A race dominated and managed with great intelligence. Edoardo Mortara achieved a clear success in the first round of the weekend in Berlin, managing to make the most of the pole start to give the Venturi team the second victory of the season after the one centered in Race 2 in Diriyah.
At the start Mortara was impeccable, keeping the first position, while behind him Antonio Felix da Costa immediately tried to mock Sims outside of turn 1 without being able to overtake the Mahindra driver.
The standard bearer of the Venturi team conducted a first part of the management race, avoiding to consume excess energy and then waited up to 22 minutes from the end to activate the first of the two attack modes available.
After passing through the activation zone, Mortara had to temporarily give up the first position but it took less than a lap to get back to the lead. The tactical delay in activating the attack mode allowed the Swiss to take advantage of the second power boost 9 minutes from the end.
In this case, Mortara is relegated to third place, behind Lotterer and Vandoorne, but with the German now without a boost and the Mercedes driver with a few seconds of extra power it was child’s play for the Swiss to get back in command.
The only thrill for Mortara came in the final seconds when Jean-Eric Vergne, also thanks to the fanboost, climbed to second position and tried to snatch the first position from the Swiss. The DS team driver tried everything in the last corner but went long, while Mortara perfectly read the dynamics of the maneuver and waited for the Frenchman to miss the trajectory to get back to the lead and win a well deserved victory.
Jean-Eric Vergne, DS Techeetah, DS E-Tense FE21
Photo by: Sam Bagnall / Motorsport Images
The mistake made by Vergne forced the French to watch his back in the final from a Vandoorne author of a good comeback from the eighth box. The Mercedes driver was also able to use the fanboost as a defense in the middle of the race and thanks to the third step of the podium he brought home important points to consolidate his advantage in the standings.
An André Lotterer from whom something more was expected ends at the foot of the podium, but the German from Porsche has never been able to seriously worry Mortara in the opening stages of the race.
Applause for the comeback made by Mitch Evans. The ruler of the two races in Rome, after a disappointing qualifying that saw him start from box number ten, made the most of the technical potential of his Jaguar managing to climb up to fifth place ahead of Pascal Wehrlein, author of an anonymous race characterized from a poor grip complained from the beginning.
Sam Bird’s comeback was also beautiful, from fifteenth to seventh, good at mocking a da Costa in an energy crisis at the finish line. For the Englishman of the Jaguar, however, there is a lot to complain about a qualifying which, inevitably, compromised the final result.
Completing the top 10 are Alexander Sims and Nyck de Vries. The Mahindra driver immediately appeared in difficulty and never put up a strenuous resistance on every overtaking occasion, while the reigning world champion managed to grab the last available point at the end of a painful race that confirms a period certainly complicated.
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