{"id":74789,"date":"2026-05-05T00:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/74789\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T00:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T00:35:27","slug":"evans-battles-to-remarkable-race-2-win-from-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/74789\/","title":{"rendered":"Evans battles to remarkable Race 2 win from 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jaguar driver Mitch Evans<\/a> claimed an unlikely Formula E win from 17th on the grid in Sunday\u2019s Berlin E-Prix, while Pascal Wehrlein<\/a> finished third to retake the points lead.<\/p>\n

Having missed out on the duels in what appeared to be a tactical move, Evans bided his time in the early phases of the race, with Saturday\u2019s opener proving that conserving energy at the back would pay dividends later on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although he spent a major chunk of the race outside the top 15, he quickly moved to the front after arming his first attack mode, taking the lead on lap 25 of 37.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He eventually crossed the line eight tenths clear of Nissan e.Dams<\/a>\u2019s Oliver Rowland<\/a> to claim his second win of the 2025-26 season, as Wehrlein rounded out the podium positions for Porsche.<\/p>\n

At the start of the race, Wehrlein pulled away cleanly from pole position but relinquished the lead soon after, putting Taylor Barnard<\/a> at the front of the field on lap 2. However, the lead continued to change hands in the opening-thirds of the race, with Nick Cassidy<\/a>, Edoardo Mortara<\/a>, Sebastien Buemi<\/a> and Joel Eriksson<\/a> all taking turns at the front.<\/p>\n

The top 18 cars were separated by just four seconds after lap 14, as a typical pack-style contest ensued at Berlin Tempelhof before the first attack mode cycle.<\/p>\n

By lap 18, Rowland had surged to the front of the field, despite a poor launch from the penultimate row of the grid.<\/p>\n

\"Pascal <\/p>\n

Pascal Wehrlein, Porsche Formula E Team<\/p>\n

Photo by: Joe Portlock \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

A definite order began to emerge on lap 25, when Evans hit the front with attack mode after saving as much as 4% energy over his rivals.<\/p>\n

The final 12 laps featured a three-race horse for victory, with Evans, Rowland and Wehrlein pulling away from the chasing pack.<\/p>\n

Wehrlein initially grabbed the lead after arming his second attack mode, but Evans pulled off what appeared to be the decisive move with four laps to run en route to a record-extending 16th Formula E win.<\/p>\n

Shortly afterwards, Rowland also demoted\u00a0Wehrlein at the start\/finish straight amid a debris warning on track, but escaped investigation to claim a double podium over the Berlin weekend.<\/p>\n

Third-place for Wehrlein put him back at the top of the leaderboard, with Evans moving up to second after overnight leader\u00a0Mortara could only muster seventh in his Mahindra.<\/p>\n

Nissan driver Norman Nato<\/a> secured his best result of the season in fifth with a similar strategy to team-mate Rowland, with Jake Dennis<\/a> bagging another solid haul of points for Andretti in sixth ahead of Mortara.<\/p>\n

\"Oliver <\/p>\n

Oliver Rowland, Nissan Formula E Team<\/p>\n

Photo by: Joe Portlock \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jean-Eric Vergne<\/a> was classified eighth in the sole-surviving Citroen, with Andretti\u2019s Felipe Drugovich<\/a> scoring his first points of the year in ninth ahead of Envision\u2019s\u00a0Erikson.<\/p>\n

Saturday winner Nico Muller<\/a> (Porsche) finished outside the points in 13th after a late collision with Jaguar driver Antonio Felix da Costa<\/a> that triggered the only full-course yellow period of the weekend.<\/p>\n

Citroen star Cassidy was eliminated from contention after being involved in two incidents early in the race. The Kiwi was forced out wide by Mahindra driver Nyck de Vries<\/a> at Turn 6-7 on lap 4, a move that dropped him outside of the top 10. While trying to recover lost ground, he came to blows with Envision driver\u00a0Buemi, with the impact forcing an unscheduled pitstop for a change of front wings.<\/p>\n

De Vries was the only other retiree from the race, with the incident with Cassidy leaving him with terminal damage.<\/p>\n

Formula E Berlin – Race 2 results<\/p>\n

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