(Reuters) – Formulation E world champion Nyck de Vries began the brand new season in dominant style as he clinched victory within the opening race on the Diriyah E-Prix in Saudi Arabia on Friday, with workforce mate Stoffel Vandoorne making it a one-two for Mercedes.
Dutchman De Vries trailed pole-sitter Vandoorne for the preliminary phases however moved into the lead after the Belgian missed an assault mode activation loop following a safety-car restart.
“It’s a terrific consequence for the workforce to win in the present day and safe the one-two. That is what we have now been working in the direction of, so it’s a very pleasing begin to the weekend,” De Vries stated after his second straight win in Diriyah.
“Clearly I used to be a bit lucky with Stoff lacking his assault mode, however on the finish of the day it was good from our aspect within the storage.”
Avalanche Andretti’s Jake Dennis took third whereas Sam Chicken of Jaguar TCS Racing completed fourth, making it a powerful begin to the season for the British contingent.
Diriyah is internet hosting a double-header, with a second evening race scheduled for Saturday.
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Modifying by Clarence Fernandez)
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