After a multi-car pileup on the opening lap caused a red flag interruption, mitchevans_ kept the FIAFormulaE title fight alive into the final race by winning the SeoulEPrix. The JaguarRacing driver is 21 points behind svandoorne, who was fifth ⬇️
Evans was in imperious form after picking up the lead on the opening lap, and although his early momentum was halted by the first-lap crash that caused a lengthy delay in proceedings, the Jaguar driver was able to break-build over polesitter Oliver Rowland throughout the race.
Starting third, Evans got a good launch off the line to immediately battle for the lead with Venturi's front-row man Lucas di Grassi as Rowland's start was poor and he dropped to fourth. Nyck de Vries joined them and submarined underneath Buemi's car; the Dutchman's halo fortunately keeping him out of harm's way, as Oliver Askew, Andre Lotterer, Nick Cassidy and Oliver Turvey were also swallowed up in the incident.
But Evans was then unsettled by a slight moment four laps from home as he locked up into Turn 22, admitting after the race that he was slightly distracted by the pitting Antonio Giovinazzi ahead of him - essentially halving a nearly three-second gap over Rowland to give the Mahindra driver a chance. Rowland was untroubled by di Grassi after the first lap, claiming Mahindra's first podium of the season to help the team leap above Nissan e.dams in the teams' championship.
The DS Techeetah driver had earlier been in the wars with di Grassi's team-mate Edoardo Mortara, hitting his rear as the Venturi driver moved twice to keep the Frenchman at bay. This earned Mortara a penalty as Vergne was left with nowhere to go, but that proved a moot point as the Swiss ace retired later on with a puncture.
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