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Vandoorne takes second Formula E victory during E-Prix in Rome
- GPblog.com
The second Formula E ePrix in Rome was held this afternoon, and victory was scored by Stoffel Vandoorne and Mercedes. However, Nyck de Vries and Robin Frijns were less successful.
An exciting rainy qualifying session saw the Belgian start from fourth on the Rome street circuit. The man on pole position, rookie Nick Cassidy, drove his Envision car into the wall on the very first lap, eventually finishing in 21st place.
Dutch drivers less successful
The races of Robin Frijns and Nyck de Vries were significantly less successful than those of Vandoorne. The two Dutchmen started from P19 and P18 respectively. Frijns finished, after a 30 second time penalty, in eighteenth place.
Nyck de Vries was involved in a crash on the final lap in Rome. With a P20, the Mercedes driver completed his unfortunate weekend.
View the provisional classification of the second E-Prix in Rome
1. Stoffel Vandoorne
2. Alexander Sims
3. Pascal Wehrlein
4. Edoardo Mortara
Maximilian Gunther
Mitch Evans
7. Antonio Félix da Costa
8. Sébastien Buemi
9. Tom Blomqvist
10. Nico Muller
11. Jean-Éric Vergne
12. Sérgio Sette Camara
13. Jake Dennis
Oliver Turvey
15. André Lotterer
16. Oliver Rowland
17. Alexander Lyn
18. Robin Frijns
19. Sam Bird
20. Nyck de Vries
21. Nick Cassidy
22. René Rast
23. Lucas Di Grassi
24. Norman Nato (Disqualified)