The Stellantis brand had suffered a woeful start to the 2023 FE season after taking over the team from Venturi, with a lack of pace compounded by mistakes on the part of Gunther and particularly team-mate Edoardo Mortara.
But Maserati started to turn its fortunes around from Berlin onwards, with Jakarta confirming the progress team has made as Gunther outduelled Andretti’s Jake Dennis in the second part of the double header to claim an emphatic win.
It was Maserati's first victory in any world championship race since Juan Manuel Fangio's Formula 1 success in the 1957 German GP, as well as the first for Gunther since his triumph 2021 New York E-Prix with BMW.
“I'm absolutely over the moon and so proud about this achievement today,” said Gunther. “The season hasn't been as easy, especially the start of it and we really kept believing in us, working hard, working in a good direction and clearly the momentum of our season has changed a few weekends ago.
“Berlin was great and we scored good points in the last few races and yeah now the top two poles here, one win and another podium is huge. Just extremely happy.”
Source: Autosport