Guenther gives Maserati its first single-seater win since Fangio

Maximilian Guenther converted pole position into victory in the second Jakarta EPrix to claim Maserati’s first win in Formula E.

The pole-winner took a comfortable win by almost three seconds over Jake Dennis, with Mitch Evans third for Jaguar. Nick Cassidy lost the lead of the championship to Pascal Wehrlein after the pair collided.

Having also claimed pole position for yesterday’s EPrix, Guenther bagged a second consecutive pole in the duels for the second race of the weekend, with Jake Dennis lining up alongside the Maserati on the front row. But before the race had even started, both Sergio Sette Camara and Sam Bird were both wheeled off the grid with apparent problems.

When the lights went out, Guenther kept his lead into turn one with Dennis slotting into second, Mitch Evans third and Sacha Fenestraz passing Stoffel Vandoorne for fourth. Facing a race distance two laps longer than yesterday, drivers knew energy conservation would be more critical, and those behind leader Guenther were content to sit behind the Maserati in the early laps.

Guenther took Attack Mode for the first time on lap four, allowing Dennis into the lead. But the Porsche driver would take his first Attack Mode on the next lap, moving Evans’ Jaguar into the lead but emerging ahead of Guenther into second place. Dennis gained the lead back when Evans followed suit on lap seven, his two minutes of extra power expiring as he led by half a second from Guenther.

David Beckmann became the first retirement from the race when he was hit by Lucas di Grassi, sending him into the TecPro barrier at turn seven. Meanwhile, out front, Evans took second place from Guenther into turn one at the start of lap nine, before Guenther battled back to reclaim the position exiting the same corner on the next lap.

Dennis continued to lead as the field remained heavily condensed, with the entire pack covered by less than eight seconds. Dennis then took his second, six-minute phase of Attack Mode just before the halfway stage, dropping to third place as Guenther moved into the lead. With clear air, Guenther pushed for the next lap before taking his second instance of Attack Mode, crucially emerging back ahead of Dennis in second place while Evans inherited the lead.

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With both Dennis and Guenther on Attack Mode, Dennis began to pressure Guenther for second place, attempting a move at turn one, which Guenther repelled. Evans would eventually take Attack Mode on lap 20, falling to third and returning Guenther and Dennis to the top of the order.

Championship leader Cassidy was running behind his closest rival in the standings, the pair following the leading group on-track. Cassidy had a half-hearted look at the Porsche into turn 16 and clipped the rear of Wehrlein’s car, dislodging his front wing and forcing him into the pits for repairs.

Guenther and Dennis started to pull away from Evans in third, opening a gap of three seconds to the Jaguar driver. Then the leader began to pick up the pace and slowly built his advantage over Dennis behind. In fifth place, Vandoorne was heavily holding up a pack of cars behind including both Nissans of Fenestraz and Norman Nato. Eventually Fenestraz dived by into turn one, which allowed a whole group of cars to pick off Vandoorne’s DS Penske and drop him all the way down to 10th.

With Guenther in control out front, he could manage his remaining energy without pressure from Dennis behind. He checked off the remaining laps and cruised across the line to secure Maserati’s first Formula E victory and the first win for Maserati in an international single seater race since 1957.

Dennis was almost three seconds behind in second at the chequered flag, with Evans taking third for Jaguar. The two Nissans of Fenestraz and Nato earned solid points in fourth and fifth, ahead of the two Porsches of Wehrlein and Antonio Felix da Costa in sixth and seventh. Edoardo Mortara came eighth in the second Maserati, with Vandoorne ninth and Sebastien Buemi claiming the final point in tenth after Dan Ticktum fell out of the points in the closing laps.

The result means that Wehrlein moves into the lead of the championship, with Dennis in second place just one point behind after taking the fastest lap bonus point. Despite not scoring, Cassidy is only six points behind Wehrlein in third place.

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Jakarta Eprix race results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car
1	7	Maximilian Guenther	Maserati	Maserati Tipo Folgore
2	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
3	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	Jaguar I-Type 6
4	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
5	17	Norman Nato	Nissan	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
6	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
7	13	Antonio Felix da Costa	Porsche	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
8	48	Edoardo Mortara	Maserati	Maserati Tipo Folgore
9	1	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	DS E-TENSE FE23
10	16	Sebastien Buemi	Envision	Jaguar I-Type 6
11	33	Dan Ticktum	NIO 333	NIO 333 ER9
12	51	Nico Mueller	Abt Cupra	Mahindra M9Electro
13	4	Robin Frijns	Abt Cupra	Mahindra M9Electro
14	11	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra	Mahindra M9Electro
15	58	Rene Rast	McLaren	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
16	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS Penske	DS E-TENSE FE23
17	8	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	Mahindra M9Electro
18	37	Nick Cassidy	Envision	Jaguar I-Type 6
19	5	Jake Hughes	McLaren	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
20	36	Andre Lotterer	Andretti	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
21	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	Jaguar I-Type 6
22	3	Sergio Sette Camara	NIO 333	NIO 333 ER9

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