NO PLACE LIKE HOME FOR LYNN

English drivers dominated their home E-Prix as Alex Lynn took the most points from rounds 12 and 13 in London.

Lynn and fellow home country hero Jake Dennis won the races, bringing joy to the local spectators.

Nyck de Vries took it up to the pair, finishing second in both races to not only leapfrog him into contention, but take the lead of the 2021 Formula E World Championship.

Leading the championship before London, Sam Bird could not replicate the home soil form of his counterparts, sustaining damage in both races which dumped him out of the title lead to third.

The Round 12 Super Pole qualifying set the tone for the rest of the weekend as Lynn and Dennis claimed occupancy of the front row.

The Mahindra Racing Lynn shot to the front of the grid with a 1m 23.245s, 0.3s faster than Dennis.

It was Lynn’s second Formula E pole position, his first came in 2017.

Lynn was unable to convert his advantage into a win as Dennis flew the flag in Race 12.

The 26-year-old put on a masterclass of efficient energy usage to lead the field home by more than 5s.

Dennis passed Lynn after the second round of Attack Mode activations and only pulled away from there.

The polesitter was also surpassed by de Vries who climbed from ninth to secure second place and 18 points for Mercedes.

Nissan e.dams driver Sebastien Buemi finished fourth, but was disqualified post-race for power overuse promoting Porsche’s Andre Lotterer to fourth

One of the headlines of the race was the retirement of then championship leader Bird, who was the victim of a tightly bunched field on lap 1.

The Jaguar Racing driver copped contact and could not race on.

In Race 13, Lynn recovered in style to win his first Formula E race.

Lynn did not have the pace of many around him, but after Oliver Rowland and Stoffel Vandoorne collided ahead of him and de Vries took a mistimed Attack Mode, Lynn found himself at the head of the field.

During a safety car period Lucas di Grassi pitted and due to the slow safety car speed, this propelled him to the lead from eighth.

This would have been legal had the Brazilian come to a stop in his pit box, but he did not quite do so.

He was handed drive-through penalty, Audi protested the decision and kept him out on track.

Although he crossed the line in first, di Grassi was disqualified allowing Lynn to take his maiden win with de Vries and Kiwi Mitch Evans completing the podium.

The weekend went from bad to worse for Bird, whose tangling with Norman Nato cost both drivers any shot at points.

At the conclusion of the London event de Vries tops the Drivers’ World Championship ahead of the final race weekend in Berlin. Robin Frijns is second, followed by the fallen Bird.

Points: De Vries 95, Frijns 89, Bird 81, Dennis 81, da Costa 80

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