Di Grassi locked up several times as he defended hard against Piquet Jr – the latter deployed Fan Boost to get past, but Di Grassi showed his experience by defending fiercely.
In the meantime, Prost -patiently biding his time behind the squabbling Brazilians - hoped to capitalise on any mistakes. Oddly enough, Di Grassi found some speed in closing stages to set fastest lap (1min28.229) and gain 2 extra valuable points.
Bruno Senna received a Drive Through penalty for speeding in the pitlane and relegated to last on the grid (17th) after serving his penalty.
Duval was up to 8th continuing with the tradition of performing better during the race than in qualifying, though Bird overtook him by Lap 26 and was bearing down on Piquet. Unfortunately for the Brit, he ran out of laps to mount a challenge.
Buemi maintained the lead of the race and won Race 1 of London ePrix which helped to secure the Constructor’s championship for eDams Renault. PodiumLondon
Final classification was: BUE DAM JEV DIG PIQ BIR PRO DUV TUR SAR SIL CHA HEI LEI TRU SEN DUR (Fontana, Abt and Yamamoto were unclassified, Duran had a time penalty and was demoted to 17th)
Notable rookie performances were Turvey who scored 2 points on his first outing with NEXT EV racing, and de Silvestro for keeping her nose clean and finishing in a respectable 11th place for Andretti.