Berlin is an all time classic on the Formula E calendar. Round 9 and 10 were no different with dramatic races happening on both Saturday and Sunday!
Key Moments from Race 9
- Edoardo Mortara started on pole ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne.
- Sette Camara tried to take P3 away from Vergne
- There were big battles for the final points paying positions from Ticktum,Evans, Cassidy, Rowland and Van Der Linde
- Vandoorne, Vergne, Da Costa and Mortara were all battling for the lead into the tight double right turns of 6 and 7.
- Racing was brought to a halt when a full course yellow was brought out due to a stopped Envision on track of Joel Eriksson. This was an eventual safety car.
- The safety car came in on lap 17 and Vergne tried to hold the lead while Wehrlein went for the overtake in the double right turns before the hairpin and made it stick.
- Di Grassi spun due to contact with Sette Camara after the restart.
- Guenther ended up in the wall after the restart and on lap 30, the safety car came out again.
- The safety car came back in on lap 34 and at the restart, there was 4 wide for the lead.
- Da Costa came out in the lead.
- Lap 41 saw Wehrlein take the lead before more overtakes occuring to see Vergne lead and Cassidy holding his nerve.
- Once Cassidy was in the lead, there was no looking back as he took victory!
Race 9 Results
Position | Driver | Team | Points |
1st | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar TCS Racing | 26 |
2nd | Jean-Eric Vergne | DS Penske | 18 |
3rd | Oliver Rowland | Nissan Formula E Team | 15 |
4th | Mitch Evans | Jaguar TCS Racing | 12 |
5th | Pascal Wehrlein | Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team | 10 |
6th | Antonio Felix Da Costa | Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team | 8 |
7th | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS Penske | 6 |
8th | Edordo Mortara | Mahindra Racing | 7 |
9th | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan Formula E Team | 2 |
10th | Taylor Barnard | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | 1 |
11th | Kelvin Van Der Linde | Abt Cupra | 0 |
12th | Jordan King | Mahindra Racing | 0 |
13th | Paul Aron | Envision Racing | 0 |
14th | Dan Ticktum | ERT Formula E Team | 0 |
15th | Jake Hughes | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | 0 |
16th | Sergio Sette Camara | ERT Formula E Team | 0 |
17th | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati MSG Racing | 0 |
18th | Norman Nato | Andretti Formula E | 0 |
DNF | Jake Dennis | Andretti Formula E | 0 |
DNF | Maximilian Guenther | Maserati MSG Racing | 0 |
DNF | Lucas Di Grassi | Abt Cupra | 0 |
DNF | Joel Eriksson | Envision Racing | 0 |
Key Moments from Race 10
- Dennis started on pole but Cassidy lead the grid down to turn 1
- Further on into the race it was a Porsche 1-2.
- Guenther crashed early on in the race and brought out a safety car. He got going again but it was to retire the car.
- On lap 18, Rowland had a damaged front wing and Mortara had not taken either attack mode.
- Vandoorne went for a dive between lap 20 and 21 but got damage with his front wing going under his car.
- He ended up losing control and put Fenestraz onto 2 wheels.
- Da Costa had a large advantage by the beginning of the end of the race.
- Nato and Fenestraz ended up in the wall with the Andretti driver managing to get away but the safety car was brought out.
- By lap 27, we had Da Costa P1, Rowland P2 abd Evans P3.
- When the safety car came in, there was big battles between Dennis and Wehrlein and Evans and Da Costa.
- Nato ended up with a 10 second time penalty for his collision with Fenestraz.
- We had 3 added laps while Barnard overtook his teammate and Dennis.
- Cassidy overtook Rowland when we headed into added laps while Evans lost 2 places in 2 corners.
- Da Costa took victory in Berlin with Cassidy P2 and Rowland P3.
