Motorsport: The sweet revenge of Sébastien Buemi

The spectators in the sold-out grandstands along the 2.03-kilometer street circuit in the heart of Berlin frenetically celebrated German Daniel Abt's second place, but the man of the day was Sébastien Buemi. After having to relinquish pole position by only 16 thousandths to Jean-Eric Vergne from DS Virgin Racing, he snatched the lead from him as early as the first corner. The Frenchman briefly regained it before the Frenchman staked his claim to victory with a successful braking maneuver.

Buemi had not been able to win with the factory Renault since the third round in Uruguay in December. As there was no internal ranking at Abt and Daniel Abt was given precedence over Lucas di Grassi, Sébastien Buemi moved to within one point of the Brazilian in the championship. "The Germans won in Paris, now we've won with them in return," the Swiss teased. "It was an almost perfect day. It's just a shame that I didn't manage to get the two extra points for the fastest race lap at the end because I had to watch my available energy."

Simona de Silvestro scores again
The final will take place on July 2 and 3 with two races in London. There are still 60 points up for grabs. As the Briton Sam Bird in third place is already 59 and 58 behind the two leaders of the standings, practically only Lucas di Grassi and Sébastien Buemi are still in contention for the title. In the team classification Renault e.Dams leads by eleven points ahead of Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport. Simona de Silvestro also delivered a strong performance. In ninth place she equaled her best result so far at Long Beach and scored points for the second time. Read more about the woman from Vaud and the difficulties in Formula E in the June issue of AutoSprintCH.

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