With a single attack mode activation totalling eight minutes available, the strategic aspect of the second race was immediately different to the first, and Evans held off on taking his 250kW power mode until late on in the race.
But it was a minute away from coming undone, with the late safety car brought out on lap 18 for Alexander Sims’ stranded Mahindra meaning that Evans was unable to take it – leaving the Jaguar driver relying on the new added time regulations to help him out.
With Sims’ car cleared swiftly, and an extra three minutes added on in addition to an earlier 2m15 pencilled in for the first-half safety car brought out for Antonio Giovinazzi’s unresponsive Dragon Penske machinery, Evans was able to collect his attack mode on the 20th lap and see out the full eight minute run-time.
But that played into his hands in the business end of the race; Evans dropped behind Vergne after taking the attack mode line at the Marconi hairpin, but re-passed the French driver and…
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