New York City E-Prix 2018

New York City E-Prix 2018

Racing data
11th and 12th of 12 races of the 2017/18 FIA Formula E Championship
Surname:	2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix
Date:	July 14th and 15th, 2018
Place:	New York City , USA
Course:	Formula E circuit New York City
Length:	101.062 km in 43 laps of 2.373 km
1st race
Pole position
Driver:	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams
Time:	1: 13.911 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team
Time:	1: 14.663 min (lap 42)
Podium
First:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Second:	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Third:	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams
2nd race
Pole position
Driver:	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams
Time:	1: 17.973 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Time:	1: 15.552 min (lap 15)
Podium
First:	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah
Second:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Third:	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

The New York City E-Prix 2018 (officially: 2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix ) took place on July 14th and 15th on the New York City Formula E Circuit in New York City and was the eleventh and the fourth twelfth race of the 2017/18 FIA Formula E championship . It was the second New York City Prix and the season finale of the fourth season of the FIA ​​Formula E Championship.

report

background

After the Zurich E-Prix , Jean-Éric Vergne led the drivers' standings with 23 points ahead of Sam Bird and 62 points ahead of Lucas di Grassi . Only Vergne and Bird had arithmetical championship chances. In the team standings, Techeetah was 33 points ahead of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler and 62 points ahead of DS Virgin .

The route was changed compared to the previous year: Instead of a 180-degree right-hand bend at the end of the back straight, the route now turned to the left, followed by three right-hand bends with different radii. In the course of these changes, the route length increased from 1.947 km to 2.373 km.

There was a driver change before the race: At Venturi , Tom Dillmann returned to the cockpit. He replaces Edoardo Mortara again , whom he had already represented at the Berlin E-Prix . Mortara was prevented because he was competing in the DTM at the Circuit Park Zandvoort at the same time .

With Sam Bird (twice) a former winner entered this race.

Daniel Abt , Sébastien Buemi and Vergne received a so-called FANBOOST in the first race , 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. For Abt it was the ninth and for Buemi the tenth FANBOOST this season. Vergne last received the FANBOOST at the Montreal ePrix 2017 . All three drivers also received the FANBOOST in the second race .

Race day one

training

In the first free practice, di Grassi was fastest with a lap time of 1: 13.566 minutes ahead of Sébastien Buemi and Mitch Evans . The training had to be interrupted twice: First, Nick Heidfeld had come to a stop on the track due to a driving error and triggered a traffic jam , as Daniel Abt stopped immediately behind him and the track was completely blocked. Later, after contact with the track barrier , José María López stopped in the pit lane entrance and his car had to be towed. This took several minutes. The race management then decided to extend the training by ten minutes.

In the second free practice, Evans set the fastest time in 1: 13.207 minutes ahead of Jérôme D'Ambrosio and Bird. Oliver Turvey sustained a hand injury in an accident. He was hospitalized with a suspected broken bone and was therefore unable to take part in qualifying. The team withdrew the mention of Turvey following the investigation for the race weekend.

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 11:30 a.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. Daniel Abt was fastest with a lap time of 1: 13.981 minutes. Both Techeetah pilots who had achieved faster lap times than Abt were disqualified for using more than the maximum permitted power of 200 kW. Sarrazin hit the track barrier on his 200 kW lap, and missed the 110 percent hurdle with his 170 kW lap.

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 1: 13.911 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Evans, Nicolas Prost , D'Ambrosio and Abt.

run

The race lasted 45 laps.

Di Grassi won the race ahead of Abt and Buemi. The remaining points were placed by Dillmann, Vergne, Nick Heidfeld , André Lotterer , Maro Engel , Bird and Prost. The point for the fastest lap in the top ten went to Abt.

Vergne secured the championship title in the drivers' championship for the first time with fifth place, and it was also the first time that a driver was able to secure the title before the last race. In the team championship, Audi reduced the gap to Techeetah to five points.

Race day two

training

In the third free practice session, which took place on wet track conditions, Abt was fastest with a lap time of 1: 18.699 minutes ahead of Evans and António Félix da Costa .

Qualifying

Qualifying began at 11:00 a.m. and took place in four groups of five drivers each, each group had six minutes in which the drivers could do 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. Qualifying took place on a wet track. Di Grassi was fastest with a lap time of 1: 17.867 minutes.

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 1: 17.973 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Lotterer, Vergne, Abt and di Grassi.

Félix da Costa and Lynn were moved back to ten starting positions because of a gear change. Since this was not possible for both drivers, they received a time penalty of ten seconds, which they had to sit down when changing vehicles.

run

The race went over 43 laps.

