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Sport newsThe Road to Plastic PollutionThe contribution to plastic pollution made by tyres begins at the design and production phase, through the use of various synthetic fibres such as synthetic rubber, carbon black, and other polymers. Later, during the use phase, degradation and general wear and tear result in the generation of micro-particles that are released into the air, soil and water. Finally, if tyres are not collected and recycled correctly (e.g. landfilled), decomposition can take thousands of years and can greatly damage the surrounding environment. And the scale of the problem is enormous. According to the Tire Industry Project (TIP) – a group consisting of the world’s 10 leading tyre companies – each year approximately 1 billion tyres reach the end of their life annually.2 Additionally, figures released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, featuring more than 1,400 Member organisation – show that an average tyre leaves as much as 4 kg of these particles during its lifetime, amounting to the total of 6.1 million tonnes, comparable with volume of all waste generated by Croatia in 2020 (Eurostat).3According to an IUCN study, microplastics from tyres are a major contributor to ocean pollution, with between 15 and 31% of the estimated 9.5 m tonnes of plastic released into the oceans each year that could be primary microplastics, almost two-thirds of which coming from the washing of synthetic textiles and the abrasion of tyres while driving.4 To compound the impact, in 2020 the World Economic Forum reported that according to research conducted by the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, the University of Vienna and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, about 140,000 tonnes of road microplastics could be transported by the wind into the oceans each year and about 48,000 tonnes might be reaching ice- and snow-covered regions such as the Arctic, contributing to rising sea levels.5 Moreover, as other research discovered, run-off collected from roads getting into rivers could also kill fish species.6Creating a Circular EconomyOverall, the FIA and its stakeholders are well aware that the issue of tyre-related microplastics is becoming increasingly important and requires action. “The FIA has always been committed to promoting sustainable mobility and motor sport and in this regard the FIA has implemented a sustainable energies roadmap with objectives tailored to each championship,” says Xavier Mestelan Pinon, FIA Technical Director, Technical Operations and R&D. “We have a 360-degree approach to this and beyond powertrain solutions we therefore address also subjects such as logistics, the use of materials in general – especially carbon – as well as emissions managed by the production of components and their use. Tyres naturally fall within this sphere, and we are committed to finding innovative solutions and to reducing the environmental impact of tyres while maintaining the performance essential for racing.”To ensure this, the FIA is taking action through the development of new regulations, by partnering with research centres, and through the selection of tyre suppliers for championships that meet the Federation’s exacting sustainability targets. Ultimately, the goal is to bring sustainable innovative solutions to the issues and together with manufacturers and key stakeholders become a forerunner in establishing a circular economy of tyres. Getting a Grip on Materials and Impact In 2023, bio-sourced and recycled materials constitute up to 45% of a range of tyres used in the top Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. However, the Federation intends to increase the amount across its championships in the coming years, targeting an eventual ratio of more than 90% sustainable components, closing the material loop. In the use phase, the FIA is decreasing the number of compounds (soft, medium, hard) and types of tyres (slick, intermediate, wet) available for competitions in order to reduce logistical requirements and thus reduce environmental impact. As such, specific sporting rules have been enforced in a variety of championships. “We have introduced a number of changes to championships aimed at reducing impact, such as bring in a minimum amount of groove and control of tyre wear in Rally and Rallycross,” explains FIA Head of Performance Nicolas Aubourg. “Intermediate tyres are no longer allowed in Hypercar and in the future LMGT3 class the number of slick compounds will be limited to one spec per circuit. All FIA World Championships have seen a significant reduction in the number of tyres used in races,” he adds. In