Marrakech E-Prix 2020

Marrakech E-Prix 2020

Racing data
5th of 11 races in the 2019/20 FIA Formula E Championship
Surname:	2020 ABB Formula E Marrakesh E-Prix
Date:	February 29, 2020
Place:	Marrakech , Morocco
Course:	Circuit International Automobile Moulay el Hassan
Length:	100.913 km in 34 laps of 2.971 km
Pole position
Driver:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Time:	1: 17.158 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing
Time:	1: 20.345 min (lap 29)
Podium
First:	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah
Second:	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Third:	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah

The Marrakech E-Prix 2020 (officially: 2020 ABB Formula E Marrakesh E-Prix ) took place on February 29th at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay el Hassan in Marrakech and was the fifth race of the FIA Formula E championship 2019/20 . It was the fourth Marrakech E-Prix.

report

background

After the Mexico City E-Prix , Mitch Evans led the drivers' championship with one point ahead of Alexander Sims and eight points ahead of António Félix da Costa . In the team standings, BMW i Andretti Motorsport was 14 points ahead of Jaguar Racing and 15 points ahead of Mercedes-Benz EQ .

With Sébastien Buemi and Jérôme D'Ambrosio (one each), two former winners competed in this race.

training

The first free practice took place the day before the race. Jean-Éric Vergne could not take part in the training due to health problems and was replaced in this training by James Rossiter . António Félix da Costa was fastest with a lap time of 1: 17.863 minutes ahead of Evans and Maximilian Günther .

Evans set the fastest time in the second free practice session in 1: 17.309 minutes ahead of Lucas di Grassi and Robin Frijns .

Qualifying

Qualifying began on Saturday at 11:00 a.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. Günther was fastest with a lap time of 1: 17.562 minutes and received one point. Evans crossed the timekeeping line too late and was therefore without a lap time.

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: 17.158 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Günther, André Lotterer , Nyck de Vries , Edoardo Mortara and Buemi.

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 235 kW instead of 200 kW for a period of four minutes.

Félix da Costa won the race ahead of Günther and Vergne. The remaining points were placed by Buemi, Mortara, Evans, di Grassi, Lotterer, Oliver Rowland and Sam Bird . The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to Evans.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
DS Techeetah	DS E-Tense FE20	13	António Félix da Costa
		25th	James Rossiter
			Jean-Éric Vergne
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	Audi e-tron FE06	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
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	Pascal Wehrlein
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	Brendon Hartley
		07th	Nico Müller
NIO 333 FE team	NIO FE-005	03	Oliver Turvey
		33	Ma Qinghua
TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche 99X Electric	18th	Neel Jani
		36	André Lotterer

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Vergne had to skip the first free practice session for health reasons, instead Rossiter drove the car with starting number 25. Vergne took over the vehicle again before the second free practice session.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	1: 17.640	1: 17.158	01
02	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 17.562	1: 17.227	02
03	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 17.582	1: 17.253	03
04th	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 17.743	1: 17.590	04th
05	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 17.631	1: 17.803	05
06th	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	1: 17.779	1: 17.811	06th
07th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	1: 17.798	-	07th
08th	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	1: 17.830	-	08th
09	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	1: 17.839	-	09
10	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 17.867	-	10
11	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	1: 17.928	-	11
12	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	1: 17.944	-	12
13	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 17.958	-	13
14th	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 18.064	-	14th
15th	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	1: 18.069	-	15th
16	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	1: 18.203	-	16
17th	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	1: 18.218	-	17th
18th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	1: 18.229	-	18th
19th	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	1: 18.313	-	19th
20th	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	1: 18.675	-	20th
21st	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	1: 19.359	-	21st
-	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	1: 27.444	-	22nd
-	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1: 32.690	-	23
-	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	no time	-	24

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	António Félix da Costa	DS Techeetah	34	46: 52.757	01	1: 21.082 (22.)
02	Maximilian Günther	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	34	+ 11,327	02	1: 21.268 (22.)
03	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	34	+ 12.034	11	1: 20.911 (26.)
04th	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	34	+ 12.282	06th	1: 21.724 (26.)
05	Edoardo Mortara	ROKiT Venturi Racing	34	+ 15.657	05	1: 21.628 (23.)
06th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	34	+ 16.335	24	1: 20.737 (27.)
07th	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	34	+ 18,706	13	1: 21.970 (23.)
08th	André Lotterer	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	34	+ 19,498	03	1: 21.263 (25.)
09	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	34	+ 29.126	09	1: 21.988 (21.)
10	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	34	+ 20.295	14th	1: 21.384 (29.)
11	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	34	+ 20.557	04th	1: 21,560 (29.)
12	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	34	+ 22.373	22nd	1: 21.054 (24.)
13	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	34	+ 22.785	07th	1: 22.554 (30.)
14th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	34	+ 25.080	18th	1: 21.708 (30.)
15th	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team	34	+ 25.969	17th	1: 22.055 (26.)
16	James Calado	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	34	+ 26,528	10	1: 22.286 (33.)
17th	Felipe Massa	ROKiT Venturi Racing	34	+ 27.486	20th	1: 21.610 (21.)
18th	Neel Jani	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	34	+ 44.476	23	1: 22.821 (12.)
19th	Brendon Hartley	Geox Dragon	34	+ 49.002	12	1: 22.611 (14th)
20th	Nico Müller	Geox Dragon	34	+ 53.075	16	1: 21.184 (31st)
21st	Oliver Turvey	NIO 333 FE team	34	+ 59.969	19th	1: 22,200 (26.)
22nd	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	34	+1: 13.171	15th	1: 20.345 (29.)
23	Ma Qinghua	NIO 333 FE team	33	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 23.027 (32nd)
-	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	33	DNF	08th	1: 21.714 (23.)

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, one point for the fastest driver after the qualifying group phase and one point for the driver in the top ten who achieved the fastest race 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. ↑ Timo Pape: Migraine: I missed 1. Free practice. e-Formel.de, February 28, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Marrakech: Felix da Costa wins 1st free practice. e-Formel.de, February 28, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Marrakech: Mitch Evans wins 2nd free practice. e-Formel.de, February 29, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Marrakech: Felix da Costa beats Günther & Lotterer in qualifying. e-Formel.de, February 29, 2020, accessed on February 29, 2020 .