London E-Prix: Lynn wins dramatic Race 2 at ExCeL Center

Mahindra Racing's Alex Lynn scored his first Formula E victory on Sunday in London, coming out on top after of an incident-packed and overall sloppy Race 2 at the City's ExCeL Centre.

The 27-year-old Briton inherited the lead after Audi's Lucas di Grassi was black-flagged for trying to force the issue with the stewards after ignoring a drive-through penalty for passing through the pitlane without stopping, a claim contested by the Audi outfit.

The London E-Prix's second race podium was completed by Mercedes' Nyck de Vries and Jaguar's Mitch Evans in the event's provisional results.

Poleman Stoffel Vandoorne took a commanding lead at the start, followed by Nissan's Oliver Rowland and de Vries, and controlled the field until a collision between René Rast and Sebastien Buemi triggered the first Safety Car of the afternoon.

The Belgian held his position up ahead on the restart but during a second Safety Car period triggered by a skirmish between Antonio Felix da Costa and André Lotterer, di Grassi astonishingly jumped from P8 to P1 by running through the short pit lane - at the limited speed of 50km/h - instead of following the slow-moving train of cars behind the safety car!

The move was predictably frowned upon by the stewards who hit di Grassi with a drive-through penalty for ignoring the safety car procedure.

However, the Audi pitwall ignored the decision as team boss Allan McNish pleaded with the FIA stewards to overturn the sanction, claiming that di Grassi had briefly stopped at his pit as he cruised through the pitlane.

To no avail unfortunately as the punishment was eventually upheld.

But out on track, an oblivious di Grassi fended off successive attacks from Vandoorne, only for the Belgian to be hit and spun by a clumsy Rowland when the Briton out-braked himself at Turn 10 and slid into the side of the Mercedes, sending its driver down the order and out of contention.

Behind the outlawed di Grassi, Lynn opted for a timely and final power boost coupled with a fan boost to get the upper hand over de Vries and charge virtually ahead where he would remain until the checkered flag, while di Grassi's safety car infringement was transformed from a non executed drive-through into a time penalty that pushed the Brazilian down to P8 in the final standings.

With two rounds to go - a double-header in Berlin next month, Mercedes' de Vries leads the Drivers' standings by just six points from Envision Virgin Racing's Robin Frijns while Jaguar Racing's Sam Bird is third, 14 points adrift.

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