2019 Hong Kong ePrix

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2019 Hong Kong ePrix
Race 5 of 13 of the
2018–19 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 10 March 2019
Official name 2019 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix
Location Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong
Course Street circuit
Course length 1.860 km (1.155 miles)
Weather Cloudy
Pole position
Driver
HWA-Venturi
Time 1:11.580
Fastest lap
Driver Germany André Lotterer
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:02.317 on lap 28
Podium
First
Venturi
Second
  • Lucas Di Grassi
 Audi
Third
Virgin-Audi
Lap leaders

The 2019 Hong Kong ePrix (formally the 2019 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix) was a

2018–19 Formula E season, and the 50th Formula E ePrix running overall.[1]

Report

New World First Bus operates the temporary free shuttle route FE1 due to the closure of several roads in Central on Mar 9 and 10th.

Background

The Hong Kong ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's

2018–19 series schedule on June 7, 2018, by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.[2] They were the fifth of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and the third running of the event. It was held again at Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit
, located in the southern part of Hong Kong.

Coming into Hong Kong,

Virgin Racing just 10 points behind in second, and BMW Andretti in third with 64 points.[3]

The 2019 Hong Kong ePrix would celebrate the 50th ePrix in Formula E history.[1]

Practice

Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second for half an hour.

Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird slide himself into the wall at turn 2, and Frijns clipped the inside wall at the penultimate corner.[6] Gary Paffett had a driveshaft problem at the end of Practice 1.[6]

The second practice session was underway an hour and a half later, with the track still in the damp condition after another rain came down between the first and second practice session. Virgin Racing driver

Venturi driver Edoardo Mortara stopped on track due to a technical issue, just a few minutes into the session, and the Jaguar driver Mitch Evans had to stop as well with an issue at turn 6.[7]

Qualifying

McLaren-Honda
) took his first pole position of his career and picks up his first points of the season.

Sunday's 75-minute afternoon qualifying session was divided into two groups of five cars and two groups of six entries. Each group was determined by championship standing and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest six overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from six to first. Each of the six drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to six, and group qualifying from seventh to twenty-second). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.[4]

In group one,

NIO driver of Oliver Turvey. In group four, Stoffel Vandoorne in the HWA Racelab set the overall fastest lap of the group qualifying, with his teammate Gary Paffett came in second, pushing Bird and Buemi out of the top six. Into the Super Pole session, Vandoorne took his first Pole Position of his career with a 1-minute and 11.58 seconds, and collected first points for HWA Racelab.[10] He would start on the front row with Oliver Rowland, who is 0.323 seconds slower. Mortara set the third fastest lap, with Lotterer in forth, and Paffett in fifth. Sixth-placed man Di Grassi runs too deep at turn two.[10]

Post-qualifying

After qualifying, Mortara received three place grid penalty and was demoted to sixth place on the grid for speeding under the red flag during group qualifying. This promoted Lotterer, Paffett and Di Grassi to third, forth and fifth place respectively.[8]

Race

Lung Wo Road on the day of the race.
Stoffel Vandoorne at the intersection of Lung Wo Rd and Man Yiu St.

The race began at 16:03 Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00). Weather conditions at the start of the race were wet. The air temperature throughout ranged from 18.44 to 18.72 °C (65.19 to 65.69 °F) and the track temperature stayed at 19 °C.[11] Each driver was mandated to activate the attack mode system twice and were permitted to arm the system no more than five times. A special feature of Formula E is the "Fan Boost" feature, an additional 25 kW (34 hp) of power to use during the race's second half. The five drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote.[4] For the Hong Kong race, Vandoorne, Félix da Costa, Abt, Buemi, and Wehrlein were handed the extra power. Rowland took the lead from Vandoorne at the start, as Bird climbed up the order and came fourth at the first corner.[12]

Just minutes in,

Dragon driver Felipe Nasr went into the wall at Turn 2, with both Mahindra drivers d'Ambrosio and Wehrlein colliding into Nasr, ending all three drivers' races within the first five minutes and causing the full course yellow to be deployed followed by the Safety Car.[12] The race was temporarily stopped under the red flag with Rowland leading ahead of Bird in second place. With the clock reset to just under 36 minutes remaining, most of the field took their first "attack mode" activation immediately prior to the restart. Rowland led for a lap before losing the lead to Bird when he accidentally pressed the Full Course Yellow speed limiter button at Turn 1, dropping him to 10th.[13] Bird led a lap, before he went too deep at Turn 2 and lost a position to Lotterer.[14]
The two drivers battled hard for the win.

With less than 18 minutes left, Vandoorne stopped at Turn 6, suffering a driveshaft problem, while Buemi picked up damage to his left front wheel through the chicane, ending his race early. To recover Vandoorne's car from the track, the race director ordered the safety car to be deployed.[14] The race restarted with 11 minutes left to go with Lotterer still leading, Bird close behind in second, and Mortara in third. Further down the pack, Rowland stopped on track after snapping his rear axle following contact with the wall. The Safety Car was deployed again to recover Rowland's car.[14]

The race restarted again with less than two minutes to go. At Turn 2 on the penultimate lap, Bird made contact with the back of Lotterer's car, puncturing his tyre.[15][14] Lotterer dropped to last position in 14th, with Bird leading to what could have been his second win of the season. Behind Bird came Mortara in second and Di Grassi in third.[14] Abt and Massa finished in fourth and fifth respectively, with Evans, Paffett, Turvey, and Da Costa completing the top 10.[15] The final finishers were Lopez, Dillmann, Vergne, and Lotterer.

