Evans takes championship to final round after winning first Seoul EPrix · RaceFans

Mitch Evans won the first Seoul EPrix of the weekend to ensure that the battle for the Formula E title will go down to the final race tomorrow.

Evans took the lead on the opening lap and remained ahead for the entire race to win ahead of Oliver Rowland and Lucas di Grassi in third. Championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne finished in fifth place and will take a 21 point lead heading into the final race of the season.

Oliver Rowland had secured pole position, but the track was damp due to earlier rain. When the lights went out, the pole sitter was passed by both Lucas di Grassi and Mitch Evans. Evans fought hard with Di Grassi to take the lead of the race just a few corners into the lap, before Rowland took back one place by passing Di Grassi in the stadium.

However, at the end of the lap, there was a major pile up at the final corner with eight cars skidding into both the barriers and each other. Norman Nato, Dan Ticktum, Sebastian Buemi, Nyck de Vries, Nick Cassidy, Oliver Turvey, Andre Lotterer and Oliver Askew all crashed in the melee, causing the race to be immediately red flagged due to so many cars being entangled together.

There was a lengthy delay while the carnage was cleared. Eventually, the race resumed behind the Safety Car with only Nato and Cassidy continuing out of the cars that crashed. A total of 16 cars took the restart, with Evans leading from Rowland, Di Grassi, Jake Dennis and Eduardo Mortara in fifth.

Jean-Eric Vergne was chasing Mortara and was behind the Venturi heading into the first corner. Vergne looked to pass Mortara up the inside, but Mortara appeared to move to the right under braking and was hit by Vergne, sending him wide and allowing Vergne through. Despite being hit from behind and dropping to seventh, Mortara was handed a five second time penalty repeated change of direction while defending.

Di Grassi was the first of the drivers to take his first Attack Mode with just under 35 minutes of race time remaining. He held onto third, with Rowland ahead taking his first Attack Mode on the following lap and race leader Evans the lap after, all three remaining in their original order.

With around 20 minutes of standard race time left, Evans took his final Attack Mode first of the front runners from the lead, using it to add another second to his advantage over Rowland. Stoffel Vandoorne passed Vergne along the start-finish straight to move into fifth place, while Alexander Sims pitched Antonio Giovinazzi into a spin to drop the Dragon…