New York City E-Prix 1 As It Happened
-Live text commentary of the 2021 New York City E-Prix 1
-Cassidy on pole
-Günther wins after brilliant double pass on Vergne & Cassidy
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That will wrap up our live text commentary. We will have more reaction to come as the night goes on, as well as our report soon. Thanks for joining us!
22:35
Maximilian Günther, speaking to Formula E: "I was managing the race quite well, I had more energy than the two guys in front of me but it was not so easy today to overtake. I saw JEV fighting with Nick for the win and they both went wide at the hairpin and then I got this gap, and for sure went for it."
22:30
JEV sounds fairly disappointed, despite moving up to 3rd in the championship, 4 points off joint leaders Mortara and Frijns.
22:27
The top three are speaking to Formula E.
22:23
Günther is understandably ecstatic as he jumps out of the car.
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FINISHING ORDER (TOP TEN):
1st. Günther
2nd. Vergne
3rd. di Grassi
4th. Cassidy
5th. Frijns
6th. Buemi
7th. Rowland
8th. Lotterer
9th. Bird
10th. Rast
22:20
MAXIMILIAN GÜNTHER WINS THE NEW YORK E-PRIX!!!!
Radio from Günther: "YES GUYS!"
22:19
Günther has checked out here, he leads by a second.
22:18
About to enter the final lap in New York.
22:17
Will Virgin swap Cassidy & Frijns for the sake of the latter's championship bid? We will see.
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TOP TEN WITH 2 MINS + 1 LAP TO GO:
GÜN, VER, DIG, CAS, FRI, ROW, BUE, LOT, BIR, RAS
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AS IT STANDS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP:
Mortara: 72pts
Frijns: 72pts
22:13
Vergne goes for it at the hairpin, and forces him and Cassidy out wide. This allows Günther to take the lead. Cassidy is now 4th.
22:12
HUGE DRAMA!! GÜNTHER LEADS!!
22:11
Sims and Vandoorne are in the pits, and it looks to be day over for them.
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TOP 4 ENERGY REMAINING:
CAS: 23%
VER: 24%
GÜN: 25%
DIG: 23%
22:09
10 MINS + 1 LAP TO GO.
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Rast gets past Lynn to take P10. Bird now 9th.
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12 MINS TO GO
The top 4 are all within two seconds of each other.
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Any one of the top 4 could still win this race.
22:05
Sam Bird is now up into P10, after starting P20.
22:04
DENNIS OUT
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Jake Dennis gets past Alex Lynn at turn 1.
But oh no! he slows coming off turn 7, and looks to be out.
22:02
The top 4 have really bunched up.
22:01
Jake Dennis gets past Alex Sims to claim P10.
22:00
Bird sets a new fastest lap.
21:59
Lotterer being told to invest his energy in an overtake, which he does to get past Alex Lynn
21:57
TOP TEN WITH 22 MINS LEFT:
CAS, VER, GÜN, DIG, FRI, ROW, BUE, LYN, SIM, LOT
21:55
Back to green.
21:55
Full course yellow has been deployed to remove Mitch Evans' Jaguar.
21:55
FULL COURSE YELLOW
21:54
Radio to Günther: "We want to close this gap now."
21:53
Evans has pulled off to the side at turn 2, with what looks to be a mechanical issue.
21:52
Rowland gets past Lynn at turn 1 for P6.
21:51
Di Grassi has also got past Buemi, as Günther takes his second attack mode.
21:50
Both Nissans activate attack mode.
21:49
Good move from Günther to get past Buemi at turn 1. Günther now P3.
21:49
WEHRLEIN OUT
21:48
Contact at the hairpin! Alex Lynn is spun around by Pascal Wehrlein, as the Porsche driver went to take attack mode.
21:47
António Félix da Costa currently has fastest lap.
21:46
Lynn has taken his second attack mode.
21:45
Radio to Cassidy: "Full regen this lap."
21:44
Cassidy takes his first attack mode, and get out ahead of Vergne.
21:43
A whole host of drivers take their first attack mode, including Vergne, Buemi, Wehrlein and Rowland.
21:42
Günther, di Grassi and Evans activate their first attack mode.
21:41
Sette Camara and Turvey both have drive-through penalties.
21:40
Alex Lynn activates his first attack mode, as does René Rast.
21:39
Oliver Turvey is under investigation as well.
21:38
40 mins to go
The Order
CAS, VER, BUE, GÜN, LYN, DIG, WEH, SIM, ROW, LOT
21:37
Sette Camara is under investigation for a technical infraction with the throttle map
21:36
Alex Lynn has dropped back at the start, as the Briton locked up and dropped from 2nd to 5th.
21:35
A lot of contact at the Manhattan Hairpin. Looks like Mitch Evans losing some bodywork there.
21:35
Cassidy holds the lead.
21:34
GO GO GO!!!!!!
21:33
The cars are pulling into their grid slots
21:31
THE TOP TEN
1st. Cassidy
2nd. Vergne
3rd. Lynn
4th. Günther
5th. Buemi
6th. Wehrlein
7th. di Grassi
8th. Rowland
9th. Sims
10th. Lotterer
21:28
The grid is starting to be cleared ahead of the E-Prix.
21:24
What happened in qualifying?
Nick Cassidy took pole position for the first of the New York double header, making it two in his rookie season.
The Envision Virgin driver's superpole time of a 01:09.338 saw him claim top spot ahead of DS Techeetah's Jean-Éric Vergne, 0.161 seconds back. Alex Lynn of Mahindra was third, exactly two tenths behind Cassidy, whilst Maximilian Günther was 4th for BMW. Sebastian Buemi (Nissan) and Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche) rounded out superpole.
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Here is the circuit
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Welcome to our live text commentary of the first race at the 2021 New York City E-Prix. The race will get underway in around 10 minutes time.