the short-term, the amount of available tyre specifications in the Hypercar class will be reduced to one single specification per circuit, and two for Le Mans. The maximum number of tyres has been limited in the top-class category (LMP1, Hypercar) since 2015. Elsewhere, the FIA ABB Formula E World Championship mandates just two sets of tyres per single-header event. Reducing the number of tyres brings multiple advantages. Not only is it beneficial from economic and logistics point of view, but it also reducing environmental impact.Lowering the environmental impact of tyres is not restricted to reducing the number of tyres used across events, it’s also about what happens to those tyres following the event. Starting in 2022, with the support of the FIA, racing compounds supplied to the FIA European Truck Racing Championship by Goodyear are retreaded by the company into standard on-road products that can be used by transportation fleets.In many championships, the FIA also recommends minimum rolling resistance in order to save energy of the vehicle and promote track to road technologiesWith regards to tyre warming during competition, this practice is gradually being eliminated from all FIA Championships, while tyre manufacturers, teams and drivers develop better understanding of how to bring cold tyres up to temperature and adapt to changes in performance. The FIA Formula One World Championship and WEC were the two last FIA World Championships in which tyre warming was still allowed. WEC has banned it in 2023 (with exception of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for 2023 only). Formula 1 is currently testing and evaluating slick tyres to run without tyre heating devices, and if successful will introduce this specification of tyre for the 2024 season. A new extreme wet tyre to run without warmers has just been introduced from the Monaco Grand Prix this season, and the intermediate tyre has just completed successful test evaluation for the 2024 season.Finally, the FIA carefully controls end-of-life management of tyres. Almost all non-confidential (commercial) tyres and 100% of confidential, non-commercial competition tyres used in FIA World Championships are returned to the manufacturer post-race. In addition, through single supplier selection, the FIA values manufacturers who ensure sustainable end-of-life management, in particular material recycling.  Built-in SustainabilityLooking to the future, the FIA builds increased sustainability measures into all its tenders for tyre supply to its championships. At the top levels of single-seater racing, the latest tyre tender for the FIA Formula One World Championship, FIA Formula 2 and Formula 3 Championships, covering the period from 2025-2027, prioritises sustainable supply via a number of key requirements. The successful provider will be responsible for the cost of independent monitoring of the particulate emissions as well as the cost of carrying out a life cycle assessment (LCA), for tyres supplied in the championships. Sustainability goals within the tender fall into four categories: sustainability within the providing organisation, including certification; social responsibility, ensuring the ethical delivery of its products; environmental and carbon footprint, including emissions reduction, prevention of pollution and traceability of supply chain; and finally the creation of a circular economy in design, use and end-of-life for tyres supplied. The search for better solutions also never ends. In addition to established practices, the FIA is currently exploring technology solutions to collect tyre and brake particles during use phase. If successful such systems would significantly limit pollution from tyres used in motor sport and could potentially be replicated in mobility systems on a larger scale.Through innovative solutions designed to encourage the development of a circular economy around tyre use the FIA is committed to improved environmental performance in motor sport and beyond.  1 https://www.plasticstoday.com/medical/tire-wear-major-source-microplasti…2https://www.wbcsd.org/Sector-Projects/Tire-Industry-Project/End-of-Life-Tires-ELTs3https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/bls-student-blog/2021/06/08/reinventing-the-tyre-using-new-materials-to-prevent-pollution-amelia-doran/4https://www.iucn.org/news/secretariat/201702/invisible-plastic-particles-textiles-and-tyres-major-source-ocean-pollution-%E2%80%93-iucn-study5https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/car-tyres-brakes-pollution-resear…6https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/25/tyre-dust-the-stealth-pollutant-becoming-a-huge-threat-to-ocean-life#:~:text=Tyre-wear%20particles%20%E2%80%93%20a%20mixture,of%20microplastics%20in%20the%20oceanFIASustainabilityEnvironmentSport1SportFIASustainabilityEnvironment00Monday, June 5, 2023 – 5:19pmMonday, June 5, 2023 – 5:19pm

