2021 Valencia ePrix

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2021 Valencia ePrix
Race 5 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Formula E Valencia Track.svg
Race details
Date 24 April 2021 (2021-04-24)
Official name 2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix
Location Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencia
Course Permanent circuit
Course length 3.376 km (2.098 mi)
Distance 24 laps, 81.024 km (50.346 mi)
Weather Wet, 15 °C (59 °F). Humidity: 84%.
Pole position
Driver
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:26.522
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi
Time 1:39.611 on lap 14
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Dragon-Penske
Third
Mercedes
Lap leaders
2021 Valencia ePrix
Race 6 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Formula E Valencia Track.svg
Race details
Date 25 April 2021 (2021-04-25)
Official name 2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix
Location Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencia
Course Permanent circuit
Course length 3.376 km (2.098 mi)
Distance 30 laps, 101.280 km (62.932 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Andretti-BMW
Time 1:28.548
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Alexander Sims
United Kingdom Alex Lynn[a]		 Mahindra
Mahindra
Time 1:30.081 (1:30.263) on lap 26 (22)
Podium
First
Andretti-BMW
Second
Porsche
Third
Mahindra
Lap leaders

The 2021 Valencia ePrix (formally the 2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in the town of Cheste near Valencia, Spain on 24 and 25 April 2021. Having previously hosted numerous pre-season tests, this was the inaugural running of a competitive Formula E event at the track, as well as the first time an ePrix was held in Spain. It marked the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season. The first race was won by Nyck de Vries,[1] with Nico Müller and Stoffel Vandoorne rounding out the podium. Jake Dennis took his first Formula E victory in the second race,[2] finishing ahead of André Lotterer and Alex Lynn.

Classification[]

Race one[]

Qualifying[]

Group draw[3]
Group 1 United Kingdom BIR (1) New Zealand EVA (2) Netherlands FRI (3) Belgium VAN (4) Netherlands DEV (5) Germany WEH (6)
Group 2 Switzerland MOR (7) France JEV (8) United Kingdom SIM (9) Portugal DAC (10) Germany RAS (11) United Kingdom ROW (12)
Group 3 Brazil SET (13) Switzerland MUL (14) Germany GUE (15) Switzerland BUE (16) United Kingdom TUR (17) Brazil DIG (18)
Group 4 United Kingdom BLO (19) United Kingdom LYN (20) New Zealand CAS (21) France NAT (22) United Kingdom DEN (23) Germany LOT (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:26.870 1:26.522 1
2 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:26.914 1:26.730 71
3 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:26.868 1:26.943 2
4 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:26.799 1:27.022 3
5 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:26.876 1:27.053 4
6 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:26.933 N/A 5
7 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:26.979 N/A 6
8 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:27.002 N/A 8
9 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:27.008 N/A 9
10 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:27.072 N/A 10
11 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:27.109 N/A 11
12 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:27.157 N/A 12
13 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:27.177 N/A 13
14 33 Germany René Rast Audi 1:27.290 N/A 14
15 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:27.317 N/A 15
16 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:27.338 N/A 16
17 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:27.442 N/A 17
18 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:27.456 N/A 18
19 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:27.481 N/A 19
20 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:27.619 N/A 20
21 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:27.634 N/A 21
22 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:27.644 N/A 22
23 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:28.524 N/A 23
24 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes no time2 no time2 24
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Nyck de Vries received a 5-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race in Rome.[6]
  • ^2  – Stoffel Vandoorne originally qualified first with a 1:26.839 in the group stage and a 1:26.494 in the superpole, but later had all his lap times cancelled due to a tyre infringement.[7][8]

Race[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 24 48:20.547 7 25
2 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 24 +13.128 22 18
3 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 24 +34.8864 24 15
4 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 24 +36.903 10 12
5 33 Germany René Rast Audi 24 +51.650 14 10
6 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 24 +52.985 15 8+11
7 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 24 +2:41.9465 21 6
8 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 24 +3:07.061 13 4
9 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 24 +4:19.582 12 2
NC 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 24 Retired in pits6 23
NC 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 24 Retired in pits6 19
NC 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 23 +1 lap 6
Ret 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 20 Collision damage 16
Ret 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 19 Brakes 9
Ret 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 19 Collision/Brakes 5
Ret 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 15 Collision damage 17
Ret 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 14 Collision 18
Ret 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 10 Spun off 2
Ret 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1 Collision 4
DSQ7 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 24 Energy usage 8
DSQ7 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 24 Energy usage 11
DSQ7 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 24 Energy usage 1 32
DSQ7 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 24 Energy usage 3 13
DSQ7 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 24 Energy usage 20
Source:[9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Fastest lap.
  • ^2  – Pole position.
  • ^3  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^4  – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 5-second time penalty for forcing another car off the track, and a further post-race 10-second time penalty for failing to fulfil the total amount of time of his second attack mode.[10][11]
  • ^5  – Lucas di Grassi received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for failing to activate the second of the two mandatory attack modes.[12]
  • ^6  – Both NIO drivers pulled into the pit lane at the end of the final lap after exceeding the maximum energy usage. As they did not cross the chequered flag, they were not classified.[13]
  • ^7  – Rowland, Sims, da Costa, Lynn and Bird originally finished 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th and 11th respectively, but were disqualified from the race due to their energy used being over the regulatory limit.[14]

