2019 Sanya ePrix

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2019 Sanya ePrix
Race 6 of 13 of the 2018–19 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 23 March 2019
Official name 2019 FWD Sanya E-Prix
Location Haitang Bay Circuit, Sanya
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.236 km (1.389 mi)
Weather Cloudy
Pole position
Driver
e.Dams-Nissan
Time 1:07.945
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS
Time 1:09.965 on lap 35
Podium
First
Techeetah-DS
Second
e.Dams-Nissan
Third
Andretti-BMW
Lap leaders

The 2019 Sanya ePrix (formally the 2019 FWD Sanya E-Prix) was a Formula E electric motor race held in Sanya on the Chinese island of Hainan on 23 March 2019. It was the 6th race of the 2018-19 Formula E season, the first ePrix to be held in China since the 2015 Beijing ePrix and the first Sanya ePrix.

Report[]

Background[]

The Sanya ePrix was announced as part of the 2018-19 calendar in June 2018 by Formula E founder, Alejandro Agag,[1] and was confirmed as season 5's 6th race on 10 January 2019.[2] It was the first time since 2015 an ePrix was held on mainland China, the first time an ePrix was held in Sanya and was run on the Haitang Bay Circuit.

Going into the race, Sam Bird led the championship with 54 points and a point over Jérôme d'Ambrosio and 2 points over Lucas di Grassi and Edoardo Mortara, who were tied on 52 points after Mortara's win in the previous round in Hong Kong.[3] In the teams championship, Virgin Racing led with 97 points, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler in second place with 86 points, after jumping ahead of Mahindra, by scoring a double points finish and Mahindra's double retirement in the previous round.[3]

Practice[]

Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second for half an hour.[4] During the session, Oliver Rowland led the way during the first Practice session after setting a time of 1:07.561, ahead of both BMW Andretti driver Antonio Felix da Costa and his teammate Alexander Sims.[5] During the session, several drivers ran deep into the run-off area at turn 5. The notable incidents happened when Virgin Racing driver Robin Frijns rubbing the wall multiple times during the session.[6]

The second practice session was underway an hour and a half later. The Nissan e.Dams driver Sébastien Buemi hits the wall at turn 3.[7] Despite the incident, he rejoined and sets the fastest of the second practice with 1.07.288, ahead of Da Costa in second, and his teammate, Rowland in third.[8][9] During the session, Mahindra driver Pascal Wehrlein, and HWA driver Gary Paffett hits the wall at the exit of turn 6. Both drivers returned to the pits afterwards, to fix the damage of the car for the rest of the second practice.

Qualifying[]

Saturday's 75-minute afternoon qualifying session was divided into two groups of five cars and two groups of six entries. Each group was determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest six overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first. Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships.[4]

In group one, BMW Andretti driver Antonio Felix da Costa was fastest, ahead of d'Ambrosio, and Di Grassi. The championship leader, Sam Bird, would start from 16th in the overall qualifying session. Abt is fastest in group two, with Lotterer behind, but only 7th overall.[10] In the third group, Buemi set the fastest lap, ahead of BMW Andretti driver Alexander Sims, and his teammate, Oliver Rowland. Vergne and Massa were forth and fifth ahead of the NIO driver of Oliver Turvey in sixth. In group four, Stoffel Vandoorne in the HWA Racelab set the fastest lap of the group four qualifying, with the Dragon driver José María López came in second, and NIO driver Tom Dillmann in third. In the Super Pole session, Rowland takes his first Pole Position of the season with a time of 1:07.945, after his teammate Buemi hits the wall again in turn 3.[11][12][10] He would start in the front row alongside the DS Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne, who is in second. Alexander Sims didn't set his Super Pole time because a gear selection issue on his car.[11]

Post-qualifying[]

After qualifying, Sébastien Buemi was disqualified from the Super Pole session for brake infringement, dropping him to sixth, before he had to start from the pit lane after replacing a part of his car. The HWA Racelab driver Gary Paffett also started from the pit lane after fixing an issue of his car.

