Formula E: Jean-Eric Vergne dominates 2019 Swiss ePrix
By Asher Fair
Jean-Eric Vergne dominated the Swiss ePrix at Bern Street Circuit to earn his series-high third victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season.
DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne earned his series-high third victory of the 2018-2019 Formula E season by dominating the 11th of the season’s 13 races, the Swiss ePrix, at Bern Street Circuit.
Vergne, who started this 31-lap race around the 14-turn, 1.657-mile (2.667-kilometer) Bern Street Circuit temporary street circuit in Bern, Switzerland from the pole position in his #25 Spark-DS Automobiles, won it by a slim margin of 0.160 seconds over Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Mitch Evans, who finished in second place in his #20 Spark-Jaguar.
Nissan e.dams’ Sebastien Buemi, DS Techeetah’s Andre Lotterer and Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird rounded out the top five by finishing in third, fourth and fifth place in their #23 Spark-Nissan, #36 Spark-DS Automobiles and #2 Spark-Audi, respectively.
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Geox Dragon Racing’s Maximilian Gunther, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Daniel Abt, Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Alex Lynn, Venturi’s Felipe Massa and Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler’s Lucas di Grassi rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place in their #6 Spark-Penske, #66 Spark-Audi, #3 Spark-Jaguar, #19 Spark-Venturi and #11 Spark-Audi, respectively.
The race did not feature any lead changes, as Vergne took the lead from the pole position and held it through each of the race’s 31 laps. This marks his second consecutive victory that he has earned after leading every lap of the race, as he also did so in the season’s eighth race, the Monaco ePrix.
This race featured a lengthy red flag period after a first-lap collision involving multiple drivers. Of the 22 drivers who started the race, 18 finished it, and of the 18 drivers who finished the race, all 18 finished on the lead lap.
Here are the full race results of the 2019 Swiss ePrix at Bern Street Circuit.
Race results
1st – Jean-Eric Vergne
2nd – Mitch Evans
3rd – Sebastien Buemi
4th – Andre Lotterer
5th – Sam Bird
6th – Maximilian Gunther
7th – Daniel Abt
8th – Alex Lynn
9th – Felipe Massa
10th – Lucas di Grassi
11th – Stoffel Vandoorne
12th – Antonio Felix da Costa
13th – Jose Maria Lopez
14th – Alexander Sims
15th – Jerome d’Ambrosio
16th – Tom Dillmann
17th – Oliver Turvey
18th – Gary Paffett
19th – Oliver Rowland
20th – Pascal Wehrlein
21st – Edoardo Mortara
22nd – Robin Frijns
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The next race on the 2018-2019 Formula E schedule is the New York City ePrix Race 1, which is the 12th of 13 races on this season’s schedule. This race is scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 13, and it is set to take place at Brooklyn Street Circuit in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York.