Porsche’s Wehrlein wins first of two Saudi Arabia Formula E races
The HinduPorsche’s Pascal Wehrlein won the first of two Formula E races in Saudi Arabia to turn the tables on series leader Jake Dennis on Friday after being beaten by the Briton in the Mexican season-opener. Former Formula One driver Wehrlein beat Porsche-powered Avalanche Andretti’s Dennis by 0.531 of a second after a tight battle under the floodlights in Diriyah, with Britain’s Sam Bird third for Jaguar. Dennis had won with Wehrlein second in the first race of the electric world championship’s ‘Gen3’ era on January 14 but the Briton retained the overall lead by a point thanks to his fastest lap in Mexico City. The Porsche powertrain domination left Dennis on 44 points with Wehrlein on 43 and Envision Racing’s Swiss driver Sebastien Buemi, who started Friday’s race on pole position but finished fourth, a distant third in the overall standings with 23.
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