Buemi wins chaotic Monaco Formula E battle

Sebastien Buemi became the first driver to claim two wins in the FIA Formula E Championship on the streets of Monaco.

The e.dams driver completed a lights-to-flag victory in the principality but was unable to relax having been pushed hard by championship leader Lucas di Grassi in the closing stages.

Despite coming under pressure, polesitter Buemi took the chequered flag by 2.154s from di Grassi.

China Racing’s Nelson Piquet Jr completed the podium in third.

The race was not without incident with the Safety Car deployed on the opening lap following a huge multi car incident on the exit of Saint Devote.

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Bruno Senna made contact with Daniel Abt which resulted in the Brazilian being launched over the back of the ABT Sportsline driver.

The incident briefly blocked the track which affected several drivers including Vitantonio Liuzzi, Salvador Duran, Jean-Eric Vergne, Loic Duval and Jaime Alguersuari.

Senna and Alguersuari were instantly ruled out of the race, while Duval and Abt retired shortly after.

Buemi made no mistakes on the restart as he led di Grassi as the pair quickly gapped Piquet Jr in third.

Despite pitting two laps after di Grassi, Buemi managed to emerge form the pits in the lead which he hung to until the chequered flag.

ABT Sportsline racer di Grassi, who renewed his contract with the team for next season, extended his series lead to four points over Piquet Jr.

Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird finished fourth ahead of Dragon Racing’s Jerome D’Ambrosio with Nicolas Prost in sixth.

VIDEO: Race Highlights

Result: FIA Formula E Championship, Monaco

Position	Driver	Team	Time/Gap
1	Sebastien Buemi	Team e.dams Renault	47 Laps
2	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team	+2.154s
3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	China Racing Formula E Team	+4.634s
4	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing Formula E Team	+4.801s
5	J.D’Ambrosio	Dragon Racing Formula E Team	+5.881s
6	Nicolas Prost	Team e.dams Renault	+11.032s
7	S.Sarrazin	VENTURI Formula E Team	+26.472s
8	Scott Speed	Andretti Autosport Formula E Team	+41.138s
9	Charles Pic	China Racing Formula E Team	+49.538s
10	A.F.da Costa	Amlin Aguri	+52.658s
11	Nick Heidfeld	VENTURI Formula E Team	+52.936s
12	Jarno Trulli	Trulli Formula E Team	58.984
13	Karun Chandhok	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1 lap
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Trulli Formula E Team
DNF	Jean-Éric Vergne	Andretti Autosport Formula E Team
DNF	Salvador Durán	Amlin Aguri
DNF	Loïc Duval	Dragon Racing Formula E Team
DNF	Daniel Abt	Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team
DNF	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
DNF	J.Alguersuari	Virgin Racing Formula E Team