Maserati MSG Racing’s Jehan Daruvala scored the first top 10 finish of his FIA Formula E World Championship career by finishing ninth in the second part of the 2024 Misano E-Prix.
The team, which celebrated the Trident’s home event in Italy, entered the second race of the weekend after finishing on the podium on Saturday, with driver, Maximilian Günther gaining third following the disqualification of Antonio Felix da Costa after a technical breach.
In Qualifying for Race Two, the 26-year-old narrowly missed out on the duels and started from 12th while Jehan lined up 21st after failing to set a representative lap time in the session.
Despite running over a shorter distance of 26 laps, Race Two saw the return of Formula E’s peloton style of racing, and Max and Jehan battled hard from lights to flag.
By securing a strong getaway, Max moved up to seventh on lap one while Jehan lost ground after struggling for traction off the line.
After activating his first Attack Mode on lap five, Max danced between fifth and ninth before a Safety Car, caused by an accident for Robin Frijns, paused the race on lap eight.
This race neutralisation provided a critical opportunity for Jehan to close in on the field and when the race was resumed at the end of lap nine, the Indian racer set out on a strong recovery drive.
With the pack punched up, Jehan vaulted from 20th to 16th on the restart and continued to fight forward, using surplus energy to negotiate his way into the top 10 on the final lap.
Max, meanwhile, solidified fifth place with his second Attack Mode activation but unfortunately lost track position due to an incident late in the race. After finishing ninth at the line, a post-race time penalty demoted the German to 12th.
By finishing ninth, Jehan secured his first points finish in Formula E after making his series debut earlier in 2024 while Maserati MSG Racing maintained its 100% points scoring record in Season 10 as one of only teams to do so.
The FIA Formula E World Championship’s 2023/24 season will resume on April 27 for Maserati MSG Racing’s home race – the Monaco E-Prix.
