2015 London ePrix

The 2015 London ePrix, officially known as the 2015 Visa London ePrix, was two Formula E motor races that took place on the 27 and 28 June 2015 on the Battersea Park Street Circuit in Battersea Park, London. It was the tenth and eleventh rounds of the 2014–15 Formula E season, the last of the inaugural season of Formula E.http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/calendar/2015-london/london-timetable.aspx London Timetable FIA Formula E June 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629172206/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/calendar/2015-london/london-timetable.aspx June 29, 2015 dead Background to race weekend In December 2013, the FIA approved a Formula E calendar of ten races, of which London was the 10th and last race.http://www.fia.com/news/world-motor-sport-council-3 The final 2013 meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) took place today (4 December) in Paris, France. 4 December 2013 fia.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 4 December 2013 Wandsworth Council eventually approved of the circuit and also announced that it would be a double race on the 19 February 2015.http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/february/london-formula-e-race-gets-green-light.aspx Green light for 'double header' London ePrix in Battersea Park FIA Formula E 19 February 2015 24 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629172140/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/february/london-formula-e-race-gets-green-light.aspx 29 June 2015 dead dmy-all There was some controversy over the park circuit which took place in a Grade II* listed park with opposition to a public park being disrupted to accommodate the races. Battersea Park was closed to the public for four days with a three-week disruption period and a decision has yet to be taken on a repeat race.http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/13335341._Chaos__as_Battersea_Park_prepares_for_Formula_E_weekend/?ref=mr&lp=14 "Chaos" as Battersea Park prepares for Formula e weekend Since the previous ePrix in Moscow, five driver changes were made. The first of these was that Jaime Alguersuari had been replaced by Fabio Leimer,http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/leimer-replaces-alguersuari-for-london.aspx Leimer replaces Alguersuari for London Formula E Operations FIA Formula E Championship 23 June 2015 23 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150627110139/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/leimer-replaces-alguersuari-for-london.aspx 27 June 2015 dead dmy-all as the Spaniard was forced to withdraw due to health issues.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119653 Jaime Alguersuari withdrawn from Formula E finale on health grounds Autosport 23 June 2015 28 June 2015 He was the first of three new Swiss drivers (taking the total 4), with Alex Fontanahttp://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/fontana-to-race-at-london-eprix-with-trulli Fontana to race at London ePrix with Trulli Motorsport Motorsport.com 25 June 2015 25 June 2015 29 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629143449/http://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/fontana-to-race-at-london-eprix-with-trulli/ dead and Simona de Silvestrohttp://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/de-silvestro-to-race-in-london-eprix.aspx De Silvestro to race in Visa London ePrix 14 June 2015 15 June 2015 Formula E Operations FIA Formula E Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20150627115749/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/de-silvestro-to-race-in-london-eprix.aspx 27 June 2015 dead dmy-all replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi and Justin Wilson respectively. De Silvestro's appearance in Formula E makes her the eighth driver to drive for Andretti this season, the sixth in the second car, and the third female driver in series history. Also making their first appearance was Sakon Yamamoto, who replaces António Félix da Costa as the Portuguese driver is driving for BMW in DTM,http://www.electricautosport.com/2015/06/yamamoto-replaces-felix-da-costa-in-london/ Yamamoto replaces Felix da Costa in London Biesbrouck Tim Electric Autosport Formula Blue Media 15 June 2015 and Oliver Turvey, who replaces Charles Pic, becoming the fourth different driver to drive the second car for NEXTEV Team China Racing.McLaren F1 test driver Oliver Turvey to make Formula E debut http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119542 autosport.com/ Autosport 18 June 2015 18 June 2015 Race One CUST Race 10 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season United Kingdom London ePrix Battersea_Park_Circuit.svg Layout of the Battersea Park Street Circuit June 27 2015 Visa London ePrix 10 11 Battersea Park Street Circuit, Battersea, London, United Kingdom Temporary circuit 2.925 1.818 29 84.825 52.708 Sunny Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:24.648 SWI Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport Abt 1:28.229 25 BRA Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault SWI Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing BEL Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti Autosport