Andretti loses first Formula E 1-2 after penalty
Long-time Formula E squad Andretti's first-ever 1-2 finish lasted only a handful of hours, before a penalty for Felipe Drugovich dropped him off the Sanya podium.
The Andretti pair started first and second and finished first and third on the road, albeit with rookie Drugovich immediately promoted to second behind race-winning team-mate Jake Dennis thanks to a penalty for sometime Andretti driver Antonio Felix da Costa (now at Jaguar).
Now Drugovich has copped a five-second penalty of his own, sanctioned for contact with Porsche's title hopeful Pascal Wehrlein - for which the stewards deemed Drugovich "wholly responsible", dropping him just off the podium (onto which Da Costa has been reinstated).
The penalty also grants fellow rookie Pepe Marti second place in the classification, marking his best finish in Formula E so far.
A total of seven time penalties have been assessed in- and post-race, five of them applied to the relevant driver's finishing time.
Amended results
1 Jake Dennis
2 Pepe Marti +2.104s
3 Antonio Felix da Costa +5.702s*
4 Felipe Drugovich +6.112s*
5 Max Guenther +7.116s
6 Nyck de Vries +7.855s*
7 Nico Mueller +8.780s
8 Jean-Eric Vergne +9.036s
9 Taylor Barnard +9.373s
10 Lucas Di Grassi +9.881s
11 Zane Maloney +10.471s
12 Joel Eriksson +11.264s
13 Sebastien Buemi +12.491s
14 Pascal Wehrlein +12.742s*
15 Dan Ticktum +1m20.696s*
DNF Mitch Evans
DNF Nick Cassidy
DNF Oliver Rowland
DNF Norman Nato
DNF Edoardo Mortara
