Berlin ePrix 2017

Berlin ePrix 2017

Racing data
7th and 8th of 12 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2016/17
Surname:	2017 FIA Formula E Berlin ePrix
Date:	June 10th and 11th, 2017
Place:	Berlin , Germany
Course:	Formula E race track Berlin (Tempelhof)
Length:	100.188 km in 44 laps of 2.277 km
Spectator:	~ 24,000
1st race
Pole position
Driver:	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Time:	1: 08.312 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mitch Evans	Jaguar Racing
Time:	1: 10.224 min (lap 16)
Podium
First:	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
Second:	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Third:	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
2nd race
Pole position
Driver:	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
Time:	1: 08.208 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team
Time:	1: 09.509 min (lap 7)
Podium
First:	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams
Second:	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
Third:	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport

The Berlin ePrix 2017 (officially: 2017 FIA Formula E Berlin ePrix ) took place on June 10th and 11th on the Formula E race track Berlin (Tempelhof) in Berlin and was the seventh and eighth races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2016/17 . It was the third Berlin ePrix, but for the first time two races were held as part of the event.

report

background

After the Paris ePrix , Sébastien Buemi led the drivers' standings with 43 points ahead of Lucas di Grassi and with 74 points ahead of Nicolas Prost . In the team standings, Renault e.dams was 75 points ahead of ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport and 103 points ahead of Mahindra Racing .

After the race in 2016 took place on a street circuit around Strausberger Platz , it returned to Tempelhof Airport in 2017 , but with a new route layout. The construction work for the track began on May 29th, 13 days before the first race. So that the drivers had to choose different strategies for both races, different race distances were chosen for both race days: 44 laps on June 10 and 46 laps on June 11.

After they had to skip the race in Paris due to an overlap with the DTM , Maro Engel and Loïc Duval competed in this race again.

Venturi announced ahead of the race that Tom Dillmann was replacing Stéphane Sarrazin with immediate effect . Sarrazin moved to Techeetah , where he drove in place of Esteban Gutiérrez . Gutiérrez switched to the IndyCar Series , where he was the substitute driver for Sébastien Bourdais, who had an accident in qualifying for the Indy 500 . Since driver changes in the two weeks before a race are prohibited according to the sporting regulations, the race stewards imposed a fine of 5000 euros on Venturi. Techeetah was not punished because the team had a valid contract with Gutiérrez to participate in the race and Gutiérrez broke it. Instead of issuing a penalty, the breach of contract was referred to the FIA ​​Tribunal.

Di Grassi injured himself on Tuesday before the race at a charity soccer game at Stamford Bridge , but competed in the races despite the alleged injury to his ankle . In the week after the Berlin ePrix, an examination in the run-up to the Le Mans 24-hour race found a broken fibula, di Grassi had to undergo an operation and would not participate in Le Mans.

With Jérôme D'Ambrosio and Buemi, two former winners competed in this race.

Daniel Abt , Buemi and di Grassi received a so-called FanBoost in the first race , they were allowed to increase the output of their second vehicle to up to 200 kW and thus use up to 100 kilojoules of additional energy. Buemi and di Grassi each received the seventh FanBoost in the seventh race of the season and the fourteenth each in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, for Abt it was the fifth FanBoost this season.

These three pilots received a FanBoost again in the second race . Buemi and di Grassi each received the eighth FanBoost in the eighth race of the season and the fifteenth each in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, for Abt it was the sixth FanBoost this season.

Race day one

training

In the first free practice, Buemi was fastest with a lap time of 1: 08.151 minutes ahead of Prost and Felix Rosenqvist .

In the second free practice session, Nick Heidfeld set the fastest time in 1: 08.070 minutes, ahead of Rosenqvist and Engel.

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 12:00 p.m. and took place in four groups of five drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers had a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 170 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW were allowed to drive. Rosenqvist was fastest with a lap time of 1: 08.171 minutes.