Sport news Local aces Parroud and Gonon claim 1-2 for Switzerland on their home event, Rallye du ChablaisChampionship stalwart ‘Lucky’ completes podium in a hard-fought battle that carried through to the final stageHuge drama and tremendous camaraderie on display among the EHRC regularsThe 19th Rallye du Chablais, Round 4 of this year’s FIA European Historic Rally Championship, was memorable for many reasons, reaching its conclusion after a final day of drama and incident.As darkness fell over the Swiss Alps on the final day it was the BMW E30 M3 of local aces Pascal Parroud and Quentin Marchand which prevailed, following a final stage shoot-out between the top three crews on the event.The day began with overnight leaders ‘Lucky’ and Fabrizia Pons in the lead with their four-wheel-drive Lancia Delta Integrale 16v, which had profited from heavy rain on Friday’s closing stages. Blazing sunshine dried the overnight rain to give the rear-wheel-drive BMW E30 M3 of Parroud an advantage, but ‘Lucky’ remained within striking distance as he waited for the promised rainfall in the afternoon.Also keeping up with the lead battle was the mighty Group 4 Audi Quattro of Italian star ‘Zippo’ and co-driver Denis Piceno, recovering well after losing time on the opening day. Sadly the crowd-pleasing Audi went out of the event in dramatic style, coming off the road on SS8 but with the crew thankfully unharmed.Meanwhile the much older but incredibly rapid Ford Escort Mk1 RS1600 of Swiss pairing Florian Gonon and Michel Horgnies also began to challenge the more modern machinery through the course of the day.Sure enough, when the rain showers camel, ‘Lucky’ got in front of the nimble Escort and BMW but then the stages began to dry as the event ran into the evening, and with a final push it was to be a home victory for the crowds to celebrate. Parroud just held the flying Gonon at bay, with ‘Lucky’ settling for third.“It was a tough fight all the day,” said Parroud at the finish. “It was quite complicated also with the weather. We tried to push hard all the day and I didn’t do mistakes so that’s the good point,. Finally we take the victory on the last stage so it’s always good like that.”Another high-profile casualty of the dramatic final day was the Porsche 911 SC of Spaniards Fernando Dameto and co-driver Sergi Sastre. When they came off the road on the second stage of the final morning, their car rolled for almost 100 metres on the Alpine hillside, although both crew members escaped unharmed.Another happier ending came for British pairing Tim Metcalfe and John Connor, who retired on the opening day after spinning for 200 metres and hitting a tree with the rear of their Ford Escort Mk2 RS1800.After a frantic night’s work to repair the car, the battle-scarred Escort then made it to the finish thanks to the spirit of rallying and some help from fellow competitors.“If I’m honest, I wasn’t even going to get back in the car today but (fellow competitor) Richard Ronay got his three guys and there was Greg McCormack, James Potter – we had three Hungarians, and Englishman and an Irishman, I’m sure there’s a joke there – who were there helping us and working with us on the car until midnight just to get us out again,” Metcalfe explained.“That left me with no alternative but to go back out, even though we were in service until 1am and then had to get up at 5am to be scrutineered. Everyone did a fantastic job and I’d like to say a big ‘thank-you’ to everyone. This result feels like it’s for them as much as us!”In the classes, Category 4 ended with the BMW E30 M3 of Pascal Bachmann and Xavier Machet finishing third behind Parroud and ‘Lucky’. Category 3 brought victory to the Porsche 911 SC of Guy Trolliet and Sébastien Moulin prevail over the Renault 5 Turbo of Eric Guignard and Didier Meffre with the Porsche oif Eddy and Marion Tapparel finishing third.Gonon’s incredible pace sealed Category 2, followed home by the Porsche of Jean-Marc and Patricia Bussolini with the BMW 2002 of Stanislav Budil and Petr Vejvoda third. The lone Category 1 car to finish was that of Ernie and Karen Graham, marking the fourth win from four events for the Northern Irishman and his Ford Escort Twin Cam, three-times co-driven by his wife.The FIA European Historic Rally Championship will resume with the fifth round of the season, the 56th Mesek Rallye in Hungary, on June 22-24. Rallye du Chablais Top 10 ResultsDate: June 1-3, 2023. Location: Aigle, Switzerland. Number of