Monaco E-Prix 2019

Monaco E-Prix 2019

Racing data
9th of 13 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19
Surname:	2019 FIA Formula E Monaco E-Prix
Date:	May 11, 2019
Place:	Monte Carlo , Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	90.015 km in 51 laps of 1.765 km
Pole position
Driver:	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams
Time:	0: 50.021 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing
Time:	0: 52.385 min (lap 46)
Podium
First:	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah
Second:	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams
Third:	Felipe Massa	Venturi Formula E team

The Monaco E-Prix 2019 (officially: 2019 FIA Formula E Monaco E-Prix ) took place on May 11th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the ninth race of the FIA Formula E championship 2018/19 . It was the third Monaco E-Prix, which has been held every two years since 2015.

report

background

After the Paris E-Prix , Robin Frijns led the drivers' standings with one point ahead of André Lotterer and with eleven points ahead of António Félix da Costa . In the team standings, DS Techeetah was seven points ahead of Virgin Racing and 13 points ahead of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler .

With Sebastien Buemi (twice) the only former winners entered in this race.

Daniel Abt , Buemi, Félix da Costa, José María López and Stoffel Vandoorne received a so-called fan boost in the race ; after the 23rd minute of the race, they were allowed to increase the power of their vehicle to 240 kW to 250 kW and thus up to 100 kilojoules of energy use additionally. Buemi received his 35th Fan Boost in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, Abt his 26th and López his third. Félix da Costa and Vandoorne each received the additional energy for the ninth time, each time this season.

training

In the first free practice, Lucas di Grassi set the fastest time in 50.183 seconds ahead of Sam Bird and Mitch Evans . Evans and Günther received a warning because they drove faster than the maximum permitted 50 km / h during the full course yellow. For Evans it was the second and for Günther the third warning this season.

Oliver Rowland was fastest in second free practice with a lap time of 49.847 seconds, ahead of Jean-Éric Vergne and Lotterer.

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 11:45 a.m. and took place in four groups of five or six drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers could do 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. Vergne was fastest with a lap time of 50.048 seconds.

The six fastest drivers then drove in the first six positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Rowland secured pole position with a lap time of 0: 50.021 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Vergne, Evans, Pascal Wehrlein , Felipe Massa and Buemi. Evans received another warning because he activated the maximum output of 250 kW 0.4 seconds too early during the Superpole .

Jérôme D'Ambrosio , Edoardo Mortara and Rowland were moved three places back because they caused collisions at the Paris E-Prix. Evans and Günther were moved ten positions back, as they had already received three warnings this season.

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.

Vergne won the race ahead of Rowland and Massa. The remaining points were placed by Wehrlein, Buemi, Evans, Lotterer, Alex Lynn , Stoffel Vandoorne and López. The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to Wehrlein.

Abt received a drive-through penalty after the race, which was converted into a time penalty of 33 seconds for causing a collision with Oliver Turvey . Félix da Costa was disqualified because he had used more than the maximum allowed 200 kW of power.