The five fastest drivers then drove in the first five positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Di Grassi secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 08.312 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by José María López , who was only 0.001 seconds slower than di Grassi, Rosenqvist, Heidfeld and Sam Bird .

Lucas di Grassi and José María López started from the front row

run

Lucas di Grassi, Felix Rosenqvist and Nick Heidfeld (from left) at the award ceremony

The race went over 44 laps.

Rosenqvist won ahead of di Grassi and Heidfeld. It was the first win for Rosenqvist as well as for the Mahindra team. Di Grassi achieved the fifth podium finish of the season, Heidfeld achieved third place for the third time in a row. The remaining points were placed by López, Nicolas Prost , Daniel Abt , Bird, Vergne, Engel and Oliver Turvey . Buemi, who crossed the finish line in fifth place, was disqualified because the tire pressures were too low. For the first time since the Miami ePrix 2015, he stayed with an ePrix without points, and since then he has always finished in the top ten, or achieved pole position or the fastest race lap. The point for the fastest race lap went to Mitch Evans .

In the overall standings, di Grassi shortened the gap to Buemi, Prost remained third. In the team standings, Mahindra caught up with the two leading teams.

Race day two

training

In the first free practice, Buemi set the fastest time in 1: 07.712 minutes, ahead of Engel and López.

Lopez set the fastest time in second free practice in 1: 07.670 minutes, followed by Rosenqvist and Buemi.

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 12:00 p.m. and took place in four groups of five drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers had a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 170 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW were allowed to drive. Bird was fastest with a lap time of 1: 07.805 minutes. Heidfeld only came in last because of a defective accelerator sensor.

The five fastest drivers then drove in the first five positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Rosenqvist secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 08.208 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Buemi, López, Bird and Vergne.

run

Felix Rosenqvist, Sébastien Buemi and Lucas di Grassi (from left) at the award ceremony

The race lasted 46 laps, so the race distance was around 4.5 km longer than the day before.

Buemi won ahead of Rosenqvist and di Grassi. It was Buemi's sixth win in the eighth race of the season, Rosenqvist achieved the third and di Grassi the sixth podium finish of the season. The remaining points were placed by Abt, López, Vergne, Bird, Prost, Turvey and Heidfeld. The point for the fastest race lap went to Engel.

In the drivers' championship Buemi extended the lead on di Grassi again, Rosenqvist was now third. In the team ranking, the first three positions remained unchanged.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
Renault e.dams	Renault ZE16	08th	Nicolas Prost
		09	Sébastien Buemi
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	ABT Schaeffler FE02	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	Virgin DSV-02	02	Sam Bird
		37	José María López
Faraday Future Dragon Racing	Penske 701-EV	06th	Loïc Duval
		07th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	Mahindra M3ELECTRO	19th	Felix Rosenqvist
		23	Nick Heidfeld
Venturi Formula E team	Venturi VM200-FE-02	04th	Tom Dillmann
		05	Maro Engel
Andretti Formula E.	Andretti ATEC-02	27	Robin Frijns
		28	António Félix da Costa
Techeetah	Renault ZE16	25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
		33	Stéphane Sarrazin
NextEV NOK	NextEV 700R	03	Nelson Piquet Jr.
		88	Oliver Turvey
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type 1	20th	Mitch Evans
		47	Adam Carroll

