Marrakech E-Prix 2019

Marrakech E-Prix 2019

Racing data
2nd of 13 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19
Surname:	2019 Marrakesh E-Prix
Date:	January 13, 2019
Place:	Marrakech , Morocco
Course:	Circuit International Automobile Moulay el Hassan
Length:	92 km in 31 laps of 2.971 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing
Time:	1: 17,489 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team
Time:	1: 20.296 min (lap 31)
Podium
First:	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing
Second:	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing
Third:	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing

The Marrakech E-Prix 2019 (officially: 2019 Marrakesh E-Prix ) took place on January 12th at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay el Hassan in Marrakech and was the second race of the FIA Formula E championship 2018/19 . It was the third Marrakech E-Prix.

report

background

After the Diriyya E-Prix , António Félix da Costa led the drivers' standings with ten points ahead of Jean-Éric Vergne and with 13 points ahead of Jérôme D'Ambrosio . In the team standings, DS Techeetah was one point ahead of BMW i Andretti Motorsport and twelve points ahead of Mahindra Racing .

Pascal Wehrlein made his debut in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship with Mahindra Racing . At the start of the season he was represented by the previous Mahindra regular driver Felix Rosenqvist , as he was contractually bound to HWA until the end of 2018 .

With Sébastien Buemi , a former winner entered this race.

Buemi, Félix da Costa, Felipe Massa , Stoffel Vandoorne and Wehrlein received a so-called fan boost in the race , they were allowed to increase the power of their vehicle to 240 kW to 250 kW after the 23rd minute of the race and thus use up to 100 kilojoules of additional energy . Buemi received his 28th Fan Boost in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, Felix da Costa, Massa and Vandoorne received the additional energy for the second time after the Diriyya E-Prix 2018.

training

In the first free practice, Robin Frijns set the fastest time in 1: 17.808 minutes ahead of Félix da Costa and Sam Bird .

Mitch Evans was fastest in the second free practice with a lap time of 1: 17.262 minutes ahead of André Lotterer and Buemi. At Bird and di Grassi, the drive train had to be changed due to a defect in the coolant pump . Even with Felipe Massa , the drive has been replaced due to a technical defect.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 12:00 p.m. and took place in four groups of five or 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. Bird was fastest with a lap time of 1: 17.851 minutes.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Bird secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 17.489 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Vergne, Félix da Costa, Buemi, Alexander Sims and Evans.

Félix da Costa was moved three positions back because he exceeded the maximum permitted power of 200 kW on his warm-up lap in qualifying.

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.

Bird started well, while Vergne did not get off the grid well and came under direct pressure from Buemi. When braking into the first corner , Vergne slowed down, collided with Bird and spun. Since his car came to a stop in the middle of the track against the direction of travel, several pilots, including Buemi, had to use the outer lane and thus lost positions. Lucas di Grassi collided with Wehrlein in midfield, and there was also contact between the two HWA drivers Paffett and Vandoorne. Paffett, Vandoorne and Wehrlein had to give up the race shortly afterwards with damaged vehicles, while Vergne drove at the end of the field. At the end of the first round, Bird was leading in front of Sims, Félix da Costa, Frijns, D'Ambrosio, di Grassi, Oliver Turvey , José María López , Daniel Abt and Oliver Rowland .

Sims let his teammate Félix da Costa pass shortly afterwards, who then put Bird under pressure. Turvey meanwhile fell behind López and Abbot. Before turn five, Félix da Costa sat down next to Bird, who skipped the following chicane. In the process, however, he lost so much momentum that Félix da Costa and Sims passed him on the following straight.

In the back of the field, Lotterer and Vergne started a race to catch up, both overtaking various competitors. At the front, the two Andretti drivers pulled away, followed by Frijns, D'Ambrosio and di Grassi Bird, who was now sixth. Halfway through the race, Félix da Costa was leading ahead of Sims, Frijns, D'Ambrosio, di Grassi, Bird, López, Lotterer, Abt and Buemi.

D'Ambrosio and di Grassi overtook Frijns, but shortly afterwards he again passed di Grassi with the attack mode. Bird also overtook di Grassi shortly afterwards with the attack mode. Lotterer let Vergne pass, then Buemi and di Grassi passed. At the front, Félix da Costa and Sims led by around five seconds over D'Ambrosio. However, he then shortened the gap again and was only a little less than two seconds behind ten minutes before the end of the race.

Sims then attacked Félix da Costa, while Félix da Costa braked himself. The vehicles touched and Félix da Costa crashed into the track barrier, the suspension of his car broke and he had to give up the race. Sims had to evade and fell back to fourth place. The race management sent the safety car out onto the track to rescue Félix da Costa's car . Since the recovery took some time, the race was only released for one lap after the 45 minutes of the race. Frijns put D'Ambrosio under great pressure, but there was no overtaking maneuver.

D'Ambrosio won the race ahead of Frijns and Bird. It was the third victory for D'Ambrosio in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship and the first since the Mexico City ePrix 2016 . Frijns achieved his best placement and his second podium finish in the championship, having previously finished third at the Putrajaya ePrix 2015 . It was also the first time that both Virgin pilots stood on the podium. The remaining points were placed by Sims, Vergne, Lotterer, di Grassi, Buemi, Evans and Daniel Abt . The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to di Grassi. It was the eighth race in a row across all seasons that both Techeetah pilots finished in the top ten.

