The 2021-22 Formula E season draws to a close, which also means goodbye to the ‘Gen2’ and the step towards a new stage in the championship. Before that, the series seeks champion and the London ePrix has been a turning point in the battle for the title. Although the victory in the two races held in the British capital went to Jake Dennis and Lucas Di Grassi, the Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne has been the moral winner of the weekend and is very close to the title.
The first of the two London ePrix tasks started with Jake Dennis on pole. The British driver managed to shine in front of his audience and did so both in qualifying and in the race itself. Andretti’s driver managed the activation of the ‘attack mode’ really well and the times of the race itself to get the victory ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne. All in all, the final feeling is that the Belgian did not push as hard as he could to secure second place, while Dennis got the win.
Nick Cassidy completed the podium of this first race after the penalty against Nyck de Vries. The duel between the two was intense and although the Mercedes EQ driver managed to contain the New Zealander’s attacks on the track, race management estimated that the reigning Formula E champion had changed his line repeatedly under braking. De Vries received this five-second penalty that led him to fall behind Oliver Askew and Mitch Evans.
The scenario in the second race was identical, with Jake Dennis again in the first place, in this case ahead of Lucas Di Grassi. The important nuance is that the Brazilian had nothing to lose and his pressure on Andretti’s driver from the first minute was much stronger. In fact, Di Grassi ‘played’ with Dennis based on a really well thought out strategy and with a perfect management of the ‘attack mode’ I ended up outwit the local hero to snatch the perfect weekend.
The second podium of the weekend was completed this time by Nyck de Vries, while Stoffel Vandoorne finished in fourth position. A result that, far from being negative for being left off the podium, became almost the final sentence for the title before the abandonment of Mitch Evans and Jean-Eric Vergne and the race outside the points of Edo Mortara. Enjoy the highlights of the weekend with the video of the best moments of each of the races of the London ePrix.
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