António Félix da Costa, in DS Techeetah, ended up in 7th position in round 13 of the Formula E World Championship, at ExCel in London, also the «stage» of the 14th race of the season, to be held tomorrow (15.04 hours), after new qualifying session (10.40 hours). The result guaranteed 6 more points for the Portuguese, who rose from 6th to 5th in the drivers’ standings, with 22 points less than teammate Jean-Éric Vergne, three ePrix from the checkered flag in Season 8 of the electric single-seater championship.
Andretti’s Jake Dennis started from pole position and dominated a bumpy ePrix almost from head to toe, ahead of Mercedes-EQ’s Stoffel Vandoorne, who decided to focus on the championship and try to increase his lead over rivals in the fight for the title, which they started behind. And in this mission, a successful Belgian: in the race within the race, Mitch Evans, from Jaguar, was 6th, while Edoardo Mortara, from Venturi Racing, and Jean-Éric Vergne, from DS Techeetah, did not score.
Going to add 26 points more than the New Zealander, who progressed from 3rd to 2nd in the World Cup, and there is a maximum of 87 to win until the end of the season, on August 16, in Seoul, South Korea. , Vandoorne has one hand on the title and, on the other, the status of favorite to succeed champion Nyck de Vries, his partner in Mercedes-EQ.
Classification
1.º Jake Dennis, Andretti, 37 volts
2.º Stoffel Vandoorne, Mercedes-EQ, +2,223 s
3.º Nyck de Vries, Mercedes-EQ, +12.367 s
4.º Nick Cassidy, Envision Racing, +12,663 s
5.º Olvier Askew, Andretti, +14,904 s
6.º Mitch Evans, Jaguar, +17,128 s
7.º ANTÓNIO FÉLIX DA COSTA, DS Techeetah, +17,733 s
8.º Maximilian Günther, Nissan e.dams, +22,067 s
9th Lucas Di Grassi, Venturi Racing, +32.139 s
10º Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche, +34.347 s
11.º Sebastien Buemi, Nissan e.dams, +35.307 s
12.º André Lotterer, Porsche, +35,508 s
13.º Jean-Éric Vergne, DS Techeetah, +36,057 s
14.º Alexander Sims, Mahindra Racing, +40,345 s
15.º Oliver Turvey, NIO 333, +41,293 s
16.º Robin Frijns, Envision Racing, +44.023 s
17th Dan Ticktum, Nio 333, +51.947 s
18.º Edoardo Mortara, Venturi Racing, +1.18.795 m
Drivers’ World Cup
1st Stoffel Vandoorne, 173 points
2nd Mitch Evans, 147 points
3rd Edoardo Mortara, 144 points
4.º Jean-Éric Vergne, 128 pontos
5th António Félix da Costa, 106 points
6th Robin Frins, 104 points
7.º Nyck de Vries, 98 points
8th Lucas Di Grassi, 86 points
9th Jake Dennis, 76 points
10th Pascal Wehrlein, 64 pontoons
11th André Lotterer, 63 points
12th Nick Cassidy, 59 points
13th Sam Bird, 47 points
14th Sébastien Buemi, 20 points
15th Alexander Sims, 14 points
16th Oliver Askew, 12 points
17th Oliver Rowland, 11 points
18th Oliver Turvey, 6 points
19th Maximilian Gunther, 6 points
20th Dan Ticktum, 1 point
21st Sérgio Sette Câmara, 0 points
22.º Antonio Giovinazzi, 0 pontos
Team World Cup
1st Mercedes-EQ, 271 points
2nd DS Techeetah, 234 points
3rd Venturi Racing, 230 points
4th Jaguar, 194 points
5th Envision Racing, 163 points
6th Porsche, 127 points
7th Andretti, 88 points
8th Nissan e.dams, 26 points
9.º Mahindra Racing, 25 pontos
10th NIO 333, 7 points
11th Dragon/Penske, 0 points
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