Vergne won the race ahead of di Grassi and Abt. Buemi, Felix Rosenqvist , Evans, Nelson Piquet jr. , Heidfeld, Lotterer and Bird. The point for the fastest race lap went to Abt.

Vergne won the drivers' championship ahead of di Grassi and Bird. In the team standings, Audi overtook Techeetah, so the team won the championship for the first time.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used Michelin tires .

team	vehicle	No.	driver
Renault e.dams	Renault ZE17	08th	Nicolas Prost
		09	Sébastien Buemi
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	Audi e-tron FE04	01	Lucas di Grassi
		66	Daniel Dept.
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	Mahindra M4Electro	19th	Felix Rosenqvist
		23	Nick Heidfeld
DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	Virgin DSV-03	02	Sam Bird
		36	Alex Lynn
Techeetah	Renault ZE17	18th	André Lotterer
		25th	Jean-Éric Vergne
NIO Formula E team	NextEV NIO Sport 003	16	Oliver Turvey
			Ma Qinghua
		68	Luca Filippi
Andretti Formula E.	Andretti ATEC-03	27	Stéphane Sarrazin
		28	António Félix da Costa
Dragon Racing	PENSKE EV-2	06th	José María López
		07th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
Venturi Formula E team	Venturi VM200-FE-03	04th	Tom Dillmann
		05	Maro Engel
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type II	03	Nelson Piquet Jr.
		20th	Mitch Evans

Remarks

1. ↑ NIO withdrew Turvey's entry after qualifying for the first race due to an injury.
2. ↑ NIO named Ma as a replacement for Turvey for the second race.

Classifications

Race day one

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	1: 14.178	1: 13.911	01
02	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 14.050	1: 14.465	02
03	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	1: 14.198	1: 14.921	03
04th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1: 14.121	1: 15.391	04th
05	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 13.981	1: 16.579	05
06th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 14.203	-	06th
07th	José María López	Dragon Racing	1: 14.244	-	07th
08th	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	1: 14.292	-	08th
09	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	1: 14.304	-	09
10	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 14.322	-	10
11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 14.325	-	11
12	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	1: 14.382	-	12
13	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 14.473	-	13
14th	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 14.484	-	14th
15th	Luca Filippi	NIO Formula E team	1: 14.523	-	15th
16	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 14.825	-	16
110 percent time : 1: 21.379 min (based on the best time of 1: 13.981 min)
17th	Stéphane Sarrazin	Andretti Formula E.	1: 26.036	-	17th
18th	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	no time	-	18th
19th	André Lotterer	Techeetah	no time	-	19th
20th	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	no time	-	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Sarazin was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.
2. ↑ Vergne's lap times in qualifying were canceled because he had used more than the maximum permitted power of 200 kW.
3. ↑ Lotterer's lap times in qualifying were canceled because he had used more than the maximum permitted power of 200 kW.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	43	1: 02: 30.054	11	1: 15.287 (41st)
02	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	43	+ 0.965	05	1: 15.082 (43rd)
03	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	43	+ 2.583	01	1: 15.672 (43rd)
04th	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	43	+ 4.090	09	1: 15.837 (41st)
05	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	43	+ 4.679	18th	1: 15.666 (41st)
06th	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	43	+ 5.142	10	1: 15,524 (41st)
07th	André Lotterer	Techeetah	43	+ 5.810	19th	1: 15.733 (41st)
08th	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	43	+ 6.312	08th	1: 15.209 (42nd)
09	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	43	+ 6.833	14th	1: 15.246 (42nd)
10	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	43	+ 8.389	03	1: 15,574 (42nd)
11	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	43	+ 9.114	12	1: 15.585 (42nd)
12	Stéphane Sarrazin	Andretti Formula E.	43	+ 13.242	17th	1: 15.787 (41st)
13	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	43	+ 13.805	04th	1: 15,200 (41st)
14th	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	43	+ 35,452	16	1: 14.663 (42nd)
15th	Luca Filippi	NIO Formula E team	42	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 17.774 (31st)
-	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	33	DNF	13	1: 18.516 (15.)
-	José María López	Dragon Racing	30th	DNF	07th	1: 17.423 (25.)
-	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	30th	DNF	06th	1: 17.212 (27.)
-	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	00	DNF	02	-

