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Misano E-Prix: Wehrlein wins as leader Rowland suffers problems on final lap

Pascal Wehrlein took victory in the second Misano E-Prix after long-time leader Oliver Rowland potentially ran out of energy on the final lap.

Wehrlein led the 26-lap race until five laps from home as Rowland dived to the inside of Turn 5 to move into first.

The Nissan driver, who had inherited Saturday’s Misano E-Prix victory after on-the-road winner Antonio Felix da Costa was disqualified for a technical infringement, noticeably upped his pace and headed Wehrlein by 1.4s onto the final lap.

But exiting Turn 5 for the final time, Rowland slowed allowing Wehrlein to move into the lead and take his second win of the 2024 Formula E campaign after the season-opening Mexico City E-Prix.

Polesitter Jake Hughes initially led away from pole while behind Wehrlein moved into second at the expense of Jean-Eric Vergne around the outside of Turn 1.

It became apparent that the pace of the race was going to be much higher than Saturday’s manic contest, where multiple position changes took place every lap as drivers tried to save energy in the pack.

While Wehrlein had run amongst the leading bunch for the majority of the race, Rowland only moved to the front for the first time at the halfway point having started down in 10th.

But Rowland, who also led the championship standings heading into the second race at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, was already 2% down on energy compared with those around him.

Source: Autosport

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