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	Alex Lynn
		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	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	0: 50.161	0: 50.021	03
02	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	0: 50.048	0: 50.042	01
03	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	0: 50.247	0: 50.112	12
04th	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	0: 50.058	0: 50.128	02
05	Felipe Massa	Venturi Formula E team	0: 50.090	0: 50.218	04th
06th	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	0: 50.140	0: 50.234	05
07th	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	0: 50.351	-	06th
08th	Alex Lynn	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	0: 50.370	-	07th
09	António Félix da Costa	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	0: 50.375	-	08th
10	José María López	Geox Dragon	0: 50.432	-	09
11	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA Racelab	0: 50.451	-	10
12	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	0: 50.498	-	11
13	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	0: 50.502	-	13
14th	Maximilian Günther	Geox Dragon	0: 50.514	-	22nd
15th	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	0: 50.526	-	14th
16	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	0: 50.578	-	15th
17th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	0: 50.601	-	19th
18th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	0: 50.602	-	16
19th	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	0: 50.618	-	21st
20th	Gary Paffett	HWA Racelab	0: 50.664	-	17th
21st	Tom Dillmann	NIO Formula E team	0: 50.811	-	18th
22nd	André Lotterer	DS Techeetah	0: 51.018	-	20th
110 percent time : 0: 55.053 min (based on the best time of 0: 50.048 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Rowland was moved three places back after causing a collision with Sims at the Paris E-Prix.
2. ↑ Evans was moved ten places back after receiving his third warning in Superpole this season.
3. ↑ Günther was moved ten starting positions back because he received his third warning this season in free practice.
4. ↑ D'Ambrosio was moved three places back because he had collided with Bird at the Paris E-Prix.
5. ↑ Mortara was moved three places back after causing a collision with Lynn at the Paris E-Prix.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Techeetah	51	46: 05: 547	01	0: 52.417 (46.)
02	Oliver Rowland	Nissan e.dams	51	+ 0,201	03	0: 52.690 (47th)
03	Felipe Massa	Venturi Formula E team	51	+ 1.261	04th	0: 52.396 (46.)
04th	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra Racing	51	+ 1.439	02	0: 52.385 (46.)
05	Sébastien Buemi	Nissan e.dams	51	+ 6.215	05	0: 52.585 (43rd)
06th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	51	+ 16.213	12	0: 52.429 (41st)
07th	André Lotterer	DS Techeetah	51	+ 16.848	20th	0: 52.527 (32nd)
08th	Alex Lynn	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	51	+ 18.112	07th	0: 52.737 (43rd)
09	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA Racelab	51	+ 18,551	10	0: 52.710 (39th)
10	José María López	Geox Dragon	51	+ 18.860	09	0: 52.404 (23)
11	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Mahindra Racing	51	+ 21,488	19th	0: 52.475 (35th)
12	Gary Paffett	HWA Racelab	51	+ 21.853	17th	0: 52.434 (35th)
13	Alexander Sims	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	51	+ 26.934	06th	0: 52.527 (39th)
14th	Tom Dillmann	NIO Formula E team	51	+ 31.861	18th	0: 52.698 (40th)
15th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	51	+ 49,400	16	0: 52.460 (31st)
16	Sam Bird	Envision Virgin Racing	50	DNF	14th	0: 52.779 (39.)
17th	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing	46	DNF	11	0: 52.501 (43rd)
-	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	32	DNF	15th	0: 53.407 (23)
-	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team	31	DNF	13	0: 52.906 (26.)
-	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	29	DNF	21st	0: 52.791 (23)
-	Maximilian Günther	Geox Dragon	29	DNF	22nd	0: 53.153 (23)
-	António Félix da Costa	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	51	DSQ	08th	0: 52.447 (38th)

Remarks

1. ↑ Abbot subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a time penalty of 33 seconds for causing a collision with Oliver Turvey.
2. ↑ Félix da Costa was disqualified because he used 228 kW instead of the maximum allowed 200 kW of energy in rounds 50 and 51.

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  Jean-Éric Vergne  DS Techeetah 87 02  André Lotterer  DS Techeetah 86 03  Robin Frijns  Envision Virgin Racing 81 04th  António Félix da Costa  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 70 05  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 70 06th  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 69 07th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Mahindra Racing 65 08th  Oliver Rowland  Nissan e.dams 59 09  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 59 10  Sam Bird  Envision Virgin Racing 54 11  Edoardo Mortara  Venturi Formula E team 52 12  Pascal Wehrlein  Mahindra Racing 51 13  Sébastien Buemi  Nissan e.dams 44

Item driver team Points 14th  Felipe Massa  Venturi Formula E team 32 15th  Stoffel Vandoorne  HWA Racelab 20th 16  Alexander Sims  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 18th 17th  Maximilian Günther  Geox Dragon 10 18th  Gary Paffett  HWA Racelab 8th 19th  Oliver Turvey  NIO Formula E team 6th 20th  Alex Lynn  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 4th 21st  José María López  Geox Dragon 3 22nd  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 1 23  Tom Dillmann  NIO Formula E team 0 24  Felipe Nasr  Geox Dragon 0 -  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  DS Techeetah 173 02  Envision Virgin Racing 135 03  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E Team 129 04th  Mahindra Racing 116 05  Nissan e.dams 99 06th  BMW i Andretti Motorsport 88

Item team Points 07th  Venturi Formula E team 84 08th  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 74 09  HWA Racelab 28 10  Geox Dragon 13 11  NIO Formula E team 6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Monaco: Lucas di Grassi wins 1st free practice. e-Formel.de, May 11, 2019, accessed on May 11, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in Monaco: Rowland breaks track record in 2nd practice. e-Formel.de, May 11, 2019, accessed on May 11, 2019 .