Mitch Evans doesn’t really feel like he acquired a good shot on the Method E title throughout Sunday’s championship decider in London.
Each he and Nick Cassidy went into Sunday’s second London E-Prix race with an opportunity at profitable the title and pre-race, their Jaguar TCS Racing workforce had insisted each drivers could be free to race.
Cassidy led from pole and took his two Assault Modes early within the race, with Evans subsequently being requested to create a spot for his teammate on the entrance.
“Yeah, I used to be a bit shocked with a few of the calls made within the race,” he stated. “In any other case the general outcome would have been lots completely different.
“I used to be informed to remain behind Nick and let him do his Assaults, so it wasn’t truthful.”
Evans took his two Assault Modes late within the race, with Cassidy out of rivalry by then and eventual champion Pascal Wehrlein respiratory down his neck. He missed his first Assault Mode activation, however whereas that was instrumental in Wehrlein getting previous him, Evans stated that getting it proper nonetheless wouldn’t have been sufficient to safe the championship with vitality targets shut and Nissan’s Oliver Rowland getting by each within the activation zone to steal the race victory.
“Even when I completed in entrance of Pascal, second and third, he nonetheless would have gained on countback,” Evans conceded. “I wanted the win or one other automobile between us.
“The Assault Mode is an odd one, I really feel like the road was positive however … I in all probability wouldn’t have gotten Rowland as a result of (with) the goal being that prime, it could have been onerous to overhaul and I wanted one other automobile in between us and it wasn’t going to occur.”
Regardless of each Evans and Cassidy lacking out on an anticipated Drivers’ title for Jaguar, the model nonetheless wrapped up the Groups’ and Producers’ crowns, however Evans struggled to see the positives.
“It’s tough. I suppose we acquired the Groups’ that’s half the job performed,” he stated. “However the truth that neither Nick or I stroll with the Drivers’ leaves a bitter style.
Afterward he added, “Perhaps once I look again in a number of months, I’ll doubtlessly (see the positives). I’ve had robust years for a variety of years now they’re nonetheless clearly lacking an enormous one. So, yeah, it’s onerous to see glass half full.”
