2016 London ePrix
The 2016 London ePrix (formally the 2016 FIA Formula E Visa London ePrix) were two Formula E motor races that took place on the 2 and 3 July 2016 on the Battersea Park Street Circuit in Battersea Park, London. They were the ninth and tenth rounds of the 2015–16 Formula E season, the last of the second season of Formula E. They were also the 20th and 21st Formula E races overall and this was the second edition of the London ePrix. Prior to the race it was announced by Formula E that the races would not take place in Battersea Park in future years and that a street circuit location would be sought. This followed a High Court challenge to the race taking place in a public park and the way that Wandsworth Council had acted to continue the races despite opposition from park users. The court case against the Council was withdrawn after an agreement was reached between the claimant and Formula E that the 2016 race would be the last. For the 2019–20 season, the race was due to return, but at ExCeL London, however the race was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It eventually returned on the 2020–21 season.
Race One[]
2016 London ePrix | |||
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Race 9 of 10 of the 2015–16 Formula E season | |||
![]() Layout of the Battersea Park Street Circuit | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 2 July 2016 | ||
Official name | Visa London ePrix | ||
Location | Battersea Park Street Circuit, Battersea, London, United Kingdom | ||
Course | Temporary circuit | ||
Course length | 2.925 km (1.818 mi) | ||
Distance | 33 laps, 96.5 km (60.0 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Renault e.dams | ||
Time | 1:23.247 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | NEXTEV | |
Time | 1:25.783 on lap 29 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Renault e.dams | ||
Second | Mahindra Racing | ||
Third | DS Virgin Racing | ||
Lap leaders |
Qualifying results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | ![]() |
Renault e.Dams | 1:23.247 | 1:27.192 | 1 |
2 | 88 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 1:24.279 | 1:27.758 | 2 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 1:23.969 | 1:28.284 | 3 |
4 | 27 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 1:24.363 | 1:29.500 | 4 |
5 | 25 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 1:26.799 | — | 5 |
6 | 66 | ![]() |
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | 1:29.814 | N/A | 6 |
7 | 2 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 1:30.453 | N/A | 7 |
8 | 23 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 1:32.367 | N/A | 8 |
9 | 4 | ![]() |
Venturi Formula E Team | 1:33.660 | N/A | 151 |
10 | 6 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 1:35.315 | N/A | 9 |
11 | 11 | ![]() |
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | 1:35.711 | N/A | 10 |
12 | 7 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 1:35.727 | N/A | 11 |
13 | 77 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 1:36.748 | N/A | 161 |
14 | 9 | ![]() |
Renault e.Dams | 1:36.771 | N/A | 12 |
15 | 12 | ![]() |
Venturi Formula E Team | 1:37.562 | N/A | 13 |
16 | 55 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 1:38.501 | N/A | 14 |
17 | 1 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 1:38.922 | N/A | 181 |
18 | 28 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 1:50.455 | N/A | 172 |
Source:[1] |
Notes
^1 - Stéphane Sarrazin, Ma Qing Hua and Nelson Piquet Jr. were handed grid penalties due to mechanical changes.
^2 - Simona de Silvestro did not set a full power lap.
Race results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | ![]() |
Renault e.dams | 33 | 53:56.683 | 1 | 25+33 |
2 | 21 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 33 | +5.244 | 2 | 18 |
3 | 25 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 33 | +8.195 | 5 | 15 |
4 | 11 | ![]() |
Audi Sport ABT | 33 | +8.914 | 11 | 12 |
5 | 9 | ![]() |
Renault e.dams | 33 | +10.052 | 14 | 10 |
6 | 55 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 33 | +10.908 | 16 | 8 |
7 | 2 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 33 | +10.986 | 7 | 6 |
8 | 7 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 33 | +12.106 | 12 | 4 |
9 | 12 | ![]() |
Venturi | 33 | +12.456 | 15 | 2 |
10 | 4 | ![]() |
Venturi | 33 | +15.918 | 9 | 1 |
11 | 77 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 33 | +38.400 | 13 | |
12 | 1 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 33 | +52.028 | 17 | 24 |
13 | 23 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 33 | +1:01.2645 | 8 | |
14 | 28 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 33 | +1:03.0796 | 18 | |
15 | 88 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 30 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 23 | Electronics | 10 | |
Ret | 27 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 19 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 66 | ![]() |
Audi Sport ABT | 19 | Accident | 6 | |
Source:[2] |
Notes
- ^3 – Three points for pole position.
- ^4 – Two points for fastest lap.
- ^5 - Nick Heidfeld received a drive through penalty converted into a 50-seconds time penalty for using the fanboost twice.
