Mitch Evans has done it again at Tempelhof. The Jaguar TCS Racing driver delivered a measured, energy-managed second half to win Round 8 of the 2026 Hankook Berlin E-Prix on Sunday, banking his second victory of the season and stretching his all-time Formula E wins record to 16.
The race began in chaos rather than pace. Pascal Wehrlein converted pole into the early lead at the lights, with Taylor Barnard up to second after a clean launch from the second row. The opening laps featured a four-wide moment into Turn 6 that left Nyck de Vries and Nick Cassidy banging wheels, while Oliver Rowland was left stationary on the grid with the kind of soft start that has become a recurring theme of his title defence.
From there, the field quickly settled into Formula E's modern rhythm: lift, save, attack, repeat. Evans, sat outside the top five for the opening half hour, called his Attack Mode windows late while Wehrlein and Barnard fought for the lead. By lap 28 he had timed the move to perfection, sweeping into a lead he never gave back.
The Kiwi was candid about the patience required.
"Strategy for me starting towards the back, we took a punt with the tyres, not doing qualifying or using set, I think that helped a bit. But yeah, just being patient to be honest in the race, just letting it come to me. I saw a couple of guys around me, like Oliver and stuff, they went a little bit earlier, but I had good guidance from the team — just stay patient and just have one big attack at the end. And it paid off."
Rowland recovered to second after his grid-launch glitch, the Nissan driver picking off Wehrlein in the closing laps as the German Porsche driver's energy buffer ran thin. Wehrlein still completed the podium in third, redemption after a pointless Saturday from pole position. Robin Frijns and Norman Nato rounded out the top five for Envision and Nissan respectively, with Edoardo Mortara, Jean-Eric Vergne, Jake Dennis, Sergio Sette Camara and Joel Eriksson grabbing the rest of the points.
The championship has now turned. Wehrlein leads Evans by three points after Berlin, with Mortara into third and Rowland up to fourth. Antonio Felix da Costa missed out on the late charge but stays in the hunt heading to the next round.
Evans's win was his 16th in Formula E across all seasons, extending the record he already held outright. Jaguar's broadcast partners pointed out that the Kiwi has now scored on every single visit to Berlin since 2022, and the team's faith in calling him deep into Attack Mode windows has become one of the championship's most reliable strategic plays.
Formula E now resets for two weeks before heading to the jewel in the calendar. The Monaco E-Prix is on May 17, with Evans only three points off the championship summit and Jaguar holding firmly onto manufacturer relevance heading into the Gen4-era debate.
