Mahindra Racing’s Nyck de Vries kept his cool around the tight and twisty streets of Monaco to claim his fifth ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race victory, ahead of Jaguar TCS Racing’s Mitch Evans and CUPRA KIRO’s Pepe Martí.
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 2026 Monaco E-Prix with a comfortable gap to the chasing pack.
“It was a pretty straightforward race with a few scary moments,” commented Mitch Evans, No. 9, Jaguar TCS Racing. “Strategy was key today. I didn’t race so well at the start of the race, probably could have been a bit more aggressive, just being a bit cautious. But it kind of came towards me after the pit stop and the pit window worked quite great. To get to P2 is just great, you know great points.
“Whole credit to Nyck [De Vries] and Mahindra, they’ve been rapid all day so it was always going to be a big task to try and try and beat them. I’ll happily take P2 and the 18 points and move on to tomorrow.
“I got hit a few times and then once it felt like the next few corners I could feel the rear a bit nervous and I was like oh no, I’ve felt that before. But the pressure seemed all right and yeah I don’t know, I got away with it so it was very very fortunate that there was no puncture and we could charge on after that.”
Fellow Kiwi Nick Cassidy received a 10-second penalty following contact with Jake Dennis, ultimately finishing P9.
“Not my best day,” said Cassidy. “I felt off in practice and struggled to understand why, especially as I’ve been strong in qualifying recently, so that was frustrating. The incident with Jake was unfortunate, I have to accept the stewards’ decision.
“I’ve been vocal about moving under braking, and looking at it just me in that incident, I did that, so the penalty is fair. I just hope we see that applied consistently going forward. There’s plenty to work on overnight, but I’m still confident we can come back stronger tomorrow.”
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 António Félix 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.
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 ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ World Championship, overtaking Porsche Formula E Team’s Pascal Wehrlein and creating a 15 point buffer.
“I’ve been here before so I’m not going to get carried away, but these results are huge at this stage of the Championship so keep trying to accumulate it and just go race by race,” said Evans.
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 Martí, 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 ABB FIA Formula E Teams World Championship table while Porsche hold onto top spot in the Manufacturers’.
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