Jaguar has signed a brilliant double after a great finish to the race for both cars in the Madrid E-Prix. Da Costa and Evans managed to hold on in the end to Ticktum and Wehrlein to take the English team to the first two places on the podium. Pepe Martí, who led for four laps by using ‘attack mode’ early, finished 9th after a strong finish to the race.
The first laps left a lot of equality and a crash that left De Vries out of the fight for the podium. Wehrleinthe driver who received the impact that destroyed De Vries’s wing, demonstrated the strength of these cars, continuing as if nothing had happened in the fight for the title. Ahead of Porsche, Ticktum y Cassidy, who sank in the final stretch.
Pepe Martí activates ‘attack mode’ to be first for the first time
Drugovich activated attack mode early, on lap 8. He also activated it soon Pepe Martí, who began his activation in 15th place but with four minutes of overtaking He rose to first place for several laps, to the delirium of the 30,000 people who came to Jarama to watch this race, the second in the history of Formula E in Spain.
But after the ‘pit boost’ Martí sank in the classification, largely because the entire initial top-ten began to use their attack mode, once again leaving out of the points with four laps to go. However, a very good final rush allowed him to finish in the points, after a creditable 9th place.
Jaguar, without rules in a hand-to-hand fight with intrastory on the radio
Almost out of nowhere, and after a great ‘pit boost’, Da Costa and Evans (Jaguar) got into the fight to win with five of the 23 laps remaining that had to be given to this Jarama circuit.
The Portuguese Da Costa, who brought an entourage of 80 family and friends to Madrid, managed to take first place with just a few laps remaining and did not let anyone pass, not even Evans, his teammate, who was asking for explanations on the radio as to why Da Costa was defending himself so much.
On the other frequency, Da Costa asked himself ”What is he doing?”, thinking that there would be no direct duel between the teammates. At the end of the race everything was congratulations and congratulations between both drivers after a double that will surely bring a queue in the Jaguar garages. In the last corner, Wehrlein managed to pass Ticktum to achieve a great third place that could be very important in the future of the World Championship.
