Marrakech E-Prix 2019

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Racing data
2nd of 13 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19
Route profile
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: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Bird United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing
Time: 1: 17,489 min
Fastest lap
Driver: BrazilBrazil Lucas di Grassi GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team
Time: 1: 20.296 min (lap 31)
Podium
First: BelgiumBelgium Jérôme D'Ambrosio IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing
Second: NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Frijns United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing
Third: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Bird United KingdomUnited Kingdom 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
GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team Audi e-tron FE05 11 BrazilBrazil Lucas di Grassi
66 GermanyGermany Daniel Dept.
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah DS E-Tense FE 19 25th FranceFrance Jean-Éric Vergne
36 GermanyGermany André Lotterer
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing Audi e-tron FE05 02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Bird
04th NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Frijns
IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing Mahindra M5Electro 64 BelgiumBelgium Jérôme D'Ambrosio
94 GermanyGermany Pascal Wehrlein
FranceFrance Nissan e.dams Nissan IM01 22nd United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Rowland
23 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing Jaguar I-Type III 03 BrazilBrazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
20th New ZealandNew Zealand Mitch Evans
MonacoMonaco Venturi Formula E team Venturi VFE05 19th BrazilBrazil Felipe Massa
48 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edoardo Mortara
United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team NIO Sport 004 08th FranceFrance Tom Dillmann
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Turvey
United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon PENSKE EV-3 06th GermanyGermany Maximilian Günther
07th ArgentinaArgentina José María López
United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport BMW iFE.18 27 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alexander Sims
28 PortugalPortugal António Félix da Costa
GermanyGermany HWA Racelab Venturi VFE05 05 BelgiumBelgium Stoffel Vandoorne
17th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gary Paffett

