2020 Santiago ePrix
2020 Santiago ePrix | |||||
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Race 3 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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Race details | |||||
Date | 18 January 2020 | ||||
Official name |
2020 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix | ||||
Location | Parque O'Higgins Circuit, Santiago | ||||
Course | Semi-permanent circuit | ||||
Course length | 2.287 km (1.421 mi) | ||||
Distance | 40 laps, 91.480 km (56.843 mi) | ||||
Weather | Dry | ||||
Attendance | 0[a] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Jaguar | ||||
Time | 1:04.827 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | |||
Time | 1:06.405 on lap 26 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First |
Andretti-BMW | ||||
Second |
Techeetah-DS | ||||
Third | Jaguar | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2020 Santiago ePrix (formally the 2020 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix) was a
Finishing in 6th overall was sufficient to elevate Stoffel Vandoorne to the top the Drivers' Championship standings with 38, after the then-championship leader, Alexander Sims retired from the race with collision damage, demoting him to second, with 35 points. Sam Bird's 10th place and fastest lap point enabled him to stay 3rd in the championship standings, with 28 points, while Günther's race win elevated him to 4th in the championship standings, with 25 points. Lucas di Grassi's recovery drive from 22nd on the grid to 7th, netting him 6 points was also sufficient to keep him 5th in the championship standings, with 24 points.
In the Teams' Championship,
Report
Background
On 15 June 2019,
On 5 October 2019,
Pre-race concerns
Ahead of the race, in November 2019, concerns were raised about the race, due to the
Track changes
Ahead of the race, changes to the track layout were made, most notably at the curving back straight, where the chicane was removed, while the pit lane was moved to the other side of the track, to the inside of the circuit.[8] In addition, the sweeping right hander which was the former Turn 1 was modified, with a new left hander being added ahead of the revised corner. The final sector of the lap also saw changes, with the zig-zagging section of the track being reversed compared to the previous year. The removal of the chicane came as Formula E looked to reduce the number of chicanes on the tracks in the championship, in the wake of several accidents happening at such locations in several races, with the highest profile incident seeing a pile-up at the first corner during the 2019 Swiss ePrix blocking the track, and causing a lengthy red flag period.[9]
Qualifying
Behind the superpole runners, qualifying 7th was the
Behind d'Ambrosio, was the
Race
Maximilian Günther scored his first ever Formula E race victory, becoming the youngest ever Formula E race winner, after triumphing in a last lap battle with António Félix da Costa. Polesitter Mitch Evans came in 3rd for Panasonic Jaguar Racing, benefitting from a penalty issued to Nyck de Vries, who had come in third on the road. De Vries lost his maiden podium, due to an infringement of the minimum battery coolant temperature.[15] This penalty also bumped Pascal Wehrlein to fourth overall in the pecking order.
At the start, Evans held the lead off the line, while Mahindra Racing's Pascal Wehrlein forced his way past Günther, who suffered from a poor start, at the tight off-track approach to Turn 2, which the field used throughout the race. Following this, Günther gradually fell down the order, while Evans consolidated his lead out front.
From this point onwards, the race quietened down, until past the 40th minute, when Günther's teammate, the championship leader Alexander Sims, ground to a halt on track, prompting a full-course yellow, while the stewards removed his car, with the FCY being lifted at the 37 minute mark on the clock. In less than a lap after the restart, Oliver Rowland made contact with Sam Bird, damaging his front wing and putting Bird into a spin. Rowland would enter the pits to replace the wing shortly after the incident.
Using his Attack Mode power boost, Günther advanced on Edoardo Mortara, using the extra power to sweep past the Venturi driver and to move back into third. With Mortara in fourth and his teammate Felipe Massa in fifth, the two Venturi cars trailed the podium sitters, seemingly ready to pick up a podium, should any of the top 3 suffer from issues. However, this was not to be, as the duo activated Attack Mode against each other in a bid to attack overtake and defend from the other. Heading into Turn 10, Mortara made a lunge on Massa, putting the Brazilian into the wall, dropping him into Seventh. Reigning champion Jean-Eric Vergne took advantage of this, to slip into 5th.
Meanwhile, up front, Günther activated Attack Mode to pass Wehrlein for second and with still a minute on his attack mode, Günther went for the lead, slipping past Evans on the approach to Turn 9, the extra power on hand for the German giving the Kiwi no chance to defend his position.
With 14 minutes to go, Vergne and his teammate António Félix da Costa became the next drivers to pass the Mahindra of Pascal Wehrlein, the pair bumping Wehrlein down to fifth. Having made eight-places since the start of the race, damage to Vergne's front wing finally appeared to be affecting the Frenchman's car, his front-left tire starting to rub on the wing, leaving a trail of smoke behind him. Just 2 laps later, with just seven minutes to go, the wing broke, forcing the reigning champion into the pits.
