2020 Marrakesh ePrix
2020 Marrakesh ePrix | |||||
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Race 5 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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Race details | |||||
Date | 29 February 2020 | ||||
Official name | 2020 ABB Formula E Marrakesh E-Prix | ||||
Location | Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakesh | ||||
Course | Semi-permanent street circuit | ||||
Course length | 2.971 km (1.846 mi) | ||||
Distance | 34 laps, 101.014 km (62.767 mi) | ||||
Weather | Sunny | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Techeetah-DS | ||||
Time | 1:17.158 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
Pascal Wehrlein Mitch Evans[N 1] |
Mahindra Jaguar | |||
Time | 1:20.345 (1:20.737) on lap 29 (27) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Techeetah-DS | ||||
Second | Andretti-BMW | ||||
Third | Techeetah-DS | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2020 Marrakesh ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakesh on 29 February 2020. The race was a replacement for the 2020 Hong Kong ePrix, which was cancelled due to pro-democracy protests.[1]
Report
[edit]Background
[edit]On 15 June 2019, Formula E announced the provisional calendar for the 2019–20 season, in which Marrakesh was not included.[2] The final calendar, which was revealed in October, saw multiple date changes with Marrakesh coming in to replace Hong Kong.[1] Marrakesh would also host the third annual rookie test a day after the event, where each team got to nominate two drivers who have not officially competed in the series.[3]
Schedule changes
[edit]Free Practice 1 was moved to Friday afternoon due low visibility issues from sunrise during the first practice session in last year's event. The 2020 race held 47 days later on the calendar (February 29) compared to the 2019 race (January 12), an earlier sunrise and later sunset in late February compared to early January.[4]
Rookie Test
[edit]The traditional rookie test took place the day after the race.
Classification
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Group draw[5] | ||||||
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Group 1 | EVA (1) | SIM (2) | DAC (3) | VAN (4) | DIG (5) | BIR (6) |
Group 2 | ROW (7) | GUE (8) | MOR (9) | LOT (10) | DEV (11) | JEV (12) |
Group 3 | BUE (13) | WEH (14) | FRI (15) | CAL (16) | ABT (17) | DAM (18) |
Group 4 | MAS (19) | HAR (20) | TUR (21) | MUL (22) | JAN (23) | QMA (24) |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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1 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 1:17.640 | 1:17.158 | 1 |
2 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 1:17.562 | 1:17.227 | 2 |
3 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 1:17.582 | 1:17.253 | 3 |
4 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 1:17.743 | 1:17.590 | 4 |
5 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:17.631 | 1:17.803 | 5 |
6 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 1:17.779 | 1:17.811 | 6 |
7 | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Mahindra | 1:17.798 | — | 7 |
8 | 27 | Alexander Sims | Andretti-BMW | 1:17.830 | — | 8 |
9 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 1:17.839 | — | 9 |
10 | 51 | James Calado | Jaguar | 1:17.867 | — | 10 |
11 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 1:17.928 | — | 11 |
12 | 6 | Brendon Hartley | Dragon-Penske | 1:17.944 | — | 12 |
13 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 1:17.958 | — | 13 |
14 | 2 | Sam Bird | Virgin-Audi | 1:18.064 | — | 14 |
15 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mahindra | 1:18.069 | — | 15 |
16 | 7 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 1:18.203 | — | 16 |
17 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 1:18.218 | — | 17 |
18 | 66 | Daniel Abt | Audi | 1:18.229 | — | 18 |
19 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 1:18.313 | — | 19 |
20 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Venturi-Mercedes | 1:18.675 | — | 20 |
21 | 33 | Ma Qinghua | NIO | 1:19.359 | — | 21 |
NC | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 1:27.4441 | — | 22 |
NC | 18 | Neel Jani | Porsche | 1:32.6901 | — | 23 |
NC | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | no time | — | 242 |
Source:[6][7] |
Notes:
- ^1 – Robin Frijns and Neel Jani broke the 110% rule as their qualifying laps were cancelled due to them not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map.[8][9] The Stewards gave them permission to start the race from the back of the grid.[10][11]
- ^2 – Mitch Evans did not enter his qualifying lap before the time had run out.[12] The Stewards gave him permission to start the race from the back of the grid.[13]
Race
[edit]Drivers who scored points are denoted in bold.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Techeetah-DS | 34 | 46:52.757 | 1 | 25+31 |
2 | 28 | Maximilian Günther | Andretti-BMW | 34 | +11.427 | 2 | 18+12 |
3 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Techeetah-DS | 34 | +12.034 | 11 | 15 |
4 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi | e.dams-Nissan | 34 | +12.282 | 6 | 12 |
5 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Venturi-Mercedes | 34 | +15.657 | 5 | 10 |
6 | 20 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 34 | +16.335 | 24 | 8+13 |
7 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | Audi | 34 | +18.706 | 13 | 6 |
8 | 36 | André Lotterer | Porsche | 34 | +19.498 | 3 | 4 |
9 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | e.dams-Nissan | 34 | +20.126 | 9 | 2 |
10 | 2 | Sam Bird | Virgin-Audi | 34 | +20.295 | 14 | 1 |
11 | 17 | Nyck de Vries | Mercedes | 34 | +20.557 | 4 | |
12 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Virgin-Audi | 34 | +22.373 | 22 | |
13 | 64 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Mahindra | 34 | +22.785 | 7 | |
14 | 66 | Daniel Abt | Audi | 34 | +25.080 | 18 | |
15 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Mercedes | 34 | +25.969 | 17 | |
16 | 51 | James Calado | Jaguar | 34 | +26.528 | 10 | |
17 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Venturi-Mercedes | 34 | +27.476 | 20 | |
18 | 18 | Neel Jani | Porsche | 34 | +44.476 | 23 | |
19 | 6 | Brendon Hartley | Dragon-Penske | 34 | +49.002 | 12 | |
20 | 7 | Nico Müller | Dragon-Penske | 34 | +53.075 | 16 | |
21 | 3 | Oliver Turvey | NIO | 34 | +59.969 | 19 | |
22 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Mahindra | 34 | +1:13.414 | 15 | |
23 | 33 | Ma Qinghua | NIO | 33 | +1 lap | 21 | |
Ret | 27 | Alexander Sims | Andretti-BMW | 33 | Driveshaft | 8 | |
Source:[14] |
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Evans received the point for fastest lap as Wehrlein failed to finish inside the top 10.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Smith, Sam (4 October 2019). "Calendar Confirmed: Marrakesh Replaces Hong Kong". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (14 June 2019). "Formula E unveils 2019/20 calendar with earlier start date". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (22 February 2020). "Full Marrakesh Formula E test entry finalised". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Kilshaw, Jake (25 February 2020). "FP1 Moved to Friday, Unchanged Track for Marrakesh". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Doc 30 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 51 - Final Starting Grid RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 46 - Decision 15" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 47 - Decision 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 53 - Decision 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 54 - Decision 18" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 41 - Decision 14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 45 - Decision 16" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doc 66 - Final Classification RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Drivers Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Doc 67 - Final Teams Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.