Seoul E-Prix: Mitch Evans takes championship to last race
13th August 2022Jaguar’s Mitch Evans dominated in Seoul, South Korea, as the New Zealander secured the win to push the championship onto the final race.
How the race unfolded…
It was a poor start from the pole sitter, Oliver Rowland and the Mahindra driver was quickly overtaken by Lucas Di Grassi and Jaguar’s Mitch Evans, respectively. However, Evans got a fantastic start to steal the lead from Di Grassi by the second corner.
Fortunately, Rowland was able to quickly climb back up to second place shortly after.
The race was quickly red flagged, with 43 minutes and six seconds left on the clock, as multiple cars ended up in the barrier. The drivers involved in the collision were;
- Norman Nato, Jaguar
- Dan Ticktum, NIO 333
- Oliver Askew, Avalanche
- Sebastian Buemi, Nissan
- Oliver Turvey, NIO 333
- Nyck De Vries , Mercedes-EQ
- Nick Cassidy, Envision
- Andre Lotterer, Porsche
Nato and Cassidy were the only two drivers to continue on with the race after the collision which caused the red flag.
The race finally got back underway, and the clock started once again, behind the Porsche safety car. After the out lap, the safety car returned to the pit lane and Evans got the perfect restart to maintain his lead into the first corner.
Mortara found himself in a battle with DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne. Vergne attempted a dummy move on the ROKiT driver, into turn , but Mortara moved twice to block Vergne. As a result, the DS driver rear-ended Mortara.
Mortara was soon given a five-second time penalty for ‘repeated change of direction.’
With 35 minutes left on the clock, Avalanche’s Jake Dennis was the first driver to take attack mode.
Helped by a sizable gap between himself and, second-placed, Rowland, Evans opted to take his last bout of attack mode with just over 21 minutes left on the clock.
Mahindra’s Alexander Sims was given a five second time penalty after he caused a collision with Dragon Penske’s Antonio Giovinazzi.
Jaguar’s Nato was issues with a five-second time penalty for a safety car infrigement. The Jaguar driver, reportedly, failed to remain in the 10-car gap during the safety car period.
Mortara’s race, and championship hopes, were over – with 11 minutes left to go – as he suffered a puncture and slowed to a stop within the stadium section of the track.
The yellow flag was brought out, late on in the race – with 2 minutes left, after Sims found himself in the barrier when his Mahindra lost rear grip around turns nine to 11. The yellow flag was soon upgraded to a Full Course Yellow before the safety car was deployed.
Due to the late nature of Sims’ crash, the race ended behind the safety car. This allowed Evans to cruise across the finish line to push the championship down to the wire.
Podium:
- Mitch Evans, Jaguar
- Oliver Rowland, Mahindra
- Lucas Di Grassi, ROKiT Venturi
That’s it for the article: Seoul E-Prix: Mitch Evans takes championship to last race! Who do you think will win the championship, Evans or Vandoorne? Let us know in the comments!
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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.