Post-race

Three hours after the race, the FIA stewards gave Bird a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Lotterer, dropping Bird to 6th. With the result, Mortara took the win of the 50th ePrix, followed by Audi driver Di Grassi in second and Frijns in third.[16]

The result put Bird into the Drivers' Championship lead with 54 points but only one point ahead of d'Ambrosio. Mortara's victory enabled him to move into fourth position with 52 points, tied with Di Grassi.[17] Virgin Racing led the Teams' Championship with 97 points. Venturi's result moved them into fourth in the Teams' Championship with 66 points, one point ahead of BMW Andretti in fifth place. Techeetah fell to sixth while Audi took second place after both drivers finished in the points.[17] The race also set the record for the most number of retirees (8).

Classification

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne HWA-Venturi 1:11.580 - 1
2 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.Dams-Nissan 1:11.903 +0.323 2
3 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
Venturi
 1:12.310 +0.730 61
4 36 Germany Andre Lotterer
Techeetah-DS
 1:12.868 +1.288 3
5 17 United Kingdom Gary Paffett HWA-Venturi 1:13.033 +1.453 4
6 11
Lucas Di Grassi
 Audi 1:14.177 +2.597 5
7 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird
Virgin-Audi
 1:12.529 — 7
8 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.Dams-Nissan 1:12.529 +0.000 8
9 19 Brazil Felipe Massa
Venturi
 1:12.570 +0.041 9
10 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns
Virgin-Audi
 1:12.600 +0.071 10
11 8 France Tom Dillmann
NIO
 1:12.839 +0.310 11
12 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 1:12.850 +0.321 12
13 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Andretti-BMW
 1:12.861 +0.332 13
14 7 Argentina José María López
Dragon-Penske
 1:13.073 +0.544 14
15 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Jaguar 1:13.421 +0.892 15
16 6 Brazil Felipe Nasr
Dragon-Penske
 1:13.885 +1.356 16
17 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:13.920 +1.391 17
18 25 France Jean Eric Vergne
Techeetah-DS
 1:13.9272 +1.398 18
19 16 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey
NIO
 1:14.133 +1.604 19
20 28
Antonio Felix da Costa
Andretti-BMW
 1:14.384 +1.855 20
21 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:14.830 +2.301 21
22 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:15.347 +2.818 22
Source: [10]
Notes
  • ^1  — Edoardo Mortara received a 3-place grid penalty for speeding under red flag during group qualifying.[8]
  • ^2  — Jean Eric Vergne's best lap time were deleted for causing red flag.

Race

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara
Venturi
 		36 59:36.119 6 25
2 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 36 +0.988 5 18
3 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns
Virgin-Audi
 		36 +1.536 10 15
4 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 36 +1.985 12 12
5 19 Brazil Felipe Massa
Venturi
 		36 +3.258 9 10
6 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird
Virgin-Audi
 		36 +3.3062 7 8+13
7 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 36 +4.017 17 6
8 17 United Kingdom Gary Paffett HWA-Venturi 36 +4.368 4 4
9 16 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey
NIO
 		36 +5.624 19 2
10 28 Portugal António Félix da Costa
Andretti-BMW
 		36 +6.492 20 1
11 7 Argentina José María López
Dragon-Penske
 36 +7.218 14 0
12 8 France Tom Dillmann
NIO
 36 +7.825 11 0
13 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne
Techeetah-DS
 36 +16.6042 18 0
14 36 Germany André Lotterer
Techeetah-DS
 36 +24.270 3 0
Ret 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.Dams-Nissan 29 Accident 2 0
Ret 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne HWA-Venturi 20 Driveshaft 1 34
Ret 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.Dams-Nissan 19 Suspension 8 0
Ret 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Andretti-BMW
 16 Accident 13 0
Ret 6 Brazil Felipe Nasr
Dragon-Penske
 1 Collision 16 0
Ret 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1 Collision 21 0
Ret 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1 Collision 22 0
Ret 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Jaguar 1 Suspension 15 0
Source: [18]
Notes
  • Jean-Eric Vergne
    received five-second time penalty for causing a collision
  • ^3  — Fastest lap.
  • ^4  — Pole position.

Standings after the race

References

  1. ^ a b "Celebrating 50 Races". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Formula E reveals season five calendar for 2018/19". Autosport. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Standings – 2018-2019 FIA Formula E Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Rules and Regulations". FIA Formula E. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Rowland sets the pace in first Practice in Hong Kong". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Frijns fastest in wet Hong Kong practice". formulaspy.com. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Frijns fastest in the wet ahead of Qualifying in Hong Kong". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Vandoorne on Pole for historic Hong Kong race". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  9. ^ "R05 Qualifying" (PDF).
  10. ^ a b c "R05 Final Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  11. ^ "R05 Weather" (PDF).
  12. ^ a b "Hong Kong Formula E: Bird wins amid Lotterer clash investigation". Autosport. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Bird Wins Hong Kong Thriller After Lotterer Duel". e-racing365. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Bird victorious in furious battle for first on Hong Kong Harbourfront". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Hong Kong Formula E: Bird wins amid Lotterer clash investigation". motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  16. ^ "Bird penalised, Mortara takes the win in Hong Kong". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 March 2019.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ a b c d "Standings – 2018-2019 FIA Formula E Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  18. ^ "Race Results". FIA Formula E. 17 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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