Monaco ePrix 2015
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| 7th of 11 races in the FIA Formula E Championship 2014/15 | ||
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| Surname: | Monaco ePrix 2015 | |
| Date: | May 9, 2015 | |
| Place: | Monte Carlo , Monaco | |
| Course: | Circuit de Monaco | |
| Length: | 82.72 km in 47 laps of 1.76 km | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Sébastien Buemi
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 Team e.dams Renault
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| Time: | 0: 53.478 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
Jean-Éric Vergne
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 Andretti Autosport Formula E Team
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| Time: | 0: 55.157 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Sébastien Buemi
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Team e.dams Renault
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| Second: |
 Lucas di Grassi
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 Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team
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| Third: |
Nelson Piquet Jr.
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 NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team
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The Monaco ePrix 2015 (officially: 2015 FIA Formula E Monaco ePrix ) took place on May 9th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo , Monaco and was the seventh race of the FIA Formula E championship 2014/15 . It was the first Monaco ePrix and the first race of the FIA Formula E Championship in Europe .
report
background
After the Long Beach ePrix , Lucas di Grassi led the drivers' standings with one point ahead of Nicolas Prost and six points ahead of Nelson Piquet Jr. In the team standings, e.dams was 27 points ahead of Audi Sport Abt and 42 points ahead of Virgin .
From the Monaco ePrix onwards, China Racing competed under the name NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team .
Jaime Alguersuari , Karun Chandhok and Loïc Duval exchanged their Rechargeable Energy Storage System (RESS) for the second time this season before the race and therefore received starting place penalties of ten places.
Salvador Durán , Piquet and Jean-Éric Vergne received a so-called FanBoost , they were allowed to increase the power of each of their two cars for a maximum of five seconds from 150 kW (204 hp) to 180 kW (245 hp) during the race. For Vergne this was the fifth FanBoost in his fifth race. Durán received his third FanBoost , Piquet his second.
training
In the first free practice session, Prost was fastest with a lap time of 54.171 seconds ahead of Sébastien Buemi and Charles Pic . Bruno Senna set the best time in the second free practice session in 53.770 seconds ahead of Alguersuari and António Félix da Costa .
Qualifying
Qualifying started at 12:00 p.m. and took place in four groups of five drivers each, each group had 10 minutes to set a fast lap. Buemi achieved pole position with a lap time of 53.478 seconds in front of di Grassi and Jérôme D'Ambrosio . For Buemi it was the second pole position of the season. Félix da Costa had an accident on his second fast lap and thus interrupted qualifying. Nick Heidfeld's fastest lap was canceled because he used too much energy. This threw him back from 10th place to 17th place.
run
The race lasted 47 laps. There was no introductory lap before the race, the vehicles were two rows behind their actual positions on the starting grid and rolled up to them before the start.
Buemi started well and kept the top position in front of di Grassi, D'Ambrosio and Piquet, behind which Prost attacked Daniel Abt on the outside . Alguersuari ran into Vitantonio Liuzzi when braking against the Sainte Dévote , his front suspension broke and the race was over for him. Vergne and Durán also collided slightly, with Vergne damaging the front wing. At the exit of the Sainte Dévote, Prost and Abbot collided, Abbot crashed into the guardrail , triggering a chain reaction. Senna, who was driving directly behind Abt, could not avoid it and crashed into the rear of Abt. His vehicle lifted off and almost overturned, but came to a halt again on the wheels. Durán, driving immediately behind Senna, also collided with Abt's vehicle, causing the right front wheel suspension of his car to break. Vergne, who was driving directly behind Durán, was also unable to evade, and his front suspension broke. Scott Speed drove on his team mate Vergne, Duval collided with Speed, which also broke his suspension and Heidfeld drove on Duval. Senna had to park his vehicle on the edge of the road. The safety car was sent out to recover the vehicles and the debris .
Abt, Durán, Duval, Liuzzi and Vergne made it with their damaged vehicles into the pit lane, where they changed vehicles. However, they no longer had a realistic chance of being able to contest the race to the end.