Entrants: 34 (FIA EHRC). Number of Stages: 14 (12 run). Total distance: 608.33 km. Stage distance: 177.8 km (167.56 run). Pos.Driver/Co-DriverNat.CarCat.Time1Pascal Parroud/Quentin MarchandCHE/CHEBMW E30 M341hr 48m 35.8s2Florian Gonon/Michel HorgniesCHE/CHEFord Escort Mk1 RS16002+21.6s3‘Lucky’/Fabrizia PonsITA/ITALancia Delta Integrale 16v4+29.9s4Pascal Bachmann/Xavier MachetCHE/CHEBMW E30 M34+3m 1.9s5Guy Trolliet/Sébastien MoulinFRA/FRAPorsche 911 SC3+5m 19.6s6Benoît Boulanger/Christophe DoubletFRA/FRABMW E30 M34+8m 41.6s7Jean-Marc Bussolini/Patricia BussoliniFRA/FRAPorsche 911 Carrera RS2+9m.5.2s8Eric Guignard/Didier MeffreFRA/FRARenault 5 Turbo3+9m 27.4s9Stanislav Budil/Petr VejvodaCZE/CZEBMW 2002 ti2+10m 10.9s10Danny Bender/Mathias LeyvrazCHE/CHEOpel Kadett GSi4+11m 16.6s European Hill Climb ChampionshipEHRCSEASON 2023SportHistoric1SportEuropean Hill Climb ChampionshipHistoricSEASON 2023EHRC00Monday, June 5, 2023 – 3:26pmMonday, June 5, 2023 – 3:26pm

Sport newsRed Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen took his fifth win of 2023 with a controlled victory at the Spanish Grand Prix, as Mercedes scored a first double podium finish since Brazil last year with Lewis Hamilton second ahead of George Russell. When the lights went out it was Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, starting from the front row beside polesitter Verstappen who made the best start. On Soft tyres he drew alongside the Dutchman who has started on Mediums, as the pair powered towards Turn 1. The Red Bull driver held firm, however, and moved ahead as they went towards the second corner.Behind them Hamilton passed P3 starter Lando Norris into Turn 1 and the McLaren driver then clipped the back of the Mercedes as they went into Turn 2. Norris was forced back to the pits at the end of the opening lap for a new front wing and dropped to last place. There wewre good starts too for soft tyre starters George Russell and Zhou Guanyu who jumped ahead of the second Red Bull of Sergio Pérez who like his team-mate also started on medium tyres. The Mexican, dropped to P12, but soon began moving forward and at the start of lap 2 he powered past McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and then got by AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda Haas’ Nico Hülkenberg to claim P9 before inheriting P8 when Zhou pitted to shed his starting soft tyres. At the front, Verstappen was already carving out a solid gap to the rest of the field and on lap 11 he was 5.2 seconds clear of Sainz, with Hamilton a further 1.6s back. Lance Stroll was fourth for Aston Martin ahead of the Alpine of Esteban Ocon, while Russell was sixth. In seventh and just half a second ahead of Pérez was the second Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso. At the end of lap 13, Ocon pitted from fifth place to switch from Soft to Medium tyres andf the Frenchman was followed to the pits soon after by Stroll. Sainz then made his first stop of the race at the end of lap 15 and after taking on Medium tyres he rejoined in eighth place. At the end of lap 19, Alonso dived into the pits. The flurry of stops vaulted Pérez to fourth, 7.5s behind Russell. Hamilton pitted for medium tyres on lap 24 and he rejoined in P5, behind Sainz. Russell made the same move at the end of the following tour and Pérez rose to second place, 28 seconds behind his team-mate. Verstappen made his first stop on lap 27 and in a 2.2s halt the race leader moved to hard compound Pirellis before rejoining six seconds ahead of his team-mate who pitted at the end of the next lap. The Mexican’s 2.2s switch saw him emerge in ninth place, behind Alonso. At the front, Versrtappen was now 12 seconds clear of Hamilton, with Sainz third ahead of Russell. Stroll had climbed back to fifth place ahead of Ocon, while AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda, who had made an early stop for hard tyres, held seventh and Pérez sat in P8 after getting past Alonso under DRS at the start of lap 31. The Mexican Red Bull driver then began an inexorable march through the order and he climbed back to fourth place with 25 laps remaining. Russell then pitted for a second time on lap 46 and after moving to soft tyres the Mercedes driver dropped to fourth, 13.4s behind Pérez. He quickly began to close on the Red Bull and on lap 51 Pérez’ team pitted him for a second time. The Mexican bolted on a set of softs in a 2.2 stop and rejoined the action in fifth place, 2.4s behind Sainz. Hamilton, too, pitted on lap 51 and that gave Red Bull the freedom to move Verstappen to set of soft tyres without significant time penalty. He emerged in the lead and soon after Pérez powered past Sainz. The Mexican