New Zealand's Mitch Evans has finished fourth in the Formula E world championship after a startline crash ruined his chances of claiming the title.
The Kiwi driver started the final race of the season in Berlin with an outside shot of a first major FIA championship, but his struggling Jaguar was hit from behind seconds after the green flag.
Dutch driver Nyck de Vries finished eighth at Tempelhof airport to win the championship, with his Mercedes team also taking the teams' title.
The result left de Vries on 99 points, seven clear of Venturi's Swiss racer Eduardo Mortara who retired at the start when he smashed into the back of Evans' barely moving Jaguar.
Neither driver was hurt and Evans also retired on the spot with the race red-flagged.
Another championship contender Jake Dennis, for BMW i Andretti, crashed out after the re-start, leaving the Mercedes driver a stress-free run to the finish.
The series' seventh season is the first given full world championship status by the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA).
"It's been such a tough season with highs and lows and everyone was kind of in the same boat. Everything came down to the last race," said de Vries, who started 13th on the grid.
"I think we had a lot of fortune on our side today with everything that happened. I'm glad that everyone is OK with the incident at the start.
"I think we drove an incredible race, we had really good pace in the car but at the same time I felt like a target as well...I just wanted to bring it home."
Fellow New Zealander Nick Cassidy was 15th overall.