Reigning champion Nyck de Vries led home a Mercedes-EQ one-two in the opening round of the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, with Stoffel Vandoorne second and Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti) third. De Vries sealed his first victory in Formula E here last year and took advantage of an uncharacteristic Vandoorne slip-up to double up, with the Belgian missing his second jump through the ATTACK MODE activation loop. The pair were dominant from there, winding up eight seconds clear of Dennis. Jaguar TC…
Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes-EQ) showed the coolest head to win the final Duel and come out on top in Formula E's new qualifying format, besting Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti), in spite of the Brit's ruthless showing. Dennis flew off to a fine start in the final face-off but his Andretti machine looked looser than Vandoorne's Silver Arrow 02 and by the half-way point of the lap, the Belgian had romped four tenths of-a-second clear. Dennis gave it all he had and nibbled at the deficit but Vandoorne's typically collected…
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