ROKiT Venturi Racing’s Edoardo Mortara received the Berlin E-Prix Round 7, the primary of the two races within the capital metropolis of Germany. The Swiss driver transformed his pole place to victory, and managed your entire length of the race from the lead, besides when he dropped a few locations whereas utilizing his 2 assault modes. DSTecheetah driver Jean-Eric Vergne got here dwelling to complete the race in P2, to shut his factors hole with Vandoorne, who made a miraculous restoration to complete in P3 after dropping to twelfth on the opening laps.
Jean-Eric Vergne gave all of it, however may solely handle to convey dwelling P2.
JEV gave all of it in direction of the closing levels of the race to get the lead, and on lap 37, he went for an bold transfer after a mistake from Mortara, and could not make it stick, leaving him underneath strain from Vandoorne and the Porsche of Andre Lotterer. Vergne managed to carry on to second place, regardless of the strain Vandoorne put him underneath, and closed the championship hole by 3 factors. The Frenchman nonetheless hasn’t received a race this season regardless of being 2nd within the championship – simply 3 factors behind Vandoorne – and he mentioned that it was a matter of “when, not if” he wins a race this yr.
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Stoffel Vandoorne drove an awesome restoration drive to complete on the rostrum.
Vandoorne drove an epic restoration drive after having dropped all the way down to P12 on the opening laps. Following his win on the Monaco E-Prix, the Belgian driver, made up place after place, till he was up into the lead, however Mortara handed him for the lead utilizing his assault mode. Soon after Mortara moved again into the lead, Vergne made a transfer on Vandoorne to take P2, and he did sufficient to fend him off regardless of struggling within the closing levels.
A beautiful transfer from @JeanEricVergne to take P2 ????
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— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) May 14, 2022
The race was dramatic from the start. Right firstly of the race Antonio Felix da Costa tried a transfer on Mahindra Racing’s Alex Sims from P3, however the high trio got here out as is out of flip 1. Post that, da Costa dropped down the order to complete eighth, as Sims completed behind him in P9. Sims’ teammate Oliver Rowland could not handle to complete in factors, as he may solely get better to P11 after having began the race down in P17.
It’s shut firstly between @AlexanderSims and @afelixdacosta @edomortara extends his lead out entrance…
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— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) May 14, 2022
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The Porsche drivers fought with title contender Mitch Evans for P4, they usually completed with Lotterer getting P4 forward of Evans and Wehrlein. Evans climbed his means up from P9, and took dwelling first rate factors to maintain his title hopes alive, as title rival Robin Frijns may solely end twelfth after qualifying down in twentieth, dropping a spot within the championship standings. Other than that change within the order, the highest 10 within the World Championship keep in the identical order, with the hole on the high now down to only 3 factors.
2022 Berlin E-Prix – Round 7 Results:
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Grid Pos. | Time/Gap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edoardo Mortara | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 1P | 46:16.175 | 28 |
| 2 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS TECHEETAH | 4 | +1.782 | 18 |
| 3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 8 | +1.987 | 15 |
| 4 | André Lotterer | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 5 | +2.579 | 12 |
| 5 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar TCS Racing | 9 | +3.189 | 10 |
| 6 | Pascal Wehrlein | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 6 | +5.405 | 9 |
| 7 | Sam Bird | Jaguar TCS Racing | 15 | +5.683 | 6 |
| 8 | António Félix da Costa | DS TECHEETAH | 3 | +6.400 | 4 |
| 9 | Alexander Sims | Mahindra Racing | 2 | +6.569 | 2 |
| 10 | Nyck De Vries | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 12 | +6.602 | 1 |
| 11 | Oliver Rowland | Mahindra Racing | 17 | +8.141 | 0 |
| 12 | Robin Frijns | Envision Racing | 20 | +9.879 | 0 |
| 13 | Jake Dennis | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 11 | +13.314 | 0 |
| 14 | Sébastien Buemi | Nissan e.Dams | 10 | +15.275 | 0 |
| 15 | Oliver Askew | Avalanche Andretti Formula E | 22 | +22.071 | 0 |
| 16 | Oliver Turvey | NIO 333 FE Team | 14 | +22.662 | 0 |
| 17 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT | 7 | +24.120 | 0 |
| 18 | Maximilian Günther | Nissan e.Dams | 16 | +28.716 | 0 |
| 19 | Dan Ticktum | NIO 333 FE Team | 21 | +30.393 | 0 |
| 20 | Antonio Giovinazzi | DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT | 18 | +52.025 | 0 |
| DNF | Lucas Di Grassi | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 13 | DNF | 0 |
| DNF | Nick Cassidy | Envision Racing | 19 | DNF | 0 |
ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Standings Post Round 7
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 96 |
| 2 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS TECHEETAH | 93 |
| 3 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar TCS Racing | 82 |
| 4 | Edoardo Mortara | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 77 |
| 5 | Robin Frijns | Envision Racing | 71 |
| 6 | André Lotterer | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 55 |
| 7 | Pascal Wehrlein | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 51 |
| 8 | Nyck De Vries | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team | 40 |
| 9 | Lucas Di Grassi | ROKiT Venturi Racing | 37 |
| 10 | António Félix da Costa | DS TECHEETAH | 34 |
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