Mitch Evans switchback of dreams secures record-breaking wet Miami Formula E victory

Mitch Evans performed a switchback of dreams to secure a record-breaking 15th Formula E victory in a wet Miami E-Prix. 

The Jaguar driver fought through the spray from ninth on the grid to move to the top of the list of most wins in Formula E history, with a stunning move on Nico Müller being the decisive moment.

Müller finished in second after starting on pole, finishing directly ahead of factory Porsche team-mate Pascal Wehrlein. 

Envision's Joel Eriksson performed well in slippery conditions to secure fourth, with Nyck de Vries completing the top five. Both Nick Cassidy and Oliver Rowland failed to score a point.

How the race unfolded

As feared, rain fell ahead of the race marking the first wet running of the entire event. Due to the lack of understanding of the circuit in the wet, the first five laps were completed behind the safety car. 

A standing start did then take place with Nico Müller on pole, with Felipe Drugovich alongside on the front row. Gaps often form in rapid fashion in wet weather in Formula E, and Miami was no exception. 

A group of seven broke away from the rest, featuring Antonio Felix da Costa, Müller, Mitch Evans, Drugovich, Nyck de Vries, Pascal Wehrlein and Joel Eriksson. This was the order by the end of Lap 24.

Seven became five at the end of Lap 26, as Drugovich got his braking all wrong at the final corner, ploughing into the back of da Costa. Drugovich immediately entered the pit lane for repairs, while da Costa rejoined but a couple of seconds off the top five.

The action continued a lap later as Evans produced a remarkable switchback on Müller to take the lead of the race, before quickly building an advantage.

Evans led from Müller with 10 laps remaining, with de Vries, Wehrlein and Eriksson all jostling for third. The top five all had their final Attack Mode remaining at that moment in time.

Wehrlein blinked first and took his final Attack Mode on Lap 33, allowing him to pass de Vries with ease for third. Müller responded and took his a lap later, as did Evans the following lap. 

The trio quickly escaped and built a large buffer over de Vries, who bizarrely fell well adrift in fourth, ahead of Eriksson in fifth.

De Vries tumbled a further place behind Eriksson, but held on to finish in fifth, behind the Envision in fourth. 

At the front, it remained as it was, with Evans claiming a famous win ahead of Müller and Wehrlein, marking a significant double podium for Porsche.

Elsewhere, Nick Cassidy, Oliver Rowland and Jake Dennis all ran in the bottom half of the field, with no chance of points.