Neom McLaren’s Sam Chook snatched a dramatic win from Jaguar’s Mitch Evans because of a daring transfer on the ultimate lap of Saturday’s thrilling Sao Paulo Eprix, delivering to workforce papaya its first ever win in Components E.
Chook pounced on the penultimate nook to seize his first win since 2021, with Evans simply 0.564s adrift on the checkered flag.
Oliver Rowland snagged the ultimate podium spot in a loopy final nook transfer, squeezing previous each Pascal Wehrlein and Jake Dennis to take third.
Chook bolted out to an early lead after the primary spherical of assault mode boosts, retaining Porsche poleman Pascal Wehrlein at bay whereas main a pack of 15 automobiles working nose-to-tail, with typically simply three seconds separating the highest 10.
The lead stored swapping between Chook, Porsche teammates Wehrlein and da Costa, Evans and Andretti’s Jake Dennis.
Everybody knew earlier than the race that managing power could be essential due to the lengthy straights and curvy Anhembi Sambadrome Circuit.
Drivers have been compelled to take care of two Security Vehicles durations, together with a neutralization triggered by Jaguar’s Nick Cassidy when the championship chief crashed into the wall on lap 16. This turned the remainder of the race right into a flat-out dash to the end.
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Chook and Evans have been neck and neck within the lead because the race unfolded. Although Dennis in third place had some further power in comparison with his direct rivals, the Andretti charger’s automobile working scorching and couldn’t exploit his extra capability.
With simply seven laps to go – together with three added by the earlier two Security Automotive durations – it seemed like Evans had secured the win after overtaking Chook on the surface at Flip 3.
Nonetheless, Chook had no intention of giving up. It had been fairly a while for the reason that Briton had final tasted victory, his most up-to-date win courting again to the streets of New York Metropolis in 2021.
Decided to not let the chance elude him, he seized his closing likelihood at claiming the lead by maneuvering across the outdoors of his former teammate at Flip 10 to seize the within line into Flip 11 and cross the checkered flag with Evans simply half a second behind.
“What a race that was, that was nice,” Chook commented after the race. “It means a lot for everyone at NEOM McLaren. I feel all people can now see the progress that’s slowly taking place.”
Jaguar’s Mitch Evans
With temperatures hovering, Dennis, working in third place, needed to nurse it to the end line whereas additionally heading off Wehrlein. This opened up a possibility for Nissan’s Rowland who sliced by each drivers on the closing nook and beat the pair in a three-way dash to the end line, with Wehrlein edging Dennis for fourth.
With native heroes Lucas di Grassi and Sergio Sette Camara ending properly outdoors the factors, Porsche’s Antonio Felix da Costa managed to salvage sixth place.
Sadly, Cassidy’s crash and ache was Wehrmlein’s achieve, with the German transferring inside 4 factors of the Kiwi within the championship standings.
Evans sits in third with 39 factors. Within the workforce standings, Jaguar TCS Racing has been overtaken by TAG Heuer Porsche, 96 factors to 61.
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