FRA LON1 Background to Race One After winning the last race in Moscow, Nelson Piquet Jr. led the world championship by 17 points to fellow countryman, Lucas di Grassi. Swiss driver Sébastien Buemi was six points behind di Grassi in third. e.dams Renault topped the teams' championship by 44 points to Audi Sport Abt. NEXTEV Team China Racing was third, 11 further behind Audi Sport Abt. After exceeding the track limits on multiple occasions in Moscow, Jarno Trulli was handed a five place grid penalty for failing to slow after cutting the chicane.http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/trulli-handed-post-race-grid-penalty.aspx Trulli handed post-race grid penalty Formula E Operations FIA Formula E Championship 6 June 2015 27 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629172209/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/june/trulli-handed-post-race-grid-penalty.aspx 29 June 2015 dead dmy-all Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 9 SWI Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:24.648 — 1 2 7 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 1:25.104 +0.456 2 3 11 BRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport Abt 1:25.105 +0.457 3 4 99 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. NEXTEV TCR 1:25.144 +0.496 4 5 27 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti Autosport 1:25.182 +0.534 5 6 8 FRA Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:25.258 +0.610 6 7 88 GBR Oliver Turvey NEXTEV TCR 1:25.829 +1.181 7 8 21 BRA Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 1:25.879 +1.231 8 9 2 GBR Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1:25.894 +1.246 9 10 77 MEX Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 1:25.964 +1.316 10 11 6 FRA Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 1:25.998 +1.340 11 12 23 GER Nick Heidfeld Venturi Grand Prix 1:26.128 +1.480 12 13 66 GER Daniel Abt Audi Sport Abt 1:26.302 +1.654 13 14 30 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi Grand Prix 1:26.318 +1.670 14 15 10 ITA Jarno Trulli Trulli GP 1:26.852 +2.204 203 1 16 5 IND Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 1:27.160 +2.512 15 17 28 SWI Simona de Silvestro Andretti Autosport 1:27.208 +2.560 16 18 55 JPN Sakon Yamamoto Amlin Aguri 1:27.456 +2.808 17 19 18 SWI Alex Fontana Trulli GP 1:28.083 +3.435 18 20 3 SWI Fabio Leimer Virgin Racing 1:28.152 +3.504 19 3 1 – Jarno Trulli was handed a five place penalty for excessive corner cutting in Moscow. Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 SUI Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 29 47:54.784 1 25+31 1 2 7 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 29 +0.939 2 18 3 27 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti Autosport 29 +1.667 5 15 4 11 BRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 29 +2.409 3 12+22 2 5 99 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. NEXTEV TCR 29 +7.370 4 10 6 2 GBR Sam Bird Virgin Racing 29 +7.762 9 8 7 8 FRA Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 29 +8.553 6 6 8 6 FRA Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 29 +9.507 11 4 9 88 GBR Oliver Turvey NEXTEV TCR 29 +10.032 7 2 10 30 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi Grand Prix 29 +12.077 14 1 11 28 SUI Simona de Silvestro Andretti Autosport 29 +15.946 17 12 5 IND Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 29 +35.595 16 13 23 GER Nick Heidfeld Venturi Grand Prix 29 +41.034 12 14 3 SUI Fabio Leimer Virgin Racing 29 +42.697 20 15 10 ITA Jarno Trulli Trulli GP 29 +43.273 15 16 21 BRA Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 29 +48.423 8 17 77 MEX Salvador Duran Amlin Aguri 29 +1:01.9873 3 10 Ret 18 SUI Alex Fontana Trulli GP 25 Suspension 19 Ret 66 GER Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 15 Accident 13 Ret 55 JPN Sakon Yamamoto Amlin Aguri 15 Battery 18 1 1Three points for pole position. 2 2Two points for fastest lap. 3 3 Salvador Duran received a drive through penalty converted into a 49-second penalty for overuse of power. Standings after the race Drivers or teams listed in bold were still able to take the respective title. +Drivers' Championship standingsDriver Standings http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/driver-standings.aspx fiaformulae.com FIA 4 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150722025044/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/driver-standings.aspx 22 July 2015 PosDriverPoints 10px 1 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. 