ROKiT Venturi Racing’s Erhan Jajovski completed a superb lights-to-flag masterclass to take victory in the opening round of Formula E: Accelerate in New York City

“The start of the race was really tricky. Manuel Biancolilla had a bold start and I had to give an instant response. We went side-by-side for a couple of corners but because the corner goes to the inside, I stuck to my position. In the last few laps, the guys behind me started battling and that made my day much easier!”

“Before tonight, I wasn’t expecting this result at all, since I was struggling in training. Qualifying was almost perfect, almost nailed a pole but unfortunately it didn’t happen due to a mistake in the lap. On the first lap of the race I had a very good start, and tried attacking Jajovski, but he had the ability to keep the position. Then I got a little touch which damaged my rear wing a little, causing slower lap times and I started dropping places. Energy management was almost perfect! I used my final Attack Mode in the last two laps of the race to try and overtake with the energy I had saved.”

1	Erhan Jajovski	25:41.311s	(28)
2	Manuel Biancolilla	+7.968s	(18)
3	Kevin Siggy	+9.908s	(16)
4	Bono Huis	+10.707s	(12)
5	Marius Golombeck	+11.879s	(10)
6	Jarno Opmeer	+12.055s	(8)
7	Marc Gassner	+12.581s	(6)
8	Risto Kappet	+13.535s	(4)
9	Frederik Rasmussen	+13.896s	(2)
10	Jan von der Heyde	+14.802s	(1)
11	Olli Pahkala	+15.096s
12	Lucas Mueller	+16.123s
13	Graham Carroll	+16.793s
14	Nikodem Wisniewski	+17.497s
15	Kuba Brzezinski	+17.784s
16	Lorenz Hoerzing	+19.797s
17	Peyo Peev	+22.764s
18	Petar Brljak	+23.334s
19	Kelvin van der Linde	+30.898s
20	Martin Stefanko	+31.163s
21	Jaroslav Honzik	+34.705s
22	Jiayu Zhang	+37.105s
23	Timea Bencsik	+49.885s
24	Arthur Lehouck	+1:06.087s

Erhan Jajovski	ROKiT Venturi Racing	28
Manuel Biancolilla	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	18
Kevin Siggy	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	16
Bono Huis	Mercedes-Benz EQ	12
Marius Golombeck	TAG Heuer Porsche	10
Jarno Opmeer	Mercedes-Benz EQ	8
Marc Gassner	Nissan e.dams	6
Risto Kappet	NIO 333	4
Frederik Rasmussen	DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT	2
Jan von der Heyde	Nissan e.dams	1
Olli Pahkala	Mahindra Racing	0
Lucas Mueller	Mahindra Racing	0
Graham Carroll	Envision Virgin Racing	0
Nikodem Wisniewski	DS TECHEETAH	0
Kuba Brzezinski	Jaguar Racing	0
Lorenz Hoerzing	ROKiT Venturi Racing	0
Peyo Peev	DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT	0
Petar Brljak	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	0
Kelvin van der Linde	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	0
Martin Stefanko	Jaguar Racing	0
Jaroslav Honzik	TAG Heuer Porsche	0
Jiayu Zhang	NIO 333	0
Timea Bencsik	Envision Virgin Racing	0
Arthur Lehouck	DS TECHEETAH	0

ROKiT Venturi Racing	28
Mercedes-Benz EQ	20
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	18
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	16
TAG Heuer Porsche	10
Nissan e.dams	7
NIO 333	4
DRAGON / PENSKE AUTOSPORT	2
DS TECHEETAH	0
Envision Virgin Racing	0
Jaguar Racing	0
Mahindra Racing	0

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