Maserati MSG Racing secured a ninth-place finish at the 2024 Monaco E-Prix to score two points in a challenging home race in the Principality.
The team, which is headquartered only 500 metres from the legendary street circuit, entered the mid-way point of Formula E’s 10th season in good form after taking consecutive podium finishes in Tokyo and Misano.
Drivers, Maximilian Günther and Jehan Daruvala, showcased encouraging performance across practice and extracted good pace in Qualifying in Monaco to both start inside the top 10.
While Jehan narrowly missed out on the duels to line up in10th, Max progressed to the head-to-head stages of the session but lost out to eventual polesitter, Pascal Wehrlein, to qualify eighth.
The duo secured a clean start to the race, and while Jehan moved forward to ninth, Max advanced to fifth in a daring first lap which saw the 26-year-old gain three positions into Turn One.
With a long race ahead, both drivers settled into a consistent rhythm before an accident for Edoardo Mortara led to a Safety Car which paused the race on lap five.
When action was resumed at the end of lap eight, Max slipped to seventh but quickly fought forward and recovered to the top five by overtaking Wehrlein on lap 13.
Jehan, meanwhile, rose to eighth but encountered several issues when trying to activate Attack Mode – a problem which cost the Indian racer vital track position for the remainder of the race.
Ahead, Max used his first Attack Mode to further consolidate his position in the battle for fifth but was pushed wide by Oliver Rowland on lap 20, costing him three positions.
With his second Attack Mode activation, Max fell outside of the top 10 but recovered to ninth before a second Safety Car period on lap 25.
Despite applying consistent pressure on Sacha Fenestraz until the line, Max finished ninth at the chequered flag while Jehan was 20th, with the fastest lap, following his Attack Mode issues.
Season 10 of the FIA Formula E World Championship will resume on 11-12 May, 2024, for the double-header Berlin E-Prix.