Classifications

Race day one

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	1: 08.387	1: 08.312	01
02	José María López	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 08.349	1: 08.313	02
03	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 08.171	1: 08.395	03
04th	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 08.325	1: 08.650	04th
05	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 08.321	1: 09.724	05
06th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	1: 08.457	-	06th
07th	Oliver Turvey	NextEV NOK	1: 08.607	-	07th
08th	Daniel Dept.	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	1: 08.690	-	08th
09	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	1: 08.692	-	09
10	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	1: 08.825	-	10
11	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	1: 08.846	-	11
12	Stéphane Sarrazin	Techeetah	1: 08.890	-	12
13	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV NOK	1: 08.961	-	13
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	1: 09.010	-	14th
15th	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	1: 09.214	-	15th
16	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 09.219	-	16
17th	Robin Frijns	Andretti Formula E.	1: 09.630	-	17th
18th	Adam Carroll	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 09.898	-	18th
19th	Loïc Duval	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	1: 09.923	-	19th
20th	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	1: 11.147	-	20th
110 percent time : 1: 14.988 min (based on the best time of 1: 08.171 min)

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	44	53: 19.661	03	1: 10.888 (27.)
02	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	44	+ 2.232	01	1: 11.070 (27.)
03	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	44	+ 4.058	04th	1: 10.948 (27.)
04th	José María López	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	44	+ 13.638	02	1: 11.224 (27.)
05	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	44	+ 19.068	09	1: 11,117 (28th)
06th	Daniel Dept.	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	44	+ 19,799	08th	1: 11.241 (31st)
07th	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	44	+ 20.065	05	1: 10.949 (27.)
08th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	44	+ 20.689	06th	1: 11.352 (26.)
09	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	44	+ 39.030	11	1: 11.832 (34th)
10	Oliver Turvey	NextEV NOK	44	+ 40.985	07th	1: 11.787 (26.)
11	Stéphane Sarrazin	Techeetah	44	+ 42.682	12	1: 11.580 (24.)
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV NOK	44	+ 42.980	13	1: 11.574 (27.)
13	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	44	+ 45.712	10	1: 11.822 (32nd)
14th	Adam Carroll	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	44	+ 49.658	18th	1: 11.687 (39.)
15th	Loïc Duval	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	44	+ 59.010	19th	1: 12.207 (30.)
16	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	44	+1: 00.269	20th	1: 11,131 (32nd)
17th	Robin Frijns	Andretti Formula E.	44	+1: 02.463	17th	1: 11.616 (25.)
18th	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	44	+1: 07.695	15th	1: 11.702 (24.)
-	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	16	DNF	16	1: 10.224 (16.)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	44	DSQ	14th	1: 10.963 (30.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Vergne received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release .

Race day two

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 08.035	1: 08.208	01
02	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	1: 08.022	1: 08.306	02
03	José María López	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 07.854	1: 08.454	03
04th	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 07,805	1: 08.688	04th
05	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	1: 07.993	1: 09.103	05
06th	Oliver Turvey	NextEV NOK	1: 08.142	-	06th
07th	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	1: 08.223	-	07th
08th	Daniel Dept.	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	1: 08.348	-	08th
09	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 08.356	-	09
10	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	1: 08.465	-	10
11	Loïc Duval	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	1: 08.483	-	11
12	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	1: 08.552	-	12
13	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	1: 08.582	-	13
14th	Robin Frijns	Andretti Formula E.	1: 08.583	-	14th
15th	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	1: 08.738	-	15th
16	Stéphane Sarrazin	Techeetah	1: 08.822	-	16
17th	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	1: 09.085	-	17th
18th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV NOK	1: 09.149	-	18th
19th	Adam Carroll	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 09.543	-	19th
20th	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 11.267	-	20th
110 percent time : 1: 14.586 min (based on the best time of 1: 07.805 min)

