Da Costa was the dominant pressure within the weekend’s second race on the Shanghai Worldwide Circuit, main the vast majority of proceedings to say his third on-the-road win this season.
With expertise of the day past to depend on, and with Sunday’s race one lap shorter, the tempo was noticeably increased through the 28-lap contest, together with higher temperatures.
Da Costa made the decisive transfer for the win as early as lap 16, sweeping to the within of Andretti’s Norman Nato into Flip 1 to maneuver to the top of the sector the place he remained till the chequered flag.
Behind, poelsitter Jake Hughes claimed his maiden System E podium having moved up into second with an aggressive transfer on Nato via the sweeping left and proper of Turns 7/8.
However the Briton wasn’t capable of mount a critical problem in opposition to da Costa regardless of by no means falling various tenths again.
The main pair have been away from Nato, who claimed his first podium for Andretti having led through the early proceedings of the race after charging up from seventh.
Cassidy completed fourth with a broken entrance wing that threatened to detach at any second and lodge itself beneath his Jaguar after making contact with Hughes at Flip 1.
The Kiwi and his entrance wing survived, although, and he was capable of lengthen his championship lead after a dismal occasion for title rival Wehrlein, who completed exterior the factors having pitted to interchange a punctured tyre following contact with Sam Chook.
The Porsche driver didn’t characteristic within the main group previous to his pitstop on lap 11, being joined exterior the highest 10 by reigning champion Jake Dennis because the Andretti driver additionally non-scored in eleventh.
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