2019 Rome ePrix

The 2019 Rome ePrix (formally the 2019 GEOX Rome E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 13 April 2019. It was the seventh round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the second running of the event. The 29-lap race was won by Jaguar driver Mitch Evans from a second position start. Andre Lotterer finished second for Techeetah and HWA Racelab driver Stoffel Vandoorne came third.

2019 Rome ePrix
Race 7 of 12 of the 2018–19 Formula E season
Race details
Date 13 April 2019 (2019-04-13)
Official name 2019 GEOX Rome E-Prix
Location Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.860 km (1.777 mi)
Distance 29 laps, 82.94 km (51.54 mi)
Weather Cloudy
Pole position
Driver
Techeetah−DS
Time 1:32.123
Fastest lap
Driver Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah−DS
Time 1:31.016 on lap 27
Podium
First
Jaguar
Second
Techeetah−DS
Third
HWA-Venturi

Andre Lotterer of DS Techeetah won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained his start line advantage heading into the first corner. He kept the lead until he was overtaken by Evans on the 18th lap. That allowed Evans into the lead. Despite being challenged by Lotterer, Evans takes his first victory of his career and for the Jaguar team.

Report

Background

Coming into the race from Sanya three weeks earlier, BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa was in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 62 points and was only 1 point ahead of Jérôme d'Ambrosio of Mahindra in second. DS Techeetah's Jean-Éric Vergne was a further seven points behind in third and Sam Bird of Virgin Racing placed fourth on tie with Vergne. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas Di Grassi rounded out the top five with 52 points scored.[1] In the Teams' Championship, Virgin Racing were leading with 97 points; tie on points with Mahindra behind in second position. Audi in third with a point behind, and DS Techeetah were 2 points behind in forth. BMW Andretti completing the top five with 80 points.[1]

Qualifying

During qualifying, Andre Lotterer took his first pole position of the season with Mitch Evens placed at second place and Lopez finishing in third place

Race

At the start, Lopez caused a huge pileup at the back causing the race to be stopped. The race was restarted behind the safety car, but drivers struggled to maintain control of their cars. At the last lap, Mitch Evans won the race with Andre Lotterer finishing second

Classification

Qualifying
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 36 André Lotterer Techeetah-DS 1:32.123 - 1
2 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:32.483 +0.360 2
3 7 José María López Dragon-Penske 1:32.906 +0.783 3
4 5 Stoffel Vandoorne HWA-Venturi 1:33.233 +1.110 4
5 6 Maximilian Günther Dragon-Penske 1:35.640 +3.517 5
6 23 Sébastien Buemi e.Dams-Nissan 1:07.670 +4.208 6
7 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi 1:30.397 − 7
8 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:30.422 +0.025 8
9 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:30.609 +0.212 141
10 19 Felipe Massa Venturi 1:30.623 +0.226 9
11 22 Oliver Rowland e.Dams-Nissan 1:30.723 +0.326 10
12 28 Antonio Felix da Costa Andretti-BMW 1:30.804 +0.407 11
13 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:30.880 +0.483 12
14 11 Lucas Di Grassi Audi 1:30.977 +0.580 13
15 17 Gary Paffett HWA-Venturi 1:30.980 +0.583 15
16 25 Jean Eric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:31.016 +0.619 16
17 66 Daniel Abt Audi 1:31.043 +0.646 17
18 16 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:31.043 +0.646 18
19 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:31.192 +0.795 19
20 8 Tom Dillmann NIO 1:31.220 +0.823 20
21 3 Alex Lynn Jaguar 1:39.6572 +9.260 21
22 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW no time no time 223
Source: [2]
Notes
  • ^1  — Pascal Wehrlein received five-place grid penalty for overspeeding under red flag.
  • ^2  — Alex Lynn's best lap times were deleted for exceeding 250 kW (340 hp) of power
  • ^3  — Alexander Sims received 60-place grid penalty converted into a 10-second stop and go penalty during the race for changing E-motor, gearbox and inverter

Race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 29 1:33:51.140 2 25
2 36 André Lotterer Techeetah-DS 29 +0.979 1 18+36
3 5 Stoffel Vandoorne HWA-Venturi 29 +6.399 4 15
4 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 29 +9.181 8 12
5 23 Sébastien Buemi e.Dams-Nissan 29 +9.778 6 10+17
6 22 Oliver Rowland e.Dams-Nissan 29 +11.262 10 8
7 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 29 +24.340 13 6
8 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 29 +28.633 19 4
9 28 António Félix da Costa Andretti-BMW 29 +30.6513 11 2
10 94 Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 29 +30.735 14 1
11 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 29 +32.272 12 0
12 3 Alex Lynn Jaguar 29 +42.238 21 0
13 16 Oliver Turvey NIO 29 +48.616 18 0
14 25 Jean Eric Vergne Techeetah-DS 29 +49.7324 16 0
15 8 Tom Dillmann NIO 29 +52.253 20 0
16 7 José María López Dragon-Penske 29 +1:10.373 3 0
17 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 29 +1:11.373 22 0
18 66 Daniel Abt Audi 28 Technical 17 0
19 6 Maximilian Günther Dragon-Penske 28 Energy5 5 0
Ret 19 Felipe Massa Venturi 11 Driveshaft 9 0
Ret 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi 8 Driveshaft 7 0
Ret 17 Gary Paffett HWA-Venturi 1 Collision 15 0
Source: [3]
Notes
  • ^3  — António Félix da Costa received 5-second time penalty for an undercharged battery.
  • ^4  — Jean Eric Vergne received a drive through penalty converted into a 37-second time penalty for overtaking under Full Course Yellow.
  • ^5  — Maximilian Günther received a 5-second time penalty for overspeeding under Full Course Yellow and a drive through penalty converted into a 37-second time penalty for attack mode infringement.
  • ^6  — Pole position.
  • ^7  — Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

References
  1. "Standings – 2018-2019 FIA Formula E Championship". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. "R07 Qualifying" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "R06 Race Results" (PDF).
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