Da Costa wins in Berlin and puts one hand on the title

Antonio Felix Da Costa claims back to back reverse Berlin E-Prix’s as the Portuguese driver looks to put one hand on the championship with four races remaining in the championship. 

Da Costa cruised to victory in dominate style has he went lights to flag for the second race in a row. Sebastien Buemi was able to put up a small fight against Da Costa, but the Nissan driver was unable to challenge the Techeetah driver. 

Lucas Di Grassi had a sensational race to finish in third place for Audi, which was his first podium since the opening weekend of the championship. The Brazilian had to see off an intense fight from Robin Frijns and Stoffel Vandoorne. 

The Audi driver was struggling on energy in the latter stages of the race, while Frijns and Vandoorne had more energy and tried to attack the Audi driver on the back straight, but Di Grassi was able to see off the threats from behind to clinch the final step on the podium. 

Robin Frijns came home in fourth place for Virgin Racing with Stoffel Vandoorne in fifth place for Mercedes. Sam Bird came home in sixth in the second Virgin Racing car. 

Oliver Rowland in the second Nissan car didn’t have the pace compared to his teammate Buemi as he came home in seventh. 

Edorado Mortara and Andre Lotterer were locked in a battle with Jean-Eric Vergne. Vergne was running in eighth place but was struggling with his rear tyres which allowed Mortara and Lotterer to launch a last-minute attacked. 

Mortara and Lotterer both managed to find a way past the reigning champion Vergne, and Mortara managed to come home in eighth and Lotterer who finished in second yesterday came home in ninth today. 

Vergne managed to hang on to the final point and come home in tenth, but his championship defence is all but over. 

Alex Lynn who started in third place had a great start to the race, but the Mahindra’s race pace seems to let the brit down and he fell down the order to finish in 11th. 

Mitch Evans finished outside the points again fro Jaguar in 12th, which reduces his chance of challenging for the title. 

Nyck De Vries was the only retirement in the race after a brake failure. The young Dutchmen was running in third place when his brakes failed going into Turn 1.  

Da Costa has a 68 point lead in the championship with 120 points left up for grabs in the final four races. 

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