Maximilian Guenther has beaten Robin Frijns by just over a tenth of a second in Formula E Race 8 but Antonio Felix da Costa still holds a commanding championship lead.
Da Costa took the chequered flag in fourth position after 35 laps in his Techeetah around the Berlin Tempelhof circuit, meaning he is 68 points clear of Guenther at the top of the standings with a total of 90 points on offer in the three races which remain.
Jean-Eric Vergne qualified on pole in the other Techeetah and led the race until Guenther momentarily got ahead at the start of Lap 30, then made the move for good at Turn 7 on the same tour.
Frijns (Envision Virgin) got through on Vergne on what would be the penultimate lap and attacked Guenther on the last, but found no way past the leading BMW i Andretti entry.
Only 0.128s separated them at the finish, while Vergne made the podium by just 0.174s over da Costa.
Lucas di Grassi is 76 points behind da Costa in the title race having claimed eighth in his Audi.
Mitch Evans’ deficit to the championship leader is another two points after the Kiwi drove his Jaguar from 19th on the grid to ninth, with the fastest lap along the way.
Race 9 takes place on the same circuit layout tomorrow at 03:03 AEST.
Race results: Race 8, Berlin
| Pos | Driver | Team | Laps | Race time |
| 1 | M. GÜNTHER | BMW i Andretti Motorsport | 35 | 46:15.512 |
| 2 | R. FRIJNS | Envision Virgin Racing | 35 | 46:15.640 |
| 3 | J. VERGNE | DS Techeetah | 35 | 46:18.081 |
| 4 | A. DA COSTA | DS Techeetah | 35 | 46:18.255 |
| 5 | A. LOTTERER | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 35 | 46:18.648 |
| 6 | O. ROWLAND | Nissan e.dams | 35 | 46:21.059 |
| 7 | J. D’AMBROSIO | Mahindra Racing | 35 | 46:23.405 |
| 8 | L. DI GRASSI | Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Formula E Team | 35 | 46:28.184 |
| 9 | M. EVANS | Panasonic Jaguar Racing | 35 | 46:29.023 |
| 10 | A. SIMS | BMW i Andretti Motorsport | 35 | 46:34.760 |
| 11 | S. BUEMI | Nissan e.dams | 35 | 46:35.752 |
| 12 | N. MÜLLER | Geox Dragon | 35 | 46:35.998 |
| 13 | S. BIRD | Envision Virgin Racing | 35 | 46:36.245 |
| 14 | E. MORTARA | Rokit Venturi Racing | 35 | 46:36.456 |
| 15 | D. ABT | NIO 333 FE Team | 35 | 46:37.460 |
| 16 | O. TURVEY | NIO 333 FE Team | 35 | 46:38.286 |
| 17 | A. LYNN | Mahindra Racing | 35 | 46:38.693 |
| 18 | N. DE VRIES | Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team | 35 | 46:48.032 |
| 19 | F. MASSA | Rokit Venturi Racing | 35 | 46:52.061 |
| DNF | R. RAST | Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Formula E Team | 30 | 40:43.236 |
| DNF | S. VANDOORNE | Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team | 17 | 25:21.594 |
| DNF | J. CALADO | Panasonic Jaguar Racing | 13 | 18:44.195 |
| DNF | S. SETTE CÂMARA | Geox Dragon | 10 | 11:55.957 |
| DNF | N. JANI | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team | 10 | 11:57.678 |
Drivers’ championship
| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| 1 | António Félix da Costa | 137 |
| 2 | Maximilian Guenther | 69 |
| 3 | Lucas di Grassi | 61 |
| 4 | Mitch Evans | 59 |
| 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 57 |
| 6 | André Lotterer | 55 |
| 7 | Sam Bird | 52 |
| 8 | Sébastien Buemi | 52 |
| 9 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 51 |
| 10 | Alexander Sims | 49 |
| 11 | Oliver Rowland | 44 |
| 12 | Robin Frijns | 40 |
| 13 | Edoardo Mortara | 36 |
| 14 | Nyck de Vries | 30 |
| 15 | Jérôme D’Ambrosio | 19 |
| 16 | Pascal Wehrlein | 14 |
| 17 | James Calado | 10 |
| 18 | Daniel Abt | 8 |
| 19 | Felipe Massa | 2 |
| 20 | Brendon Hartley | 2 |
| 21 | René Rast | 1 |
| 22 | Alex Lynn | 0 |
| 23 | Neel Jani | 0 |
| 24 | Oliver Turvey | 0 |
| 25 | Nico Mueller | 0 |
| 26 | Qinghua Ma | 0 |
| 27 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | 0 |
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