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Evans clings onto title hopes in Berlin after Formula E barn burner

by Zane Shackleton
August 9, 2020
in Formula E, International, News
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It is desperate mode for Kiwi Formula E championship hopeful Mitch Evans as he could only muster ninth place in the third Berlin E-Prix while title protagonist Antonio Felix da Costa further extends his points advantage.

Evans benefited from a late turn in pace in the final stages of the 45-minute race having started from 19th in another frustrating qualifying session.

Meanwhile, Maximilian Guenther denied a hard-charging Robin Frijns victory in a frantic final lap to clinch his second win of the season and the third for BMW.

Initially, pole-sitter Jean-Eric Vergne looked to be the box seat for victory but again became a victim of mismanagement of energy consumption, allowing Envision Virgin’s Frijns to catch and overtake Vergne at Turn 1 in the final laps.

The Dutch pilot then reeled in Guenther throughout the final lap, offering audacious lunges for the lead at Turn 9 and again at Turn 10 but ultimately came up short on each occasion. That left Frijns, who started the race in fifth, to chase his rival home in second 0.128s shy at the line.

Vergne narrowly fended off a late challenge by his DS Techeetah teammate Da Costa who had battled back through the field after a disappointing qualifying session earlier in the day from ninth.

A five-car tussle for sixth over the final laps set up an enthralling finish but put an end to Stoffel Vandoorne’s race after the Mercedes driver picked up a puncture and suspension damage.

Behind Da Costa was Andre Lotterer, Oliver Rowland and Mahindra’s Jerome D’Ambrosio.

Lucas di Grassi and former championship hopeful Mitch Evans were eighth and ninth, while Alexander Sims completed the top 10 ahead of Sebastien Buemi.

Maximilian Guenther

Evans teammate James Calado had a more turbulent race after being spun by an unrestrained Sims just as Sergio Sette Camara suffered a drive train failure at the same corner.

Sette Camara then tagged an innocent Evans before being clashed into by Porsche’s Neel Jani, yielding the race’s one and only Safety Car period.

Evans can still realistically claim the championship despite being 78 points adrift of Da Costa with three races remaining granted the Kiwi can find a rapid change in fortunes in both qualifying and the race.

The Jaguar driver will need to score wins across all three of the final races as well as at least one pole position. A points finish by Da Costa tomorrow can ensure that he clinches a memorable title crown having decimated the field since the post season suspension restart.

Tomorrow’s race will also be the last held on the traditional anticlockwise configuration of the Berlin circuit before race officials construct an entirely new layout for the final two races of the year.

POSDRIVERGAP
1Maximilian Guenther46m15.512s
2Robin Frijns0.128s
3Jean-Eric Vergne2.569s
4Antonio Felix da Costa2.743s
5Andre Lotterer3.136s
6Oliver Rowland5.547s
7Jerome d’Ambrosio7.893s
8Lucas di Grassi12.672s
9Mitch Evans13.511s
10Alexander Sims19.248s
11Sebastien Buemi20.240s
12Nico Muller20.486s
13Sam Bird20.733s
14Edoardo Mortara20.944s
15Daniel Abt21.948s
16Nyck de Vries22.520s
17Oliver Turvey22.774s
18Alex Lynn23.181s
19Felipe Massa36.549s
DNFRene Rast
DNFStoffel Vandoorne
DNFJames Calado
DNFSergio Sette Camara
DNF-Neel Jani

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