak keep going!?

A version of this article was originally posted on WTF1

Comments

Valanti Demetriades

F1 looking at this like

04/14/2019 - 13:30 |
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Itsuki

7 different winners, zero clean overtakes

04/14/2019 - 13:34 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Itsuki

In F1 they wont even overtake if that means a chipped tire.

04/14/2019 - 14:16 |
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Robert Gracie

This feels very much like the 2012 F1 season….its resemblance is spooky….7 race winners in the first 7 races in 2012 and now in Formula E in 2018-2019 season 7 race winners in the first 7 races……X-Files Theme tune intensifies

04/14/2019 - 15:14 |
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Zubayer Rezoan

I’m both & upset to hear that. This doesnt help me as an F1 fan.

04/14/2019 - 17:55 |
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I think it upsets almost everyone who enjoys internal combustion engines lol, i dont watch F1 but i would be disappointed if Formula E replaced F1

04/14/2019 - 20:08 |
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RWB Dude

777 is a lucky number after all

04/14/2019 - 20:07 |
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unless you’re an european multinational aerospace comglomerate

04/15/2019 - 07:19 |
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Mx5Matt

And all this from the least exciting race of the season so far.
Im a fan of F1 and FE but this season so so far FE has been by far the best to watch.
So what if the cars dont sound as good or are not as fast, the racing is good and thats what matters the most.

04/14/2019 - 20:36 |
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Anonymous

You it isn’t the same person winning every week? That’s boring.

04/14/2019 - 21:36 |
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electricpants

Meanwhile F1 has had 3 consecutive 1-2’s in a row from Mercedes…

04/15/2019 - 12:00 |
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