Monaco ePrix 2017

Monaco ePrix 2017

Racing data
5th of 12 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2016/17
Surname:	2017 FIA Formula E Monaco ePrix
Date:	May 13, 2017
Place:	Monte Carlo , Monaco
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	90.015 km in 51 laps of 1.765 km
Pole position
Driver:	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams
Time:	0: 53.313 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team
Time:	0: 53.822 min (lap 24)
Podium
First:	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams
Second:	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Third:	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team

The Monaco ePrix 2017 (officially: 2017 FIA Formula E Monaco ePrix ) took place on May 13th at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the fifth race of the 2016/17 FIA Formula E Championship . It was the second Monaco ePrix, the race returned to the FIA ​​Formula E championship calendar after 2015 .

report

background

After the Mexico City ePrix , Sébastien Buemi led the drivers' standings with five points ahead of Lucas di Grassi and 30 points ahead of Nicolas Prost . In the team standings, Renault e.dams was 31 points ahead of ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport and 79 points ahead of DS Virgin Racing .

Compared to the 2015 race, the race distance increased by four laps to 51, as the track was also five meters longer, the race distance increased from 82.72 km to 90.015 km.

With Buemi, a former winner started this race.

Buemi, di Grassi and Stéphane Sarrazin received a so-called FanBoost , they were allowed to increase the output of their second vehicle once to up to 200 kW and thus use up to 100 kilojoules of additional energy. Buemi and di Grassi received the fifth FanBoost in the fifth race of the season and the twelfth each in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship, for Sarrazin it was the first FanBoost of the season.

training

In the first free practice, Buemi was fastest with a lap time of 52.795 seconds ahead of Prost and Sarrazin. Training was stopped two minutes before the end after Felix Rosenqvist collided with Oliver Turvey .

Buemi was also fastest in the second free practice, this time in 52.729 seconds, ahead of Sam Bird and di Grassi.

Qualifying

Qualifying started at 12:00 p.m. and took place in four groups of five drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers had a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 170 kW and then a maximum of one timed lap with an output of 200 kW were allowed to drive. Jean-Éric Vergne was fastest with a lap time of 53.286 seconds.

The five fastest drivers then drove in the first five positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Buemi secured pole position with a lap time of 53.313 seconds and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by di Grassi, Vergne, Nelson Piquet jr. and Maro Engel .

Loïc Duval was disqualified after qualifying because he drove more than the allowed number of laps.

run

The race lasted 51 laps. At the start, Sarrazin stopped, started the race late and fell back to the end of the field. When braking into the first corner, there was a rear-end collision on the inside lane, Daniel Abt ran into José María López , who in turn ran into Rosenqvist. Nick Heidfeld and Bird stayed on the outside when approaching the first corner and thus gained several positions.

At the end of the first lap, Buemi was leading ahead of di Grassi, Piquet, Vergne, Heidfeld, Engel, Bird, Rosenqvist, Robin Frijns and López.

Buemi managed to break away at the top. Di Grassi also pulled away from Piquet, who was stopping Vergne. On the seventh lap, Bird made a mistake and hit the barrier with the right rear wheel. The suspension broke, he drove slowly back to the pits, where the mechanics tried to repair the suspension. He lost three laps as a result.

On the ninth lap, the López race control showed the fried egg flag , as the front and rear wings, which were damaged in the start-up collision, had come loose. He too lost more than a full lap on repairs.

On lap 14, Abt overtook Frijns when braking into turn three and was now in eighth place. Bird, who had meanwhile changed cars, drove the fastest lap of the race to date.

Vergne put Piquet under more and more pressure and tried several times to pass turn three . On lap 21 he sat down on the outside next to Piquet, who did not give in. The vehicles collided and Vergne hit the lane at turn four . For him, the race ended with a broken suspension. Piquet drove on, but had to let Heidfeld pass. The race management sent the safety car out onto the track to rescue Vergne's vehicle .

This took Mitch Evans , Duval, Jérôme D'Ambrosio , Adam Carroll and Sarrazin for vehicle change on lap 21, the minimum time for the vehicle change was 53 seconds. On the following lap, all other drivers changed their vehicles.

After the pit stops, Buemi led in front of di Grassi, Heidfeld, Piquet, Engel, Rosenqvist, Abt, Frijns, Esteban Gutiérrez and António Félix da Costa .

On lap 29, D'Ambrosio stopped on the track, but managed to start the car again and pits. Bird set the fastest lap of the race again shortly afterwards.

Di Grassi had more energy than Buemi in the final phase of the race, so that he shortened the gap and was right behind Buemi on the last lap. However, he was no longer able to launch an attack. Félix da Costa subsequently received a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a 33-second time penalty for obstructing Turvey in the pit lane.

