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Formula E Miami: Mitch Evans charges to victory in wet

Mitch Evans has ignited his Formula E campaign with an impressive victory in the wet in Miami

Mitch Evans has kickstarted his Formula E campaign with a stunning charge through the field to take victory in the wet in the Miami E-Prix.

The Jaguar driver, who had failed to score a point in the opening two rounds, surged from ninth on the grid with a smart energy conservation strategy before using his Attack Modes to pick off his rivals to move into the lead.

Evans’ overtake for the lead was arguably his best, with a switchback effort on Nico Mueller at Turn 13 seeing him at the front of the pack at the start of lap 28. The Kiwi then measured his battery life and pace over the rest of the race to clinch victory by 3.151s.

Mueller, who was entangled in an early fight for the lead with Felipe Drugovich, had to settle for second ahead of Porsche team-mate Pascal Wehrlein who made it a double podium for the German manufacturer.

Wehrlein’s rostrum, coupled with no points for Nick Cassidy, sees the German trim the Citroen driver’s championship lead to two points heading to the Saudi Arabian double-header in two weeks.

Joel Eriksson secured a career-best fourth place in an impressive drive for Envision Racing, partly aided by a clash between Drugovich and Antonio Felix da Costa. On lap 26 Andretti’s Drugovich misjudged his braking into Turn 13 and rear-ended the Portuguese driver, which saw the Brazilian pit for a broken front wing, while Jaguar driver was able to continue with light damage.

Nico Muller, Porsche Formula E Team Porsche 99X Electric

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Nyck de Vries headed Mahindra team-mate Edoardo Mortara for fifth and sixth respectively, with Envision’s Sebastien Buemi also getting by Da Costa in seventh, as Cupra Kiro’s Pepe Marti picked up his second points finish of the season in ninth.

2022-23 Formula E world champion Jake Dennis took the final point in 10th for Andretti, with defending champion Oliver Rowland down in 12th for Nissan. Cassidy also endured a low-key race, ending up 16th for Citroen.

Formula E heads to Jeddah for a double-header on 13-14 February.

Formula E - Miami E-Prix results

RACE

All Stats

Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	Points	Retirement
1	M. Evans Jaguar Racing	9	41	48'43.266		25
2	N. Müller Porsche Team	51	41	+3.151 48'46.417	3.151	18
3	P. Wehrlein Porsche Team	94	41	+8.827 48'52.093	5.676	15
4	J. Eriksson Envision Racing	14	41	+12.394 48'55.660	3.567	12
5	N. de Vries Mahindra Racing	21	41	+16.561 48'59.827	4.167	10
6	E. Mortara Mahindra Racing	48	41	+17.525 49'00.791	0.964	8
7	S. Buemi Envision Racing	16	41	+17.718 49'00.984	0.193	6
8	A. Felix da Costa Jaguar Racing	13	41	+18.903 49'02.169	1.185	4
9	P. Martí Cupra Kiro	3	41	+20.576 49'03.842	1.673	2
10	J. Dennis Andretti Formula E	27	41	+21.102 49'04.368	0.526	1
11	Z. Maloney LOLA YAMAHA ABT FORMULA E TEAM	22	41	+21.817 49'05.083	0.715
12	O. Rowland Nissan	1	41	+31.075 49'14.341	9.258
13	L. di Grassi LOLA YAMAHA ABT FORMULA E TEAM	11	41	+33.315 49'16.581	2.240
14	T. Barnard DS Penske	77	41	+36.131 49'19.397	2.816
15	J. Vergne Citroën Racing	25	41	+47.066 49'30.332	10.935
16	N. Cassidy Citroën Racing	37	40	+1 Lap 48'47.876	1 Lap
17	N. Nato Nissan	23	40	+1 Lap 49'19.817	31.941
18	F. Drugovich Andretti Formula E	28	40	+1 Lap 49'29.160	9.343
19	M. Guenther DS Penske	7	39	+2 Laps 49'39.706	1 Lap
dnf	D. Ticktum Cupra Kiro	33	25	+16 Laps 34'02.983	14 Laps		Retirement
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