Cookie Consent by Free Privacy Policy website Reigning Champion Nyck de Vries Wins Second race in 2022 Shell Recharge Berlin E-Prix Double-Header: round 8 of the ABB Fia Formula E world Championship
maggio 16, 2022 - ABB Formula E

Reigning Champion Nyck de Vries Wins Second race in 2022 Shell Recharge Berlin E-Prix Double-Header: round 8 of the ABB Fia Formula E world Championship

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  • Nyck de Vries wins in #berlin, where the reigning champion claimed his title last season
  • Edoardo Mortara can’t match victory in the first race of the double-header weekend but secures second place
  • Stoffel Vandoorne stretches his lead in the Drivers’ standings in third
  • More than 15,000 attended the 2022 Shell Recharge #berlin E-Prix weekend

Mercedes-EQ's #nyckdevries delivered a supremely controlled drive to win the second race in the 2022 Shell Recharge #berlin E-Prix double-header, heading home ROKiT Venturi Racing's #edoardomortara and Mercedes-EQ teammate #stoffelvandoorne.

Reigning champion de Vries powered to victory at the Tempelhof Airport circuit, the scene of his Season 7 title triumph, with Mortara following 2.5s back as Saturday's windy conditions made way for weekend-high temperatures. Vandoorne made it two Mercedes-EQ-run Silver Arrow 02 cars on the podium and three Mercedes-EQ powertrains in the top three. The Belgian's third-place finish also extended his silverware streak to three races. Lucas di Grassi (ROKiT Venturi Racing) came home fourth to extend that to four Mercedes-powered cars in the top four in a dominant outing on home soil.

Robin Frijns (Envision Racing) wound up a battling fifth after a race-long back-and-forth between the Dutchman, António Félix da Costa (DS TECHEETAH), who finished in sixth and a gaggle of cars behind all fighting to maximise their points haul as Season 8 passed its half-way stage.

Oliver Rowland (Mahindra Racing) made good progress from 10th at the outset to an eventual seventh - the Yorkshireman running as high as fifth at one stage. TAG Heuer Porsche #formulae Team's André Lotterer took the chequered flag in eighth position, not quite able to capitalise on practice and qualifying pace. Jean-Éric Vergne crossed the line in ninth, just ahead of fellow title challenger Mitch Evans [Jaguar TCS Racing] who took the final point in 10th.

After eight races and at the halfway point in Season 8 of the #abbfiaformulaeworldchampionship, Vandoorne is top of the Drivers' standings running on 111 points, with Mortara moving into second on 99 points and Vergne now third, a further four points back. Mercedes-EQ sit atop the Teams' standings on 176 points, with ROKiT Venturi #racing next on 148 points. Round 9 in the biggest-ever 16-race calendar is the Jakarta E-Prix on 4 June, the first time the #abbfiaformulaeworldchampionship has raced in Indonesia. 

NYCK DE VRIES, MERCEDES-EQ #formulae TEAM, #17 said: "We have had a difficult ride the past three races, honestly I am just very pleased to be back. I have had a bad time in the past three races, so I am very pleased to come back after a difficult day yesterday. My engineer is always really positive which is nice. "Of course [I was worried about the driver challenges behind], Edo had been very strong all weekend so we definitely had to keep it clean, but the team managed it very well on their side and I executed it. I am very pleased." 

EDOARDO MORTARA, ROKiT VENTURI #racing, #48 said: "The race was quite good obviously, we are standing here on the podium. But congrats to Nyck and Mercedes, they were having a better pace than us. I was trying to hang with him, but he was definitely quicker in the end. It is still a great weekend for us, two pole positions, a victory yesterday and a second place today. "It shows that Mercedes are doing things right [with ROKiT Venturi #racing powertrain]. They have a very competitive package, and I am very happy to be driving one of these cars for the last three years."

STOFFEL VANDOORNE, MERCEDES-EQ #formulae TEAM, #5 said: "It was a pretty good race to be honest, a little bit less action than yesterday for me. But nonetheless it is great to be back on the podium, our cars were flying again today and after a tricky qualifying it was important to not lose momentum and to get back to speed in the race. But a double podium this weekend, I am definitely happy with that. 

"It felt good [the move on Lucas di Grassi]! Lucas is a tough one to fight, and I had a little more pace than him at that point and managed to pull it off cleanly." The guest of honor at the race on Sunday was the Governing Mayor of #berlin and patron of the 2022 Shell Recharge #berlin E-Prix, Franziska Giffey. She met #formulae Founder and Chairman, Alejandro Agag; Jamie Reigle, Chief Executive Officer, and Alberto Longo, Co-Founder and Chief Championship Officer, and confirmed that #berlin will continue to host #formulae races. “We are delighted that the #abbfiaformulaeworldchampionship is taking place in our capital for the eighth time. #berlin is the only city that has been on the #racing calendar every year since the inaugural season in 2014.” Mayor Giffey continued:

“The iconic Tempelhof Airport is the venue for the event for the seventh time. The track has quickly become one of the most well-known racetracks in #formulae and I am therefore delighted that it has been contractually secured that the #abbfiaformulaeworldchampionship will also take place on the Tempelhof site for the next two years.“ During the grid walk and a visit to the pits of the TAG Heuer Porsche #formulae Team, Mayor Giffey was able to see the technology of the all-electric #racing series.

"Formula E not only offers us exciting electric #racing, but is also an important platform to promote technological and sustainable innovations that can facilitate our transition to a greener and electric future," she said.