2015 Long Beach ePrix

February 2025 CUST Race 6 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season United States Long Beach ePrix Long Beach EPrix.svg Layout of the Long Beach Formula E street circuit 4 4, 2015 2015 FIA Formula E Long Beach ePrix 6 11 Long Beach Street Circuit, United States Street circuit 2.131 1.324 39 83.1 51.6 Temperatures reaching up to 86 F C; wind speeds approaching speeds of 16.1 mph km/hhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/Long%20Beach/2015-04-04 Weather information for the "2015 Long Beach ePrix The Old Farmers' Almanac August 31, 2018 Daniel Abt Abt Sportsline 56.937 GER Nicolas Prost e.dams Renault 58.973 34 FRA Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing BRA Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti FRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT BRA LBH The 2015 Long Beach ePrix was a Formula E motor race held on April 4, 2015 in Long Beach, United States on a revised version of a street circuit usually used for the Long Beach Street Circuit. It was the sixth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. China Racing driver Nelson Piquet Jr. became the sixth different winner in as many races,http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118367 Nelson Piquet takes his first win Glenn Freeman Autosport Haymarket Publications April 5, 2015 July 23, 2016 and as a result moved up to second place in the drivers' championship, one point in arrears of Audi Sport ABT's Lucas di Grassi. Di Grassi also finished in the podium placings, in third place, just behind Andretti driver Jean-Éric Vergne. Nicolas Prost (e.dams-Renault) held the lead of the championship into the weekend, finished down in 14th position after serving a drive-through penalty.http://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/piquet-jr-emulates-his-father-with-dominant-long-beach-victory/ Piquet Jr emulates his father with dominant Long Beach victory Charles Bradley Motorsport.com Motorsport Network April 4, 2015 July 23, 2016 Report Background For the first time in the championship, the driver lineup was exactly the same as for the previous race in Miami.http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/unchanged-grid-in-long-beach.aspx Unchanged grid in Long Beach March 31, 2015 fiaformulae.com June 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150707100050/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/unchanged-grid-in-long-beach.aspx July 7, 2015 dead Fanboost was awarded to Nelson Piquet Jr., Jean-Éric Vergne and Sam Bird.http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/april/bird-vergne-and-piquet-win-fanboost-vote.aspx Bird, Vergne and Piquet win FanBoost vote April 4, 2015 fiaformulae.com June 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234650/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/april/bird-vergne-and-piquet-win-fanboost-vote.aspx July 3, 2015 dead Attendance at the free event was approximately 23,000.Watkins Gary Charging into the Future Autoweek April 27, 2015 65 8 53 Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Driver Number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position166 GER Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT56.937 — 128 FRA Nicolas Proste.dams-Renault56.944 +0.007 2399 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr.China Racing56.974 +0.037 3411 BRA Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT57.083 +0.146 4527 FRA Jean-Éric VergneAndretti57.106 +0.169 5628 USA Scott SpeedAndretti57.156 +0.219 6755 POR António Félix da CostaAmlin Aguri57.182 +0.245 787 BEL Jérôme d'AmbrosioDragon Racing57.184 +0.247 8930 FRA Stéphane SarrazinVenturi57.261 +0.324 9109 SWI Sébastien Buemie.dams-Renault57.288 +0.35110112 GBR Sam BirdVirgin Racing57.304 +0.367 111221 BRA Bruno SennaMahindra Racing57.347 +0.410 121310 ITA Jarno TrulliTrulli57.417 +0.480 13143 ESP Jaime AlguersuariVirgin Racing57.449 +0.512 141523 GER Nick HeidfeldVenturi57.508 +0.571 151688 FRA Charles PicChina Racing57.818 +0.881 16176 FRA Loïc DuvalDragon Racing57.905 +0.968 17185 IND Karun ChandhokMahindra Racing57.921 +0.984 181977 MEX Salvador DuránAmlin Aguri57.950 +1.013 192018 ITA Vitantonio LiuzziTrulli1:12.813 +15.876 20 Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 39 46:01.971 3 25 2 27 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 39 +1.705s 5 18 3 11 BRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 39 +2.994s 4 15 4 9 SUI Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 39 +3.518s 10 12 5 21 BRA Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 39 +8.844s 12 10 6 7 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 39 +13.460s 8 8 7 55 POR António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 39 +16.171s 7 6 8 3 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 39 +17.975s 14 4 9 6 FRA Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 39 +18.436s 17 2 10 30 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 39 +20.418s 9 1 11 23 GER Nick Heidfeld Venturi 39 +21.326s 15 12 5 IND Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 39 +32.917s 18 13 18 ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi Trulli 39 +38.592s 20 14 8 FRA Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 39 +42.375s 2 2r1 1 15 66 GER Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 39 +44.361s 1 3r2 2 16 88 FRA Charles Pic China Racing 39 +58.125s 16 Ret 77 MEX Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 27 Mechanical 19 Ret 2 GBR Sam Bird Virgin Racing 22 Suspension 11 Ret 10 ITA Jarno Trulli Trulli 7 Collision 13 Ret 28 USA Scott Speed Andretti 3 Accident 6 Notes r1 1 – Two points for fastest lap. r2 2 – Three points for pole position. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA Lucas di Grassi 75 2 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. 74 3 FRA Nicolas Prost 69 4 SWI Sébastien Buemi 55 5 GBR Sam Bird 52 Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 FRA e.dams-Renault 124 2 GER Audi Sport ABT 97 3 GBR Virgin Racing 82 4 USA Andretti 80 5 CHN China Racing 74 Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links Official results |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:2015 Miami ePrix |width="30%"|FIA Formula E Championship2014–15 season |width="35%"|Next race:2015 Monaco ePrix |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:N/A |width="30%"|Long Beach ePrix |width="35%"|Next race:2016 Long Beach ePrix |- style="text-align:center" Long Beach ePrix Category:Long Beach ePrix ePrix, Long Beach Long Beach ePrix