Jake Dennis became the first British driver to win the all-electric Formula E world championship when he finished second to Avalanche Andretti on Saturday in the first of two season-ending home races in London.
The 28-year-old took his tenth podium finish of season nine and an unbeatable lead over New Zealanders Nick Cassidy and race winner Mitch Evans for Envision Racing and Jaguar respectively. Dennis now has 213 points to Evans’ 176 and Cassidy’s 174.
“To become world champion is amazing,” said Dennis, who finished third but moved up to second when Porsche’s Antonio Félix da Costa was penalized. “I really didn’t think it could happen this year.”
Cassidy started on pole position as Dennis’ closest rival, 24 points behind with Evans a further 20 adrift, but retired after contact with teammate Sebastien Buemi in a race that was red flagged twice. . The title was the first for the American Andretti team in Formula E.
“It was crazy, I think it basically explains what Formula E is all about,” said owner Michael Andretti. “You never know all the way to the last lap. Even those last two laps we were holding our breath. I can’t thank the team enough, hanging in there all these years to finally get to the top of a podium.” the championship.”
Formula E’s first season was in 2014-15 and Dennis is the eighth driver to take the title with Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne as the only double champion. Brazil has had two champions while the others so far have come from Switzerland, France, Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium.
The teams’ championship will reach the final on Sunday at the ExCeL Center with Envision Racing and powertrain supplier Jaguar level on points. Porsche also still has a mathematical chance.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is automatically generated from a syndicated feed.)
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