Günther struggled for grip in challenging Monaco E-Prix

Maximilian Günther began Race two of the Monaco E-Prix with high expectations. Early in the race, he dropped positions as rivals gained advantage through Attack Mode. Sébastien Buemi passed him and went on to win. Struggling to respond, Günther couldn’t make up lost ground.

Throughout the race, his presence at the front faded. At no point did he challenge the leaders. Ultimately, his promising qualifying form did not carry into the race.

Difficult start costed Günther positions in the Monaco E-Prix

Günther handled the qualifying earlier that Sunday “well”, with getting P3, even though “the conditions were really tricky.” While his teammate, Vergne, finished the qualifying right behind him and started the Monaco E-Prix from P4.

“The conditions were really tricky, and we negotiated qualifying well, setting the 3rd and 4th fastest times.”

Nonetheless, Günther couldn’t keep his position during the start. He revealed handling issues that ultimately cost him some Monaco E-Prix positions.

“JEV got off to a better start than I did, which cost me a few places. At the start of the race, it was really complicated because I had no grip, I was struggling with a huge amount of oversteer. As a result, I didn’t have any chance of progress in the rankings.”

Dried down track made things “complicated” for Günther

When the track dried up, “the situation [for Günther] became more complicated.”

“I held on to 4th or 5th place for most of the race, but as soon as the track started to dry out, the situation became more complicated, and I had to limit the damage. We managed to do just that, with both cars in the points.”

Monaco held “a lot of lessons to be learnt”

Though they did not have the best weekend, Günther claimed “there were a lot of lessons to be learnt.” Günther continued, “that [they] managed to reverse the trend and turn things around after Saturday.”

“There were a lot of lessons to be learnt, and the most important one is that we managed to reverse the trend and turn things around after Saturday.”

Günther lies seventh in the standings following Formula E’s weekend in Monaco, 73 points behind championship leader Oliver Rowland.