Race day two

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	1: 18.139	1: 17.973	01
02	André Lotterer	Techeetah	1: 18.315	1: 18.013	02
03	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	1: 18.571	1: 18.031	03
04th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 18.432	1: 18.145	04th
05	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 17.867	no time	05
06th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 18.580	-	06th
07th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 18.704	-	07th
08th	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 18.794	-	08th
09	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 18.828	-	09
10	Stéphane Sarrazin	Andretti Formula E.	1: 19.017	-	10
11	José María López	Dragon Racing	1: 19.114	-	11
12	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1: 19.124	-	12
13	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 19.168	-	13
14th	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	1: 19.365	-	14th
15th	Luca Filippi	NIO Formula E team	1: 19.454	-	15th
16	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	1: 19.529	-	16
17th	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	1: 19.540	-	17th
18th	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 19.658	-	19th
110 percent time : 1: 25.654 min (based on the best time of 1: 17.867 min)
19th	Ma Qinghua	NIO Formula E team	1: 26.086	-	18th
20th	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	no time	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Lynn was moved back to ten starting positions because of a gear change. Since this was not possible, he received a ten-second time penalty.
2. ↑ Ma was allowed to start because he drove fast enough in free practice.
3. ↑ Félix da Costa was moved back to ten starting positions because of a gear change. Since this was not possible, he received a ten-second time penalty.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	43	1: 01: 38.089	03	1: 15.979 (27.)
02	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	43	+ 0.508	05	1: 15.866 (26.)
03	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	43	+ 1.287	04th	1: 15,552 (15.)
04th	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	43	+ 1.780	01	1: 16.207 (27.)
05	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	43	+ 12,146	09	1: 16.251 (20.)
06th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	43	+ 20.050	06th	1: 16.175 (20.)
07th	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	43	+ 20,592	07th	1: 16.434 (14th)
08th	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	43	+ 24.275	13	1: 16.107 (15.)
09	André Lotterer	Techeetah	43	+ 28.821	02	1: 15.766 (25.)
10	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	43	+ 32.810	08th	1: 16.538 (12.)
11	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	43	+ 34.100	16	1: 16.917 (14th)
12	Stéphane Sarrazin	Andretti Formula E.	43	+ 34,594	10	1: 17.042 (32nd)
13	Qinghua Ma	NIO Formula E team	42	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 17.079 (21.)
14th	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	42	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 16.951 (31.)
15th	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	40	DNF	20th	1: 16.918 (21st)
-	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	38	DNF	17th	1: 17.360 (12.)
-	Luca Filippi	NIO Formula E team	31	DNF	15th	1: 19.002 ( 02.)
-	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	20th	DNF	12	1: 18.873 ( 04th)
-	José María López	Dragon Racing	20th	DNF	11	1: 18.968 ( 02.)
-	Tom Dillmann	Venturi Formula E team	06th	DNF	14th	1: 18,958 ( 02.)

Championship stands after the races

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  Techeetah 198 02  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 144 03  Sam Bird  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 143 04th  Sébastien Buemi  Renault e.dams 125 05  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 120 06th  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 96 07th  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 68 08th  André Lotterer  Techeetah 64 09  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 51 10  Oliver Turvey  NIO Formula E team 46 11  Nick Heidfeld  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 42 12  Maro Engel  Venturi Formula E team 31 13  Edoardo Mortara  Venturi Formula E team 29

Item driver team Points 14th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Dragon Racing 27 15th  António Félix da Costa  Andretti Formula E. 20th 16  Alex Lynn  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 17th 17th  José María López  Dragon Racing 14th 18th  Tom Dillmann  Venturi Formula E team 12 19th  Nicolas Prost  Renault e.dams 8th 20th  Tom Blomqvist  Andretti Formula E. 4th 21st  Luca Filippi  NIO Formula E team 1 22nd  Stéphane Sarrazin  Andretti Formula E. 0 23  Ma Qinghua  NIO Formula E team 0 24  Kamui Kobayashi  Andretti Formula E. 0 25th  Neel Jani  Dragon Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 264 02  Techeetah 262 03  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 160 04th  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 138 05  Renault e.dams 133

Item team Points 06th  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 119 07th  Venturi Formula E team 72 08th  NIO Formula E team 47 09  Dragon Racing 41 10  Andretti Formula E. 24

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Timo Pape: Formula E in New York: Lucas di Grassi wins 1st free practice. e-Formel.de, July 14, 2018, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Formula E in New York: Evans fastest in 2nd practice, more surprises in top 5. e-Formel.de, July 14, 2018, accessed on July 14, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Tobias Bluhm, Tobias Wirtz: Broken hand! Formula E season has already ended for Oliver Turvey! e-Formel.de, July 14, 2018, accessed on July 14, 2018 .