Sam Bird stole victory within the Sao Paulo Eprix from Mitch Evans to take McLaren’s first win within the all-electric collection.
Bird handed the Jaguar on the penultimate nook to take his first victory for 3 seasons, with Evans half a second behind in second.
Oliver Rowland took the ultimate podium position in third, passing each Pascal Wehrlein and Jake Dennis on the closing nook to grab third.
Bird led following a mid-race Safety Car till Evans started to attack him for the lead within the closing phases. Evans handed the McLaren for the lead on lap 28 of 34 because the pair pulled barely forward of the vehicles battling behind.
Evans appeared to have the race received, earlier than Bird pulled alongside by means of the quick left-hander within the closing sector and swept across the outdoors into the penultimate nook and declare a surprising win, McLaren’s first ever within the championship.
Rowland beat Wehrlein and Dennis to 3rd with beneath two tenths overlaying the three of them. Antonio Felix da Costa took fifth forward of the 2 DS Penskes of Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne. Maximilian Guenther and Sebastien Buemi accomplished the factors scorers.
Sole retirement Nick Cassidy crashed out of the race from sixth place at half distance after harm to his entrance wing sustained earlier within the race from contact with Edoardo Mortara brought on it to break down, sending the Jaguar into the wall. Cassidy climbed out of his automotive and was confirmed by Jaguar workforce principal James Barclay to be okay.
The subsequent spherical of the Formula E season will take place in two weekends’ time on Saturday thirtieth March at a model new venue of Tokyo in Japan – Japan’s first Formula E race and the primary worldwide motorsports occasion to be held round a avenue circuit within the Japanese metropolis.
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