Jean-Eric Vergne wins, Audi crowned

Having just been crowned yesterday in New York at the end of the first race, Jean-Eric Vergne (Techeetah) won the second race of the American weekend while Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler took the Teams title.

The start sees the Frenchman take the advantage from third place over the pole sitter Sébastien Buemi (Renault e.dams). Vergne was close to stealing the start, an illicit maneuver which his teammate André Lotterer (Techeetah), however, performed well, penalized with a stop&go of 10″ further into the race.

The Full Course Yellow procedure is then deployed on the 8th lap for the two separate incidents involving José Maria Lopez (Dragon), victim of a broken suspension, while a few moments later, Jérôme d'Ambrosio (Dragon) is the victim collateral of a first contact between Luca Filippi (NIO) and Antonio Felix da Costa (Andretti), Filippi then hitting the car from the Belgian.

.@afelixdacosta and @LucaFilippiLF tangle and Luca collects @thereal_JDA, bringing an end to the race for @DragonRacing #NYCPrix pic.twitter.com/EKjOQPgdp6

- ABB Formula E (@FIAFormulaE) July 15, 2018

On the restart, Lotterer, who had moved up to second position behind Vergne after passing Buemi, observed his sanction at the end of the lap and left Vergne in the lead ahead of Buemi and Lucas di Grassi (Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler), who did not take long to overtake. the Swiss for second place.

The pit stops allowed Daniel Abt (Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler) to regain the advantage over Buemi for third place, an important position with a view to the Teams title.

And if the Renault e.dams driver takes advantage of his Fan Boost to regain the last step of the podium for a while, Abt will regain his possession a few laps later, freezing the final result of the event and offering the crown to his team.

Buemi, Felix Rosenqvist (Mahindra Racing), Mitch Evans and Nelson Piquet Jr (Panasonic Jaguar Racing), Nick Heidfeld (Mahindra Racing), André Lotterer (Techeetah) and Sam Bird (DS Virgin Racing), who loses his second place in the Drivers' championship complete the top 10.

Nicolas Cheers (Renault e.dams) ends his season with 11th place just ahead of Stéphane Sarrazin (Andretti). Tom Dillmann (Venturi) was forced to retire following a gearbox problem.

Race 2 ranking

Discover the full report and analysis of the final of the Formula E, produced by our special correspondent in New York, in issue 2174 of AUTOhebdo, available tomorrow evening in digital version and this Wednesday on newsstands.