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Formula E: Mitch Evans wins 2019 Rome ePrix

By Asher Fair

HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA - MARCH 23: Mitch Evans (NZL), Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Jaguar I-Type 3 during the 2019 Sanya E-Prix as part of Formula E 2019 season on March 23, 2019 in Hainan Island, China. (Photo by Sam Bloxham/Jaguar Racing/Getty Images)
HAINAN ISLAND, CHINA - MARCH 23: Mitch Evans (NZL), Panasonic Jaguar Racing, Jaguar I-Type 3 during the 2019 Sanya E-Prix as part of Formula E 2019 season on March 23, 2019 in Hainan Island, China. (Photo by Sam Bloxham/Jaguar Racing/Getty Images) /
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Mitch Evans earned the first victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season and of his Formula E career by winning the Rome ePrix at Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR.

Mitch Evans earned his first victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season and of his Formula E career, and he delivered Panasonic Jaguar Racing their first victory of the season and their first ever victory in Formula E by winning the 13-race season’s seventh race, the Rome ePrix, at Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR.

Evans, who started the 29-lap race around the 21-turn, 1.77-mile (2.849-kilometer) Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR temporary street circuit in Rome, Italy in second place, won it by 0.979 seconds in his #20 Spark-Jaguar over DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer, who started from the pole position in his #36 Spark-DS Automobiles, in second.

By winning this race, Evans became the seventh different driver to win a race so far this season, and he made Panasonic Jaguar Racing the seventh different team to win a race so far this season, meaning no drivers or teams have won more than one race with more than half of the season in the books.

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HWA Racelab’s Stoffel Vandoorne finished in a career-high third place in his #5 Spark-Venturi. Envision Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns and Nissan e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi rounded out the top five by finishing in fourth and fifth in their #4 Spark-Audi and #23 Spark-Nissan, respectively.

Nissan e.dams’ Oliver Rowland, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Lucas di Grassi, Mahindra Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosio, BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Antonio Felix da Costa and Mahindra Racing’s Pascal Wehrlein rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #22 Spark-Nissan, #11 Spark-Audi, #64 Spark-Mahindra, #28 Spark-BMW and #94 Spark-Mahindra, respectively.

The race featured one lead change among two drivers, as Evans passed Lotterer for the lead late in the race. The race featured a lengthy red flag period for a track blockage early in the race that resulted in a delay of nearly one hour. Of the 22 drivers who started the race, 19 finished it, and of the 19 drivers who finished it, 17 finished on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2019 Rome ePrix at Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR.

Race Results
1st – Mitch Evans
2nd – Andre Lotterer
3rd – Stoffel Vandoorne
4th – Robin Frijns
5th – Sebastien Buemi
6th – Oliver Rowland
7th – Lucas di Grassi
8th – Jerome d’Ambrosio
9th – Antonio Felix da Costa
10th – Pascal Wehrlein
11th – Sam Bird
12th – Alex Lynn
13th – Oliver Turvey
14th – Jean-Eric Vergne
15th – Tom Dillmann
16th – Jose Maria Lopez
17th – Alexander Sims
18th – Daniel Abt
19th – Maximilian Gunther
20th – Felipe Massa
21st – Edoardo Mortara
22nd – Gary Paffett

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The next race on the 2018-2019 Formula E schedule is the Paris ePrix, which is the eighth of 13 races on this season’s schedule. This race is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 27, and it is set to take place at Circuit des Invalides in Paris, France. Be sure not to miss it.

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