Stoffel Vandoorne booked P5 in the penultimate race of the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship in Seoul. His teammate Nyck de Vries was forced to retire after an accident during the initial stages – taking the Teams’ and Drivers’ Championship fight to the last race of the season.
- Qualifying took place in wet conditions on Seoul’s new street circuit. Stoffel qualified fourth in his group for the duels only to be eliminated by Pascal Wehrlein in the quarter-finals. He started the penultimate race of the season from seventh on the grid.
- Nyck was in Group B for qualifying and came eighth. He was in 15th place for the start of the E-Prix.
- The race got under way on a track that was still wet, making conditions tricky, and was red-flagged just after the opening lap when a number of drivers crashed into one another.
- Seven cars were involved in the incident at Turn 21, including Nyck, whose race ended early as a result. Nyck was unharmed in the accident.
- Stoffel held his position on the restart behind the safety car and moved up one place shortly afterwards to take P6. He subsequently overtook Jean-Eric Vergne as the race progressed to cross the finish line behind the safety car in P5. As a result, he was able to score points for the 14th time in the 15th race of the season.
- Stoffel (195 points) leads the Drivers’ World Championship by 21 points from Mitch Evans (174 points). Nyck (106) is in ninth place.
- The Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team (301 points) leads the Team Championship Standings after the 15th round of the season by 31 points ahead of Venturi Racing (270 points).