The race was reopened at the beginning of lap four, Buemi was in front of di Grassi, D'Ambrosio, Piquet, Stéphane Sarrazin , Prost, Bird, Jarno Trulli , Speed and Heidfeld. One lap later, Piquet used his FanBoost on the start-finish straight to attack D'Ambrosio, but did not get past Sainte Dévote on the outside . However, he succeeded in doing this shortly after braking on the hairpin curve. Shortly afterwards, Heidfeld and Félix da Costa were able to pass Speed, whose front wing was damaged by the start-up collision.
Heidfeld attacked Trulli on lap 17 when braking at the hairpin bend, and the vehicles came into slight contact. Félix da Costa tried to take advantage of the situation and pass Heidfeld on the outside, but the vehicles also came into contact. As a result of the two minor collisions, the front wing of Heidfeld's car was damaged.
On lap 19, Abt gave up the race. One lap later, Bird passed Prost while braking at Sainte Dévote and thus took sixth place.
At the end of lap 24, di Grassi, Sarrazin, Prost, Heidfeld and Félix da Costa were the first drivers to make their scheduled vehicle changes. The minimum time to change vehicles was 73 seconds. Prost passed Sarrazin and Félix da Costa past Heidfeld with a shorter pit stop. D'Ambrosio, Bird, Trulli, Chandhok and Pic followed a lap later. Bird passed D'Ambrosio and Pic passed Trulli and Chandhok. On lap 26, the last three remaining drivers, Buemi, Piquet and Speed, changed their vehicles.
Buemi came back on the track just before di Grassi and kept the lead. Di Grassi tried to pass on the outside in the hairpin but Buemi was able to defend himself. Behind was Piquet, followed by Bird, D'Ambrosio, Prost, Sarrazin, Félix da Costa, Speed and Pic. Pic passed Speed shortly afterwards.
Duval gave up the race on lap 30, the energy of his vehicle, which he had already changed at the end of the first lap, was used up. Bird put pressure on Piquet and attacked him on the outside while braking at Sainte Dévote , but couldn't get past. In the following laps Buemi significantly expanded his lead over di Grassi. Vergne used his FanBoost and set the fastest lap of the race.
Piquet caught up with di Grassi and put him under pressure. He used his FanBoost on lap 42 , but di Grassi managed to defend second place. On lap 43 there was a slight contact between the vehicles when braking into the hairpin bend, but both drivers were able to continue. Piquet lost contact with di Grassi and was attacked by Bird on the last lap.
Buemi won the race ahead of di Grassi and Piquet. For Buemi it was the second win of the season after he had already won the Punta del Este ePrix . Buemi thus became the first driver to win a second ePrix and the first driver to win an ePrix by starting from pole position. Bird, D'Ambrosio, Prost, Sarrazin, Pic, Félix da Costa and Heidfeld completed the top 10. Speed, who achieved eighth place, was subsequently given a drive-through penalty that was converted into a 33-second penalty for using too much energy. He fell back to twelfth place. The two points for the fastest race lap went to Vergne.
In the drivers' championship, di Grassi slightly increased his lead over Piquet, with Buemi taking third place. In the constructors' championship, e.dams also extended their lead over Abt and Virgin.
Registration list
All teams and drivers use the Spark-Renault SRT_01E vehicle and Michelin tires .
Classifications
Qualifying
Swell:
- Remarks
- ↑ Duval was moved ten positions back on the starting grid because the RESS of his vehicle was changed.
- ↑ Alguersuari was moved ten positions back on the starting grid because the RESS of his vehicle was changed.
- ↑ Heidfeld's fastest lap was canceled because he had used too much energy.
- ↑ Chandhok was moved ten positions back on the starting grid because the RESS of his vehicle was changed.
run
Source:
- Remarks
- ↑ Speed subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a 33-second penalty because he had used too much energy.
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. There were also three points for pole position and two points for the fastest race lap.
Driver ranking
Team evaluation
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Norman Fischer: Sensitive starting place penalty for three pilots in Monaco. Motorsport-Total.com, May 9, 2015, accessed May 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Qualifying Session - Final Classification. (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.com, May 9, 2015, archived from the original on May 14, 2015 ; accessed on May 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Race - Final Classification. (No longer available online.) Fiaformulae.alkamelsystems.com, May 9, 2015, archived from the original on May 18, 2015 ; accessed on May 11, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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