Edoardo Mortara controlled the Marrakesh EPrix to claim victory and the championship lead after holding off both Techeetahs.
Mortara took the lead in the early phase of the race and held off challenges from first Jean-Eric Vergne and then Antonio Felix da Costa to claim his third win of the season. Mitch Evans completed the podium in third, with Vergne finishing fourth.
At the start, pole sitter Antonio Felix da Costa held onto the lead ahead of Edoardo Mortara in second and Jean-Eric Vergne in third place in the second Techeetah. Behind, Jake Dennis run in fourth ahead of Mitch Evans’ Jaguar in fifth.
Near the back of the field, Dan Ticktum suffered a puncture and pitted, dropping him to over a minute behind the rest of the field.
Both Techeetahs of Da Costa and Vergne were the first of the front runners to take their first Attack Mode, allowing Mortara into the lead of the race. Mortara then took Attack Mode on the next lap, promoting Da Costa back into the lead.
When Da Costa’s Attack Mode expired, he immediately opted to take his second straight after with more than 35 minutes of the race still remaining. This time, Da Costa dropped to third behind Rowland, but he gained second place when Rowland took his second Attack Mode on the following lap.
There was contact between Rowland and Da Costa at turn ten, meaning Rowland moved ahead of the Techeetah. However, Rowland backed off to allow Da Costa back past him, before passing him cleanly on the following lap to move into second.
Meanwhile, Mortara had activated his second Attack Mode and kept the lead of the race, using the additional power to try and pull a gap from the chasing pack behind him. After Rowland’s second Attack Mode expired, he could not keep Da Costa at bay and the Techeetah breezed by the Mahindra to move back into second.
Evans then used his second Attack Mode to demote Rowland to fourth, before driving around Da Costa along the pit straight to move Jaguar up into second place. Lucas Di Grassi clattered into Dennis at turn one while fighting over fifth, but despite hitting the rear of the Andretti, Di Grassi’s Venturi appeared to come off second best.
Jean-Eric Vergne passed the wounded Venturi to move into sixth before overtaking Dennis to claim fifth position. Then, both Techeetahs gained one place each at the same time when Da Costa passed Evans for second and Vergne got by Rowland to take fourth place. With around 15 minutes of standard race time remaining, Vergne gained another…
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