De Vries went into the fin๊al leading the championship but had ꧑a lot of work to do from 13th on the grid.

Mitch Evans looked set to be the favourite﷽ given that he was starting from third on the grid with Jake Dennis the outsider from ninth. 

There was drama from the of🌞f as Evans stalled at the start, several cars avoided his stricken Jaguar except for Venturi’s Edoardo Mortara.

With both Evans and Mortara out😼 of the race at the start, the race was red-flagged due to the amount of debris left out on track. 

Once the race restarted,♛ Dennis was eighth pu👍tting him in likely title contention with de Vries out of the points.

Theౠ drama continued as Dennis lost control of his BMW into Turn 1, clattering the barriers.

From then🔴 on, the destiny of the title was in de Vries’ hands with his three main rivals out of the race.&nbs🐲p;

De Vries held on t🧔o finish eighth to secure the 2021 Formula E crown.

It was double-delight for Mercedes as Stoffel Vandoorne’s pod🍨ium ensured Mercedes t🐟ook the teams’ championship.

Vandooꦺrne led the race from pole but lost out to eventual race winner Nato and Nissan’s Oliver Rowland. 

Nato had to defend hard frꦯom Rowland at the Safety Car restart, caused by Antonio Felix da Costa’s stricken Techeetah. 

The Frenchman won by 2.2s ahead of Rowland, with Vandoorne completinꦫg the podium.

Andre Lotterer fo💜ught hard t༒o finish fourth ahead of Mahindra’s Alexander Sims.

Pascal Wehrlein finished sixth ahead of Sam Bird, who got past de Vries on the final la💃p.

Rene Rast started from the pit lane bu🎐t recovered to fin💝ish ninth, while Tom Blomqvist picked up a rare point for the NIO outfit.