Dennis led the pack away as the 20 cars funnelled through the tight first sector – sadly not unscathed as Nico Mueller and Nyck de Vries both needed to pit for repairs after contact.
Lap 10 and Dennis led Mortara, da Costa – who made it back by Barnard at Turn 1 with the Brit now fourth – Ticktum, Cassidy, Wehrlein, Guenther, Vergne and Nato.
Buemi was the first to jump for his 50kW, all wheel drive Attack Mode boost, and clambered to second – up 12 spots on his grid slot came Lap 17, finally muscling by Edoardo Mortara.
Drivers started to hit the PIT Boost window, with Guenther, Nato, Eriksson, Ticktum and Cassidy the first to jump.
In the melee, Da Costa was fed to the wall but managed to carry on. Wehrlein was the driver he clashed with and the standing leader was left worse off and with front wing damage – passed by Evans and left 12th and eventually to retire.
Dennis remained out front and jumped into the pits some time later on Lap 21. He emerged behind compatriot Ticktum who’d gone for Attack Mode to make up enough ground to hit the front.
Ticktum was the eventual race leader once it all shook out, with Mortara, Cassidy and Dennis, four, six and seven seconds back – but the latter pair both in Attack and making up ground fast.
Mortara again put up a staunch defence with Cassidy finally able to squeeze by ahead of Turn 16 on Lap 28 for P2. Dennis still had a couple minutes of Attack in hand.
Dennis dispatched of Cassidy, and within another lap, on Lap 29, Dennis had caught the leader with 20 seconds of Attack to play with. Dennis made it by on the lead up to the final chicane for the race lead.
Evans and Rowland went late with their Attack Mode activations, with energy in-hand. The Kiwi managed to climb up to fifth once his 50kW boost came to an end.
From there, Dennis looked like he’d control things to the flag but right at the last, into the final couple of corners Ticktum jumped Dennis for the win – the pair heading home Nick Cassidy who sealed an emotional podium for Citroen Racing.
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