Lucas Di Grassi has scored the victory in the second race of the London ePrix, in which it is his first victory together with the Venturi Racing team in Formula E. The Brazilian took full advantage of the concatenation of his two ‘attack mode’ to overcome Jake Dennis. Behind, Nyck de Vries has completed the podium in the British capital, although the great winner of this second race was his teammate. Fourth place for Stoffel Vandoorne allows the Belgian to touch the title with his fingertips.
Jake Dennis started in the lead and managed to retain the lead at the start. The British driver managed to impose his law for the enjoyment of the public against a Lucas Di Grassi who decided to limit the risks and stay behind Andretti’s car. In fact, Dennis managed to amass a certain advantage over his pursuers in the first turns waiting for the usual ‘dance’ of ‘attack mode’ activations to start. An unprecedented dance, since Formula E decided to turn this concept around, offering three periods of ‘attack mode’ lasting four minutes per activation.
This circumstance would have the strategic possibilities in the leading group, beyond leading to the usual back and forth change of positions that occurs between passing through the activation zone and the use of the ‘attack mode’ itself. A scenario in which Lucas Di Grassi moved better than anyone, although not at first. In fact, the first activation of ‘attack mode’ was perfectly countered by Jake Dennis in the first place. The first ‘assault’ was null between the two leaders.
Nevertheless, Lucas Di Grassi activated his second ‘attack mode’ as soon as he lost the extra power, which put Jake Dennis at a disadvantage. The British had to go into a defensive script and used his second attack mode to contain the rival behind him. What Dennis did not count on is that Di Grassi activated the extra power of his car for the third time after. Although the Brazilian was behind on the track, Di Grassi won the ‘game’ by leaving Jake Dennis with no room for maneuver.
Jake Dennis used the following spins to try to open enough rent on Lucas Di Grassi and activate his last ‘attack mode’, but he couldn’t. Dennis was making use of his last attack mode with barely a half-second lead, which allowed Lucas Di Grassi to escape and get a second rent that Dennis could no longer reduce. From this point on, the race was pretty calm. for the Venturi driver until he achieved his first long-awaited victory with the Monegasque team.
In fact, Jake Dennis had to stop looking ahead to worry about getting Nyck de Vries under control., as the Mercedes EQ driver was charging for second position in the final stretch of the race. An attack that had no effect, although by then De Vries had already done his job by beating António Félix Da Costa during the exchange of ‘attack mode’ activations. For its part, Antonio Giovinazzi, direct rival of De Vries, was seen offside due to a penalty.
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Despite the good work that Nyck de Vries signed, the most brilliant performance within the Mercedes EQ team was from the championship leader. Stoffel Vandoorne managed to progress within the group almost with each activation of the ‘attack mode’. Although he was unable to chase down the leading trio, Vandoorne took a valuable fourth position after beating António Félix Da Costa and to be benefited by the problems of Mitch Evans and the accidents or penalties of pilots who started in the leading group, as in the case of Oliver Askew.
The retirements of Mitch Evans and Jean-Eric Vergne and Edo Mortara’s position outside the points zone have allowed Stoffel Vandoorne has a 36-point lead in the championship overall. Apart from this point, Sébastien Buemi finished in sixth position, followed by Robin Frijns and Sam Bird. For its part, Sérgio Sette Câmara finished ninth to secure the first points of the year for Dragon Penske. Pascal Wehrlein has completed the ‘top 10’.
2021-22 Formula E London ePrix Results (II)