PARIS — Stoffel Vandoorne clinched the
Formula E world
driver’s title on Sunday after finishing second in the final race of the season
in Seoul.
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His Mercedes team won the constructors’ title for
the second year in a row to give them the perfect send off as this was their
last ever Formula E race after selling their series team to Formula 1 rivals
McLaren.
Swiss Edoardo Mortara in a Venturi won the race to
take third in the championship behind Belgian Vandoorne and New Zealander Mitch
Evans in a Jaguar.
“It’s the best feeling ever,” said Vandoorne, a
30-year-old former Formula 1 driver.
“It’s been a great season and the team has done a
great job. Mitch and Edoardo have been pushing me all season but it’s all been
about consistency. They have more wins than me but I have more podiums.”
Although he has only won once this season, in
Monaco, Vandoorne scored points in 15 of the 16 races and finished on the
podium seven times.
He succeeds his teammate, Dutchman Nyck de Vries as
champion.
The “Gen2” single-seaters will make way next year,
the ninth season of the championship to “Gen3” cars that will be lighter, more powerful and run longer.
While Mercedes exit the e-stage Maserati have
announced it will join Formula E next season.
Raced on urban circuits, Formula E is the counterpart of F1
but with fully electric cars, while Formula 1 cars use hybrid combustion
engines.
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