Guenther Drives To Victory Around Electric Docks – Round 2

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Formula E

4 May 2020

“The first one or two turns were so chaotic with so much contact and pushing from the side, from behind, from everywhere! I was happy I got through it unscathed and really glad I was in front after three corners, because it was difficult to survive the mess on the opening lap.” Max Guenther.

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RACE RE-CAP

  • Maximilian Guenther secures second win in succession to extend his lead in the ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge in support of UNICEF.
  •  BMW i Andretti Motorsport driver put on another dominant display and fended off pressure from Pascal Wehrlein to take top honours in round two.
  • Peyo Peev leads from lights to flag around the Electric Docks circuit to claim victory ahead of Kevin Siggy in the second Challenge Grid race.

 Fast facts

  • Guenther the gamer; Maximilian Guenther made it two wins out of two online in the Race at Home Challenge.
  •  Second podium for Siggy; Kevin Siggy showed consistent pace to seal a second consecutive podium finish.
  •  King of qualifying; Stoffel Vandoorne again could not capitalise on Julius Baer pole position with a first corner crash.

DRIVER GRID CLASSIFICATION

1

Maximilian Guenther

21:06.243s

(25)

2

Robin Frijns

+15.253s

(18)

3

Nico Mueller

+16.251s

(15)

4

Neel Jani

+22.299s

(12)

5

Stoffel Vandoorne

+30.193s

(11)

6

Oliver Turvey

+30.358s

(8)

7

Nyck de Vries

+39.162s

(6)

8

James Calado

+43.199s

(4)

9

Jean-Eric Vergne

+43.271s

(2)

10

Pascal Wehrlein

+44.841s

(2)

 

DRIVER STANDINGS

Maximilian Guenther

BMW i Andretti Motorsport

50

Robin Frijns

Envision Virgin Racing

30

Stoffel Vandoorne

Mercedes-Benz EQ

22

Nick Cassidy

Envision Virgin Racing

19

Pascal Wehrlein

Mahindra Racing

17

Nico Mueller

GEOX DRAGON

15

Oliver Turvey

NIO 333

14

Neel Jani

TAG Heuer Porsche

12

Oliver Rowland

Nissan e.dams

8

Nyck de Vries

Mercedes-Benz EQ

6

Felipe Massa

ROKiT Venturi Racing

4

James Calado

Panasonic Jaguar Racing

4

Jerome D’Ambrosio

Mahindra Racing

2

Jean-Eric Vergne

DS TECHEETAH

2

Alexander Sims

BMW i Andretti Motorsport

1

Lucas di Grassi

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

0

Daniel Abt

Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

0

Antonio Felix da Costa

DS TECHEETAH

0

Brendon Hartley

GEOX DRAGON

0

Ma Qing Hua

NIO 333

0

Sebastien Buemi

Nissan e.dams

0

Mitch Evans

Panasonic Jaguar Racing

0

Andre Lotterer

TAG Heuer Porsche

0

Edoardo Mortara

ROKiT Venturi Racing

0

Sam Bird

Envision Virgin Racing

0