D’Ambrosio victorious after di Grassi exclusion

Jerome D’Ambrosio has inherited victory after race winner Lucas di Grassi was excluded from the FIA Formula E round in Berlin.

ABT driver di Grassi had dominated the race having moved into the lead on the opening, but officials stripped him of the lights-to-flag win after his car failed a post race scrutineering check.

Race stewards discovered di Grassi’s car had sported modifications to its front wing which have been deemed to have breached Article 3.1 of 2014/2015 of the FIA Formula E Technical Regulations.

The ABT squad, who decided against appealing the decision, argued the changes had been made following repairs and offered no advantage.

As result of the exclusion, D’Ambrosio, who enjoyed a strong race from sixth on the grid, has been awarded the win for Dragon Racing.

Former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi has been promoted to second after fending off the sister Dragon Racing entry of Loic Duval, who completes the altered podium.

China Racing’s Nelson Piquet Jr has opened up a two point lead over Buemi at the top of the standings with his fourth place finish on the Berlin streets.

Nick Heidfeld was overtaken by Duval in Piquet in the closing stages of the race, which saw him miss out on a podium as he crossed the line in fifth.

Stephane Sarrazin managed to hang onto sixth ahead of Andretti Autosports Jean-Eric Vergne.

Britain’s Sam Bird, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Nicolas Prost completed the top 10.

Poleman Jarno Trulli finished two laps down despite holding onto second spot early on in the race.

The FIA Formula E Championship heads to Moscow for the penultimate round of the season on June 6.

Result: FIA Formula E Championship, Berlin

Position	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	Jérôme D’Ambrosio	Dragon	33
2	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams	33	+2.433s
3	Loïc Duval	Dragon	33	+3.508s
4	Nelson Piquet Jr.	China Racing	33	+3.975s
5	Nick Heidfeld	Venturi	33	+13.046s
6	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	33	+13.335s
7	Jean-Éric Vergne	Andretti Autosport	33	+13.678s
8	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing	33	+14.055s
9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Trulli GP	33	+15.636s
10	Nicolas Prost	e.dams	33	+16.602s
11	António Félix da Costa	Amlin Aguri	33	+16.797s
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Virgin Racing	33	+20.594s
13	Scott Speed	Andretti Autosport	33	+21.149s
14	Daniel Abt	ABT	33	+23.688s
15	Charles Pic	China Racing	33	+25.491s
16	Salvador Durán	Amlin Aguri	33	+44.157s
17	Bruno Senna	Mahindra	33	+46.257s
18	Karun Chandhok	Mahindra	33	+52.703s
19	Jarno Trulli	Trulli GP	31	+2 Laps
–	Lucas di Grassi	Spark-Renault	33	Disqualified