Formula E

Da Costa wins in New York, Vandoorne retakes Formula E lead

by Matt Beer
4 min read

Antonio Felix da Costa finally claimed a first win of the 2022 Formula E season for himself and DS Techeetah under heavy pressure from Stoffel Vandoorne in New York.

Vandoorne picked his way through the frontrunners to become da Costa’s biggest threat in the second half of the race.

He couldn’t make it into the lead, partly due to yellow flags for crashes involving Oliver Askew, Lucas di Grassi and Jean-Eric Vergne in the final minutes, but the Mercedes driver’s second place puts him to the top of the championship standings with just two double-headers to go.

Mitch Evans emerged from a series of absolutely wild battles involving Nyck de Vries and Alexander Sims to take a third place that keeps his title bid in good shape, leaving him 16 points behind new leader Vandoorne.

Both Evans and de Vries lost control over a bump while trying a pass move and slewed into the run-off area in near-identical incidents, Evans on de Vries and de Vries on Sims, who he’d also tapped into a big slide at a hairpin earlier on.

Fourth place for Mahindra driver Sims, passed late on by Evans, is still by far his best result of what will be his last FE season, but he had been second for much of the distance.

Three-time New York winner Sam Bird drove a brilliant race from 16th (his qualifying compromised by Vergne’s group session crash ahead of him) to fifth for Jaguar, ahead of Robin Frijns.

Bird’s charge included a late brush with de Vries that left the Mercedes seventh place ahead of Jake Dennis and slow-starting second-row qualifier Andre Lotterer, who dropped nine places off the line.

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Erstwhile championship leader Edoardo Mortara brought his battle-scarred Venturi Mercedes from 21st to 10th after brake by wire problems in qualifying. He’s now 11 points behind Vandoorne.

Vergne’s title bid looks a much longer shot after his qualifying crash was followed by a slow start and a race-ending late tangle with di Grassi, the zero score meaning he’s a slightly more distant fourth in the championship, 27 points from the front.

Saturday winner Nick Cassidy’s second race became a non-event once he lost pole because a 30-place grid penalty (part of which was converted into an in-race drivethrough) was applied for taking an additional RESS radiator during Envision’s build of a spare car for him following yesterday’s race-ending crash. He ended up 16th.

Dragon Penske had its finest laps of the season so far as Sergio Sette Camara and Antonio Giovinazzi ran fourth and eighth at first, but their cars again lacked race pace and began falling down the order. Giovinazzi eventually retired, Sette Camara was the last finisher in a distant 18th.

Race Results

Pos Name Team Car Laps Laps Led Total Time Fastest Lap Pitstops Pts
1 António Félix da Costa DS Techeetah DS E-Tense FE21 39 0 46m55.511s 1m11.191s 0 25
2 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes-Benz EQ Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 39 0 +0.929s 1m11.181s 0 18
3 Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-Type 5 39 0 +3.524s 1m10.807s 0 15
4 Alexander Sims Mahindra Racing Mahindra M8Electro 39 0 +3.631s 1m11.193s 0 12
5 Sam Bird Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-Type 5 39 0 +4.412s 1m11.239s 0 10
6 Robin Frijns Envision Racing Audi e-tron FE07 39 0 +4.979s 1m10.987s 0 8
7 Nyck de Vries Mercedes-Benz EQ Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 39 0 +6.233s 1m10.933s 0 6
8 Jake Dennis Avalanche Andretti BMW i FE.21 39 0 +6.316s 1m11.068s 0 4
9 André Lotterer TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 39 0 +6.59s 1m11.01s 0 2
10 Edoardo Mortara ROKiT Venturi Racing Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 39 0 +13.449s 1m10.378s 0 2
11 Pascal Wehrlein TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 39 0 +13.449s 1m10.423s 0 0
12 Daniel Ticktum NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 001 39 0 +23.002s 1m11.315s 0 0
13 Sébastien Buemi Nissan e.Dams Nissan IM03 39 0 +30.216s 1m11.364s 0 0
14 Oliver Rowland Mahindra Racing Mahindra M8Electro 39 0 +32.676s 1m10.834s 0 0
15 Oliver Turvey NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 001 39 0 +33.255s 1m11.166s 0 0
16 Nick Cassidy Envision Racing Audi e-tron FE07 39 0 +39.699s 1m10.531s 0 3
17 Maximilian Günther Nissan e.Dams Nissan IM03 39 0 +45.934s 1m11.338s 0 0
18 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon / Penske Autosport Penske EV-5 39 0 +1m08.193s 1m11.578s 0 0
Jean-Eric Vergne DS Techeetah DS E-Tense FE21 36 0 DNF 1m11.083s 0 0
Lucas Di Grassi ROKiT Venturi Racing Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 36 0 DNF 1m10.587s 0 0
Oliver Askew Avalanche Andretti BMW i FE.21 36 0 DNF 1m10.983s 0 0
Antonio Giovinazzi Dragon / Penske Autosport Penske EV-5 27 0 DNF 1m11.34s 0 0
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