Paris E-Prix 2018

Paris E-Prix 2018

Racing data
8th of 12 races of the FIA Formula E Championship 2017/18
Surname:	2018 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix
Date:	April 28, 2018
Place:	Paris
Course:	Circuit des Invalides
Length:	93.7 km in 49 laps of 1.92 km
Pole position
Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah
Time:	1: 01.144 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Time:	1: 02.367 min (lap 34)
Podium
First:	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah
Second:	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Third:	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team

The Paris E-Prix 2018 (officially: 2018 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix ) took place on April 28 at the Circuit des Invalides in Paris and was the eighth race of the 2017/18 FIA Formula E championship . It was the third Paris E-Prix.

report

background

After the Rome E-Prix , Jean-Éric Vergne led the drivers' standings with 18 points ahead of Sam Bird and 37 points ahead of Felix Rosenqvist . In the team standings, Techeetah was 34 points ahead of DS Virgin and 49 points ahead of Mahindra Racing .

At NIO there was a driver change before this race: Luca Filippi , who had only scored one point in the season so far and was in 20th place in the drivers' standings, was replaced by Ma Qinghua .

With Sébastien Buemi and Lucas di Grassi , two former winners competed in this race.

Daniel Abt , Buemi and di Grassi received a so-called FANBOOST , they were allowed to increase the output of their second vehicle up to 200 kW and thus use up to 100 kilojoules of additional energy. For Abt it was the sixth, for Buemi the seventh and for di Grassi the fourth FANBOOST this season.

training

In the first free practice, Bird set the fastest time in 1: 01.698 minutes ahead of di Grassi and Abt. After accidents, Nelson Piquet jr. and Rosenqvist interrupted. Piquet damaged the vehicle so badly that the monocoque had to be changed.

Di Grassi was fastest in the second free practice with a lap time of 1: 00.881 minutes ahead of Vergne and Mitch Evans . This training was also interrupted by Piquet after an accident.

Qualifying

Jaguar mechanics repair Nelson Piquet Jr.'s damaged vehicle, so he has to skip 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. Piquet did not take part in qualifying because his two vehicles were damaged after the accidents in free practice and did not qualify for the E-Prix. Vergne was fastest with a lap time of 1: 01.508 minutes.

The five fastest drivers then drove in the first five positions in the individual time trial called Superpole . Vergne secured pole position with a lap time of 1: 01.144 minutes and thus three points. The other positions were occupied by Bird, André Lotterer , Maro Engel and António Félix da Costa .

Mitch Evans was relegated to ten grid positions due to a gearbox change. Since this was not completely possible from 13th place, he was also given a time penalty of five seconds. Edoardo Mortara was moved three places back because he drove too fast in free practice with red flags.

run

The race lasted 49 laps.

Vergne won the race ahead of di Grassi and Bird. Engel, Buemi, Lotterer, Abt, Rosenqvist, Oliver Turvey and José María López occupied the remaining points .

Jean-Éric Vergne won the race and extended his lead in the overall standings

Lucas di Grassi finished second for the third time in a row

Sam Bird with the trophy for third place on the way to the press conference after the race

The first three positions in the drivers' standings remained unchanged, while Vergne extended his lead over Bird and Rosenqvist. Techeetah stayed ahead of DS Virgin in the team standings, Audi was now third.

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
		68	Ma Qinghua
Andretti Formula E.	Andretti ATEC-03	27	Tom Blomqvist
		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	Edoardo Mortara
		05	Maro Engel
Panasonic Jaguar Racing	Jaguar I-Type II	03	Nelson Piquet Jr.
		20th	Mitch Evans

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	Super pole	begin
01	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	1: 01.508	1: 01.144	01
02	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 01.771	1: 01.421	02
03	André Lotterer	Techeetah	1: 01.818	1: 01.478	03
04th	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	1: 01.756	1: 01.541	04th
05	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	1: 01.563	1: 02,805	05
06th	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 01.823	-	06th
07th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1: 01.836	-	07th
08th	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	1: 01.837	-	08th
09	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	1: 01.888	-	09
10	José María López	Dragon Racing	1: 01.902	-	10
11	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 02.012	-	11
12	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	1: 02.058	-	12
13	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	1: 02.092	-	13
14th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	1: 02.122	-	20th
15th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	1: 02.125	-	14th
16	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	1: 02.139	-	15th
17th	Tom Blomqvist	Andretti Formula E.	1: 02.823	-	16
18th	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	1: 02.834	-	19th
19th	Ma Qinghua	NIO Formula E team	1: 02.998	-	17th
110 percent time : 1: 07.659 min (based on the best time of 1: 01.508 min)
-	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	no time	-	18th

