Pascal Wehrlein gained the primary of two races within the Components E double-header in Jakarta, holding off Jake Dennis over the ultimate laps.

Dennis completed lower than half a second behind however was incensed by what he believed was overly-aggressive defending by the race winner, whose driving was not deemed worthy of investigation by the stewards.

Wehrlein’s third win of the season strikes him inside two factors of championship chief Nick Cassidy, whereas Maximilian Guenther claimed third for Maserati.

When the lights went out, pole winner Guenther was challenged for the lead by Wehrlein, however managed to fend off the Porsche. Stoffel Vandoorne settled into third place with Jake Dennis in fourth and Jean-Eric Vergne fifth within the second DS Penske.

At the beginning of lap 4, Wehrlein took the lead by pulling to the within of the Guenther into flip one. With drivers having a complete of eight minutes of Assault Mode for the race, Vandoorne was the primary of the leaders to take his first phase of additional energy, choosing an entire six minutes’ price, which dropped him behind crew mate Vergne.

Wehrlein surrendered the lead by taking his first two minutes of Assault Mode on lap six handy the lead again to Gunther, whereas Vergne returned a place to his crew mate by taking six minutes on the identical lap. On the following lap, Guenther returned the result in Wehrlein by taking six minutes of Assault Mode, and when Wehrlein’s energy increase expired Guenther started to place the Porsche underneath strain.

Wehrlein responded by taking his second section of Assault Mode to make use of up the remaining six minutes, permitting Guenther again into the lead and falling behind Vandoorne into third. Wehrlein gained again second when Vandoorne took his second Assault Mode after which the lead when Gunther took the final of his. Dennis used his additional energy to cross Vandoorne on-track into flip one, transferring up into third place.

Simply previous the midway level, Cassidy got here near crashing out whereas making an attempt to cross Vergne for fifth from a good distance again into flip one. Regardless of making slight contact with the rear of Vergne’s automotive he was capable of proceed with out injury.

In the meantime, up forward, Dennis charged by into second place by efficiently passing Guenther into the primary nook. Wehrlein got here underneath heavy strain for his lead from Dennis into flip one however managed to repel the Andretti driver alongside the primary straight.

Dennis condemned the chief’s defending after the race, which allowed each Gunther and Vandoorne behind to make speculative makes an attempt to take second from him. Nevertheless, Dennis additionally held off the strain from behind to retain second place.

The 4 leaders continued to run so as because the laps wound down, content material to preserve power and watch for the ultimate laps to assault. Again within the pack, the yellow flags had been briefly proven at flip one when Jaguar driver Sam Hen hit the again of crew mate Mitch Evans, spinning the championship contender into retirement for the second time within the season.

However on the entrance, Wehrlein was nonetheless in management. Regardless of having much less power than these chasing him, the Porsche driver continued to maintain cool and checked off the remaining laps to take the chequered flag and safe his third win of the season, tightening up the factors state of affairs on the prime of the championship.

Dennis was lower than half a second behind in second place with Gunther finishing the rostrum. The 2 DS Penskes of Vandoorne and Vergne had been third and fourth with Edoardo Mortara sixth within the second Maserati. Cassidy completed seventh to retain the championship lead by simply two factors, with Antonio Felix da Costa, Robin Frijns and Jake Hughes finishing the highest ten, Hughes gaining the ultimate level by contact with Hen within the last laps.

The second race within the Jakarta double-header will happen on the identical time on Sunday.

Jakarta Eprix race outcomes

Pos.
No.
Driver
Crew
Automobile

1
94
Pascal Wehrlein
Porsche
Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3

2
27
Jake Dennis
Andretti
Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3

3
7
Maximilian Guenther
Maserati
Maserati Tipo Folgore

4
1
Stoffel Vandoorne
DS Penske
DS E-TENSE FE23

5
25
Jean-Eric Vergne
DS Penske
DS E-TENSE FE23

6
48
Edoardo Mortara
Maserati
Maserati Tipo Folgore

7
37
Nick Cassidy
Envision
Jaguar I-Kind 6

8
13
Antonio Felix da Costa
Porsche
Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3

9
4
Robin Frijns
Abt Cupra
Mahindra M9Electro

10
5
Jake Hughes
McLaren
Nissan e-4ORCE 04

11
51
Nico Mueller
Abt Cupra
Mahindra M9Electro

12
58
Rene Rast
McLaren
Nissan e-4ORCE 04

13
17
Norman Nato
Nissan
Nissan e-4ORCE 04

14
33
Dan Ticktum
NIO 333
NIO 333 ER9

15
11
Lucas di Grassi
Mahindra
Mahindra M9Electro

16
23
Sacha Fenestraz
Nissan
Nissan e-4ORCE 04

17
36
Andre Lotterer
Andretti
Porsche 99X Electrical Gen3

18
3
Sergio Sette Camara
NIO 333
NIO 333 ER9

19
8
Oliver Rowland
Mahindra
Mahindra M9Electro

20
16
Sebastien Buemi
Envision
Jaguar I-Kind 6

21
10
Sam Hen
Jaguar
Jaguar I-Kind 6

22
9
Mitch Evans
Jaguar
Jaguar I-Kind 6

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