The Dutch driver started on the front row of the grid, eventually taking the lead of the race with a perfectly executed PIT BOOST strategy, which saw him finish the E-Prix with a comfortable gap to the chasing pack.
De Vries was one of the first drivers to take his PIT BOOST stop, diving into the pits on Lap 16. From there, he smartly timed his ATTACK MODE activation, overtaking then-race leader Antonio Felix da Costa on Lap 20 and remaining unfazed by the fraught battles happening in and around him. From there, he was unchallenged, reaching the chequered flag with a three second gap to the cars behind.
RESULTS: The 2026 Monaco E-Prix Round 9
The victory marks a fifth career win for de Vries, and his first since Berlin 2022 as well as a maiden win with Mahindra – a first for the Indian team in the GEN3 era.
Behind him, Evans wound up in second, a fifth Monaco podium for the New Zealander. With this result, Evans now takes the lead in the Drivers’ World Championship, overtaking Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein and creating a 15 point buffer.
Polesitter Dan Ticktum looked like he had third place in his grasp, but a late-race incident with da Costa resulted in a post-race penalty, handing the final podium position to his teammate Pepe Marti, a career-best finish for the rookie who becomes the first Spaniard to take Formula E silverware.
Evans’ heroics see Jaguar leapfrog Porsche in the Teams’ table while Porsche hold onto top spot in the Manufacturers’.
Formula E returns tomorrow, for Round 10 of the 2025/26 campaign and Round 10 of the Monaco E-Prix double-header.
As it happened…
It was a fairly sensible start to the race with polesitter Ticktum leading the pack away and down to Turn 1. However, the calm was short lived and by Lap 4 we had our first Safety Car of the race with Nick Cassidy and Jake Dennis finding trouble – the Andretti driver squeezed into the barriers – resulting in the end of his race. Cassidy later received a 10 second time penalty for the incident.
Upon the restart on Lap 6, the race nearly witnessed a case of deja vu with Joel Eriksson and Nico Mueller coming close to contact – the tight Monaco streets requiring every ounce of driver concentration. A few laps later, Mueller found himself in the midst of drama again, this time with Porsche teammate Wehrlein, the Swiss driver colliding with the rear of his German teammate.
Both drivers were forced to pit due to damage from the incident, Wehrlein with a puncture, and Mueller missing the front portion of his Porsche machine. On the same lap, Oliver Rowland also suffered a puncture, the inevitable pit stop sending him to the rear of the field and killing his hopes of a points finish.
PIT BOOST stops began on Lap 15, with Eriksson and Mueller the first to make the mandatory stop. De Vries followed them into the pits a lap later, and came back out in 7th, the cars ahead still needing to pit. As the PIT BOOST cycle played out, it was Da Costa who found himself with the race lead on Lap 20, albeit with de Vries and Evans hot on his heels, the pair both using ATTACK MODE to challenge the Porsche driver.
As de Vries made the overtake and resumed the race lead, polesitter Ticktum (who had come out of the PIT BOOST stops in fourth) returned to the podium positions with a move on da Costa, but reported on team radio that he was struggling for pace in the closing laps.
The close battle between the pair came to a head on Lap 28 with a dramatic crash into Turn 10 which saw da Costa lose a wheel and come to a stop at the side of the track.
Following the incident, the race returned to green flag racing for one final lap, but nobody could catch the Mahindra of de Vries, who had established a comfortable gap at the front of the field. Evans followed him over the line for his third podium in the last four races, the 18 points awarding him the championship lead for the first time this season.
Ticktum finished third on the road, but received a post-race drive through penalty, demoting him to P12 and promoting teammate Marti to P3 – the first Formula E podium for the Spanish rookie.
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As we approach the halfway stage of the 2025/26 Formula E season, the all-electric championship returns for a double-header of racing action around the historic streets of Monaco. Over the years, the Principality has witnessed countless moments of triumph and heartbreak, and now we return to write a new chapter on these storied streets.
Free Practice 3: Sunday 17 May, 08:30 local / 07:30 BST
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