The Frenchman completed Saturday’s System E race in Monte Carlo fourth having shadowed DS Penske companion Vandoorne for a lot of the 31-lap contest.
Vergne was left pissed off as each Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans forward backed the chasing pack up at varied factors to permit every of the Jaguar drivers to take each Assault Modes with out dropping positions.
The technique labored as Evans led house a Jaguar 1-2, with Vergne left to query why he was not allowed to maneuver forward of Vandoorne to launch his personal problem for the win.
“If I had handed [Vandoorne] I’d have positively tried one thing, I’d positively not have let the Jaguar drivers play their video games and smoke their cigars,” Vergne instructed Motorsport.com.
“I used to be able to let Stoffel by on the finish for the rostrum however I used to be not going to be sitting the entire race doing nothing.
“Clearly if he can not cross, I needed to have a go and if I couldn’t cross both I’d have fortunately let him by once more.
“Stoffel did nothing mistaken, he did race. It’s simply irritating to be a transparent quantity two right this moment sitting behind.”
Mitch Evans, Jaguar Racing , 1st place, applauds as Stoffel Vandoorne, DS Penske, third place, lifts his trophy on the rostrum
Picture by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Pictures
Vandoorne’s podium was his first in System E since ending second in Seoul in 2022, which additionally coincided with the Belgian driver claiming the all-electric title with Mercedes.
Having began second in Monaco, Vandoorne inherited the lead throughout the Assault Mode section earlier than dropping behind each Jaguars when taking his personal second activation.
This was a transfer he claimed was pivotal to the ultimate race consequence, because it allowed Evans and Cassidy to implement their race-winning technique.
“We actually managed the primary a part of the race excellent and really took management of the race earlier than taking my first Assault Mode, nonetheless being within the lead with each Jaguars behind who hadn’t taken both of them,” Vandoorne mentioned.
“So I believe it was stage of the race after which the place I really feel like we misplaced the race is once I took the second [Attack Mode].
“We practically pulled out between each Jaguars and I believe if we might have managed that it could have been a special race right this moment and had an actual likelihood of successful it.”
Behind each DS Penske drivers, polesitter Pascal Wehrlein was left to complete fifth having led initially earlier than taking his first Assault Mode on the earliest alternative on lap three.
It left the Porsche driver out of place, and he was unable to recuperate the misplaced locations, however he nonetheless leaves Monaco because the championship chief by seven factors from Cassidy.
He mentioned: “They performed the sport tremendous effectively, opening up the gaps to one another, blocking the street side-by-side so I assume that’s the profit when you’ve got each automobiles within the entrance.”
