Berlin E-Prix 2020

Berlin E-Prix 2020

Racing data
6th and 7th of 11 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2019/20
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Date:	5th and 6th August 2020
Place:	Berlin , Germany
Course:	Formula E race track Berlin (Tempelhof)
Length:	84.75 km in 36 laps of 2.355 km
Spectator:	~ none
1st race
Pole position
Driver:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Time:	1: 06.799 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Time:	1: 08.965 min (lap 20)
Podium
First:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Second:	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Third:	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing
2nd race
Pole position
Driver:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Time:	1: 06.442 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team
Time:	1: 08.635 min (lap 21)
Podium
First:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Second:	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams
Third:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team

Berlin E-Prix 2020

Racing data
8th and 9th of 11 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2019/20
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Date:	August 8th and 9th, 2020
Place:	Berlin , Germany
Course:	Formula E race track Berlin (Tempelhof)
Length:	82.425 km in 35 laps of 2.355 km
Spectator:	~ none
Pole position
Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah
Time:	1: 06.227 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing
Time:	1: 08.350 min (lap 19)
Podium
First:	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Second:	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing
Third:	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah

The Berlin E-Prix 2020 will take place from August 5th to 13th on the Formula E race track Berlin (Tempelhof) in Berlin and is the sixth to eleventh races of the 2019/20 FIA Formula E championship . It is the sixth Berlin E-Prix.

report

background

After the Marrakech E-Prix , António Félix da Costa leads the drivers' standings with eleven points ahead of Mitch Evans and with 21 points ahead of Alexander Sims . In the team standings, DS Techeetah is eight points ahead of BMW i Andretti Motorsport and 32 points ahead of Jaguar Racing .

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , all races of the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship after the Marrakech E-Prix on February 29, 2020 have been canceled. As part of the Berlin E-Prix, all six remaining races of the season will be held. The racing series hopes that this will enable it to conclude the season without the threat of restrictions due to the entry restrictions that apply in many places worldwide.

Since the apron of the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport offers ideal conditions for largely flexible adjustments to the route, the six races will take place on three different route configurations. These were announced two weeks before the event.

At Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler , Daniel Abt has been replaced by René Rast . For his part, Abt replaces Ma Qinghua in the NIO 333 FE team . Pascal Wehrlein left Mahindra Racing , Alex Lynn will take over the cockpit . There is also a driver change at Dragon Racing : Brendon Hartley will be replaced by Sérgio Sette Câmara .

As with the Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Performance , the racing car for the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship , the Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E team also changed its vehicles as a statement against racism and for more diversity after the protests following the death of George Floyd changed the basic color of the vehicle from silver to black. In addition, the word “End Racism” was attached to the Halo system .

With Sébastien Buemi (twice), Abt, Jérôme D'Ambrosio and Lucas di Grassi , four former winners will compete in this race.

Race day one

For the two opening races, a track configuration was chosen that largely corresponded to that of the Berlin E-Prix 2019 , but is used in the opposite direction. For this, some minor adjustments were made and the route was shortened by a total of 22 meters.

training

In the first free practice, Oliver Rowland set the fastest time in 1: 07.832 minutes ahead of Sam Bird and Jean-Éric Vergne . The training session was stopped a few minutes before the end after James Calado got stuck on the track with a technical defect.

In the second free practice session, Nyck de Vries was fastest with a lap time of 1: 06.846 minutes ahead of Félix da Costa and Maximilian Günther .

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 2:15 p.m. and took place in four groups of six drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers had 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 were allowed to drive. Félix da Costa was fastest with a lap time of 1: 07.122 minutes and received one point.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Félix da Costa secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 06.799 minutes and thus three more points. The other positions were occupied by Vergne, André Lotterer , Buemi, de Vries and D'Ambrosio.

run

Félix da Costa won the race ahead of Lotterer and Bird. The remaining points were placed by de Vries, D'Ambrosio, Stoffel Vandoorne , Buemi, di Grassi, Sims and Rast. The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to Félix da Costa.

Registration list

All teams and drivers use Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
DS Techeetah	DS E-Tense FE20	13	António Félix da Costa
		25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	Audi e-tron FE06	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	René Rast
Envision Virgin Racing	Audi e-tron FE06	02	Sam Bird
		04th	Robin Frijns
Nissan e.dams	Nissan IM02	22nd	Oliver Rowland
		23	Sébastien Buemi
BMW i Andretti Motorsport	BMW iFE.20	27	Alexander Sims
		28	Maximilian Günther
Mahindra Racing	Mahindra M6Electro	64	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		94	Alex Lynn
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type IV	20th	Mitch Evans
		51	James Calado
ROKiT Venturi Racing	Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01	19th	Felipe Massa
		48	Edoardo Mortara
Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 01	05	Stoffel Vandoorne
		17th	Nyck de Vries
Geox Dragon	Penske EV-4	06th	Sérgio Sette Câmara
		07th	Nico Müller
NIO 333 FE team	NIO FE-005	03	Oliver Turvey
		33	Daniel Dept.
TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	18th	Neel Jani
		36	André Lotterer

Championship stands before the race

The first ten of the race get 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there are three points for pole position, one point for the fastest driver after the qualifying group phase and one point for the driver in the top ten who achieves the fastest lap.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  António Félix da Costa  DS Techeetah 67 02  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 56 03  Alexander Sims  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 46 04th  Maximilian Günther  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 44 05  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 38 06th  Stoffel Vandoorne  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 38 07th  Edoardo Mortara  ROKiT Venturi Racing 32 08th  Jean-Éric Vergne  DS Techeetah 31 09  Oliver Rowland  Nissan e.dams 30th 10  Sam Bird  Envision Virgin Racing 29 11  Sébastien Buemi  Nissan e.dams 27 12  André Lotterer  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 25th

Item driver team Points 13  Nyck de Vries  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 18th 14th  Pascal Wehrlein  Mahindra Racing 14th 15th  Robin Frijns  Envision Virgin Racing 10 16  James Calado  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 10 17th  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 8th 18th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Mahindra Racing 3 19th  Felipe Massa  ROKiT Venturi Racing 2 20th  Brendon Hartley  Geox Dragon 2 21st  Oliver Turvey  NIO 333 FE team 0 22nd  Nico Müller  Geox Dragon 0 23  Neel Jani  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 0 24  Ma Qinghua  NIO 333 FE team 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  DS Techeetah 98 02  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 90 03  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 66 04th  Nissan e.dams 57 05  Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team 56 06th  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 46

Item team Points 07th  Envision Virgin Racing 39 08th  ROKiT Venturi Racing 34 09  TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team 25th 10  Mahindra Racing 17th 11  Geox Dragon 2 12  NIO 333 FE team 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tobias Wirtz: Track layouts for Formula E sixpacks published in Berlin: "Reverse course" at the start. e-Formel.de, July 21, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Tobias Wirtz: Signs against racism: Mercedes starts the Formula E finale with black paint. e-Formel.de, July 29, 2020, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Berlin: Oliver Rowland wins the first training session on Wednesday. e-Formel.de, August 5, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Berlin: Mercedes driver Nyck de Vries the fastest in the 2nd practice session. e-Formel.de, August 5, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Berlin: Felix da Costa beats Master Vergne in qualifying. e-Formel.de, August 5, 2020, accessed on August 5, 2020 .