138 10px 2 SUI Sébastien Buemi 133 10px 3 BRA Lucas di Grassi 125 10px 4 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio 95 10px 5 FRA Nicolas Prost 88 +Constructors' Championship standingsTeam Standings http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/team-standings.aspx fiaformulae.com FIA 4 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150530151856/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/team-standings.aspx 30 May 2015 dead dmy-all Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 FRA e.dams Renault 221 10px 2 GER Audi Sport ABT 157 10px 3 CHN NEXTEV TCR 144 10px 4 USA Dragon Racing 138 10px 5 USA Andretti Autosport 119 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Race Two CUST Race 11 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season United Kingdom London ePrix Battersea_Park_Circuit.svg Layout of the Battersea Park Street Circuit June 28 2015 Visa London ePrix 11 11 Battersea Park Street Circuit, Battersea, London, United Kingdom Temporary circuit 2.925 1.818 29 84.825 52.708 Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 1:23.901 FRA Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1:26.790 24 UK Sam Bird Virgin Racing UK Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing BEL Loïc Duval Dragon Racing FRA LON2 Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Number Driver Team Time Gap Grid Final grid position 1 30 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi Grand Prix 1:23.901 - 1 2 7 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 1:23.965 +0.064 2 3 6 FRA Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 1:24.107 +0.206 3 4 2 GBR Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1:24.241 +0.340 4 5 21 BRA Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 1:24.318 +0.417 5 6 9 SUI Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:24.385 +0.484 6 7 23 GER Nick Heidfeld Venturi Grand Prix 1:25.494 +1.593 7 8 77 MEX Salvador Duran Amlin Aguri 1:25.649 +1.748 8 9 18 SUI Alex Fontana Trulli GP 1:25.689 +1.788 9 10 10 ITA Jarno Trulli Trulli GP 1:27.093 +3.192 10 11 11 BRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 1:32.570 +8.669 11 12 88 GBR Oliver Turvey NEXTEV TCR 1:33.626 +9.725 12 13 28 SUI Simona de Silvestro Andretti Autosport 1:34.167 +10.266 13 14 27 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti Autosport 1:35.032 +11.131 14 15 8 FRA Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:35.111 +11.210 15 16 99 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. NEXTEV TCR 1:35.284 +11.383 16 17 3 SUI Fabio Leimer Virgin Racing 1:35.543 +11.642 17 18 66 GER Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 1:38.473 +14.572 18 19 5 IND Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 1:41.232 +17.331 19 20 55 JPN Sakon Yamamoto Amlin Aguri no time - 20 Race Sarrazin won the race from pole, but he was penalized post-race for overusing his allocated energy, handing Bird victory in his home race.Formula E crowns its first champions in London https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/formula-e-crowns-its-first-champions-in-london/613341/ 2022-06-03 www.motorsport.com en Piquet Jr., meanwhile finished seventh and became Formula E's inaugural drivers' champion by one point ahead of Buemi, after the Swiss driver spun on his out lap after changing cars and stuck behind fourth-placed Senna for the remainder of the race, but nevertheless, e.dams secured their inaugural team's championship title. Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 GBR Sam Bird Virgin Racing 29 45:48.792 4 25+2r1 1 2 7 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 29 +6.973 2 18 3 6 FRA Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 29 +9.430 3 15 4 21 BRA Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 29 +10.147 5 12 5 9 SUI Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 29 +10.689 6 10 6 11 BRA Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 29 +11.204 11 8 7 99 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. NEXTEV TCR 29 +11.561 16 6 8 77 MEX Salvador Duran Amlin Aguri 29 +12.402 8 4 9 88 GBR Oliver Turvey NEXTEV TCR 29 +14.142 12 2 10 8 FRA Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 29 +14.535 15 1 11 66 GER Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 29 +23.170 18 12 28 SUI Simona de Silvestro Andretti Autosport 29 +24.610 13 13 5 IND Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 29 +31.501 19 14 18 SUI Alex Fontana Trulli GP 29 +38.423 9 15 30 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi Grand Prix 29 +48.680r2 2 1 3r3 3 16 27 FRA Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti Autosport 28 +1 lap 14 Ret 23 GER Nick Heidfeld Venturi Grand Prix 23 Gearbox 7 Ret 3 SUI Fabio Leimer Virgin Racing 17 Suspension 17 Ret 10 ITA Jarno Trulli Trulli GP 14 Brakes 10 Ret 55 JPN Sakon Yamamoto Amlin Aguri 6 Accident 20 Notes: r1 1 – Two points for fastest lap. r2 2 – Stéphane Sarrazin received a drive through penalty converted into a 49-second penalty for overuse of power. r3 3 – Three points for pole position. Standings after the race +Drivers' Championship standingsPosDriverPoints 10px 1 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. 144 10px 2 SUI Sébastien Buemi 143 10px 3 BRA Lucas di Grassi 133 10px 4 BEL Jérôme d'Ambrosio 113 10px 5 GBR Sam Bird 103 +Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 FRA e.dams Renault 232 10px 2 USA Dragon Racing 171 10px 3 GER Audi Sport ABT 165 10px 4 CHN NEXTEV TCR 152 10px 5 GBR Virgin Racing 133 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 2 |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:2015 Moscow ePrix |width="30%"|FIA Formula E Championship2014–15 season |width="35%"|Next race:2015 Beijing ePrix2015–16 season |- style="text-align:center" |width="35%"|Previous race:- |width="30%"|London ePrix |width="35%"|Next race:2016 London ePrix |- style="text-align:center" London ePrix Category:London ePrix London ePrix ePrix London ePrix Category:Auto racing controversies