How Wandorne published a Formula e for winning in the treacher Tokyo opener

Stoffel Wandourn Masareti gave his first win of the Formula E season with a strategic masterstroke from the 14th on the grid. In a disrupted Tokyo e-Pix, he promoted a red flag to win a well-time on time just before intervention.

The race was suspended before the day of a race, defined by disintegration and weather-insignificant uncertainty, the race was suspended before the decision of his team’s calculations eventually proved to be decisive. Starting from the head of the ground, the driver of the Belgium controlled the remaining part of the race to secure his third career formula e win, Nissan ahead Oliver rolland And McLaren Cheating Taylor barnard,

Continuous rains forced the first qualifying to cancel – the first such event in Formula E history – with the grid set based on the first FP 2 times. That championship leader Rolland placed in the pole, Britain improved Mahindra Adoardo mortara Over sixth with Rowland team partner Norman NATO And Bernard is making the second line.

If anything, after qualifying-conference, the weather deteriorated in terms of rainfall. But as the rainfall came out, the strong winds helped to dry at least the surface.

Still it was a delayed beginning, the security car led the ground for four scenery laps before starting a full standing before the race control. This immediately converted the big vision loop into a live strategic puzzle, as the drivers increased the low grip and limited visibility, while the teams removed their crystal balls for the pits promoting order and attack mode activations.

The ball of Masareti was clearly the most polish. Wandourn quickly became difficult to bring himself into the pit to the window and dives for a charge on Lap 10. Anyone soon increased compared to the Maximilian Gujar, which was stuck on the track with a clear red car position due to the failure of the battery.

“I was coming to my performance and originally, after a corner, the car shut down,” he explained. “There was nothing that we could do and it looked like a battery failure. I tried some reset to go again, but it was more serious than a reset. It was disappointing because we knew that we had something in hand for the race. I think every time the mega was strong when I was a gap when I could stop it immediately, because I could stop it immediately.”

The position of the red car means red flags, with clear winner Wandourn in this situation. A pluci call from Andretti attempted to allow Jake Dennis They dive to their promotion to stay open to enter the pit to simulate some of this landscape with team and driver. I wish the FIA ​​said that ‘Non’ and initiative would reward Dennis with their first black flags after their carting days.

“We still need to analyze it, but we used to believe as a team that the entry into the pit was open and it was a idea from our side. We used to meet the criteria to promote the pit because we were below 60%,” Dennis explained. “We thought that this is a proper game and we can promote the pit, but the FIA ​​believes that the pits were closed. Whether we remember it or not, I am not sure, but obviously we got black-jerk. I think perhaps a drive or something will be appropriate …”

with DS Penscay Clear and handful of extra laps were added to the tally, it was now for the necklace of Wandourn, whether it is misunderstanding or out of its control. Save for a half-spin, refusing to give him an opportunity to win e-Pix by the biggest margin, was all good to win his first win since 2021–22 champion Monaco 2022.

After the press conference, Wandourn said, “I really feel a bit angry after the race, because I almost threw it away from myself.” “Turn 1 was strange with a wet patch throughout the day. For some reason, it just keeps so much water. I just have to touch a little wet part, and the back was just staggering on me.”

Despite the impure PAS, it was planning otherwise and the fate of some good red flag which won.

“We carried out a fully planned strategy,” said Stoffel. “It was on a lot of balls! It made my life difficult many times; with such a low energy target after the pitstop and to manage the battery of the car.

“There was a lot of dialogue between myself and my engineer Thibault, but he kept me very calm, managed to communicate well and kept me up -to -date with the differences behind others. So I knew how much I can back down and save what I need to do.”

Although the advantage of promoting an early pit is denied, the championship leader seems to have no wrong, taking a second place to give him strength to a 60 -point lead in the standing of drivers.

“If you start further in the field, you can first risk promoting the pit, which has been paid today,” Wandourn’s victory Rolland said, “but it is impossible to do it from the front.

“I found everything from the car and very nice, especially in the early stages of the race. It is a dream that we have a lead in the standing of drivers and its purpose continues as we want to take some pressure from the last round of the season.”

Barnard once and showed his talent and ability with obstacles to bounce back from his FP1 Dalian, to take third place in a day where McLaren had views Sad bicester motion fire victim,

“After the FP1, the team told me, until I bounce back, it doesn’t really matter. And I think I have answered this question quite well in FP2. Obviously, with the cancellation of qualifying, there was a decent position to start the race. Now to stand on the podium at the end of the day. I can’t be very happy.”