Reigning Formula E champion Dennis took a comprehensive victory in the second race of the season, cruising to a 13-second win over polesitter Jean-Eric Vergne in Saudi Arabia.
Having held onto his starting position of third in the opening stages, Dennis found himself in the lead by the end of lap four after Vergne and Mitch Evans ahead had both taken the first of their Attack Modes.
Dennis took the decision to wait until lap six before taking his first activation despite a radio call from his team to take it sooner.
The Briton believes running an extra lap allowed him to remain ahead of Evans, claiming, "I think it won us the race".
“Basically, we just didn’t quite agree or align on the Attack Mode because if they made me take it, I would have come out on the risk of still being behind Evans, so I said let’s go one more lap,” Dennis told Autosport.
“We almost came out ahead of Vergne but ultimately that allowed us to get the jump [on him at the second Attack Mode] and when we were leading the race we could do our own pace and take the lead that way.
“Really good strategy call and for them letting me do it, that’s one of the good things with the team is they sort of allow me to do my own race and have faith in my decisions behind the wheel.”
Source: Autosport