Rome E-Prix winner Evans’ slower penultimate lap “to eliminate risk”

Having scythed through the front part of the field in the first half of the race at the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR having started ninth, Evans forged a 7.5s lead over the battling pair of Robin Frijns and Stoffel Vandoorne, before electing to back off.
At Evans’ previous pace, the race was on the cusp of spilling over into a 28th lap had he not backed off – with the extra-lap strategy part of …Keep reading