Mahindra Racing’s Jerome d’Ambrosi﷽o has hailed the “amazing” feeling of claiming his first on-the-road FIA Formula E race win at the Marrakesh E-Prix.

The ex-Virgin and Lotus Formula 1 driver had inherited his previous two wins in the all-൩electric series following post-race disqualifications for Audi driver Lucas di Grassi at the 2015 Berlin E-Prix and in Mexico City the following season.

But at the second round of the 2018/19 campaign in Marrakesh,🦩 d’Ambrosio carved his way through the field from 10th on the grid and took advantage of a collision between BMW teammates Antonio Felix da Costa and Alexander Sims to seal an unlikely victory.

“This is a real win,” ♛d’Ambrosio said after the race.

“That felt amazing, I’ve been fighting to be in this position and I’m so thankful to the team. The race was really hard-fought and incredibly intense🔥. At least that’s what🐈 it felt like from inside the cockpit.

"I knew I could achieve a top-five result as the race pace was amazing in Ad Diriyah and here also. A couple of things played-out to our advantage𓆏 and winning this race means a lot for the team and the hard work over the past few weeks.”

The Belgian, who switched from Dragon to join Mahindra for s💫eason five, has already nearly doubled his 201🎃7/18 points tally and now leads the FE drivers’ standings after securing back-to-back podiums.

“Last year was tough, we had some tough 🃏moments so I’m happy I can pay my team back for givin✤g me a ride,” he explained.

“This is an amazing way to finish the second race. I’m so happy for the team; everyone h🏅as worked so hard and I’m proud to be a part of Mahindra Racing.

“I’m real𒆙ly happy and it’s great to be leading the championship early on. It’s a good motivational tool for everyone and now we have to keep on working hard.”

Mahindra team principal Dilbagh Gill credited d’Ambrosio for turning in a “mature” and “clever” dꦍrive during a hectic race.

“I am absolutely thr✃illed with the win,” Gill said.

“Marrakesh is definitely a special place for us and to win here two years in a ro🐻w is somethin🍸g that I’m very proud of.

“The whole team did a fantastic day today and Jerome drove a mature, brilliant race to♏ give us this wi👍n.

“We had a ༺great strategy and used Attack Mode in some clever places. Jerome put himself in a very good 𒊎position to take the advantage when it mattered.”