Bird maintained the lead ahead of Jaguar tꦰeammate Mitch Evans at the start, although it was a close call for the Kiwi as he nearly sp𝓰eared into Bird into Turn 1 when he locked up at the start. 

With Evans running behind, Bird was under no threat as he won by over four seconds at the cheque♊red flag. 

A 1-2 was on the cards for Jaguar until Evans hit the wall in the closing laps, damaging the rear suspension of his ♐car.

Evans plummeted down the order, dro💎pping from se꧙cond to finish 13th. 

With Evans out of the way, Nick Cassidy finished seco𓄧nd ahead of Antonio Felix da Costa in♛ third.

The Porsches ran🌌 close behind in fourth and fifth, Pascal Wehrlein ahead of Andre Lotterer.

Alexander Sims finished nin𝔍e seconds behind Lotterer in sixth, in what was a lonely drive for the Mahindra driver.

Sims was over eight seconds cl♏ear of Venturi’s Norman Nato, while Robin Frijnsಌ salvaged eighth.

Alex Lynn and Ma♛ximilian Gunther benefitted from Evans’ issue and Sergio Sette Camara st✱ruggled for energy in the closing laps to complete the points-paying positions.

Lucas di Grassi finished inside the top ten on 𓃲track but dropped to 14th having been handed a𝐆 10-second penalty for colliding with former title rival Sebastien Buemi into Turn 1.

It was a disastrous dꦉay for Jean-Eric Vergne, who didn’t get off the line at the start of the E-Prix.

Formula E resumes in two weeks’ time in London.

Clic🐻k here for the full FIA Formula E race results from the second New York E-Prix.