De Vries went into the final leading the championship but had a lot of work to do from 13th on t🌳he grid.

Mitch Evans looked set to be the favourite given that he was starting from third on the grid with Jake Dennis🍃 thꦗe outsider from ninth. 

There was drama from the off as Evans stalled at the start, sev🌠eral cars avoided his stricken Jaguar except for Ventur🎀i’s Edoardo Mortara.

With both🐷 Evans and Mortara out of the race at the start, the race was red-flagged d𓃲ue to the amount of debris left out on track. 

Once the race restarted, Dennis was eighth putting him in likely title contention𝔍 with de Vries out of the points.

🎀The drama continued as Dennis lost control of his BMW into Turn 1, clatt🍒ering the barriers.

From then on, the destiny of the title was in de Vries’ hands with his three main rivals out o🍨f the race. 

De Vries held on to finish eigh👍th to secure the 2021 Formula E crown.

It was double-delight for Mercedes as Stoffel Vandoorne’s podium ensured Mercedes took the te🗹ams’ championship.

Vandoorne led the race from pole but lost out to eventual race winner Nato an𝓡d Nissan’s Oliver Rowland. 

Nat💛o had to defend hard from Rowland at the Safety Car restart, caused by Antonio Felix da Costa’s stricken Techeetah. 

The Frenchma﷽n won by 2.ꦕ2s ahead of Rowland, with Vandoorne completing the podium.

Andre Lott✨erer fought hard to finish fourth ahead of Mahindra’s Alexaꦕnder Sims.

Pascal Wehrlein finished sixth ahead of Sam Bird, who got past de Vries on🍰 the final lap.

Rene Rast started from the pit lane but recovered t🐭o finish ninth, while Tom Blomqvist picked up a rare point for the NIO outfit.