Wehrlein wins second Misano race after Rowland’s last lap heartache

Pascal Wehrlein took victory in the second Misano Eprix after Oliver Rowland lost the lead on the final lap by running out of energy.

Saturday’s winner Rowland had looked sure to win until he slowed suddenly. His team principal Tommaso Volpe later explaining that the team must have had an error in their data from the car.

Jake Dennis finished second for Andretti, with Nick Cassidy only just taking third place for Jaguar.

Just like Saturday’s race, the bulk of the race was run at a very measured pace as drivers looked to conserve as much of their usable energy as possible. The field ran in a large pack with no significant gaps to break up the 22 cars from the leaders in front to the last placed car.

The pace picked up significantly around half distance, with Rowland and Wehrlein edging slightly ahead of Dennis in third. After being disqualified from victory in Saturday’s race, Antonio Felix da Costa also fell to the back of the field with a broken front wing after contact with Bird, with Norman Nato suffering a similar problem on the next lap.

In the closing laps, Rowland continued to lead with Wehrlein stalking the Nissan with more remaining energy available to him. Heading into the final lap, Rowland held a 1.4 second lead over the Porsche. However, Rowland suddenly slowed out of turn five, his chances of a double victory evaporating in an instant.

Wehrlein took over the lead and happily completed the final lap to take the chequered flag and the victory – his second of the season, becoming the first driver to take multiple victories in the year. Dennis claimed second place, just under two seconds behind the Porsche driver, while Nick Cassidy only just snatched the final podium position by five-thousandths from Abt’s Nico Mueller.

Pole winner Jake Hughes finished fifth but was demoted to eighth with a five second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, which promoted Sacha Fenestraz, Sergio Sette Camara and Jean-Eric Vergne. Maximilian Guenther and Jehan Daruvala completed the top ten, while winner Wehrlein took the bonus point for the fastest lap.

Robin Frijns became the first retirement from the race after he was caught in between Sam Bird and Antonio Felix da Costa at turn seven, breaking his steering and sending him into the gravel, prompting a brief Safety Car. His Envision team mate, Sebastien Buemi, also pulled into the pits to retire after suffering damage to the front of his own car following contact.

Stoffel Vandoorne fell a lap down after coming into the pit lane for an unscheduled pit stop, while Mitch Evans also dropped back after stopping on the circuit briefly with a problem. While Evans managed to get back going, the Jaguar driver was well out of contention as a result. Lucas di Grassi was penalised five seconds after the race for causing a collision, but had already finshed outside of the points.

The result sees Wehrlein and Dennis tied at the top of the championship on 89 points, with Wehrlein ahead with the tiebreaker of having multiple victories. Rowland drops to third with his failure to score points. The next round takes place at Monaco in two weeks’ time.

Formula E 2024 Round 7 Misano Eprix – Race results:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car
1	94	Porsche	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
2	1	Andretti	Jake Dennis	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
3	37	Jaguar	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar I-Type 6
4	51	Abt Cupra	Nico Mueller	Mahindra M10Electro
5	23	Nissan	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
6	3	ERT	Sergio Sette Camara	ERT X24
7	25	DS Penske	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS E-TENSE FE23
8	5	McLaren	Jake Hughes	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
9	7	Maserati	Maximilian Guenther	Maserati Tipo Folgore
10	18	Maserati	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati Tipo Folgore
11	8	McLaren	Sam Bird	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
12	11	Abt Cupra	Lucas di Grassi	Mahindra M9Electro
13	48	Mahinda	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra M10Electro
14	33	ERT	Dan Ticktum	ERT X24
15	21	Mahinda	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra M10Electro
16	9	Jaguar	Mitch Evans	Jaguar I-Type 6
17	22	McLaren	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e-4ORCE 04
18	17	Andretti	Norman Nato	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
19	13	Porsche	Antonio Felix da Costa	Porsche 99X Electric Gen3
Ret	2	DS Penske	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS E-TENSE FE23
Ret	16	Envision	Sebastien Buemi	Jaguar I-Type 6
Ret	4	Envision	Robin Frijns	Jaguar I-Type 6

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