closed to within four seconds of the Mercedes driver in the end had to settle for fourth place. Ahead Verstappen was in total control and after 66 almost perfect laps the Dutchman crossed the line some 24 seconds ahead of Hamilton and 32 ahead of third-placed Russell to take his fifth win of the season, the 40th of his career and his third grand chelem after perfect weekends in Austria in 2021 and in Imola last year. Victory in Spain extends Verstappen’s championship lead and he now has 170 points, 53 ahead of Checo who has 117. Red Bull also grew its Constructors’ Championship lead and with 287 points it is now 135 ahead of Mercedes who have moved into second place ahead of Aston Martin.2023 FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix – Race 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 66 1:27’57.940 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 66 1:28’22.030 24.0903 George Russell Mercedes 66 1:28’30.329 32.3894 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 66 1:28’33.752 35.8125 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 66 1:28’43.638 45.6986 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 66 1:29’01.260 1’03.3207 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 66 1:29’02.067 1’04.1278 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 66 1:29’07.182 1’09.2429 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 66 1:29’09.818 1’11.87810 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 66 1:29’11.470 1’13.53011 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 66 1:29’12.359 1’14.41912 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT 66 1:29’13.356 1’15.41613 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 65 – 1 lap14 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT 65 – 1 lap15 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 65 – 1 lap16 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 65 – 1 lap17 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 65 – 1 lap18 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 65 – 1 lap19 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 65 – 1 lap20 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 65 – 1 lap FIA Formula One World ChampionshipF1SEASON 2023SportCircuit1SportFIA Formula One World ChampionshipCircuitSEASON 2023F101Sunday, June 4, 2023 – 5:33pmSunday, June 4, 2023 – 5:33pm

Sport newsOliver Bearman claimed his second Feature Race win of the season from pole position in Barcelona. The PREMA Racing man drove a measured race on the conventional strategy, clearing traffic in a critical middle phase of the race to secure the top spot.Enzo Fittipaldi finished second for Rodin Carlin. The Brazilian had been challenging Bearman earlier in the race but had to hold off a late charge from Victor Martins, who took back-to-back podiums in third for ART Grand Prix.AS IT HAPPENEDBearman immediately covered off Fittipaldi at lights out but that allowed Ayumu Iwasa to put them three-wide into the first corner. It was the Rodin Carlin driver that ran out of road at Turn 2, skipping across the runoff area to re-join in second.Théo Pourchaire was able to take advantage of the baulked momentum of those ahead of him, repassing the DAMS driver for third at Turn 4. Jack Doohan moved up to fourth with a bold move on Iwasa, going around the outside of Turn 10 and sealing it at Turn 12.Pourchaire and Iwasa were the first of the leaders in for their mandatory pitstops on Lap 10. They swapped to the hard tyres and rejoined in the same order they entered, down in 17th and 18th on the road.Fittipaldi was called in to cover off the Frenchman on the following lap and he was joined by Doohan and Dennis Hauger in the pitlane. The Brazilian rejoined ahead of Pourchaire but by less than half a second. Behind them, Iwasa was able to pass Doohan at Turn 2 with his tyres up to temperature.On Lap 12, Pourchaire tried to sweep around the outside of Fittipaldi but ran deep at Turn 1, falling back in line behind his rival. Their battling allowed race leader Bearman to extend his first stint until Lap 14. The PREMA driver made the switch to hard compound and re-joined 3.5s clear of Fittipaldi, but that gap fell to just 0.5s by the end of the lap with the Rodin Carlin’s tyres fired up.The duo began picking off those yet-to-stop runners still on the hard tyres, with Martins with Frederik Vesti in second yet to pit, both on the alternate strategy. Further back, Doohan made the most of DRS to pass Pourchaire into Turn 1 on Lap 18.Vesti was in for his swap to soft tyres on Lap 25, coming back out in ninth behind Hauger. Martins relinquished the lead on the following lap, making his mandatory stop and switched