In the twilight stage of Season 11 of Formula E, Dan Ticktum decided to throw a spanner in the works and take victory at the Indonesian city of Jakarta. How did it happen? Let’s find out!
The Andretti World Champion Jake Dennis led the field from pole position ahead of the McLaren rookie Taylor Barnard. It was a clean start for all drivers until some battles started several laps later. Jean-Eric Vergne ended up in the pits with a front wing issue as he misjudged his braking and went into the back of Mitch Evans, for which he got a 5-second time penalty. His teammate Maximilian Guenther also had an issue, as Rowland collided with him, and he had to retire from the race.
There were some unusual power cuts from drivers this race, which are believed to be linked to Sam Bird and Oliver Rowland. During this period of the same, many attack modes were taken, including Bird, but he missed the attack mode while the boy from Barbados, Zane Maloney, defended against the reigning world champion, Pascal Wehrlein.
While Buemi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision, Barnard hit the wall while doing his attack mode. Mortara took the lead on lap 20, as he had not taken attack mode at this point compared to Dennis and De Vries. Dennis retook the lead on lap 22, but disaster would spill from the 2 world champions as they collided on the start/finish straight, and Dennis lost his front wing. Debris was all over the straight, which brought out the safety car a few seconds after Nick Cassidy went into attack mode.
We went back to racing on lap 26 of 38, with Rowland and Wehrlein colliding while De Vries received a 10-second time penalty for his collision with Dennis.
Maloney received a drive-through penalty for overpower on release, which is likely due to the safety car restart.
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A full course yellow was brought out for the Maserati MSG driver, Jake Hughes, who stopped on track at turn 1 with a mechanical fault. Once that was cleaned up, we went racing again, but Hughes’ teammate Vandoorne ended up in the barriers after a hefty shunt related to another mechanical issue. On top of that, Dennis and De Vries suffered issues at the restart, so they fell down the pack.
Dan Ticktum managed to hold off Edoardo Mortara to take his first victory in Formula E and Cupra Kiro’s first win since Season 2! Mortara finished in P2 with Mahindra Racing, and Nico Mueller scored his debut podium with Andretti in P3! Amid his uncertain future with the team, Antonio Felix Da Costa finished in P4, Nick Cassidy in P5, and the two Neom McLarens in P5 and P6, with Barnard finishing ahead of Sam Bird. The two Envision Racing drivers finished P8 and P9, with Buemi beating Frijns, who went from P22 to P9, and the championship leader Oliver Rowland finished in P10.
Formula E’s penultimate weekend for season 11 returns in a few weeks in Berlin!
