Berlin E-Prix: Mortara holds off Vergne for second victory of 2022

Mortara pounced upon a mistake from Vergne, who was baited into attacking the Venturi driver at Turn 6 with three laps remaining and went deep - recovering but shipping over a second to the leader.

This gave Mortara free licence to extend his lead and rocket off into the distance, ensuring he claimed his second victory of the year to get back among the top four in the drivers' championship battle.

Having resisted the temptation to eat into his final attack mode until the 31st lap, Mortara had waited until the chasing Stoffel Vandoorne and Andre Lotterer's own final attack mode activations began to tick down, giving him a surplus of time with 250kW power over his rivals.

Lotterer, in the lead by that point, was usurped by Vandoorne and Mortara once the Porsche driver's attack mode had elapsed, but Vandoorne soon fell victim to the similarly Mercedes-powered Venturi at Turn 6.

Vergne then powered into contention and brushed Lotterer aside, before employing his fanboost activation to nip past Vandoorne into second.

The DS Techeetah driver, who had shaken off qualifying disappointment after failing to progress to the final despite setting exactly the same laptime as Alexander Sims in their semi-final bout, was then beginning to hustle Mortara for position as he had an extra percent of energy entering the final laps.

Mortara got back on energy terms with Vergne as the Frenchman continued to give chase, and immediately anticipated a move from Vergne into Turn 6 on lap 38.

Forced to go wide, Vergne lost his carefully gathered momentum and had to spend the final throes of the race keeping Vandoorne and Lotterer at bay, proving to be something of a roadblock at the conclusion of the race.

Mortara headed the field away from pole