- ^6 - Simona de Silvestro received a drive through penalty converted into a 50-seconds time penalty for exceeding the maximum energy.
Race Two[]
2016 London ePrix | |||
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Race 10 of 10 of the 2015–16 Formula E season | |||
![]() Layout of the Battersea Park Street Circuit | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 3 July 2016 | ||
Official name | Visa London ePrix | ||
Location | Battersea Park Street Circuit, Battersea, London, United Kingdom | ||
Course | Temporary circuit | ||
Course length | 2.925 km (1.818 mi) | ||
Distance | 33 laps, 96.5 km (60.0 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Renault e.dams | ||
Time | 1:22.033 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Renault e.dams | |
Time | 1:24.150 on lap 16 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Renault e.dams | ||
Second | ABT Schaeffler | ||
Third | Dragon Racing | ||
Lap leaders |
Qualifying results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | ![]() |
Renault e.Dams | 1:22.106 | 1:22.033 | 1 |
2 | 8 | ![]() |
Renault e.Dams | 1:22.878 | 1:22.948 | 2 |
3 | 11 | ![]() |
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | 1:23.245 | 1:22.975 | 3 |
4 | 88 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 1:23.183 | 1:23.685 | 4 |
5 | 23 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 1:23.343 | 1:24.827 | 5 |
6 | 66 | ![]() |
ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport | 1:23.494 | N/A | 6 |
7 | 25 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 1:23.783 | N/A | 7 |
8 | 2 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 1:23.930 | N/A | 8 |
9 | 1 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 1:23.937 | N/A | 9 |
10 | 6 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 1:23.938 | N/A | 10 |
11 | 7 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 1:23.952 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 12 | ![]() |
Venturi Formula E Team | 1:24.054 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 21 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 1:24.171 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 55 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 1:24.273 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 4 | ![]() |
Venturi Formula E Team | 1:24.311 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 27 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 1:24.655 | N/A | 16 |
17 | 28 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 1:24.823 | N/A | 17 |
18 | 77 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 1:26.259 | N/A | 18 |
Source:[3] |
Race results[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8 | ![]() |
Renault e.dams | 33 | 56:32.649 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 66 | ![]() |
Audi Sport ABT | 33 | +7.633 | 6 | 18 |
3 | 7 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 33 | +22.524 | 11 | 15 |
4 | 6 | ![]() |
Dragon Racing | 33 | +23.290 | 10 | 12 |
5 | 4 | ![]() |
Venturi | 33 | +24.984 | 15 | 10 |
6 | 21 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 33 | +27.174 | 13 | 8 |
7 | 23 | ![]() |
Mahindra Racing | 33 | +1:07.5449 | 5 | 6 |
8 | 25 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 33 | +1:08.0029 10 | 7 | 4 |
9 | 1 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 33 | +1:14.270 | 9 | 2 |
10 | 88 | ![]() |
NextEV TCR | 33 | +1:22.216 | 4 | 1 |
11 | 55 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 33 | +1:58.3249 11 | 14 | |
12 | 77 | ![]() |
Team Aguri | 32 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
13 | 12 | ![]() |
Venturi | 32 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
Ret | 11 | ![]() |
Audi Sport ABT | 18 | Retired | 3 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() |
Renault e.dams | 16 | Retired | 1 | 2+37 8 |
Ret | 27 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 11 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 28 | ![]() |
Amlin Andretti | 9 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 2 | ![]() |
DS Virgin Racing | 6 | Throttle | 8 | |
Source:[4] |
Notes
- ^7 – Three points for pole position.
- ^8 – Two points for fastest lap.
- ^9 - Nick Heidfeld, Jean-Éric Vergne and António Félix da Costa received a drive through penalty converted into a 50-seconds time penalty for exceeding the maximum energy.
- ^10 - Jean-Éric Vergne received a 1-second time penalty for an unsafe release.
- ^11 - António Félix da Costa received a drive through penalty converted into a 50-seconds time penalty for driving off the track.
References[]
- ^ "London Round 9 ePrix – Official FIA Formula E Championship". results.fiaformulae.com.
- ^ "London Round 9 ePrix – Official FIA Formula E Championship". fiaformulae.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- ^ "London Round 10 ePrix – Official FIA Formula E Championship". results.fiaformulae.com.
- ^ "London Round 10 ePrix – Official FIA Formula E Championship". fiaformulae.com. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- 2016 in British motorsport
- London ePrix
- 2015–16 Formula E season
- July 2016 sports events in the United Kingdom
- 2016 sports events in London