Dan Ticktum Loses Monaco Podium After 10-Second Penalty
dan ticktum lost third place in the Monaco E-Prix Round 9 after a post-race penalty for a late incident with Antonio Felix da Costa. He had started from pole and led the field into Turn 1, only to see the podium change after the stewards’ decision.
Monaco E-Prix Round 9
The CUPRA KIRO driver still looked set for third late in the race, but the penalty removed him from the final podium order. Pepe Marti, his teammate, inherited the place and posted a career-best finish.
Nyck de Vries won the race for Mahindra Racing, with Mitch Evans second for Jaguar Racing. The result closed a race that had already been shaped by the pit sequence, including the PIT BOOST stops that began on lap 15.
Ticktum’s Turn 1 Start
Ticktum’s race began cleanly from pole. He led away from the start and into Turn 1, then came out of the PIT BOOST stops in fourth place before working back into podium contention.
That push set up the late-race battle with da Costa. The incident at the end carried the 10-second time penalty that altered the classification after the chequered flag.
Pepe Marti Takes Third
The penalty did more than drop Ticktum off the podium. It gave Marti third place and made him the first Spaniard to take Formula E silverware.
That also meant CUPRA KIRO left Monaco with both a pole position and a podium finish from its two drivers, even if the original order was rewritten after the race. Formula E returns for Round 10 of the Monaco double-header next day, with a 15 point buffer already in play around the bigger championship picture.
