Polesitter Evans led the pack away and through the opening left-right after a strong start with de Vries chopping across to defend from Wehrlein.
Edo Mortara and Maximilian Guenther came to blows as the cars made their exit out of the Excel beneath the Docklands Light Railway, with the latter coming off worse with suspension damage to his front-right corner – enforcing a spell under the Safety Car for the recovery of his car.
Lap 4 and we were green again, with Evans heading de Vries, Wehrlein, Cassidy, Ticktum and Mortara.
The PIT BOOST window opened around lap 17 with Nick Cassidy able to make up ground from P5 at the outside to a net lead on Lap 20 as the stops began to shake the field up.
De Vries and Wehrlein aimed to overcut Cassidy and the rest with an early Attack Mode deployments and late stops on Lap 25 – which proved a strong call as de Vries emerged from the pitlane ahead of the Jaguar driver and Wehrlein filtered into third.
Lap 28 saw Nick Cassidy make use of his second ATTACK to retake P1 from de Vries out of the final turn on Lap 27.
Contact saw Ticktum clip Mitch Evans into a spin and slipping out of the points on Lap 29 before the CUPRA Kiro driver found himself in trouble with an overambitious move at Turn 9 saw the Brit in the wall and out of the race.
A Safety Car was required for the recovery of Ticktum’s car.
Lap 35 saw the race go green once again with Cassidy leading the pack away, from there he was able to seal the deal and get things done.
The full top 10 are- P1: Cassidy, P2: De Vries, P3: Wehrlein, P4: Vandoorne, P5: Vergne, P6: Mortara, P7: Frijns, P8: Dennis, P9: Nato and P10: Evans.
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