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

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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. 

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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. 

Race Results:

Pos. Driver Time

1

Antonio Felix da Costa

47:08.261s

2

Andre Lotterer

+5.445s

3

Sam Bird

+6.526s

4

Nyck de Vries

+6.911s

5

Jerome D’Ambrosio

+13.212s

6

Stoffel Vandoorne

+13.654s

7

Sebastien Buemi  

+14.926s

8

Maximilian Guenther

+16.173s

9

Lucas di Grassi

+17.311s

10

Alexander Sims

+17.673s

11

Rene Rast  

+18.852s

12

Edoardo Mortara

+20.765s

13

Neel Jani

+21.039s

14

Alex Lynn

+21.603s

15

Mitch Evans

+22.482s

16

Oliver Rowland

+23.208s

17

James Calado

+28.906s

18

Oliver Turvey

+31.116s

19

Daniel Abt

+34.282s

20

Sergio Sette Camara

+45.417s

DNF

Jean-Eric Vergne

36 Laps

DNF

Nico Mueller

36 Laps

DNF

Felipe Massa

22 Laps

DNF

Robin Frijns

8 Laps

 

Driver's Standing

Pos. Driver Team

Points

1

Antonio Felix da Costa

DS TECHEETAH

97

2

Mitch Evans

Panasonic Jaguar Racing

56

3

Maximilian Guenther

BMW i Andretti Motorsport

48

4

Alexander Sims

BMW i Andretti Motorsport

47

5

Stoffel Vandoorne

Mercedes-Benz EQ

46

6

Sam Bird

Envision Virgin Racing

44

7

Andre Lotterer

TAG Heuer Porsche

43

8

Lucas di Grassi

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

40

9

Sebastien Buemi

Nissan e.dams

33

10

Edoardo Mortara

ROKiT Venturi Racing

32

11

Jean-Eric Vergne

DS TECHEETAH

31

12

Nyck de Vries

Mercedes-Benz EQ

30

13

Oliver Rowland

Nissan e.dams

30

14

Pascal Wehrlein

Mahindra Racing

14

15

Jerome D’Ambrosio

Mahindra Racing

13

16

Robin Frijns

Envision Virgin Racing

10

17

James Calado

Panasonic Jaguar Racing

10

18

Daniel Abt

NIO 333

8

19

Felipe Massa

ROKiT Venturi Racing

2

20

Brendon Hartley

GEOX DRAGON

2

21

Rene Rast

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

0

22

Oliver Turvey

NIO 333

0

23

Neel Jani

TAG Heuer Porsche

0

24

Nico Mueller

GEOX DRAGON

0

25

Alex Lynn

Mahindra Racing

0

26

Ma Qing Hua

NIO 333

0

27

Sergio Sette Camara

GEOX DRAGON

0

 

Team's Standing:

Pos. Team Points

1

DS TECHEETAH

128

2

BMW i Andretti Motorsport

95

3

Mercedes-Benz EQ

76

4

Panasonic Jaguar Racing

66

5

Nissan e.dams

63

6

Envision Virgin Racing

54

7

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

48

8

TAG Heuer Porsche

43

9

ROKiT Venturi Racing

34

10

Mahindra Racing

27

11

GEOX DRAGON

2

12

NIO 333

0

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