Following this, Da Costa passed Evans on the long Turn 8, and set about hunting down Günther for the win. With both cars coming into Turn 10 together, Da Costa forced the BMW driver wide, locking up his fronts at the turn-10 hairpin and bumping along the side of the BMW, pulling into first place. However, in spite of this, Da Costa soon found his lead under threat from Günther, due to him having to nurse battery temperatures,[16] and on the last lap, Günther (BMW iFE.20) stormed past Da Costa at Turn 9 (DS E-TENSE FE20), pulling away from the Portuguese, and winning by a margin of 2.067s.[17]
Classification
Qualifying
Group draw[18] | ||||||
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Group 1 | SIM (1) | VAN (2) | BIR (3) | ROW (4) | DIG (5) | LOT (6) |
Group 2 | MOR (7) | FRI (8) | DEV (9) | ABT (10) | CAL (11) | JEV (12) |
Group 3 | DAC (13) | HAR (14) | DAM (15) | EVA (16) | WEH (17) | GUE (18) |
Group 4 | MAS (19) | BUE (20) | JAN (21) | TUR (22) | QMA (23) | MUL (24) |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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1 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 1:04.941 | 1:04.827 | 1 |
2 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW
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1:05.102 | 1:05.169 | 2 |
3 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mahindra | 1:05.525 | 1:05.645 | 3 |
4 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Mercedes
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1:05.463 | 1:05.645 | 4 |
5 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO
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1:05.510 | 1:05.788 | 5 |
6 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:05.390 | 1:05.809 | 6 |
7 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mercedes
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1:05.547 | — | 7 |
8 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes
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1:05.560 | — | 8 |
9 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes
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1:05.566 | — | 9 |
10 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS
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1:05.574 | — | 10 |
11 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS
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1:05.625 | — | 11 |
12 | 18 | Neel Jani | Porsche | 1:05.696 | — | 12 |
13 | 66 | Daniel Abt | Audi | 1:05.745 | — | 13 |
14 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:05.801 | — | 14 |
15 | 27 | Alexander Sims | Andretti-BMW
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1:05.848 | — | 15 |
16 | 2 | Sam Bird | Virgin-Audi
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1:05.886 | — | 16 |
17 | 6 | Brendon Hartley | Dragon-Penske
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1:06.126 | — | 17 |
18 | 51 | James Calado | Jaguar | 1:06.305 | — | 18 |
19 | 7 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske
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1:06.367 | — | 19 |
20 | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Mahindra | 1:07.692 | — | 20 |
21 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi
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1:09.089 | — | 21 |
22 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 1:26.526 | — | 22 |
23 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | no time1 | — | 23 |
24 | 33 | Ma Qinghua | NIO
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no time | — | 242 |
Source:[19][20] |
Notes:
- ^1 – Oliver Rowland was asked to exit the Parc fermé before other cars released to allow repairs at the cars because of an incident during the session, and his lap time was deleted as a result.[21]
- ^2 – Ma Qinghua did not take part in his session as repairs were continuing after his crash in Free Practice 2. Ma was given permission to start from the back of the grid.[22]
Race
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW
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40 | 46:11.511 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS
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40 | +2.067 | 10 | 18 |
3 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 40 | +5.119 | 1 | 15+1+37 |
4 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mahindra | 40 | +7.050 | 3 | 12 |
5 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes
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40 | +9.8831 | 8 | 10 |
6 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes
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40 | +11.237 | 9 | 8 |
7 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 40 | +14.437 | 22 | 6 |
8 | 51 | James Calado | Jaguar | 40 | +18.255 | 18 | 4 |
9 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Mercedes
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40 | +20.430 | 4 | 2 |
10 | 2 | Sam Bird | Virgin-Audi
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40 | +21.780 | 16 | 1+18 |
11 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO
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40 | +27.778 | 5 | |
12 | 7 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske
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40 | +33.7862 | 19 | |
13 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 40 | +43.2573 | 6 | |
14 | 66 | Daniel Abt | Audi | 40 | +47.1984 | 13 | |
15 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi
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39 | +1 Lap | 21 | |
16 | 33 | Ma Qinghua | NIO
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39 | +1 Lap5 | 24 | |
17 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 36 | +4 Laps | 23 | |
NC | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Mahindra | 40 | +1:57.6243 | 20 | |
Ret | 6 | Brendon Hartley | Dragon-Penske
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35 | Retired in pits | 17 | |
Ret | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS
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32 | Front wing damage | 11 | |
Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mercedes
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29 | Collision damage | 7 | |
Ret | 27 | Alexander Sims | Andretti-BMW
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4 | Collision damage | 15 | |
Ret | 16 | Neel Jani | Porsche | 2 | Collision damage | 12 | |
DSQ6 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 28 | Energy overusage (Collision damage) | 14 | |
Source:[23] |
Notes:
- ^1 – Nyck de Vries received a five-second time penalty for not respecting the minimum coolant temperature.[24]
- ^2 – Nico Müller received a ten-second penalty for causing a collision.[25]
- ^3 – Sébastien Buemi and Jérôme d'Ambrosio both received a drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map.[26][27]
- ^4 – Daniel Abt received a drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for causing a collision.[28]
- ^5 – Ma Qinghua received a five-second penalty for not respecting the power availability[29] and a ten-second stop-and-go penalty converted into a 45-second time penalty for not using the attack mode.[30]
- ^6 – André Lotterer was disqualified from the race for exceeding the maximum power usage of 200 kW (230.51 kW).[31]
- ^7 – Fastest in group stage; pole.
- ^8 – Fastest lap.
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- Chilean protests.
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