Alex Lynn claimed his first Formula E victory in a dramatic Sunday race in London.
The Briton crossed the finish line in second position, but inherited the victory because Lucas Di Grassi received a black flag for starring in an abnormal situation: when the Safety Car appeared on the eleventh lap, the product of an accident between Antonio Félix da Costa and André Lotterer, the Brazilian entered the pit lane without stopping according to the rules and jumped from eighth to first position.
Although Audi insisted that he did make an arrest in his pit box, and even his director Allan McNish he went to explain his arguments to Race Control, the commissioners determined otherwise and initially sanctioned him with a passage through pits. By failing to do so, Di Grassi received a black flag that provisionally relegated him to eighth.
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This gave way for Lynn to obtain his first win in his 40th Formula E participation. After starting in third place, he benefited from the fall of the Mercedes, who dominated the first part of the route but the succession of chains took away all the possibilities.
Stoffel Vandoorne he started from the PP and led eleven of the first 12 laps; However, after the neutralization generated by Da Costa and Lotterer, he received a contact from Oliver Rowland (Nissan), who made a mistake in braking one of the forks. The frustrated Belgian rider fell to 16th and was only able to advance to 12th.
Your teammate Nyck de Vries He was his escort for the opening part of the event, but he used his Attack Mode for eight minutes before the Safety Car appeared, leaving him behind Di Grassi and Lynn, who used their extra power on the relaunch. The Dutchman maintained his position on the track, so he finished second in the race, which also allowed him to regain the overall lead.
Mitch Evans completed the podium for Jaguar, brand that has now assumed the top of the Constructors’ World Cup. Your teammate Sam Bird left again, along with Da Costa and René Rast.
Saturday’s winner, Jake Dennis, was 10th after starting 17th and surviving contacts with other pilots, while Robin Frijns (Virgin) rescued fourth place, including the Fast Lap, after starting eighth, which catapulted him to the overall junior leadership, six units behind De Vries.
The Formula E finals will take place on August 14 and 15 with two races in Berlin. With 60 points at stake, there are still 18 drivers with a mathematical chance of becoming World Champion.
SCORE AFTER 13 DATES
- Nyck de Vries – 95 puntos
- Robin Frijns – 89 pts
- Sam Bird – 81 pts
- Jake Dennis – 80 pts
- Antonio Félix da Costa – 80 pts
- Alex Lynn – 76 pts
- Nick Cassidy – 76 pts
- Mitch Evans – 75 pts
- Edoardo Mortara – 74 pts
- René Rast- 72 pts
- Pascal Wehrlein – 71 pts
- Jean-Eric Vergne – 68 pts
- Lucas di Grassi – 66 pts
- Stoffel Vandoorne – 63 pts
- Max Guenther – 62 pts
- Oliver Rowland – 59 pts
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