Nyck de Vries seals Monaco E-Prix Race 1 victory for Mahindra as Dan Ticktum loses podium

Nyck de Vries and Mahindra Racing stormed to their first win in almost five years in dramatic Monaco E-Prix Race 1, as Dan Ticktum’s late penalty promoted Pepe Marti to a suprise maiden Formula E podium.

Jaguar’s Mitch Evans finished second, while Marti inherited third after Cupra Kiro teammate Ticktum was slapped with a post-race drive through penalty for contact with Antonio Felix da Costa.

The race began with Dan Ticktum on pole after taking his second career pole position, and he launched well to keep the lead into Turn 1 as de Vries settled into second, while Evans slotted into the fight behind them.

Evans later lost third to DS Penske’s Maximilian Gunther at Casino Square but then regained ground as on Lap 3 unfolded. The Porsches closely followed with Pascal Wehrlein leading his teammate Nico Mueller before Da Costa split the duo to take sixth.

The race changed character around Lap 5 when chaos struck at the Nouvelle Chicane and Nick Cassidy and Jake Dennis collided heavily, sending both cars into the wall and triggering a Safety Car.

Cassidy managed to continue after recovering his car, but Dennis’ race was effectively over, and the incident created a major reshuffle in strategy, timing, and track position.

Once the race resumed, Jean-Éric Vergne and Nico Müller exchanged position-related tension, while Müller and Joel Eriksson fought near the top ten as the order continued to evolve.

There was also contact between teammates with Pascal Wehrlein suffering a puncture after contact with Müller who picked up front wing damage. Oliver Rowland’s race also unraveled after he reported a puncture.

The turning point for the leaders came when the pit sequence began on Lap 16; De Vries pitted during the key window and used Mahindra Racing’s Pit Boost approach to build an advantage, while Ticktum stayed out longer and initially retained track position.

Ticktum lost the lead to Da Costa on Lap 17, with the Portuguese driver using his Attack Mode, but the Cupra Kiro still held the advantage, yet to take Attack.

Ticktum came into the pits on Lap 19 and dropped to third, with De Vries passing the Brit to set his sights on race leader Da Costa. The Mahindra ultimately took the lead, as Jaguar told Da Costa to let Evans through to take second.

De Vries only managed to build the gap to under a second before his Attack Mode ran out, and was left holding off the Jaguars behind and the Kiro in fourth.

Ticktum used his Attack Mode to close the gap to the top three, and ultimately made his move past Da Costa at the start-finish straight to take the the final podium position.

However, his Attack Mode ran out leaving the Brit battling wheel-to-wheel with da Costa which resulted to contact at the Nouvelle Chicane, damaging da Costa’s rear-left tyre and suspension.

Nyck de Vries continued leading after restart to ultimately claim Monaco E-Prix Race 1 victory, with Mitch Evans taking second, while Dan Ticktum managed to hold onto third.

However, the stewards later handed Ticktum a 33-second drive through penalty for the late incident, which dropped him to 12th and vaulted his Cupra Kiro teammate Pepe Marti to a surprise maiden Formula E podium in his rookie season.

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