Standings after the race[]

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

Race two[]

Qualifying[]

Group draw[15]
Group 1 Netherlands DEV (1) Belgium VAN (2) United Kingdom BIR (3) Netherlands FRI (4) New Zealand EVA (5) Germany WEH (6)
Group 2 Germany RAS (7) Switzerland MUL (8) Switzerland MOR (9) France JEV (10) United Kingdom SIM (11) Portugal DAC (12)
Group 3 New Zealand CAS (13) United Kingdom ROW (14) Brazil SET (15) Germany GUE (16) Brazil DIG (17) Switzerland BUE (18)
Group 4 United Kingdom TUR (19) United Kingdom BLO (20) United Kingdom LYN (21) United Kingdom DEN (22) France NAT (23) Germany LOT (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:31.855 1:28.548 1
2 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:31.958 1:29.411 51
3 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:32.585 1:29.737 2
4 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:32.727 1:30.202 3
5 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:32.950 1:30.403 4
6 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:33.155 1:30.489 6
7 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:33.198 N/A 7
8 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:33.336 N/A 8
9 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:33.390 N/A 9
10 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:33.452 N/A 10
11 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:33.479 N/A 11
12 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:33.604 N/A 12
13 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:33.745 N/A 13
14 33 Germany René Rast Audi 1:33.879 N/A 14
15 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:33.898 N/A 15
16 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:34.115 N/A 191
17 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:34.166 N/A 16
18 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:34.416 N/A 17
19 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:34.419 N/A 18
20 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:34.480 N/A 20
21 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:34.588 N/A 21
22 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:34.610 N/A 22
23 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:37.838 N/A 23
24 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:41.980 N/A 24
Source:[16][17]

Notes:

Race[]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 30 46:32.002 1 25+3+11
2 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 30 +1.483 5 18
3 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 30 +2.428 2 15+12
4 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 30 +2.870 8 12
5 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 30 +5.8113 6 10
6 33 Germany René Rast Audi 30 +8.122 14 8
7 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 30 +8.782 7 6
8 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 30 +11.292 4 4
9 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 30 +12.014 15 2
10 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 30 +12.405 22 1
11 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 30 +13.295 9
12 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 30 +13.594 24
13 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 30 +14.329 23
14 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 30 +15.151 20
15 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 30 +17.213 19
16 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 30 +18.444 18
17 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 30 +18.885 3
18 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 30 +19.274 13
19 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 30 +19.756 16
20 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 30 +21.069 21
21 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 30 +32.079 10
22 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 30 +59.698 12
23 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 30 +1:04.277 11
Ret 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 20 Collision damage 17
Source:[20]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.
  • ^3  – Norman Nato received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[21]

Standings after the race[]

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

Controversy[]

The ending of the first race caused controversy after roughly half of the field ran out of power at the end with five cars being disqualified and two retiring for this reason.[22][23] Frédéric Bertrand, circuit championships director of the FIA, said after the race that the finish of the race demonstrated how difficult it was to win in Formula E, yet conceded that it should "never happen again".[24] His comments were blasted by da Costa, one of the drivers disqualified for energy use, who stated that Formula E would become the "joke of the week" following that finish. Teams blamed a 5kWh energy reduction made during the final safety car period and having an insufficient number of laps remaining to recover the lost energy.[25] Despite this the FIA stood by its energy management rules and race winner Nyck de Vries said that Formula E is "not necessarily" to blame for the controversy.[26][27]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Lynn received the point for fastest lap as Sims failed to finish in the top 10.

References[]

  1. ^ "De Vries wins amid farcical Valencia Formula E finish". The Race. 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Dennis pulls off shock Valencia Formula E victory for BMW". The Race. 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Doc 33 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Doc 59 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Doc 60 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Doc 105 - Decision No. 35" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Doc 51 - Provisional Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Doc 57 - Decision No. 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Doc 97 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Doc 70 - Decision No. 22" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Doc 72 - Decision No. 24" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Doc 71 - Decision No. 23" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Doc 94 - Decision No. 32" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Further disqualifications leave nine classified finishers in Valencia; Vandoorne penalised but keeps podium". Downforce Radio. 24 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Doc 100 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Doc 107 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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  20. ^ "Doc 122 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Doc 115 - Decision No. 38" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  22. ^ "First Formula E Race On A Traditional Circuit Ends With Half The Grid Entirely Out Of Power". Jalopnik. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  23. ^ "How Valencia E-Prix farce gave Formula E an image problem". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  24. ^ "FIA: Valencia race shows 'how difficult' it is to win in FE". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Da Costa blasts FIA claims after controversial Valencia FE race". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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