to softs. The ART driver was back out in P5 ahead of teammate Pourchaire.The PREMA driver on the alternate strategy made a bold move into Turn 1 on Hauger and a still-to-pit Zane Maloney. Going three-wide, Vesti claimed the inside and seventh position in one move. One lap later and he cleared Pourchaire into Turn 1, setting his sights on Martins ahead.The #6 ART passed Doohan into the first corner on Lap 28 to put a car between himself and his pursuer. That was until Vesti surged around the outside of the Australian at Turn 10 later on the same lap.Martins and Vesti closed on Iwasa and on Lap 35, the Frenchman claimed the final spot on the podium with a dive to the inside of Turn 1.Bearman remained out of touch in front, securing his third victory of his rookie campaign ahead of Fittipaldi and Martins.Vesti tried on consecutive laps but couldn’t find a route through on Iwasa for fourth place. Doohan secured sixth ahead of Pourchaire and Hauger. Arthur Leclerc and Richard Verschoor rounded out the top 10 places in P9 and P10.KEY QUOTE – Oliver Bearman, PREMA Racing“That’s another Feature Race win here in Barcelona, an amazing race! Bit scary with the strategy when I got stuck behind the guys on the opposite strategy, but we had really great pace for the whole race and brought it home. Really happy for the team and we brought it home. On to Austria.”THE CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGSVesti retains the lead of the Drivers’ Championship, extending his lead over second-placed Pourchaire. The top two are now on 110 and 99 points respectively. Iwasa remains third for DAMS, up to 82 points ahead of Bearman who climbs up to fourth on 70 points. Dennis Hauger is fifth on 57.In the Teams’ Standings, PREMA Racing remain top of the pile, now on 180 points. ART Grand Prix move onto 144 in second position with DAMS still third, now on 118.UP NEXTFIA Formula 2 returns in later this month with Round 8 from Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring on 30 June – 02 July. Formula 2 ChampionshipFormula 2F2SEASON 2023SportCircuit1SportFormula 2 ChampionshipCircuitSEASON 2023Formula 2F200Sunday, June 4, 2023 – 2:01pmSunday, June 4, 2023 – 2:01pm

Sport newsFollowing an intense opening race of the weekend on Saturday, Sunday would provide the conclusion of the hot and humid double-header – with an extra two laps added onto the Sunday race length. Maserati MSG Team star Maximilian Günther was the man to beat for most of the weekend. Topping all free practice sessions, chalking up two pole positions and a podium in the opening race in south-east Asia – the German was eager to leave Indonesia with his first win of the season to top it all off.It was to be a repeat front row with British driver Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti Formula E) once again starting on Günther’s inside with Mitch Evans in the JAGUAR TCS Racing car third.Günther, clinical off the line led into the first turn, with Dennis getting a better start on the dustier inside line managed to hold station with a hard-charging Stoffel Vandoorne (DS Penske) who made a demon start from the third row settled himself into fourth behind Evans.Maserati star Günther was the first to activate Attack Mode – electing for an initial 2 minutes. Dennis knew he had to try something special to pass the German, and the Andretti driver managed to punch in quicker laps out front, so when he came to sweep into the deeper Attack Mode line, he was able to leapfrog Günther. Dennis controlled the pace, conserving energy and controlling the pack to the half way point. With 15 laps on the counter, Dennis triggers his second and final Attack Mode but gets shuffled behind a hard-charging Evans. Günther follows Dennis into Attack Mode a lap later but returns the leapfrogging favour to the British driver undercutting him into second.Evans was having to stretch himself and the performance of the Jaguar, using up an extra few percentage on his battery life in the early stages of the race to try and get past Günther. This left the New Zealander vulnerable to the attack of the chasing two and on lap 20 he dropped to third as he went into the deeper Attack Mode section.This allowed Günther into free air, out on his own, pushing the Maserati to fastest lap times, to pull an impressive gap over Dennis in second. As the laps counted down, nobody had an answer as the German raced to the chequered flag to seal his first victory of the season and the first Formula E win for Maserati – their first World Championship single-seater win since Juan Manuel Fangio in 1957.Elsewhere, championship leader Nick Cassidy was enduring a torrid weekend. The Envision Racing pilot was holding