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Evans secures Race 1 victory from ninth on grid

Evans secures Race 1 victory from ninth on grid

The Kiwi driver enjoyed a happy return to the circuit in which he scored his and Jaguar’s first Formula E victory in 2019, turning a first-act surge through the field into a dominant second-half display to cross the line 5.7 seconds clear of Robin Frijns.

On a hectic first lap, which concluded with a safety car for Maximilian Guenther’s wall-ensconced Nissan e.dams car, Evans picked his way past the two Porsche cars of Pascal Wehrlein and Andre Lotterer.

He was then on the back of Jake Dennis once the race had resumed on lap 4, and the two traded positions on track during the first phase of attack mode; Evans picked up his opening activation on the ninth lap and eventually used it to charge past Dennis – although the Avalanche Andretti driver then returned the favour.

But Dennis’ contact with Antonio Felix da Costa, in which he performed a bump-and-run pass on lap 11 to clear the DS Techeetah driver, also allowed Evans to trickle through – Dennis earning a five-second penalty for…

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