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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New champion Jean-Eric
Vergne won the final race of the all-electric Formula E season
in New York on Sunday but Audi took the team title.
The ex-Formula One driver, who races for the Chinese-owned
Techeetah team, had clinched the individual crown in Saturday's
penultimate race.
The team battle was finely balanced however, and Audi ended up
as champions by two points after Brazil's outgoing champion
Lucas di Grassi and Germany's Daniel Abt finished second and
third.
Techeetah had been ahead until Sunday but a one-two finish for
Audi in Saturday's race in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood had
put them under pressure.
"We didn't realize we had a chance until we got the first and
second yesterday. It's just amazing," said Audi team principal
Allan McNish.
Vergne led from the first corner, after qualifying third, with
team mate Andre Lotterer running in second place but under
investigation for jumping the start.
Lotterer was then handed a 10 second stop/go penalty and
finished ninth.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ken Ferris)
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