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	46	56: 02.155	02	1: 11.294 (27.)
02	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	46	+ 7.195	01	1: 11.328 (28th)
03	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	46	+ 10.862	07th	1: 11.507 (32nd)
04th	Daniel Dept.	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	46	+ 13.631	08th	1: 11,701 (28th)
05	José María López	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	46	+ 20.324	03	1: 11.840 (32nd)
06th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	46	+ 20.751	05	1: 11.804 (22.)
07th	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	46	+ 21,959	04th	1: 11.850 (25.)
08th	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	46	+ 22.155	10	1: 11.593 (26.)
09	Oliver Turvey	NextEV NOK	46	+ 34.949	06th	1: 12.062 (25.)
10	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	46	+ 35.814	20th	1: 11.378 (31st)
11	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	46	+ 44.057	17th	1: 11.785 (12.)
12	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV NOK	46	+ 44.439	18th	1: 11.921 (34th)
13	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	46	+ 47.336	12	1: 11.906 (31.)
14th	Stéphane Sarrazin	Techeetah	46	+ 51.653	16	1: 11.690 (26.)
15th	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	46	+ 56.977	15th	1: 11.592 (46.)
16	Adam Carroll	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	46	+1: 05.426	19th	1: 11.881 (26.)
17th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	46	+1: 07.018	09	1: 11.815 (29.)
18th	Robin Frijns	Andretti Formula E.	46	+1: 12.083	14th	1: 12,182 (25.)
-	Loïc Duval	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	33	DNF	11	1: 09.690 (25.)
-	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	14th	+ 32 rounds	13	1: 09.509 ( 07.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Rosenqvist received a ten-second time penalty for an unsafe release .

Championship stands after the races

The first ten of the two races got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. There were also three points for pole position and one point for the fastest race lap.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Sébastien Buemi  Renault e.dams 157 02  Lucas di Grassi  ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 125 03  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 86 04th  Nicolas Prost  Renault e.dams 72 05  Nick Heidfeld  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 63 06th  Jean-Éric Vergne  Techeetah 52 07th  José María López  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 50 08th  Sam Bird  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 47 09  Daniel Dept.  ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 46 10  Nelson Piquet Jr.  NextEV NOK 33 11  Oliver Turvey  NextEV NOK 18th 12  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 16

Item driver team Points 13  Robin Frijns  Andretti Formula E. 16 14th  Maro Engel  Venturi Formula E team 15th 15th  António Félix da Costa  Andretti Formula E. 10 16  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Faraday Future Dragon Racing 10 17th  Loïc Duval  Faraday Future Dragon Racing 9 18th  Esteban Gutiérrez  Techeetah 5 19th  Adam Carroll  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 4th 20th  Tom Dillmann  Venturi Formula E team 4th 21st  Stéphane Sarrazin  Venturi Formula E Team Techeetah   2 22nd  Mike Conway  Faraday Future Dragon Racing 0 23  Qinghua Ma  Techeetah 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Renault e.dams 229 02  ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 171 03  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 149 04th  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 97 05  Techeetah 57

Item team Points 06th  NextEV NOK 51 07th  Andretti Formula E. 26th 08th  Venturi Formula E team 21st 09  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 20th 10  Faraday Future Dragon Racing 19th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Exclusive photo series: Starting shot for construction work on the Berlin ePrix 2017. e-Formel.de, June 1, 2017, accessed on July 19, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Formula E: The big race preview for the Berlin ePrix 2017. e-Formel.de, June 7, 2017, accessed on June 7, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Timo Pape: Sarrazin replaces Gutierrez at Techeetah, Dillmann stays with Venturi. e-Formel.de, June 3, 2017, accessed June 4, 2017 . 
4. ↑ 2016–2017 FIA FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 7 - BERLIN - 10 JUNE 2017. (PDF) Decision No. 2. FIA, June 9, 2017, accessed June 13, 2017 . 
5. ↑ 2016–2017 FIA FORMULA E CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 7 - BERLIN - 10 JUNE 2017. (PDF) Decision No. 1. FIA, June 9, 2017, accessed June 13, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: breach of contract! Allegations against Gutierrez. e-Formel.de, June 3, 2017, accessed June 4, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Broken fibula! New York commitment for Lucas di Grassi questionable? e-Formel.de, June 14, 2017, accessed on July 10, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Timo Pape: Exclusion from Formula E races! Buemi loses all points from Berlin. e-Formel.de, June 10, 2017, accessed on June 11, 2017 .