2014 Punta del Este ePrix

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2014 Punta del Este ePrix
Race 3 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Layout of the Punta del Este Street Circuit
Layout of the Punta del Este Street Circuit
Race details
Date 13 December 2014
Official name 2014 FIA Formula E Julius Baer Punta del Este ePrix
Location Punta del Este, Uruguay
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.80 km (1.70 mi)
Distance 31 laps, 86.80 km (52.7 mi)
Pole position
Driver Andretti
Time 1:15.408
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT
Time 1:18:451 on lap 22
Podium
First e.dams Renault
Second
  • Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr.
China Racing
Third Audi Sport ABT
Lap leaders
The 2014 Punta del Este ePrix was the first race of the Formula E history in the Americas.

The 2014 Punta del Este ePrix, formally the 2014 FIA Formula E Julius Baer Punta del Este ePrix[1] is a Formula E motor race held on 13 December 2014 at the Punta del Este Street Circuit in Punta del Este, Uruguay. It was the first Punta del Este ePrix and the third championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season, the first in the Americas.[2]

Report[]

Background[]

Jean-Éric Vergne, Salvador Duran and Antonio Garcia were brought in to replace Franck Montagny, Katherine Legge and Ho-Pin Tung respectively. Vergne, Durán and Nick Heidfeld were voted for to receive the FanBoost.

Race[]

Jean-Éric Vergne started on pole position. Behind him were Nelson Piquet, Jr., Nicolas Prost, and Sébastien Buemi. Piquet immediately overtook Vergne and Buemi overtook Prost, while the whole field safely squeezed through the first chicane. Nick Heidfeld used his FanBoost and went up to fifth position. On the fourth lap, Sam Bird went over a kerb in the first corner and, unable to steer, hit the wall. This brought out the safety car.

Green flags were waved on the sixth lap, but the race was soon neutralized again when Da Costa had to retire on track. After that, Vergne managed to pass Piquet for the lead. Buemi tried to pass him as well, but locked up his front wheels. Both drivers had to use the run-off area, but kept their positions.

On the sixteenth lap, Piquet had fallen back behind both e.dams drivers, and Vergne made his pit stop. Meanwhile, Stéphane Sarrazin's suspension failed when he hit a kerb and he crashed out. This brought out a third safety car. Bruno Senna had hit the wall in the same incident, but managed to switch cars at the same time as his rivals, without losing much time.

On the twentieth lap, Heidfeld was leading the race, but received a drive-through penalty for exceeding the maximum power usage. Nicolas Prost was then penalized in the same manner. This left the top three as Buemi, Vergne, Piquet. A fourth safety car was called on lap 27 when Matthew Brabham crashed exactly like Sarrazin did earlier.

With two laps left to race, Vergne used his FanBoost as soon as the safety car pulled off, but did not manage to take the lead. Buemi, however, cut the chicane and it was debated whether he should relinquish his position. Before any action was carried out, however, Vergne ran out of power and retired. He did score three points for his pole position. Buemi took the victory with Piquet second and Di Grassi third. Further back, Heidfeld used his FanBoost and managed to take tenth position, and with that a championship point, by beating Antonio Garcia to the line by just three hundreds of a second.

Results[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 27 France Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 1:15.408 1
2 99 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 1:15.530 +0.122 2
3 8 France Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:15.722 +0.314 3
4 9 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:15.842 +0.434 4
5 3 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 1:16.053 +0.645 5
6 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 1:16.108 +0.700 6
7 10 Italy Jarno Trulli Trulli 1:16.144 +0.736 7
8 23 Germany Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1:16.225 +0.817 8
9 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 1:16.374 +0.966 9
10 5 India Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 1:16.416 +1.008 10
11 6 Spain Oriol Servia Dragon Racing 1:16.811 +1.403 11
12 55 Portugal António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 1:16.865 +1.457 12
13 30 France Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 1:17.025 +1.617 13
14 88 Spain Antonio García China Racing 1:17.653 +2.245 14
15 77 Mexico Salvador Duran Amlin Aguri 1:17.810 +2.402 15
16 18 Italy Michela Cerruti Trulli 1:20.206 +4.798 16
17 7 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing no time 17
18 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin Racing no time 18
19 28 Australia Matthew Brabham Andretti no time 19
20 21 Brazil Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 20

Race[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 31 49:08.990 4 25
2 99 Brazil Nelson Piquet, Jr. China Racing 31 +0.732 2 18
3 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 31 +2.635 6 15
4 10 Italy Jarno Trulli Trulli 31 +4.163 7 12
5 3 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 31 +4.698 5 10
6 21 Brazil Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 31 +5.197 20 8
7 8 France Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 31 +6.514 3 6
8 7 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 31 +7.567 17 4
9 6 Spain Oriol Servia Dragon Racing 31 +8.646 11 2
10 23 Germany Nick Heidfeld Venturi 31 +10.563 8 1
11 88 Spain Antonio Garcia China Racing 31 +10.594 14
12 18 Italy Michela Cerruti Trulli 31 +19.617 16
13 5 India Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 31 +54.175 10
14 27 France Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 29 Suspension 1 31
15 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 28 +3 laps 9 22
16 77 Mexico Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 27 +4 laps 15
Ret 28 Australia Matthew Brabham Andretti 26 Accident 19
Ret 30 France Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 15 Suspension 13
Ret 55 Portugal António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 6 Mechanical 12
Ret 3 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin Racing 3 Accident 18

Notes:

  • ^1 – Three points for pole position.
  • ^2 – Two points for fastest lap.

Standings after the race[]

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

  1. ^ "Punta del Este official programme". Formula E. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Punta del Este, Uruguay – Round 3". fiaformulae.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

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