Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein and Nissan’s Oliver Rowland have been the massive winners as Formula E’s first outing at Misano delivered loads of drama. Sunday’s race additionally noticed Jehan Daruvala rating his first Formula E factors after a cost from P21 to P9.

1. Wehrlein, Dennis tied for championship lead
2. Mahindra walks away with no factors

Rowland wins Round 6 after Da Costa’s disqualification

Antonio Felix da Costa gained the primary of two races at Misano after a late overtake on Rowland. However, he was later disqualified after a post-race examine discovered that his throttle damper spring was “not found in conformity” with the laws.

With the Porsche driver stripped of his win, Rowland and Nissan inherited their first win of the season. “We expected a tricky race on a track that requires high efficiency, but the car was great. We managed the energy well and the strategy was spot on,” Rowland informed Formula E after the race.

Andretti’s Jake Dennis and Maserati’s Max Guenther have been promoted to second and third, respectively.

Wehrlein wins Round 7

Rowland appeared on the right track to win back-to-back, however he ran out of power and crawled to a halt on the final lap. It turned out to be a technical problem, with Rowland revealing “we had an issue at the start which caused a problem with the lap counter, meaning it thought we had one fewer lap to race than we actually did.”

Wehrlein, who was coping with battery overheating points on the time, seized the chance to develop into the primary repeat winner this season. Dennis adopted him previous the chequered flag, adopted by Jaguar’s Nick Cassidy.

Daruvala scores first factors

Despite displaying improved type within the first race, Daruvala walked away with no factors after a conflict with Mahindra’s Nyck de Vries.

The Indian lined up twenty first on the grid for the second race after one other poor displaying in qualifying. But he pulled off a powerful restoration drive and charged his means into the highest 10 on the ultimate lap. He initially completed tenth, behind his teammate Max Guenther, however Max was handed a post-race penalty, selling Daruvala to P9.

“It feels good to score my first points in Formula E today. We were starting from the back row, but as a team, we decided on a strategy and executed it very well. We stuck to our plans, our communication was clear, and it resulted in my first top 10 finish of the season,” mentioned Daruvala.

“Even after six races, I’m learning all of the time, and I know that there’s still scope for me to learn from today’s race.”

No factors for Mahindra

Mahindra endured one other tough weekend with no factors scored. Technical points on Friday left the workforce with restricted information on the brand new circuit, and this translated right into a poor qualifying efficiency.

“We struggled in qualifying and that put us too far back on the grid for the races, but we made as much progress as possible. It is frustrating after two better races in Sao Paulo and Tokyo, but now we need to go away and understand these issues to come back and be better in Monaco,” mentioned driver Edoardo Mortara.

2024 Formula E championship standings

Wehrlein and Dennis are tied on the prime of the standings with 89 factors every. Rowland is 9 factors behind them in third place. Up subsequent on the calendar is the Monaco E-Prix on April 27.

2024 Misano E-Prix outcomes

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