Race 10 Results
Position | Driver | Team | Points |
1st | Antonio Felix Da Costa | Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team | 25 |
2nd | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar TCS Racing | 19 |
3rd | Oliver Rowland | Nissan Formula E Team | 15 |
4th | Pascal Wehrlein | Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team | 12 |
5th | Jake Dennis | Andretti Formula E | 13 |
6th | Mitch Evans | Jaguar TCS Racing | 8 |
7th | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati MSG Racing | 6 |
8th | Taylor Barnard | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | 4 |
9th | Joel Eriksson | Envision Racing | 2 |
10th | Jean-Eric Vergne | DS Penske | 1 |
11th | Lucas Di Grassi | Abt Cupra | 0 |
12th | Jake Hughes | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | 0 |
13th | Sergio Sette Camara | ERT Formula E Team | 0 |
14th | Paul Aron | Envision Racing | 0 |
15th | Kelvin Van Der Linde | Abt Cupra | 0 |
16th | Edo Mortara | Mahindra Racing | 0 |
17th | Dan Ticktum | ERT Formula E Team | 0 |
18th | Jordan King | Mahindra Racing | 0 |
19th | Norman Nato | Andretti Formula E | 0 |
20th | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS Penske | 0 |
DNF | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan Formula E Team | 0 |
DNF | Maximilian Guenther | Maserati MSG Racing | 0 |
Championship Standings After Round 10
Position | Driver | Team | Points |
1st | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar TCS Racing | 140 |
2nd | Pascal Wehrlein | Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team | 124 |
3rd | Oliver Rowland | Nissan Formula E Team | 118 |
4th | Jake Dennis | Andretti Formula E | 102 |
5th | Mitch Evans | Jaguar TCS Racing | 97 |
6th | Jean-Eric Vergne | DS Penske | 84 |
7th | Maximilian Guenther | Maserati MSG Racing | 65 |
8th | Antonio Felix Da Costa | Tag Heur Porsche Formula E Team | 59 |
9th | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS Penske | 43 |
10th | Sam Bird | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | 38 |
11th | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan Formula E Team | 26 |
12th | Jake Hughes | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | 25 |
13th | Norman Nato | Andretti Formula E | 24 |
14th | Robin Frijns | Envision Racing | 21 |
15th | Sebastian Buemi | Envision Racing | 20 |
16th | Nico Mueller | Abt Cupra | 18 |
17th | Dan Ticktum | ERT Formula E Team | 12 |
18th | Sergio Sette Camara | ERT Formula E Team | 11 |
19th | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati MSG Racing | 8 |
20th | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra Racing | 7 |
21st | Taylor Barnard | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | 5 |
22nd | Joel Eriksson | Envision Racing | 2 |
23rd | Lucas Di Grassi | Abt Cupra | 1 |
24th | Kelvin Van Der Linde | Abt Cupra | 0 |
25th | Nyck De Vries | Mahindra Racing | 0 |
26th | Jordan King | Mahindra Racing | 0 |
27th | Paul Aron | Envision Racing | 0 |
Driver of the Weekend
For me, the driver of the weekend is a very tough one. However, I think I will give it to Joel Eriksson. The rookies this weekend have been VERY surprising (and in a good way) which will probably give a lot of team principals headaches as after FULL 1 race weekend, 2 have already stored in Taylor Barnard and Joel Eriksson. Even though I have have chosen a mix of about 5 drivers, Joel gets my pick.
Driver with the most improvement needed
I think Norman Nato needs to pick up his pace in terms of racing after this weekend. While he can have some good moments like in qualifying and some bad luck, ultimately, his collision with Fenestraz was not a good light for the French driver, especially as there are only 6 races left and Andretti will more than likely be starting to think about the seat next to Jake Dennis for 2025 and beyond as we head into Gen3 EVO. With the rookie test happening tomorrow with Zane Maloney and Jak Crawford at the team too, the pressure is building on Nato.
Prediction for Shanghai
The next 2 rounds of Formula E are at the Shanghai International Circuit. While a lot of the circuit is similar to the Formula 1 model, there are only 12 corners and cuts out the long right hander and long straight from the Formula 1 model. I have a feeling this could be a Jake Dennis win on either day.