Nyck de Vries and Oliver Rowland reigned victorious after an exciting weekend of racing in Monaco. The Monaco E-Prix played host to Rounds 9 & 10 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. De Vries claimed his fifth victory in the Championship in Round 9, while Oliver Rowland won Round 10, securing his second victory in two years in Monte Carlo after starting eighth and taking the lead on Lap 23 of 28.
De Vries started on the front row of the grid, eventually taking the lead of the race with a perfectly executed PIT BOOST strategy, which saw him finish the 2026 Monaco E-Prix with a comfortable gap to the chasing pack.
De Vries was one of the first drivers to take his PIT BOOST stop, diving into the pits on Lap 16. From there, he timed his ATTACK MODE activation wisely, overtaking then-race leader António Félix da Costa on Lap 20 and remaining unfazed by the fraught battles happening in and around him. From there, he was unchallenged, reaching the chequered flag with a three-second gap to the cars behind.
The victory marks a fifth career win for de Vries, and his first since Berlin 2022, as well as a maiden win with Mahindra, a first for the Indian team in the GEN3 era.
“The first one for Mahindra together. It’s been a great day, we’ve had great pace, the car was amazing, and the team executed the right calls at the right time,” said the Dutch champion. “We had the right energy to push during the pit window, and we’ve won our first race together. A little bit emotional because it’s been a pretty rough start, we’ve been on the receiving end for a little while, just shows you have to hang in there, and better times will come.”
“In 2024, I joined the team, and we were penultimate last. Last year we had a great year at P4 in the Teams’ Championship. We are obviously more ambitious than that, so we are very happy to be with the team, and I think the vibe in the team is great.”
“Theoretically, this was the perfect plan, and it worked out well, but you have to do the job.”
Behind him, Evans wound up in second, a fifth Monaco podium for the New Zealander. With this result, Evans now takes the lead in the ABB FIA Formula E Drivers’ World Championship, overtaking Porsche Formula E Team’s Pascal Wehrlein and creating a 15-point buffer.
Evans’ heroics see Jaguar leapfrog Porsche in the ABB FIA Formula E Teams World Championship table while Porsche holds onto top spot in the Manufacturers’.
Nissan Formula E’s Oliver Rowland assembled the perfect E-Prix to seal victory in Round 10 of the Formula E World Championship in Monaco. He was followed by Felipe Drugovich (Andretti Formula E) and António Félix da Costa (Jaguar TCS Racing).
Rowland started eighth and came to the fore late on as the ATTACK MODE activations shook out – with the top 10 shuffling and squabbling relentlessly for position throughout the opening half of the race.
The Nissan driver had been strong managing his energy. He navigated the pack and picked his way through to the lead down at the Nouvelle Chicane on Lap 23 of 28, marking a second win in two years in Monte Carlo for the Brit.
A couple of Full Course Yellows were thrown into the mix for Rowland to deal with after some over-exuberant overtaking manoeuvres down the field, but the Nissan driver kept cool to cross the line first.
“It’s been nearly a year since I stood at the top of the podium,” said Oliver Rowland after the race. “It was a crazy race, some drivers decided to do some different stuff, I kept a high pace. It was really difficult to keep disciplined.”
“I knew we had to keep higher in energy targets, but staying disciplined and staying out of trouble was key for us. You never know if there is a safety car; it’ll bring the targets up. I was pretty confident in what I was doing, and the team kept me really informed. I was confident.”
Several Formula 1 drivers, including Carlos Sainz, Nico Hülkenberg, and grid newcomers Ollie Bearman and Gabriel Bortoleto, gathered in the paddock at the 2026 Monaco E-Prix. The weekend served as a nostalgic reunion for the group, who grew up competing alongside many of the Formula E grid in their junior racing careers, but with F1’s upcoming regulations forcing a nearly 50/50 split between internal combustion and electrical power, it also gave them a chance to study Formula E’s advanced energy management before they too take to the streets of Monte Carlo in a couple of weeks in this year’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.
Other stars included actor and musician Idris Elba, Managing Director of F1 Academy and former CEO of the Venturi Racing Formula E team, Susie Wolff, and model and creator Olivia Ponton.
The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship will continue with Round 11 in Sanya on Saturday, June 20. Find out where to watch here.
-Jon Jones