Remarks

1. ↑ Evans was moved back ten starting positions because of a gear change. Since a full relocation was not possible, he was also given a five-second time penalty.
2. ↑ Mortara was moved three starting positions back because of driving too fast with red flags.
3. ↑ Piquet was allowed to start because he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah	49	54: 49.102	01	1: 03.082 (27.)
02	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	49	+ 4.882	06th	1: 02.367 (34th)
03	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	49	+ 8.897	02	1: 03.085 (29.)
04th	Maro Engel	Venturi Formula E team	49	+ 9.287	04th	1: 03.018 (32nd)
05	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	49	+ 10.194	08th	1: 02.762 (31st)
06th	André Lotterer	Techeetah	49	+ 10.855	03	1: 02.573 (31st)
07th	Daniel Dept.	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	49	+ 13.918	14th	1: 02.753 (45th)
08th	Felix Rosenqvist	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	49	+ 15.271	11	1: 03.072 (34th)
09	Oliver Turvey	NIO Formula E team	49	+ 19,557	09	1: 03,170 (47th)
10	José María López	Dragon Racing	49	+ 20.989	10	1: 02.963 (29.)
11	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing Formula E Team	49	+ 21.698	12	1: 02.813 (30.)
12	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	49	+ 26.723	07th	1: 02.979 (30.)
13	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi Formula E team	49	+ 29.937	19th	1: 02.565 (35th)
14th	Alex Lynn	DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team	49	+ 43.112	15th	1: 03,174 (45th)
15th	Mitch Evans	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	49	+ 43.989	20th	1: 02.844 (35th)
16	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	48	+ 1 lap	13	1: 02.851 (44th)
17th	Ma Qinghua	NIO Formula E team	46	+ 3 rounds	17th	1: 04.319 (18.)
-	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Panasonic Jaguar Racing	32	DNF	18th	1: 03.294 (19.)
-	Tom Blomqvist	Andretti Formula E.	32	DNF	16	1: 03,516 (15.)
-	António Félix da Costa	Andretti Formula E.	02	DNF	05	1: 38.730 ( 02.)

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  Techeetah 147 02  Sam Bird  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 116 03  Felix Rosenqvist  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 86 04th  Sébastien Buemi  Renault e.dams 70 05  Lucas di Grassi  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 58 06th  Daniel Dept.  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 56 07th  Nelson Piquet Jr.  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 45 08th  Mitch Evans  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 43 09  André Lotterer  Techeetah 41 10  Oliver Turvey  NIO Formula E team 34 11  Edoardo Mortara  Venturi Formula E team 29 12  Maro Engel  Venturi Formula E team 23

Item driver team Points 13  Nick Heidfeld  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 21st 14th  Alex Lynn  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 17th 15th  António Félix da Costa  Andretti Formula E. 16 16  José María López  Dragon Racing 14th 17th  Jérôme D'Ambrosio  Dragon Racing 12 18th  Nicolas Prost  Renault e.dams 7th 19th  Tom Blomqvist  Andretti Formula E. 4th 20th  Luca Filippi  NIO Formula E team 1 21st  Kamui Kobayashi  Andretti Formula E. 0 22nd  Ma Qinghua  NIO Formula E team 0 23  Neel Jani  Dragon Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Techeetah 188 02  DS Virgin Racing Formula E Team 133 03  Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 114 04th  Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 107 05  Panasonic Jaguar Racing 88

Item team Points 06th  Renault e.dams 77 07th  Venturi Formula E team 52 08th  NIO Formula E team 35 09  Dragon Racing 26th 10  Andretti Formula E. 20th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Formula E: NIO substitute driver Ma Qing Hua replaces Luca Filippi in Paris. e-Formel.de, April 17, 2018, accessed on April 21, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Tobias Wirtz: Relocation for Venturi pilot Mortara. e-Formel.de, April 28, 2018, accessed on April 28, 2018 .