Wehrlein wins second Misano race after Rowland’s last lap heartache · RaceFans

Pascal Wehrlein took victory in the second Misano Eprix after Oliver Rowland lost the lead on the final lap by running out of energy.

Saturday’s winner Rowland had looked sure to win until he slowed suddenly. His team principal Tommaso Volpe later explaining that the team must have had an error in their data from the car.

Jake Dennis finished second for Andretti, with Nick Cassidy only just taking third place for Jaguar.

Just like Saturday’s race, the bulk of the race was run at a very measured pace as drivers looked to conserve as much of their usable energy as possible. The field ran in a large pack with no significant gaps to break up the 22 cars from the leaders in front to the last placed car.

The pace picked up significantly around half distance, with Rowland and Wehrlein edging slightly ahead of Dennis in third. After being disqualified from victory in Saturday’s race, Antonio Felix da Costa also fell to the back of the field with a broken front wing after contact with Bird, with Norman Nato suffering a similar problem on the next lap.

In the closing laps, Rowland continued to lead with Wehrlein stalking the Nissan with more remaining energy available to him. Heading into the final lap, Rowland held a 1.4 second lead over the Porsche. However, Rowland suddenly slowed out of turn five, his chances of a double victory evaporating in an instant.

Wehrlein took over the lead and happily completed the final lap to take the chequered flag and the victory – his second of the season, becoming the first driver to take multiple victories in the year. Dennis claimed second place, just under two seconds behind the Porsche driver, while Nick Cassidy only just snatched the final podium position by five-thousandths from Abt’s Nico Mueller.

Pole winner Jake Hughes finished fifth but was demoted to eighth with a five second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, which promoted Sacha Fenestraz, Sergio Sette Camara and Jean-Eric Vergne. Maximilian Guenther and Jehan Daruvala completed the top ten, while winner Wehrlein took the bonus point for the fastest lap.

Robin Frijns became the first retirement from the race after he was caught in between Sam Bird and Antonio Felix da Costa at turn seven, breaking his steering and sending him into the gravel, prompting a brief Safety Car. His Envision team mate, Sebastien Buemi, also pulled into the pits to retire after suffering damage to the front of his own car following contact.

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