The finish, which came in his 5th start, was his first on the circuit since the Shanghai Sprint at the Shanghai International Circuit where he also fell out with engine issues without completing any of the 6 laps, 1 race ago. After trailing the field at Shanghai, the Mercedes team went back to their race shop in the United Kingdom to try and fix the problem as team owner Toto Wolff informed the press that Evans would have a brand new motor installed in his car to compete in the biggest FE event the calendar had.
On race day, Evans was rolled off starting 21st while starting in the final spot was Evans's teammate the #6 Mercedes of Ryan Pritchard. The two Mercedes drivers would engage in a friendly battle for the first lap, with Pritchard trailing the first lap and the two were nose to wing entering Turns 5 to 7, known as the Fairmont Hairpin, Evan's car began to lose power for the second race in a row, as he allowed Pritchard to pass him on the outside. Evans would limp back to the pits and into his paddock, as for the second time in a many races, the team looked over the car and found the engine had gone sour yet again, forcing the car to be retired from the race. Evans was visibility disappointed as he exited the car when he talked to reporters near by "The car was running good the first lap and me and Pritchard had a good battle going"the driver said after becoming the first driver in series history to trail in back-to-back races"but I guess whatever gremlins we thought we had fixed after Shanghai came back and bit us today."
Finishing 21st was #8 Haas F1 Team of Matt Johnson, who was running in 14th at the time when the #55 Scuderia Toro Rosso of James Barker tried to make a move coming out of Turn 19, but the two cars would make contact, sending Johnson into the guard rail at a 45 degree angle. Johnson's car would remain beside the guard rail as the driver climbed out of the car, shaken, but not injured, but his car was done for the day while Barker would continue on to finish 17th, just outside the Bottom Five.
The remaining Bottom Five would finish on the same circuit as the race leaders; 20th was the aforementioned #6 of Ryan Pritchard, 19th was Kyalami last-place finisher the #3 Red Bull Racing of Eli Bright and 18th was the #27 Sahara Force India F1 Team of Marc Lothaire-Irvine.
SCRLASTCAR STATISTICS
*This marked the first SCRL Formula E Series last-place finish for the #44 at Monaco.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
22) #44-Daniel Evans / 1 lap / engine
21) #8-Matt Johnson / 2 laps / crash
20) #6-Ryan Pritchard / 8 laps / running
19) #3-Eli Bright / 8 laps / running
18) #27-Marc Lothaire-Irvine / 8 laps / running
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