Da Costa was the first of the lead group to leap for both of his mandatory 50kW, all-wheel drive ATTACK MODE boosts and made use to pull a gap on those behind through the second round of activations - enough to hold fast for the win with 2.5 seconds to spare at the chequered flag. Six races in nine for Jaguar and da Costa's first for the team as well as his first since Portland, 2024.
Several drivers cycled the race lead in an energy-critical race, with Buemi one of those - the Swiss eventually winding up second, using an ATTACK MODE overlap to best Rowland who had also led early on.
Mahindra's Edoardo Mortara was another that had hit the front earlier in the race but was forced to settle for fourth having secured back-to-back pole positions - another strong points haul but the team feel more was on the table this weekend.
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Dan Ticktum pipped teammate Pepe Marti to fifth - the Brit with his elbows firmly out with a lap to go as Marti looked for more. Mitch Evans (Jaguar TCS Racing) followed in seventh, while Round 4 winner Pascal Wehrlein (Porsche) could only manage eighth this time around, ahead of Citroen's Jean-Eric Vergne and DS PENSKE driver Taylor Barnard.
Wehrlein heads the Drivers' running from Mortara by six points - 68 to 62 - with Rowland on 49. Porsche sits on 113 points to Jaguar's 86 points in the Teams' table and the Manufacturers' World Championship 143 points to 124.
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As it happened...
Mortara led away from pole Dennis and da Costa running two-by-two through the first sector - the Brit able to hold on to P2. At Turn 13, Dennis forced Mortara onto the defensive and Rowland sneaked by up the inside of the Mahindra in the process - the race lead for the reigning champion.
Buemi hit the front on Lap 4, with a leap from fourth around the outside of Rowland at the hairpin - the top six shuffling as drivers sought to look after energy. The Swiss led da Costa, Rowland, Dennis, Mortara, Vergne, Ticktum, Wehrlein, Maloney and Marti.
Lap 5 and Buemi ceded the lead back to Rowland - with da Costa also making it by the Envision.
Come Lap 8, Rowland was backing the pack up some five seconds a lap slower than Buemi had dictated from the front earlier on - the Swiss briefly swapped spots with Rowland briefly, but the Nissan driver took P1 back at the Hairpin a lap later before da Costa again cycled to P1 on Lap 10.
Lap 11 saw di Grassi become the first to take the initial of two mandatory 50kW, all-wheel drive ATTACK MODE boosts, while Mortara took first position, which was still forever changing as drivers looked to balance track position and energy.
Rowland jumped for ATTACK on Lap 16, with the lead changing hands ever regularly - Buemi now out front with Mortara, da Costa and di Grassi in-behind. The Yorkshireman used that to scythe througb the top six to regian prime position and P1 with 12 laps to go.
Da Costa jumped through the activation zone for his 50kW boost a lap later and set about chasing Rowland down after making it by Buemi for P2. He blew by the Nissan on the run down to the Hairpin on Lap 20 - with a minute of ATTACK remaining. A flurry of drivers then followed suit - Round 4 did show late ATTACK MODE would be the way to go here.
Ticktum then made it past Rowland with the CUPRA KIRO making expert use of ATTACK - though he was still 2.5 seconds back from da Costa who's made a break for it as it all kicked off behind.
Rowland was the first to take his second ATTACK MODE with the laps ticking down. Buemi and Mortara followed, dropping to fourth and fifth behind the Nissan driver, who was chasing Ticktum and da Costa - the Portuguese managing to jump through the activation zone while retaining the lead.
Da Costa led Ticktum, Rowland, Buemi, Mortara, Marti, Rowland, Wehrlein, Marti, Evans, Vergne and di Grassi with four laps to run.
Rowland managed to make use of an ATTACK MODE overlap to take second from Ticktum, with Buemi also passing the CUPRA KIRO driver before dispatching Rowland later that same lap.
Da Costa had checked out - leading the field home by some 3.5 seconds. Buemi held Rowland for P2, while Mortara, Ticktum and Marti rounded out the top six.
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