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Formula E Monaco E-prix

Monaco E-Prix: Vergne becomes first repeat winner of 2018/19

Jean-Eric Vergne became the first repeat race winner of the 2018/19 ABB FIA Formula E season after converting pole position into victory on the streets of Monaco.

Tom Errington

Edited: May 11, 2019, 4:16 PM

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Race winner Jean-Eric Vergne, DS TECHEETAH, DS E-Tense FE19

DS Techeetah driver Vergne maintained the advantage at the start from Mahindra's Pascal Wehrlein, who lost ground by running wide at Sainte-Devote in the early stages.

Wehrlein dropped behind Oliver Rowland and Felipe Massa as a result, and the top four ran in that formation the remainder of the race distance.

Vergne was forced to rebuff a passing attempt from Nissan's Rowland into Turn 3 on the penultimate lap, and held on to secure his second win of the 2018/19 campaign by 0.201s.

Massa survived late contact with Wehrlein to take the final spot on the podium for Venturi.

Sebastien Buemi was fifth in the second Nissan, followed by BMW's Antonio Felix da Costa, who was sixth after teammate Alexander Sims moved aside just before half-distance.

The Portuguese driver, who had tried to pass Buemi before settling for position, is under investigation for using more power than allowed.

Jaguar's Mitch Evans recovered to seventh after his 10-place grid drop, sealing the position on the penultimate lap after overtaking Envision Virgin's Sam Bird - who fell to 17th right at the end when he picked up a puncture and stopped by the inside wall at Rascasse.

Audi's Daniel Abt is also under investigation following an incident with NIO's Oliver Turvey but is provisionally eighth.

Techeetah's Andre Lotterer rose through the field from 20th to take ninth following a scrappy group one lap in qualifying and benefitted from an attritional midfield battle.

Lucas di Grassi was forced out of the race just past the midway point when Sims moved to the outside at Turn 3 in a bid to pass Bird and forced the Audi driver into the outside wall.

Virgin's miserable race was compounded further when pre-race points leader Robin Frijns was squeezed into the barrier by Sims approaching Sainte-Devote.

Jaguar's Alex Lynn rounded out the top 10 despite losing the front-right wheel cover following contact that lost him several places at half-distance.

Vergne retakes the lead of the points standings as a result of his win, five points ahead of Andre Lotterer, while Frijns has dropped from first to third.

Race results:

Cla # Driver Team Laps Gap 1 25 France Jean-Eric Vergne China Techeetah 51 2 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Japan Nissan e.dams 51 0.201 3 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Monaco Venturi 51 1.261 4 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein India Mahindra Racing 51 1.439 5 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Japan Nissan e.dams 51 6.215 6 28 Portugal Antonio Felix da Costa United States Andretti Autosport 51 15.956 7 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 51 16.213 8 66 Germany Daniel Abt Germany Team Abt 51 16.400 9 36 Germany Andre Lotterer China Techeetah 51 16.848 10 3 Alex Lynn Jaguar Racing 51 18.112 11 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Germany HWA AG 51 18.551 12 7 Argentina Jose Maria Lopez United States Dragon Racing 51 18.860 13 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio India Mahindra Racing 51 21.488 14 17 United Kingdom Gary Paffett Germany HWA AG 51 21.853 15 27 Alexander Sims Andretti Autosport 51 26.934 16 8 France Tom Dillmann NIO Formula E Team 51 31.861 17 2 Sam Bird Virgin Racing 50 1 Lap 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin Racing 46 5 Laps 16 Oliver Turvey NIO Formula E Team 32 19 Laps 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Germany Team Abt 31 20 Laps 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Monaco Venturi 29 22 Laps 6 Germany Maximilian Gunther United States Dragon Racing 29 22 Laps View full results

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