Felix da Costa extends his championship result in 68 factors together with his third consecutive victory this season. With 4 races left within the Season 6 championship, the DS Techeetah seems to be assured of taking the world title this yr.
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Felix da Costa additionally received Spherical 5 & 6 which have pushed him within the lead of the motive force standings
Group DS Cheetah driver Felix da Costa has prolonged his championship lead by successful Spherical 7 of the 2019/20 Method E Season 6 in Berlin. The Berlin e-Prix that features six back-to-back races till August 13, 2020, kicked-off earlier this week with Spherical 6 and Da Costa confirmed unbelievable tempo with the victory in each races to date. The motive force now holds a lead of 68 factors within the championship and appears sure to take the world title this yr. Ending on the rostrum alongside Da Costa was Nissan e.Dams driver Sebastien Buemi with Group Abt’s Lucas di Grassi coming in third.
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Spherical 7 began with da Costa on pole place and the motive force cruised his option to take the chequered flag. The motive force had two late activations of his increased 235 kWh assault mode, which helped improve his hole over Buemi to three.090s within the race. The early levels of the race noticed Da Costa keep a one-second hole over the remainder of the sphere whereas he held a one per cent useable power benefit.
STOFFEL VANDOORNE! Sensational double overtake from the @MercedesEQFE driver #BerlinEPrix #SeasonSixFinale @svandoorne pic.twitter.com/OLyFUP9lzK
— ABB Method E (@FIAFormulaE) August 6, 2020
Buemi had simply the best tempo to problem Da Costa’s dominance however his first assault mode on Lap 9 went under-utilised after the yellow flags had been drawn out, following Max Guenther’s crash within the BMW Andretti automotive. A second try on Lap 11 additionally ended behind yellow flags as Sam Fowl’s automotive crashed. The yellow flag was known as out once more on Lap 16 after de Vries retired on the exit of Flip 1. The incidents elevated the hole between Da Costa and Buemi to 2.1s.
When the race restarted, Da Costa managed to utilise his first assault mode extending the hole additional, which was adopted by the second assault mode that sealed his third consecutive win of the season. Buemi completed second adopted by Di Grassi in third place, 5.1s off the Nissan automotive. Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne confirmed an unbelievable run ranging from P13 to take P5, behind Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns. Sam Fowl recovered from the damaged entrance wing to take P6, whereas Oliver Rowland within the second Nissan automotive completed at P7. The ultimate factors had been taken by Edoardo Mortara of Venturi, Andre Lotterer of Porsche and Jean-Eric Vergne within the Techeetah.
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Regardless of a promising return in Spherical 6, each Mahindra drivers struggled with tempo in Spherical 7 ending exterior of factors
Mahindra Racing’s Alex Lynn completed P11, exterior of factors after fighting tempo and dropping by the sphere, after securing Tremendous Pole in Spherical 7. In the meantime, teammate Jerome d’Ambrosio completed at P15 however was later disqualified from the race after the stewards deemed that the whole power used through the race was over the regulatory restrict. It was an enormous disappointment for the motive force, particularly after a fifth-place end in Spherical 6 that earned him 10 factors.
Heartbreak for @nyckdevries who retires from the race after a powerful begin #BerlinEPrix #SeasonSixFinale pic.twitter.com/3vv0EnAnHF
— ABB Method E (@FIAFormulaE) August 6, 2020
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Jaguar’s Mitch Evans completed at P12 after a disappointing run, adopted by Rene Rast of Group Abt, and Nico Muller of Dragon Racing. Ending behind d’Ambrosio had been Neel Jani of Porsche, Daniel Abt within the second Abt automotive and Sergio Sette Camara of Dragon Racing. Oliver Turvey of Nio Method E, Alexander Sims of BMW Andretti Autosport and James Calado of Jaguar Racing had been the ultimate drivers to cross the chequered flag. Felipe Massa in Venturi, Max Guenther and Mercedes’ Nyck de Vries had been the non-finishers within the race.
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