D'Ambrosio took the lead in the overall standings ahead of Félix da Costa and Vergne. In the team standings, DS Techeetah extended their lead, with Mahindra and BMW i Andretti Motorsport now tied behind them.

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	Nelson Piquet Jr.
		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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 17.851	1: 17.489	01
02	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	1: 18.042	1: 17.535	02
03	António Félix da Costa	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 17.950	1: 17.626	06th
04th	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	1: 17.906	1: 17.738	03
05	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 17.935	1: 18,400	04th
06th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 18.106	1: 29.379	05
07th	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	1: 18.126	-	07th
08th	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 18,200	-	08th
09	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 18.347	-	09
10	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	1: 18.440	-	10
11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 18.595	-	11
12	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	1: 18.604	-	12
13	José María López	Geox Dragon	1: 18.612	-	13
14th	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	1: 18.624	-	14th
15th	Felipe Massa	Venturi Formula E team	1: 18.780	-	15th
16	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 18.921	-	16
17th	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	1: 19.133	-	17th
18th	Tom Dillmann	NIO Formula E team	1: 19.338	-	18th
19th	Gary Paffett	HWA Racelab	1: 19.516	-	19th
20th	André Lotterer	DS Techeetah	1: 19.633	-	20th
21st	Maximilian Günther	Geox Dragon	1: 23.332	-	21st
110 percent time : 1: 25.636 min (based on the best time of 1: 17.851 min)
22nd	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA Racelab	1: 33,404	-	22nd

Remarks

1. ↑ Félix da Costa was moved three places back because he used more than the permitted 200 kW of power on his lap when he left the pit lane.
2. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Vandoorne was allowed to start because he drove fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	31	46: 45.884	10	1: 22.366 (25.)
02	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	31	+ 0.143	08th	1: 22.247 (20.)
03	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	31	+ 0.461	01	1: 22.101 (31st)
04th	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	31	+ 0.740	04th	1: 21,992 (20.)
05	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	31	+ 1.232	02	1: 21.391 (18.)
06th	André Lotterer	DS Techeetah	31	+ 1.457	20th	1: 21.177 (31st)
07th	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	31	+ 1.633	11	1: 20.296 (31st)
08th	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	31	+ 2.455	03	1: 20.538 (31st)
09	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	31	+ 2.980	05	1: 20.594 (31st)
10	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	31	+ 4.014	16	1: 21.118 (31st)
11	José María López	Geox Dragon	31	+ 4.528	13	1: 21.163 (31st)
12	Maximilian Günther	Geox Dragon	31	+ 6.034	21st	1: 21.691 (31st)
13	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	31	+ 6.790	17th	1: 21.849 (31st)
14th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	31	+ 6.833	09	1: 21.010 (31st)
15th	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	31	+ 7.529	12	1: 21.013 (31st)
16	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	31	+ 9.241	14th	1: 21.856 (31st)
17th	Tom Dillmann	NIO Formula E team	31	+ 9.665	18th	1: 21.670 (31st)
18th	Felipe Massa	Venturi Formula E team	31	+ 10.205	15th	1: 21.523 (31st)
-	António Félix da Costa	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	25th	DNF	06th	1: 21.885 (20.)
-	Gary Paffett	HWA Racelab	03	DNF	20th	1: 24.142 ( 03rd)
-	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	01	DNF	07th	-
-	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA Racelab	01	DNF	22nd	-

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  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Mahindra Racing 40 02  António Félix da Costa  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 28 03  Jean-Éric Vergne  DS Techeetah 28 04th  André Lotterer  DS Techeetah 19th 05  Robin Frijns  Envision Virgin Racing 18th 06th  Sam Bird  Envision Virgin Racing 18th 07th  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 14th 08th  Alexander Sims  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 12 09  Sébastien Buemi  Nissan e.dams 12 10  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 9 11  Oliver Rowland  Nissan e.dams 6th 12  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 5

Item driver team Points 13  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1 14th  José María López  Geox Dragon 0 15th  Maximilian Günther  Geox Dragon 0 16  Oliver Turvey  NIO Formula E team 0 17th  Edoardo Mortara  Venturi Formula E team 0 18th  Tom Dillmann  NIO Formula E team 0 19th  Stoffel Vandoorne  HWA Racelab 0 20th  Felipe Massa  Venturi Formula E team 0 -  Gary Paffett  HWA Racelab 0 -  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing 0 -  Pascal Wehrlein  Mahindra Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  DS Techeetah 47 02  Mahindra Racing 40 03  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 40 04th  Envision Virgin Racing 36 05  Nissan e.dams 18th 06th  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 15th

Item team Points 07th  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 14th 08th  NIO Formula E team 0 09  Geox Dragon 0 10  HWA Racelab 0 11  Venturi Formula E team 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Marrakech: Mitch Evans the fastest in the 2nd practice. e-Formel.de, January 12, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: After FP2: New drive train for Massa. e-Formel.de, January 12, 2019, accessed on January 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Marrakech: Penalty transfer for Felix da Costa. e-Formel.de, January 12, 2019, accessed on January 15, 2019 .