With a fighting performance, the Portuguese fought his way forward from 12th place and finally secured victory (Gallery ) with a spirited overtaking maneuver on the penultimate lap. Jean-Eric Vergne (DS-Penske), the winner of the last race in Hyderabad, was beaten in the end and finished second.

Pole setter Sacha Fenestraz (Nissan) was in third place until one lap before the end, but then hit the track barrier and thus missed the chance for the first podium finish of his Formula E career. The beneficiary was Nick Cassidy (Envision), who thus finished third.

Table leader crashed into Swiss

Rene Rast (McLaren) finished fourth, while Sébastien Buemi (Envision) can be pleased with fifth place and important points despite an accident on the starting lap. Daniel Ticktum (Nio), Stoffel Vandoorne (DS-Penske), Norman Nato (Nissan), Andre Lotterer (Andretti) and Jake Hughes (McLaren) completed the top 10.

For the previous leader of the standings, Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche), the race was over shortly after the start. On the first lap, the German braked on the approach to turn 10 and crashed into the rear of Buemi. Wehrlein had to park his car. Edoardo Mortara (Maserati) from Geneva retired on the first lap.

Only 17 of the 22 drivers in the classification

Mahindra had already withdrawn the cars of the factory team of Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Rowland and the ABT customer team of Nico Müller and Kelvin van der Linde in qualifying due to suspension problems. Jaguar driver Sam Bird was also unable to take part in the race after an accident in qualifying.

Wehrlein continues to lead the championship with 80 points. Buemi is the best Swiss driver in sixth place with 41 points. The next Formula E race takes place in four weeks' time on March 25 in Sao Paulo, another new track on the racing calendar.

Source: ran.de
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