Formula E: Mortara Wins E-Prix Race 7 From Pole in Berlin Grand Prix

Edoardo Mortara drove flawlessly to win Formula E’s first race at Berlin’s Templehof airport. The Swiss-Italian-French racer crossed the checkered flag with a 1.7s cushion over DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne.

At the same time, Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne made a remarkable recovery after falling down the order at the start to finish third, 1.9s adrift from the day’s winner.

Mortara headed the field from the outset, followed by Sims and da Costa. But Vandoorne made a botched start and dropped from eighth to 12th while Bird went the other way, going from 11th to eighth.

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In the race’s opening laps, Sims lost out at the hairpin to da Costa and then to Lotterer. Then Vergne completed the top four. But the group remained tightly packed until Attack Mode kicked in and dislocated the running order.

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Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein moved into third place after passing Jean-Eric Vergne. The former had yet to use his Attack Mode. As Neel Jani tightened his grip on the lead, Lotterer passed Wehrlein, then Vergne.

With 22 minutes left, Mortara finally charged up, relinquishing the lead to Lotterer but swiftly recouping what he felt was rightfully his one lap later. The train of cars thus comprised Mortara, Lotterer, Sims, Vergne, da Costa and a feisty Vandoorne but positions interchanged behind the Venturi charger.

Second jolts of energy in the closing stages of the race set up a three)way battle between Lotterer, Vandoorne, and Mortara, who leapfrogged his two rivals in short order to resume once again his lead.

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But Vergne crept up from behind to overhaul Lotterer and – aided by his timely FanBoost – engulf Vandoorne, making it a four-way battle.

Pressured by JEV, Mortara lured the Frenchman into an unsuccessful attack that gave him the breathing he needed to seal his win while Vergne was able to hold off Vandoorne.

After the checkered flag, Mortara’s victory was doubted, with the stewards investigating the Venturi driver for a pit lane speed infringement. However, it was ultimately decided to hit Mortara with a €1.200 fine.

Below is the final race results

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