Formula E

Maserati claims first Formula E win with Guenther in Jakarta

by Josh Suttill
4 min read

Maximilian Guenther bolted clear at the end of the second Jakarta E-Prix to deliver Maserati its first victory in Formula E.

Sunday’s Jakarta E-Prix was two laps longer than Saturday’s more-or-less flat-out race and while the first half featured a tight pack at the front, poleman Guenther and Andretti driver Jake Dennis sprinted away in the final 15 of the 38 laps.

Guenther had lost the lead to Dennis early on but Guenther took his final attack mode later than Dennis, who was bottled up behind Mitch Evans’s Jaguar, and managed to jump Dennis for the lead.

Dennis initially harried Guenther for the lead but Guenther was able to build a small buffer over Dennis and bring his DS-powered Maserati machine home for his fourth win in Formula E and his MSG team’s first in its new guise. It’s officially the Maserati marque’s first victory in international single-seaters since Juan Manuel Fangio’s win in Formula 1’s 1957 German Grand Prix.

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Guenther is also the first 2023 Formula E polesitter to convert pole into victory.

Dennis had to settle for second place for the second successive day – albeit this time without any ire over rivals’ driving standards – but it still marks his fourth consecutive podium, one that brings him within one point of the championship lead.

Dennis had a comfortable margin to third-placed Evans who couldn’t live with the two leaders but managed to keep the charging Nissan factory drivers behind for a podium that keeps his title hopes alive.

Sacha Fenestraz and Norma Nato charged from seventh and 12th to fourth and fifth places, which is Nissan’s first double points finish of the season.

Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein finished sixth and scooped the points lead as Nick Cassidy ruined his race with an unsuccessful race-wrecking move on Wehrlein into the tight Turn 16 left-hander.

Antonio Felix da Costa finished behind his Porsche team-mate Wehrlein in seventh place with Edoardo Mortara (Maserati), Stoffel Vandoorne (DS Penske) and Envision’s Sebastien Buemi completing the top 10.

Andretti’s David Beckmann, who is making his debut this weekend along with ex-F1 driver Roberto Merhi, had to retire after contact with Lucas di Grassi’s Mahindra.

Jaguar’s Sam Bird and NIO 333’s Sergio Sette Camara retired before the race even started with technical issues.

Race Results

Pos Name Team Car Laps Laps Led Total Time Fastest Lap Pitstops Pts
1 Maximilian Günther Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore 38 23 44m57.285s 1m09.371s 0 28
2 Jake Dennis Avalanche Andretti Porsche 99X Electric 38 10 +2.822s 1m09.171s 0 19
3 Mitch Evans Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 38 5 +18.498s 1m10.137s 0 15
4 Sacha Fenestraz Nissan Nissan e-4ORCE 04 38 0 +19.307s 1m09.918s 0 12
5 Norman Nato Nissan Nissan e-4ORCE 04 38 0 +19.924s 1m09.937s 0 10
6 Pascal Wehrlein TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 38 0 +20.108s 1m10.169s 0 8
7 António Félix da Costa TAG Heuer Porsche Porsche 99X Electric 38 0 +20.521s 1m09.996s 0 6
8 Edoardo Mortara Maserati MSG Racing Maserati Tipo Folgore 38 0 +20.996s 1m10.171s 0 4
9 Stoffel Vandoorne DS Penske DS E-Tense FE23 38 0 +26.63s 1m10.133s 0 2
10 Sébastien Buemi Envision Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 38 0 +27.273s 1m10.275s 0 1
11 Daniel Ticktum NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 ER9 38 0 +28.614s 1m09.88s 0 0
12 Nico Müller ABT CUPRA Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +28.787s 1m10.405s 0 0
13 Robin Frijns ABT CUPRA Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +29.125s 1m10.5s 0 0
14 Lucas Di Grassi Mahindra Racing Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +29.53s 1m10.196s 0 0
15 René Rast NEOM McLaren Nissan e-4ORCE 04 38 0 +30.67s 1m10.595s 0 0
16 Jean-Eric Vergne DS Penske DS E-Tense FE23 38 0 +56.598s 1m09.364s 0 0
17 Roberto Merhi Mahindra Racing Mahindra M9Electro 38 0 +1m06.645s 1m10.385s 0 0
18 Nick Cassidy Envision Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 38 0 +1m06.879s 1m09.585s 0 0
Jake Hughes NEOM McLaren Nissan e-4ORCE 04 36 0 DNF 1m10.79s 0 0
David Beckmann Avalanche Andretti Porsche 99X Electric 5 0 DNF 1m11.072s 0 0
Sam Bird Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-TYPE 6 0 0 DNF 0s 0 0
Sérgio Sette Câmara NIO 333 Racing NIO 333 ER9 0 0 DNF 0s 0 0
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