Buemi won ahead of di Grassi and Heidfeld. The remaining points were placed by Piquet, Engel, Rosenqvist, Abt, Gutiérrez, Nicolas Prost and Evans. The point for the fastest race lap went to Bird.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
Renault e.dams	Renault ZE16	08th	Nicolas Prost
		09	Sébastien Buemi
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	ABT Schaeffler FE02	11	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	Virgin DSV-02	02	Sam Bird
		37	José María López
Faraday Future Dragon Racing	Penske 701-EV	06th	Loïc Duval
		07th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	Mahindra M3ELECTRO	19th	Felix Rosenqvist
		23	Nick Heidfeld
Venturi Formula E team	Venturi VM200-FE-02	04th	Stéphane Sarrazin
		05	Maro Engel
Andretti Formula E.	Andretti ATEC-02	27	Robin Frijns
		28	António Félix da Costa
Techeetah	Renault ZE16	25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
		33	Esteban Gutiérrez
NextEV NOK	NextEV 700R	03	Nelson Piquet Jr.
		88	Oliver Turvey
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type 1	20th	Mitch Evans
		47	Adam Carroll

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	0: 53.413	0: 53.313	01
02	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	0: 53.556	0: 53.550	02
03	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV NOK	0: 53.421	0: 53.606	03
04th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	0: 53.286	0: 53.756	04th
05	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	0: 53.397	0: 55.013	05
06th	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	0: 53.609	-	06th
07th	José María López	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	0: 53.666	-	07th
08th	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	0: 53.687	-	08th
09	Daniel Dept.	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	0: 53.725	-	09
10	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	0: 53.729	-	10
11	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi Formula E team	0: 53.846	-	11
12	Robin Frijns	Andretti Formula E.	0: 54.034	-	12
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Techeetah	0: 54.097	-	13
14th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	0: 54.115	-	14th
15th	Oliver Turvey	NextEV NOK	0: 54.552	-	15th
16	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	0: 54.631	-	16
17th	Adam Carroll	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	0: 55.031	-	17th
18th	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	0: 55.081	-	18th
110 percent time : 0: 58.615 min (based on the best time of 0: 53.286 min)
-	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	1: 00.636	-	19th
DSQ	Loïc Duval	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	0: 53.929	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Although he did not qualify, D'Ambrosio was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.
2. ↑ Duval was disqualified because he had driven more than the allowed number of laps in qualifying.
3. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Duval was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	51	51: 05.488	01	0: 54.978 (45th)
02	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	51	+ 0.320	02	0: 54.863 (44th)
03	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	51	+ 13.678	08th	0: 55.260 (14th)
04th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NextEV NOK	51	+ 19.074	03	0: 55.272 (15.)
05	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	51	+ 19,518	05	0: 55.549 (16.)
06th	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	51	+ 19,599	06th	0: 55.512 (16.)
07th	Daniel Dept.	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	51	+ 20,430	09	0: 55.383 (15.)
08th	Esteban Gutiérrez	Techeetah	51	+ 32.295	13	0: 55.251 (18th)
09	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	51	+ 35.667	18th	0: 55.361 (15.)
10	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	51	+ 38.410	14th	0: 55.555 (18th)
11	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	51	+1: 08.330	16	0: 55.485 ( 09.)
12	Robin Frijns	Andretti Formula E.	51	+1: 14.053	12	0: 55.479 (17.)
13	Oliver Turvey	NextEV NOK	50	+ 1 lap	15th	0: 55.622 (20th)
14th	Adam Carroll	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	50	+ 1 lap	17th	0: 55,959 (50th)
15th	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi Formula E team	49	+ 2 rounds	11	0: 54.490 (49th)
-	José María López	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	43	DNF	07th	0: 53.909 (32nd)
-	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	43	DNF	19th	0: 53.869 (40th)
-	Loïc Duval	Faraday Future Dragon Racing	40	+ 11 rounds	20th	0: 54.288 (34th)
-	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	36	DNF	10	0: 53.822 (24.)
-	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	20th	DNF	04th	0: 55.064 (16.)

Remarks

1. ↑ Félix da Costa was subsequently given a drive-through penalty, which was converted into a 33-second time penalty for obstructing Turvey in the pit lane.

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 one point for the fastest race lap.

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Sébastien Buemi  Renault e.dams 104 02  Lucas di Grassi  ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 89 03  Nicolas Prost  Renault e.dams 48 04th  Jean-Éric Vergne  Techeetah 40 05  Sam Bird  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 34 06th  Nick Heidfeld  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 32 07th  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 28 08th  Nelson Piquet Jr.  NextEV NOK 27 09  Daniel Dept.  ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 26th 10  Oliver Turvey  NextEV NOK 15th 11  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 13

Item driver team Points 12  Maro Engel  Venturi Formula E team 12 13  António Félix da Costa  Andretti Formula E. 10 14th  José María López  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 10 15th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Faraday Future Dragon Racing 10 16  Loïc Duval  Faraday Future Dragon Racing 9 17th  Robin Frijns  Andretti Formula E. 8th 18th  Esteban Gutiérrez  Techeetah 5 19th  Adam Carroll  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 4th 20th  Stéphane Sarrazin  Venturi Formula E team 1 21st  Qinghua Ma  Techeetah 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Renault e.dams 152 02  ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 115 03  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 60 04th  Techeetah 45 05  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 44

Item team Points 06th  NextEV NOK 42 07th  Faraday Future Dragon Racing 19th 08th  Andretti Formula E. 18th 09  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 17th 10  Venturi Formula E team 13

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stewards Bulletin 2 - information. (PDF) (No longer available online.) FIA, May 12, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 13, 2017 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.