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Formula E now has the stories it was missing

Jean-Eric Vergne's Monaco victory bought an end to Formula E's streak of eight different winners in eight races but the end of that unpredictable run allows a variety of other storylines a chance in the spotlight as the 2018/19 season enters its conclusion

One day before Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas bored their way to a fifth Formula 1 one-two in succession, Jean-Eric Vergne triumphed in a gripping and controversial ABB FIA Formula E event in Monaco.

It wasn't a brilliant FE race - far from it - but it was another classic example of what the electric championship does well. That means an intense focus on driver skill in qualifying, a tense and tight tussle for the lead - even if this one featured no overtaking for first place - and battling scraps throughout the field.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.