2014 Beijing ePrix

Formula E motor race September 2014 CUST Race 1 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season China Beijing ePrix Pekín ePrix.svg Layout of the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit 13 September 2014 2014 FIA Formula E Evergrande Spring Beijing ePrix 1 11 Beijing Olympic Green Circuit, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China Street circuit 3.44 2.14 25 86.0 53.5 Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:42.200 FRA Takuma Sato Amlin Aguri 1:45.101 21 JPN Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT BRA Franck Montagny Andretti FRA Sam Bird Virgin Racing GBR BEI The 2014 Beijing ePrix, formally the 2014 FIA Formula E Evergrande Spring Beijing ePrix, was a Formula E motor race that was held on 13 September 2014 at the Beijing Olympic Green Circuit in Beijing, China. It was the first Championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season.http://news.sky.com/story/1334803/its-electric-first-formula-e-season-begins It's Electric: First Formula E Season Begins Sky News 13 September 2014 13 September 2014 The race was won by Lucas di Grassi for the Audi Sport ABT team, ahead of Franck Montagny and Sam Bird.http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/formula-e-series-crash-nico-prost-nick-heidfeld-beijing-lucas-di-grassi-wins-091314 Di Grassi wins inaugural Formula E race after Prost, Heidfeld crash on final lap Fox Sports 13 September 2014 13 September 2014 Report Race Nicolas Prost claimed pole position for the race for the e.dams-Renault teamhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115842 Beijing Formula E: Nicolas Prost claims pole for inaugural race Autosport.com 13 September 2014 13 September 2014 and, with the exception of one lap during the pit stops, led the race up until the final corner. That was the moment when Nick Heidfeld had closed the gap to Prost and made an overtaking manoeuvre. Prost hit Heidfeld while they were side to side, sending the German driver into a spin. Heidfeld's car then hit the kerb sideways, and flipped into the barrier. The collision forced both drivers to retire from the race, and Lucas di Grassi went through to claim victory. Montagny finished second, while Daniel Abt was third on track, but was penalised 57 seconds for exceeding "the maximum permitted electrical power during the race," relegating him to tenth position, which promoted Bird to the final place on the podium.http://formulaspy.com/news/formula-e-news/daniel-abt-loses-third-place-finish-electrical-transgression-5807 Daniel Abt loses third place finish for electrical transgression Formula Spy 13 September 2014 13 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140914022248/http://formulaspy.com/news/formula-e-news/daniel-abt-loses-third-place-finish-electrical-transgression-5807 14 September 2014 dead Jaime Alguersuari and Katherine Legge also received 57-second penalties: Alguersuari for the same transgression, and Legge for a pit violation. Despite his retirement, Prost collected three championship points for his pole position, and Takuma Sato, who was also unable to complete the race, gained two points for recording the fastest lap of the race.http://www.electricautosport.com/2014/09/lucas-di-grassi-wins-dramatic-first-formula-e-race-beijing/ Lucas di Grassi wins dramatic first Formula E race in Beijing Electric Autosport Larkam Lewis 13 September 2014 13 September 2014 During the race, three drivers were able to gain benefit from a "fan boost" which gave them an extra 30 kilowatts of power for two five-second stints. The drivers voted to receive this were Bruno Senna, Legge, and Di Grassi. However, none of the drivers actually used the boost of energy during the race, leading the organization to mandate the use for coming races.