Double blow for Stoffel Vandoorne in Monaco
In Formula 1 as in its electric leaning, Formula E, the Monegasque meeting is the jewel in the crown. The Monaco e-Prix, contested this Saturday April 30, won a driver whose emblem on the single-seater museum is a star: Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes). Starting fourth, the Belgian made perfect use of the circumstances to triumph in the streets of Monte-Carlo, ahead of Mitch Evans (Jaguar) and Jean-Éric Vergne (DS Techeetah) to steal the championship helm from the Frenchman.
Stoffel Vandoorne wins the Monaco ePrix © Germain Hazard / DPPI
However, at first everything seemed to smile on Evans, double winner in Rome (April 9-10) and author of the pole in the streets of the Principality. The New Zealander kept the advantage of his position and led the pack ahead of Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche) and Jean-Éric Vergne. As the German put pressure on the leader, the Frenchman was the first of the leading group to cross the Attack mode activation zone (13% more power for four minutes) on lap 9, which relegated him to the 5th rang. A lap later, Mitch Evans imitated him, thus handing over the controls to Pascal Wehrlein, and found himself behind Vergne, 2nd. Stoffel Vandoorne, temporarily at the foot of the podium, reaches