ninth, but on lap 20 the New Zealander had a half speculative look at a overtake on title rival Pascal Wehrlein (Tag Heuer Porsche Formula E Team). The Kiwi made contact with his German sparring partner – knocking his own front wing in the process. A visit to the pits dropped him down the order and down the pecking order in the championship standings to third.With the woes for Cassidy, Dennis was on a mission, as he sensed an opportunity to strengthen his championship bid. The British driver closed down Günther – securing the fastest lap and an extra point in the process on his way to back-to-back second places and his fourth podium in a row.Mitch Evans who had used too much energy in the first half of the race was being left behind – with a hungry pack led by reigning champion Stoffel Vandoorne behind – he had his work cut out to keep his elbows out and the train of cars behind him. Evans’ race craft and experience eventually brought the Jaguar home into third place following a DNF 24 hours before.The Nissan Formula E Team were enjoying an upturn in form in Jakarta, as Sacha Fenestraz and Norman Nato worked together to move up the order. The pair pounced on Vandoorne on lap 32 to jostle past the reigning champion to record one of its best team results of the year with fourth and fifth respectively. Saturday’s race winner Wehrlein used his Attack Mode late in the race to finish sixth and bring solid points home for his championship challenge. Enough to see him leave Asia with just one point in hand over Dennis.The next round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship takes place in Portland, USA. With only five rounds remaining – the fight for the title is set to reach fever pitch in America on the 24th June. Maximilian Günther, No. 7, Maserati MSG Racing, said:“Very proud moment, I am over the moon with this victory – already yesterday was great with another podium. We have made such good progress over the past couple of races, it is fantastic, and to take my first win here in Jakarta is outstanding. I am just so happy. We felt really good from FP1 onwards, so the package is working here it was just about executing it and keep shooting in the right direction. We always took the right decisions this weekend. Yesterday we didn’t have enough, but today we did. It is just amazing. In Formula E you always need to keep your feet on the ground, like life in general! It can change so quickly, I am just really enjoying this moment here, I know there will be tracks that suit us more, there will be tracks that suit us less. We try to always maximise our package, that is what we have been doing the past few races. I am very proud.”Jake Dennis, No. 27, Avalanche Andretti Formula E, said:“I am happy, a lot happier than yesterday. Really good race to be honest, glad I could keep the P2 at the start. Honestly pretty well maximised, I think we didn’t quite get the second ATTACK MODE right, ultimately the Maserati was so fast over one lap today, and when he pushed he created the gap, which basically did the overcut on me and got track position again. It would have been difficult to keep him behind. I am happy, P2, 18 points – 19 with the fastest lap – hopefully we can keep building on this, keep scoring big points in Portland. It is going to be a big race for us, home race. I am looking forward to it. I just got told on the radio that Nick (Cassidy) DNF’d, which is obviously useful for us and obviously Pascal was P6. Really good points, important for the championship, but there are obviously so many races to go, five rounds left. All to play for but I am very much looking forward to it.”Mitch Evans, No. 9, Jaguar TCS Racing, said:“[I am] a bit speechless because it was a massive turnaround from yesterday, I wasn’t expecting this today at all. I struggled a lot during the race with my efficiency, and a bit of pace, and I feel like we were looking good half-way through but once Max and Jake put their foot down I just couldn’t keep up. It was a bit of a road block, but I hung on and really needed these points after yesterday. The confetti on the podium will taste good. In the range I was in I was doing a lot of coasting, and it just left me very exposed to Stoffel and the guys behind. The pace was slow and so I felt like I was up against the corner but luckily I was able to hang on and towards the end it got a little bit easier. I was able to under-consume and hit the targets up a bit. Hung on and I guess that’s the main thing.”  ABB FIA Formula E World ChampionshipFormula ESEASON 2022-2023SportCircuit1SportABB FIA Formula E World ChampionshipCircuitSEASON 2022-2023Formula E00Sunday, June 4, 2023 – 1:00pmSunday, June 4, 2023 – 1:00pm