Porsche racer Antonio Felix da Costa won the strategy-dominated first race of the Misano E-Prix, but a technical infringement saw the Portuguese lose his first victory with the German manufacturer, with Nissan driver Oliver Rowland inheriting the triumph in Italy. At a circuit like Misano, energy was always set to be at the forefront of drivers' and engineers' minds with cars starting the encounter with between 60 and 70% of the usable energy needed to finish the race - the rest recovered by regenerative braking. The race lead is the least efficient place to be, with the car in P1 the first to punch a hole in the air and those behind profiting in terms of efficiency in the slipstream. It...
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