The Mercedes driver scorched to pole with a flurry of quick laps during the qualifying heats, although admitted to being disappointed with his run in the final – despite beating Edoardo Mortara by 0.005s.
Having led early on in the race, de Vries managed to weather any storms during the first phase of attack mode, staying in the lead.
But Lucas di Grassi – then running fourth – forced the other front-runners’ hands by taking his second activation relatively early, undercutting teammate Mortara and Robin Frijns, and brusquely made his way past de Vries at Turn 18.
De Vries, resisting the urge to spend his final attack mode activation until a few laps later, then dropped to 10th by the end of the race, trickling down the order after a rough tackle from Jean-Eric Vergne and eventually coming to rest at the bottom end of the points.
“In summary, we weren’t quick enough,” reflected de Vries.
“We might have been a little late in activating attack mode, which might also have…
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