Nick Cassidy managed to keep pole, a task made easier by Alex Lynn’s mistake in the first angle. Jean-Eric Vergne thus happened to occupy the second position. Sébastien Buemi managed to get higher returns by sneaking into third position after beating Maximilian Günther and Alex Lynn himself. After the first few angles, the positions stabilized even if Lucas Di Grassi managed to climb to sixth position at the expense of Pascal Wehrlein. However, the Porsche driver managed to regain sixth position at the expense of Alex Lynn, all after sneaking ahead of the Mahindra driver when the British used activated the ‘attack mode’.
Maximilian Günther and Lucas Di Grassi followed the path set by Alex Lynn and also activated the ‘attack mode’ for the first time, among other things to defend against the British pilot himself once Lynn noticed Pascal Wehrlein. A movement that, in turn, It gave Jean-Eric Vergne and Sébastien Buemi enough margin to activate the ‘attack mode’ without losing position. The leader Cassidy was quick to react to these movements, although with the New Zealander still using his first ‘attack mode’, Alex Lynn took action with the second activation of the extra power mode to try to go against their rivals.
Alex Lynn’s strategy was not going too well, among other things because Pascal Wehrlein hit the British Mahindra M7Electro when he tried to dodge the group and activate the ‘attack mode’. As a result of the impact, Lynn fell to seventh position and Wehrlein had to retreat.. Immediately afterwards, Maximilian Günther beat Sébastien Buemi for third position, a maneuver that Lucas Di Grassi traced to activate the ‘attack mode’ and also be ahead of the Nissan driver. The second activation of the extra power mode occurred in cascade between the lead drivers until they catch up with the leader.
Cassidy, Vergne and Günther’s second use of ‘attack mode’ was interrupted by a brief period of ‘Full Course Yellow’ stemming from Mitch Evans’s Jaguar troubles. Neutralization that gave way to a period of attempted battle in which Robin Frijns managed to overtake Sébastien Buemi for the sixth position to immediately climb to fifth place after accounting for the other Nissan IM03 driven by Oliver Rowland. The Virgin driver took another step in his huge comeback that took him to recover six positions during the first 20 laps of the race.
Robin Frijns’ comeback stopped in fifth position and the ‘top 5’ became an immovable entity during the next ten minutes of the race. Nick Cassidy thus secured his first place ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne, despite constant pressure from the French. Nor did Maximilian Günther and Lucas Di Grassi lose their trail, forming a leading group that Robin Frijns did not quite adhere to. The Virgin pilot was like this as leader of the chasing group in which Oliver Rowland, Sébastien Buemi and André Lotterer tried not to lose the trail of the Dutch pilot.
Both groups had finished joining with seven minutes to go, leading to an all-out battle. In fact, Jean-Eric Vergne threw the car at Nick Cassidy, but his overtaking opened the door for Maximilian Günther to surpass both and position himself as the new leader. Lucas Di Grassi also accounted for Nick Cassidy to place third behind Günther and Vergne. With the eight pilots of the new group of head glued, there was still room for more than one change of position. However, no one had finished launching a real offensive and the race was running out without any variation within the ‘top 5’.
Maximilian Günther thus ensured the victory ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne and Lucas Di Grassi, a podium that brings the three notably closer to the fight for the Formula E title. For his part, Nick Cassidy had to settle for fourth position, while fifth place fell to Robin Frijns. In a last move, Sébastien Buemi scored sixth place after beating teammate Oliver Rowland. André Lotterer saw the change of positions among the Nissan drivers without being able to change his eighth position. Outside of the front group, Sam Bird and René Rast were in charge of completing the first ten places.