Venturi's Edoardo Mortara executed a flawless race from pole position to win Formula E's first round of racing this weekend at Berlin's Templehof airport. The Swiss-Italian-French racer crossed the checkered flag with a 1.7s cushion over DS Techeetah's Jean-Eric Vergne while Mercedes' Stoffel Vandoorne made a remarkable recovery after falling down the order at the start to finish third, 1.9s adrift from the day's winner. From the outset, Mortara held his own at the head of the field, followed by Mahindra's Alexander Sims and Antonio Felix da Costa. But a botched start by championship leader Vandoorne dropped the Belgian from P8 to a lowly 12th, while Jaguar's Sam Bird went the other way,...
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