Rome E-Prix: Mitch Evans' historic double-victory a warning for championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne

DS TECHEETAH’s Jean-Eric Vergne said that Mitch Evans’ dominance at the 2022 Rome E-Prix should serve as a warning to the rest of the grid as the Jaguar TCS Racing driver completed a historic double-victory across the weekend in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Evans, who showed exceptional pace in the Saturday race to take the chequered flag from starting in P9, produced an arguably more impressive performance to claim victory on the Sunday race – his third E-Prix win in Rome.

Ad/> Vergne leads the Drivers’ Championship on 60 points heading into his home race in Monaco at the end of the month, finishing runner-up in the second race of the double-header at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in Rome having started on pole. /> Rome ePrixDramatic moment Rowland crashes on opening lap at Rome ePrixYESTERDAY AT 14:09 But speaking in the aftermath, the Frenchman was quick to play down the significance of the championship standings at this stage and warned his team they must do better to keep pace with the likes of Jaguar.

“The Jaguar and Mitch were way too fast this weekend, I hope that is only going to be a one-off from their side, otherwise it might be difficult to beat them,” he said. “Today it was impossible.

I am fairly happy with second, it was the best I could do, but I am going to urge my team to do better if we want to fight for wins because every time there is someone stronger than us. It is not good enough, so we need to work hard in Monaco to be the best.