Stoffel Formula E champions: Stoffel Vandoorne wins Formula E title- Stoffel Vandoorne clinched the Formula Electric World driver’s title on Sunday after finishing second in the final race of the season in Seoul in a Mercedes. Follow InsideSport.IN For more updates
Mercedes won the constructors’ world champion for the second year in a row but has already said it will leave the discipline next season.
Stoffel Formula E champions: Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne clinches Formule E world drivers title
.@svandoorne is the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion! 👏🏆 pic.twitter.com/8JholUiHh2
— ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (@FIAFormulaE) August 14, 2022
Swiss Edoardo Mortara in a Venturi won the race and finished 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 Mercedes teammate, Dutchman Nyck de Vries as x=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.
Stoffel Formula E champions: Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne clinches Formule E world drivers title
Mercedes has sold its team to Formula 1 rivals McLaren.
Maserati, meanwhile has 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.
Results from the Seoul E-Prix
1. Edoardo Mortara (SUI/Venturi) en 53min 31.680sec, 2. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL/Mercedes) at 3.756 sec, 3. Jake Dennis (GBR/Andretti) 6.649, 4. Robin Frijns (NED/Envision) 7.021, 5. Oliver Askew (USA/Andretti) 7.850, 6. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/DSTecheetah) 9.741, 7. Mitch Evans (NZL/Jaguar) +10.243, 8. Nick Cassidy (NZL/Envision) 14.208, 9. Sebastien Buemi (SUI/Nissan) 16.629, 10. Antonio Felix da Costa (PRT/DS-Techeetah) 22.226
Final world championships standings (after 16 races)
1. Stoffel Vandoorne (BEL) 213 points, 2. Mitch Evans (NZL) 180, 3. Edoardo Mortara (SUI) 169, 4. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) 144, 5. Lucas di Grassi (BRA/Venturi) 126
Final constructors’ standings
1. Mercedes 319 points, 2. Venturi 295, 3. DS-Techeetah 266, 4. Jaguar 231, 5. Envision 194
Stoffel Formula E champions: Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne clinches Formule E world drivers title
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