Marko Hanželic
Oliver Rowland (Nissan-e.dams) won the fifth of six final races of the season Formula E 2019/20 at the former airport Berlin-Tempelhof and thus celebrated his first victory in this racing series. The Briton, who started from pole position, led the whole race and won after 45 minutes and one lap before Robin Freens (Virgin). He was third René Rast (Abt Audi) in only his sixth Formula E race.
While the first two places throughout the race were firmly in their hands Rowland in Frances, the fight for third place was all the more interesting. The main roles in this exciting duel were played by the two Germans already mentioned Grow in Andre Lotterer (Porsche).
lotterer he quickly broke through from sixth to fourth place in the early stages of the race and was after his teammate Neel jani second time used by you Attack mode. lotterer he looked safe in third place for a long time, but he did Grow caught up at the end of the race.
Two-time champion DTM series he later turned on the offensive mode, thus getting very close to the Porsche driver. It's in the last round lotterer had less energy at his disposal than a competitor, but resolutely defended himself against Growing up, which was increasingly dangerous.
In the last round, both Germans fought several times touched with two race cars, But growth still managed to get ahead of its compatriot in the penultimate turn. "We touched a few times in turns 12 and 13, but in recent days I've become accustomed to it coming along," says the Audi driver. Incident so investigated by the Commissioners, who, however, defined it all as a normal racing incident and did not impose penalties.
Fifth place went to Alex Lynn (Mahindra), they followed him Neel jani, Mitch Evans (Jaguar), Edward Mortara (Venturi), Stoffel vandoorne (Mercedes) and Sebastien Buemi (Nissan-e.dams).
Felix daCosta he finished the race round before the end, after not being among the potential points winners. Vergne he was given a penalty for driving through the pits because the batteries in his car had cooled down too much before the race and he was eighteenth at the end. Lucas di Grassi finished 21st after a tire injury due to a collision with da Costa.