Race[]

At the start, everyone get off the line well except for Nasr because his Dragon's engine stalled, he later move the car again before retire. Soon then, Vandoorne and Bird collide, result in both drivers retire, Jose Maria Lopez also retire and park to the run-off area to maintain the race. When Attack Mode activated, Massa, Turvey and Buemi go to the first attack, Lucas Di Grassi also used but he spend 3 times to activated it. On 21 minutes and 59 seconds left on the clock, Vergne go for the overtake on Rowland and move to the lead, from there he builds the 1 second gap from Rowland to activate Attack Mode, then Sims and Lotterer side-by-side and Sims contact the wall, ended his race and cause the full course yellow and a red flag. When the race back for 12 minutes, every driver except for Mortara, da Costa Turvey, Dillmann not activate the second Attack Mode. During the penultimate lap, Buemi shoved Frijns to di Grassi, which result in his retire and a Full Course Yellow, which make everyone slow down and enough to get Vergne wins the race.

Post-race[]

After the race, Buemi been awarded a 10 seconds penalty for causing a collision, Mortara have been awarded a drive-through penalty converted to 16 seconds after he fails to activate the attack mode for a second time, this penalty promoted Massa to tenth.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Gap Grid
1 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.Dams-Nissan 1:07.945 - 1
2 25 France Jean Eric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:08.045 +0.100 2
3 28 Portugal Antonio Felix da Costa Andretti-BMW 1:08.122 +0.177 3
4 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 1:08.331 +0.386 4
5 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW no time no time 5
6 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.Dams-Nissan 1:07.670 - PL1
7 36 Germany André Lotterer Techeetah-DS 1:08.371 +0.701 7
8 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:08.372 +0.702 8
9 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:08.455 +0.785 9
10 11 Brazil Lucas Di Grassi Audi 1:08.468 +0.798 10
11 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi 1:08.504 +0.834 11
12 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:08.546 +0.876 12
13 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne HWA-Venturi 1:08.560 +0.890 13
14 7 Argentina José María López Dragon-Penske 1:08.568 +0.898 14
15 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi 1:08.585 +0.915 15
16 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:08.641 +0.971 16
17 8 France Tom Dillmann NIO 1:08.800 +1.130 17
18 6 Brazil Felipe Nasr Dragon-Penske 1:08.823 +1.153 18
19 16 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:08.923 +1.253 19
20 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:08.955 +1.285 20
21 17 United Kingdom Gary Paffett HWA-Venturi 1:09.072 +1.402 PL2
22 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr Jaguar 1:09.399 +1.729 22
Source: [12]
Notes
  • ^1  — Sébastien Buemi was disqualified from the Super Pole session for brake infringement.
  • ^2  — Gary Paffett started from the pit lane after replacing a mechanical part of his car.

Race[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 36 1:02:50.185 2 25+15
2 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.Dams-Nissan 36 +1.762 1 18+36
3 28 Portugal António Félix da Costa Andretti-BMW 36 +3.268 3 15
4 36 Germany André Lotterer Techeetah-DS 36 +4.631 7 12
5 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 36 +5.972 4 10
6 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 36 +17.340 8 8
7 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 36 +18.367 9 6
8 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.Dams-Nissan 36 +19.4053 PL 4
9 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 36 +20.646 20 2
10 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi 36 +27.739 15 1
11 16 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 36 +31.453 19 0
12 8 France Tom Dillmann NIO 36 +32.654 17 0
13 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi 36 +38.2084 11 0
14 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 35 Collision damage 12 0
15 11 Brazil Lucas Di Grassi Audi 34 Collision 10 0
Ret 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Jaguar 21 Accident 22 0
Ret 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 20 Accident 5 0
Ret 17 United Kingdom Gary Paffett HWA-Venturi 13 Driveshaft PL 0
Ret 7 Argentina José María López Dragon-Penske 10 Powertrain 14 0
Ret 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne HWA-Venturi 1 Collision 13 0
Ret 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1 Collision 16 0
Ret 6 Brazil Felipe Nasr Dragon-Penske 1 Technical 18 0
Source: [13]
Notes
  • ^3  — Sébastien Buemi received 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.
  • ^4  — Edoardo Mortara received a drive through penalty converted into a 16-second time penalty for not activating the second attack mode usage.
  • ^5  — Fastest lap.
  • ^6  — Pole position.

Standings after the race[]

References[]

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  4. ^ a b "Rules and Regulations". FIA Formula E. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Rowland storms Practice 1 in Sanya, trouble for Techeetah". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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  7. ^ "Sanya E-Prix: Buemi sets practice pace for Nissan". motorsport.com. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Buemi sets the pace in Sanya ahead of Qualifying". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Buemi Rebounds to Go Quickest in FP2". e-racing 365. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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