The Kiwi led a Jaguar Racing 1-2 on the Tempelhof Airport Avenue Circuit after team-mate Sam Bird made a last-lap overtake on polesitter Sebastien Buemi.
Whereas Chook additionally began on the front-row, Evans missed out on the qualifying duels and began down in ninth however made regular progress within the 43-lap contest which included main briefly on the halfway level of the race.
With drivers trying to avoid wasting as a lot power as potential within the slipstream it meant the race featured a excessive variety of overtakes which included eight completely different leaders and a change for the lead 23 occasions in whole – each a brand new championship file.
Evans, who decisively jumped to the pinnacle of the sector with 4 laps remaining after a late dive to the within of Buemi at Flip 1, believes avoiding automobiles lifting off into the braking zones was difficult to handle.
“I knew in case you began within the prime 10 you had been nonetheless inside shot of an excellent consequence as we’ve seen previously few races,” he mentioned.
“I knew it was going to be chaos however that was on one other degree. To navigate your self by way of a few of the sluggish [cars], folks backing up in entrance of you.
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“That concertina impact, after which folks not taking you out as properly, folks making an attempt to overhaul you the place they’re not likely which means or eager to and also you’re doing the identical as properly. It was a bit excessive.”
Evans’ success in Germany means he has taken back-to-back wins after his victory in Sao Paulo final month. His newest win has moved him as much as fourth general within the standings and simply 30 factors behind championship chief Pascal Wehrlein.
The Porsche driver may solely qualify fifteenth for his and the staff’s dwelling race, however the German made robust progress to sixth and was one of many final to make use of all of his Assault Mode activation, one thing which was not deliberate.
“Our aim have to be to be higher at qualifying, then the race tempo is trying promising however P15 and P19 [for team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa] wasn’t adequate,” he mentioned.
“One thing occurred within the final couple of laps, I’m undecided if I obtained the improper data however I needed to take one other assault mode fairly late within the race.”