Classifications

Qualifying

Item driver team time Super pole begin
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Bird United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 1: 17.851 1: 17.489 01
02 FranceFrance Jean-Éric Vergne China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah 1: 18.042 1: 17.535 02
03 PortugalPortugal António Félix da Costa United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport 1: 17.950 1: 17.626 06th
04th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi FranceFrance Nissan e.dams 1: 17.906 1: 17.738 03
05 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alexander Sims United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport 1: 17.935 1: 18,400 04th
06th New ZealandNew Zealand Mitch Evans United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1: 18.106 1: 29.379 05
07th GermanyGermany Pascal Wehrlein IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 1: 18.126 - 07th
08th NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Frijns United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 1: 18,200 - 08th
09 BrazilBrazil Nelson Piquet Jr. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1: 18.347 - 09
10 BelgiumBelgium Jérôme D'Ambrosio IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 1: 18.440 - 10
11 BrazilBrazil Lucas di Grassi GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 1: 18.595 - 11
12 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Rowland FranceFrance Nissan e.dams 1: 18.604 - 12
13 ArgentinaArgentina José María López United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon 1: 18.612 - 13
14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Turvey United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team 1: 18.624 - 14th
15th BrazilBrazil Felipe Massa MonacoMonaco Venturi Formula E team 1: 18.780 - 15th
16 GermanyGermany Daniel Dept. GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 1: 18.921 - 16
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edoardo Mortara MonacoMonaco Venturi Formula E team 1: 19.133 - 17th
18th FranceFrance Tom Dillmann United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team 1: 19.338 - 18th
19th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gary Paffett GermanyGermany HWA Racelab 1: 19.516 - 19th
20th GermanyGermany André Lotterer China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah 1: 19.633 - 20th
21st GermanyGermany Maximilian Günther United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon 1: 23.332 - 21st
110 percent time : 1: 25.636 min (based on the best time of 1: 17.851 min)
22nd BelgiumBelgium Stoffel Vandoorne GermanyGermany 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 BelgiumBelgium Jérôme D'Ambrosio IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 31 46: 45.884 10 1: 22.366 (25.)
02 NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Frijns United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 31 + 0.143 08th 1: 22.247 (20.)
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Bird United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 31 + 0.461 01 1: 22.101 (31st)
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alexander Sims United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport 31 + 0.740 04th 1: 21,992 (20.)
05 FranceFrance Jean-Éric Vergne China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah 31 + 1.232 02 1: 21.391 (18.)
06th GermanyGermany André Lotterer China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah 31 + 1.457 20th 1: 21.177 (31st)
07th BrazilBrazil Lucas di Grassi GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 31 + 1.633 11 1: 20.296 (31st)
08th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi FranceFrance Nissan e.dams 31 + 2.455 03 1: 20.538 (31st)
09 New ZealandNew Zealand Mitch Evans United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing 31 + 2.980 05 1: 20.594 (31st)
10 GermanyGermany Daniel Dept. GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 31 + 4.014 16 1: 21.118 (31st)
11 ArgentinaArgentina José María López United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon 31 + 4.528 13 1: 21.163 (31st)
12 GermanyGermany Maximilian Günther United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon 31 + 6.034 21st 1: 21.691 (31st)
13 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edoardo Mortara MonacoMonaco Venturi Formula E team 31 + 6.790 17th 1: 21.849 (31st)
14th BrazilBrazil Nelson Piquet Jr. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing 31 + 6.833 09 1: 21.010 (31st)
15th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Rowland FranceFrance Nissan e.dams 31 + 7.529 12 1: 21.013 (31st)
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Turvey United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team 31 + 9.241 14th 1: 21.856 (31st)
17th FranceFrance Tom Dillmann United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team 31 + 9.665 18th 1: 21.670 (31st)
18th BrazilBrazil Felipe Massa MonacoMonaco Venturi Formula E team 31 + 10.205 15th 1: 21.523 (31st)
- PortugalPortugal António Félix da Costa United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport 25th DNF 06th 1: 21.885 (20.)
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gary Paffett GermanyGermany HWA Racelab 03 DNF 20th 1: 24.142 ( 03rd)
- GermanyGermany Pascal Wehrlein IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 01 DNF 07th -
- BelgiumBelgium Stoffel Vandoorne GermanyGermany 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 BelgiumBelgium Jérôme D'Ambrosio IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 40
02 PortugalPortugal António Félix da Costa United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport 28
03 FranceFrance Jean-Éric Vergne China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah 28
04th GermanyGermany André Lotterer China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah 19th
05 NetherlandsNetherlands Robin Frijns United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 18th
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sam Bird United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 18th
07th New ZealandNew Zealand Mitch Evans United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing 14th
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alexander Sims United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport 12
09 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sébastien Buemi FranceFrance Nissan e.dams 12
10 BrazilBrazil Lucas di Grassi GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 9
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Oliver Rowland FranceFrance Nissan e.dams 6th
12 GermanyGermany Daniel Dept. GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 5
Item driver team Points
13 BrazilBrazil Nelson Piquet Jr. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1
14th ArgentinaArgentina José María López United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon 0
15th GermanyGermany Maximilian Günther United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon 0
16 FranceFrance Oliver Turvey United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team 0
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edoardo Mortara MonacoMonaco Venturi Formula E team 0
18th FranceFrance Tom Dillmann United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team 0
19th BelgiumBelgium Stoffel Vandoorne GermanyGermany HWA Racelab 0
20th BrazilBrazil Felipe Massa MonacoMonaco Venturi Formula E team 0
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gary Paffett GermanyGermany HWA Racelab 0
- SwedenSweden Felix Rosenqvist IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 0
- GermanyGermany Pascal Wehrlein IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points
01 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China DS Techeetah 47
02 IndiaIndia Mahindra Racing 40
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom BMW i Andretti Motorsport 40
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Envision Virgin Racing 36
05 FranceFrance Nissan e.dams 18th
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Panasonic Jaguar Racing 15th
Item team Points
07th GermanyGermany Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 14th
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom NIO Formula E team 0
09 United StatesUnited States Geox Dragon 0
10 GermanyGermany HWA Racelab 0
11 MonacoMonaco 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 .