Andre Lotterer finished second for Techeetah and HWA Racelab driver Stoffel Vandoorne came third.

Andre Lotterer of DS Techeetah won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained his start line advantage heading into the first corner.

Despite being challenged by Lotterer, Evans takes his first victory of his career and for the Jaguar team.

Coming into the race from Sanya three weeks earlier, BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa was in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 62 points and was only 1 point ahead of Jérôme d'Ambrosio of Mahindra in second.

Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas Di Grassi rounded out the top five with 52 points scored.