Formula E: Jean-Eric Vergne wins 2019 Monaco ePrix
By Asher Fair
Jean-Eric Vergne earned his second victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season by winning the season’s ninth race, the Monaco ePrix.
DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne became the first driver to win two races in the 2018-2019 Formula E season, as after winning the season’s sixth race, the Sanya ePrix, at Haitang Bay Circuit, he has now won the season’s ninth race, the Monaco ePrix, at Circuit de Monaco.
The reigning Formula E champion, who started the 51-lap race around the 12-turn, 1.096-mile (1.765-kilometer) Circuit de Monaco temporary street circuit in Monte Carlo, Monaco from the pole position, won it by 0.201 seconds in his #25 Spark-DS Automobiles over Nissan e.dams’ Oliver Rowland, who finished in second in his #22 Spark-Nissan to tie his career-high finish.
Venturi’s Felipe Massa, Mahindra Racing’s Pascal Wehrlein and Nissan e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi rounded out the top five by finishing in third, fourth and fifth place in their, #19 Spark-Venturi, #94 Spark-Mahindra and #23 Spark-Nissan, respectively.
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Massa’s third place finish is his new career-high finish. As a result, the top three drivers in this race all tied or recorded their new career-high finishes.
BMW i Andretti Motorsport’s Antonio Felix da Costa, Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Mitch Evans, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Daniel Abt, DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer and Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Alex Lynn rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their, #28 Spark-BMW, #20 Spark-Jaguar, #66 Spark-Audi, #36 Spark-DS Automobiles and #3 Spark-Jaguar, respectively.
The race did not feature any lead changes and was the first race so far this season that did not feature any, as Vergne led all 51 of the race’s laps, although the battle at the front between him and Rowland was intense throughout the closing laps of the race. Of the 22 drivers who started the race, 17 finished it, and of those 17 drivers, 16 finished on the lead lap.
Here are the full race results of the 2019 Monaco ePrix at Circuit de Monaco.
Race Results
1st – Jean-Eric Vergne
2nd – Oliver Rowland
3rd – Felipe Massa
4th – Pascal Wehrlein
5th – Sebastien Buemi
6th – Antonio Felix da Costa
7th – Mitch Evans
8th – Daniel Abt
9th – Andre Lotterer
10th – Alex Lynn
11th – Stoffel Vandoorne
12th – Jose Maria Lopez
13th – Jerome d’Ambrosio
14th – Gary Paffett
15th – Alexander Sims
16th – Tom Dillmann
17th – Sam Bird
18th – Robin Frijns
19th – Oliver Turvey
20th – Lucas di Grassi
21st – Edoardo Mortara
22nd – Maximilian Gunther
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The next race on the 2018-2019 Formula E schedule is the Berlin ePrix, which is the 10th of 13 races on this season’s schedule. This race is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 25, and it is set to take place at Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit in Berlin, Germany. Be sure not to miss it.