Envision driver Nick Cassidy held off Jake Dennis over the closing stages of another frantic eprix in Berlin to take victory and move into title contention.
Cassidy moved into the lead with around a third of the race remaining and never let go, beating Dennis on the run to the chequered flag by less than a second. Jean-Eric Vergne completed the podium in third.
The two Abt drivers – the team languishing last in the teams’ championship – had secured a stunning front row lockout in a wet qualifying after both Robin Frijns and Nico Muller reached the final, with Frijns beating his team to pole position. Before the race start procedure began, a small group of protesters appeared to invade the grid and attempt to sit in front of the cars. Security took to the track and remove the protesters off the grid, with the start being delayed by a few minutes as a result.
When the lights eventually went out, Frijns led away from team mate Muller, with Sebastien Buemi in third ahead of Jean-Eric Vergne fourth and Mitch Evans fifth. On lap three, both Abt drivers took Attack Mode together for one minute, enabling Buemi to take the lead. He led for a lap before taking his first minute of Attack Mode, which put Vergne out front, before the DS Penske driver followed suit on the next lap, allowing Frijns to retake his lead.
Vergne used his Attack Mode power to pass Muller for third, before Frijns took his second and final Attack Mode on lap six, dropping to fifth place and cycling Evans into the race lead. Evans took his first Attack Mode the next lap which put Vergne into the lead, but Evans managed to rejoin in front of Frijns in fourth place.
At the start of lap eight, Muller repassed Vergne to take the lead on track, before surrendering it back to Vergne when his took his second Attack Mode later in the lap. Muller rejoined ahead of his team mate and gained back second place when Vergne and Buemi both took their second Attack Modes later in the lap. With his extra power, Muller pressured Evans for the lead of the race, but did not have to attempt a pass for the lead as the Jaguar driver took his second Attack Mode mid way through lap ten.
Championship leader Pascal Wehrlein sat in second behind race leader Muller without taking either of his Attack Mode periods. However, he dived to the inside of Muller into the final corner to take the lead before handing it back by taking his first minute of Attack Mode on lap 12.
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