Berlin E-Prix 2019

Berlin E-Prix 2019

Racing data
10th of 13 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19
Surname:	2019 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium
Date:	May 24th and 25th, 2019
Place:	Berlin , Germany
Course:	Formula E race track Berlin (Tempelhof)
Length:	87.949 km in 37 laps of 2.377 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams
Time:	1: 07.295 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team
Time:	1: 09.357 min
Podium
First:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team
Second:	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams
Third:	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah

The Berlin E-Prix 2019 (officially: 2019 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium ) took place on May 24th and 25th on the Formula E race track Berlin (Tempelhof) in Berlin and was the tenth race of the FIA -Formula E Championship 2018/19 . It was the fifth Berlin E-Prix and the first E-Prix in the FIA Formula E Championship , in which the racing day consisting of two free practice sessions, qualifying and races was split over two days.

report

background

After the Monaco E-Prix , Jean-Éric Vergne led the drivers' standings with one point ahead of André Lotterer and six points ahead of Robin Frijns . In the team standings, DS Techeetah was 38 points ahead of Virgin Racing and 44 points ahead of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler .

With Sébastien Buemi (twice), Daniel Abt and Jérôme D'Ambrosio , three former winners competed in this race.

training

In the first free practice, Mitch Evans set the fastest time in 1: 08.162 minutes ahead of Edoardo Mortara and Stoffel Vandoorne .

In the second free practice, Lotterer was fastest with a lap time of 1: 07.401 minutes ahead of Mortara and Alexander Sims .

Qualifying

Qualifying began on Saturday at 8:45 a.m. and took place in four groups of five or six drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers could do a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 250 kW. Vandoorne was fastest with a lap time of 1: 07.619 minutes.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Buemi secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 07.295 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Vandoorne, di Grassi, Gary Paffett , Alex Lynn and Alexander Sims .

run

The race lasted 45 minutes plus one lap. Each driver had to activate the attack mode twice; after activation, the vehicle produced a maximum of 225 kW instead of 200 kW for a period of four minutes.

Di Grassi won the race ahead of Buemi and Vergne. The remaining points were placed by António Félix da Costa , Vandoorne, Abt, Sims, Oliver Rowland , Sam Bird and Pascal Wehrlein . The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to di Grassi.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	Audi e-tron FE05	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
DS Techeetah	DS E-Tense FE 19	25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
		36	André Lotterer
Envision Virgin Racing	Audi e-tron FE05	02	Sam Bird
		04th	Robin Frijns
Mahindra Racing	Mahindra M5Electro	64	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		94	Pascal Wehrlein
Nissan e.dams	Nissan IM01	22nd	Oliver Rowland
		23	Sébastien Buemi
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type III	03	Alex Lynn
		20th	Mitch Evans
Venturi Formula E team	Venturi VFE05	19th	Felipe Massa
		48	Edoardo Mortara
NIO Formula E team	NIO Sport 004	08th	Tom Dillmann
		16	Oliver Turvey
Geox Dragon	PENSKE EV-3	06th	Maximilian Günther
		07th	José María López
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	BMW iFE.18	27	Alexander Sims
		28	António Félix da Costa
HWA Racelab	Venturi VFE05	05	Stoffel Vandoorne
		17th	Gary Paffett

Championship stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there were three points for pole position and one point for the driver in the top ten who achieved the fastest race lap.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Jean-Éric Vergne  DS Techeetah 102 02  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 96 03  André Lotterer  DS Techeetah 86 04th  António Félix da Costa  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 82 05  Robin Frijns  Envision Virgin Racing 81 06th  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 69 07th  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 67 08th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Mahindra Racing 65 09  Sébastien Buemi  Nissan e.dams 65 10  Oliver Rowland  Nissan e.dams 63 11  Sam Bird  Envision Virgin Racing 56 12  Edoardo Mortara  Venturi Formula E team 52 13  Pascal Wehrlein  Mahindra Racing 52

Item driver team Points 14th  Felipe Massa  Venturi Formula E team 32 15th  Stoffel Vandoorne  HWA Racelab 30th 16  Alexander Sims  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 24 17th  Maximilian Günther  Geox Dragon 10 18th  Gary Paffett  HWA Racelab 8th 19th  Oliver Turvey  NIO Formula E team 6th 20th  Alex Lynn  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 4th 21st  José María López  Geox Dragon 3 22nd  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1 23  Tom Dillmann  NIO Formula E team 0 24  Felipe Nasr  Geox Dragon 0 -  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  DS Techeetah 188 02  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 163 03  Envision Virgin Racing 137 04th  Nissan e.dams 124 05  Mahindra Racing 117 06th  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 106

Item team Points 07th  Venturi Formula E team 84 08th  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 74 09  HWA Racelab 38 10  Geox Dragon 13 11  NIO Formula E team 6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Berlin: Jaguar driver Mitch Evans wins 1st free practice. e-Formel.de, May 25, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Berlin: Andre Lotterer with a record lap in the 2nd practice. e-Formel.de, May 25, 2019, accessed on May 27, 2019 .