Günther overtakes Cassidy & Vergne to win Formula E New York City E-Prix
Running in fourth for much of the opening phase of the race, Günther managed his usඣable energy better than his rivals, runni💎ng with three percent more than leader Cassidy.
The race turned on its hea♒d on Lap 31, when Vergne attempted an optimistic lunge into the Turn 10 hairpin on race꧒ leader Cassidy.
The Virgin Racing driverꦿ turned in, forcing both drivers to take a narrow line on exit which ultimately allowed Günther through into the lead.
Vergne settled into second ahe🍌ad of Lucas di Grassi, and Cassidy, who went from the lead of the race down to fourth in a matter of moments.
Günther’s impressive energy management👍 allowed him to extend his lead to two seconds over Vergne, to claim his third win in the chaꩲmpionship.
The two-time Formula E champion was disappointed to misꦫs out on another win in New York, although second moves him into serious championship contention.
Formula E stalwart Lucas di Grassi💃 continued his fine run𝔉 of form, moving up from seventh to finish third.
Cassidy fended off Virgin teammate Robin Frijns to finish fourth. Frijns’ fifth-place finish moves him level with Edoardo Morta👍ra even though the Dutchman has still yet to take a win this season.
Next up was the Nissan e.dams duo of Sebastien Buemi and Oliver ꦐRowland.
Andre Lotterer finished eighth ahead of Sam Bird, who recovered from 20th 🌠to finish inside the points.
𝔉Bird’s heꦰavy shunt in practice put him on the backfoot going into qualifying but the British driver put in a fine performance to pick up a couple of points.
Rene Rast rounded out the points-paying positions i🅠n the second Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler.
Alex Lynn narrowly missed out on the points in 11th and was left to rue an incident with Pascal Wehrlein in🐎to the Turn 10 hairpin where the Porsche driver 💖locked up and spun him around.
It was a miserable day for the Mercedes pair as Stoffel Vandoorne failed to🅠 make the chequered flag, while Nyck de Vries finished 13th. Champions🎃hip leader Mortara finished 14th.
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