The Kiwi made the pivotal move for the lead with four laps remaining, diving to the inside of poleman Sebastien Buemi with a decisive pass into Turn 1.
Evans, who had started ninth and briefly led at the mid-point of the race as drivers used their Activation Modes, immediately pulled a gap on the Envision Racing driver as Bird also looked for a way through.
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It took until the final lap for the Brit to get ahead with a late braking move into the Turn 5 hairpin around the outside, holding the line on the exit to give Jaguar its first 1-2 in the championship.
Buemi lost a further position on the final corner as Maximilian Gunther made contact and took third on the line despite losing the front wing of his Maserati MSG machine.
Source: Autosport