2019 Paris ePrix
| 2019 Paris ePrix | |||||
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Race 8 of 13 of the 2018–19 Formula E season
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 Layout of the Paris ePrix street circuit | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 27 April 2019 | ||||
| Official name | 2019 Paris E-Prix | ||||
| Location | Circuit des Invalides, Les Invalides, Paris, France | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 1.93 km (1.20 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 32 laps, 61.440 km (38.177 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Rain | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | e.Dams-Nissan | ||||
| Time | 1:00.535 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Tom Dillmann |
NIO | |||
| Time | 1:02.780 on lap 10 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First |
Virgin–Audi | ||||
| Second |
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Techeetah-DS | |||
| Third | Audi | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2019 Paris ePrix (formally the 2019 Paris E-Prix) was a
2018–19 Formula E season and the fourth edition of the event
.
Report
Background
The
2018–19 series schedule on June 7, 2018 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.[1] It is the eighth of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and the fourth running of the event. The ePrix would be held at the 1.930 km (1.199 mi) clockwise fourteen-turn Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex of the city's 7th arrondissement
on 27 April 2019.
Going into the race,
Lucas Di Grassi stays in fifth with 58 points after finishing seventh in Rome.[2] In the Teams' Championship, DS Techeetah led with 116 points, only seven points ahead of Virgin Racing in second place. In third place is the Mahindra Racing with 102 points; tie on points with Audi. BMW Andretti completing the top five with 82 points.[2]
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.[3]
Practice
Practice 1 took part in damp conditions early in the morning. On his very first lap
Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird and consequently spun, with Bird spinning into the outside wall. Many drivers going down the escape road at Turn 3 with lock ups. Robin Frijns of the Virgin Racing pushed too hard and hit the wall on the exit of Turn 3 with Sébastien Buemi spinning and following Frijns in. Then Sam Bird hit the wall in the same place as his teammate but sustained a lot more damage and was consequently out of the session and missed the second practice due to the damage. André Lotterer
in the DS Techeetah was quickest after the red flag came out and brought the session to an early end.
The second practice session took part in dry conditions on the streets of
Lucas Di Grassi
.
Qualifying
Mitch Evans brushed the wall in group 1 qualifying and took some of the wall branding off. Jérôme d'Ambrosio was the only driver who made it from group 1 to superpole. In group 2 Robin Frijns set a strong lap to book his place in super pole. Sébastien Buemi, Oliver Rowland, Pascal Wehrlein and Felipe Massa were the other 4 drivers to make it to superpole. Wehrlein took pole position from Oliver Rowland and Sébastien Buemi.
Race
The race was started behind the safety car. After the race got going, drama started when rain appeared causing mayhem. After the rain was stopped, the drivers finally got some control of their cars after the chaos and drama that’s happened during the race
Post-race
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
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| 1 | 94 |  Pascal Wehrlein
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Mahindra | 1:00.383 | – | 221 |
| 2 | 22 |  Oliver Rowland
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e.Dams-Nissan | 1:00.535 | +0.152 | 1 |
| 3 | 23 |  Sébastien Buemi
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e.Dams-Nissan | 1:00.768 | +0.385 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 |  Robin Frijns
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Virgin-Audi
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1:00.793 | +0.410 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 |  Felipe Massa
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Venturi
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1:01.217 | +0.834 | 4 |
| 6 | 64 |  Jérôme d'Ambrosio
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Mahindra | 1:01.307 | +0.924 | 211 |
| 7 | 6 | Maximilian Günther
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Dragon-Penske
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1:00.719 | – | 5 |
| 8 | 36 | Andre Lotterer
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Techeetah-DS
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1:00.738 | +0.019 | 6 |
| 9 | 66 | Daniel Abt
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Audi | 1:00.739 | +0.020 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Audi | 1:00.761 | +0.042 | 8 |
| 11 | 8 | Tom Dillmann
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NIO
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1:00.784 | +0.065 | 9 |
| 12 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Venturi
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1:00.801 | +0.082 | 10 |
| 13 | 16 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO
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1:00.876 | +0.157 | 11 |
| 14 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Techeetah-DS
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1:00.886 | +0.167 | 12 |
| 15 | 2 | Sam Bird
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Virgin-Audi
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1:00.928 | +0.209 | 13 |
| 16 | 28 | Antonio Felix da Costa
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Andretti-BMW
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1:00.952 | +0.233 | 14 |
| 17 | 3 | Alex Lynn
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Jaguar | 1:01.012 | +0.293 | 15 |
| 18 | 27 | Alexander Sims
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Andretti-BMW
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1:01.037 | +0.318 | 16 |
| 19 | 17 | Gary Paffett
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HWA-Venturi | 1:01.135 | +0.416 | 17 |
| 20 | 20 |  Mitch Evans
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Jaguar | 1:01.243 | +0.524 | 18 |
| 21 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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HWA-Venturi | 1:01.471 | +0.752 | 19 |
| 22 | 7 |  José María López
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Dragon-Penske
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1:07.494 | +6.775 | 20 |
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Notes:
- ^1 — Pascal Wehrlein and Jérôme d'Ambrosio's lap times were deleted for tyre pressure infringement.
Race
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Virgin-Audi
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32 | 47:50.510 | 3 | 25+13 |
| 2 | 36 | André Lotterer
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Techeetah-DS
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32 | +1.373 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | 66 | Daniel Abt
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Audi | 32 | +3.175 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Audi | 32 | +3.666 | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 | Maximilian Günther
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Dragon-Penske
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32 | +5.456 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Techeetah-DS
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32 | +6.694 | 12 | 8 |
| 7 | 28 |  António Félix da Costa
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Andretti-BMW
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32 | +7.238 | 14 | 6 |
| 8 | 17 | Gary Paffett
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HWA-Venturi | 32 | +7.901 | 17 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 | Felipe Massa
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Venturi
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32 | +10.522 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Mahindra | 32 | +10.998 | 22 | 1 |
| 11 | 2 | Sam Bird
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Virgin-Audi
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32 | +11.488 | 13 | |
| 12 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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e.Dams-Nissan | 32 | +19.451 | 1 | 34 |
| 13 | 7 | José María López
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Dragon-Penske
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32 | +24.023 | 20 | |
| 14 | 16 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO
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32 | +1:22.2261 | 11 | |
| 15 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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e.Dams-Nissan | 31 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 16 | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar | 31 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 17 | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio
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Mahindra | 29 | Accident2 | 21 | |
| Ret | 3 | Alex Lynn
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Jaguar | 23 | Collision | 15 | |
| Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Venturi
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23 | Collision | 10 | |
| Ret | 27 | Alexander Sims
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Andretti-BMW
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18 | Collision | 16 | |
| Ret | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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HWA-Venturi | 18 | Suspension | 19 | |
| Ret | 8 | Tom Dillmann
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NIO
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17 | Accident | 9 | |
| Source: | |||||||
Notes:
- ^1 — Oliver Turvey received a drive through penalty converted into a 50-second time penalty for causing a collision
- ^2 — Jérôme d'Ambrosio received 5-second time penalty for improper use of Attack Mode.
- ^3 — Fastest lap.
- ^4 — Pole position.
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "Formula E reveals season five calendar for 2018/19". Autosport. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Standings – 2018-2019 FIA Formula E Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Smith, Sam. "Guenther Remains in Dragon Car for Paris". e-racing 365. Retrieved 27 April 2019.