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116864 Formula E drivers told FanBoost use compulsory after Beijing issues Autosport.com 21 November 2014 25 November 2014 Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 8 FRA Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:42.200 1 2 11 BRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 1:42.306 +0.106 2 3 66 GER Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 1:42.454 +0.254 3 4 5 IND Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 1:42.461 +0.261 4 5 27 FRA Franck Montagny Andretti 1:42.530 +0.330 81 1 6 23 GER Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1:42.579 +0.379 5 7 3 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 1:42.683 +0.483 6 8 28 FRA Charles Pic Andretti 1:42.726 +0.526 7 9 9 SUI Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:42.746 +0.546 182 2 10 99 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 1:42.785 +0.585 9 11 6 ESP Oriol Servia Dragon Racing 1:42.847 +0.647 10 12 2 GBR Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1:42.918 +0.718 11 13 7 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 1:44.056 +1.856 12 14 55 JPN Takuma Sato Amlin Aguri 1:44.129 +1.929 13 15 88 CHN Ho-Pin Tung China Racing 1:45.282 +3.082 PL2 2 16 77 GBR Katherine Legge Amlin Aguri 1:45.369 +3.169 14 17 18 ITA Michela Cerruti Trulli 1:46.170 +3.970 162 2 18 10 ITA Jarno Trulli Trulli 2:16.788 +34.588 202 2 19 21 BRA Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 2:32.729 +50.529 15 20 30 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 3:22.723 +1:40.523 192 2 Notes: 1 1 – Franck Montagny received a three-place grid penalty for entering the fast lane during qualifying before the green light.http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/beijing-eprix.aspx FIA Formula E FIA Formula E | Round 1 – Beijing | Results 14 September 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140913125559/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/beijing-eprix.aspx 13 September 2014 2 2 – Michela Cerruti, Ho-Pin Tung, Sébastien Buemi, Stéphane Sarrazin and Jarno Trulli each received a ten-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. Tung later opted to start from the pitlane. Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 BRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 25 52:23.413 2 25 2 27 FRA Franck Montagny Andretti 25 +2.867 8 18 3 2 GBR Sam Bird Virgin Racing 25 +6.559 11 15 4 28 FRA Charles Pic Andretti 25 +19.301 7 12 5 5 IND Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 25 +23.952 4 10 6 7 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 25 +31.664 12 8 7 6 ESP Oriol Servià Dragon Racing 25 +41.968 10 6 8 99 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 25 +43.896 9 4 9 30 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 25 +43.975 19 2 10 66 GER Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 25 +1:02.5073 1 3 1 11 3 ESP Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 25 +2:00.6133 1 6 12 8 FRA Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 24 Collision 1 35 3 13 23 GER Nick Heidfeld Venturi 24 Collision 5 14 18 ITA Michela Cerruti Trulli 24 +1 lap 16 15 77 GBR Katherine Legge Amlin Aguri 24 +1 lap4 2 14 16 88 CHN Ho-Pin Tung China Racing 23 +2 laps PL Ret 55 JPN Takuma Sato Amlin Aguri 21 Mechanical 13 26 4 Ret 9 SUI Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 14 Rear wing 18 Ret 10 ITA Jarno Trulli Trulli 2 Battery 20 Ret 21 BRA Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 0 Collision 15 Notes: 3 1 – Daniel Abt and Jaime Alguersuari each received a drive through penalty converted into a 57-second time penalty for exceeding the allowed battery usage limit of 208kW. 4 2 - Katherine Legge received a drive through penalty converted into a 57-second time penalty for crossing the white lane at pit exit. 5 3 – Three points for pole position. 6 4 – Two points for fastest lap. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA Lucas di Grassi 25 2 FRA Franck Montagny 18 3 GBR Sam Bird 15 4 FRA Charles Pic 12 5 IND Karun Chandhok 10 Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 USA Andretti 30 2 GER Audi Sport ABT 26 3 GBR Virgin Racing 15 4 USA Dragon Racing 14 5 IND Mahindra Racing 10 Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links FIA Formula E Results Beijing ePrix |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:N/A |width="30%"|FIA Formula E Championship2014–15 season |width="35%"|Next race:2014 Putrajaya ePrix |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:N/A |width="30%"|Beijing ePrix |width="35%"|Next race:2015 Beijing ePrix |- style="text-align:center" Beijing ePrix Beijing ePrix Beijing ePrix Category:Beijing ePrix