2019 Paris ePrix

2019 Paris ePrix
Race 8 of 13 of the 2018–19 Formula E season
Layout of the Paris Formula E street circuit
Race details
Date	27 April 2019 (2019-04-27)
Official name	2019 ABB FIA Formula E Paris ePrix
Location	Circuit des Invalides, Les Invalides, Paris, France
Course	Street circuit
Course length	1.93 km (1.20 miles)

The 2019 Paris ePrix (formally the 2019 ABB FIA Formula E Paris ePrix) is a Formula E electric car race to be held at the Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex on 27 April 2019. It's the eighth race of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the fourth edition of the event.

Report

Background

The Paris ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2018–19 series schedule on June 7th 2018 by the by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It's the eighth of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and the fourth running of the event. The ePrix would be held at the 1.930 km (1.199 mi) clockwise fourteen-turn Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex of the city's 7th arrondissement on 27 April 2019.

Going into the race, Mahindra driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio is leading the Drivers' Championship with 65 points, only one point ahead of BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa in second. In third is the Techeetah driver André Lotterer with 62 points, two points behind the championship leader after finishing second in the previous race. Jaguar driver Mitch Evans is in forth with 61 points, after winning the race in Rome. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas Di Grassi stays in fifth with 58 points after finishing seventh in Rome. In the Teams' Championship, DS Techeetah led with 116 points, only seven points ahead of Virgin Racing in second place. In third place is the Mahindra Racing with 102 points; tie on points with Audi. BMW Andretti completing the top five with 82 points.

Maximilian Günther was not initially scheduled to contest the weekend as Felipe Nasr, despite missing the last race in Rome to contest Grand Prix of Long Beach, was supposed to return for the Paris ePrix but the team decided Günther should stay on.

Practice 1:

Free Practice 1 took part in damp conditions early in the morning.

On his very first lap Lucas Di Grassi of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler got all out of shape and put the car into the wall on the out lap. He made it back to the pits but missed the rest of the session due to the damage he sustained in the crash.

DS Techeetah Formula E Team driver Jean-Éric Vergne also lost the car early on and spun and skated of the track and down the escape road.

Sébastien Buemi of Nissan e.dams clumsily collided with Envision Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird and consequently spun, with Bird spinning into the outside wall.

Many drivers found the escape road at Turn 3 with lock ups. Then Robin Frijns of Virgin Racing pushed too hard and hit the wall on the exit of Turn 3 with Sébastien Buemi spinning and following Frijns in. Then Sam Bird hit the wall in the same place as his team mate but sustained a lot more damage and was consequently out of the session and missed FP2 due to the damage to add to the disappointment.

In the end it was André Lotterer in the DS Techeetah who was quickest after the red flag came out and brought the session to an early end.

Free Practice 2:

The 2nd practice session took part in dry conditions on the streets of Paris.

Everyone left the pits as soon as possible except Sam Bird who’s car was still being worked on after his heavy crash in FP1.

Alex Lynn of Panasonic Jaguar Racing pushed too hard and gently put the car into the wall at slow speed and, fortunately with minimal damage was able to continue.

Sébastien Buemi spun and crossed the finish line backwards as he spun through the final corner.

GEOX Dragon driverJosé María López then crashed in the same place as Alex Lynn.

Carrying on his form from his win in Rome last time out Mitch Evans put his Jaguar quickest in the session with a time of a 1:00.226, followed by Oliver Rowland and Lucas Di Grassi.

Qualifying

Mitch Evans brushed the wall in group 1 qualifying and took some of the wall branding off.

Jérôme d’Ambrosio was the only driver who made it from group 1 to superpole.

In group 2 Robin Frijns set a strong lap to book his place in super pole.

Sébastien Buemi, Oliver Rowland, Pascal Wehrlein and Felipe Massa were the other 4 drivers to make it to superpole.

In the end Wehrlein took pole position from Oliver Rowland and Sébastien Buemi.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
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2
3
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5
6
7
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9
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Notes:

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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14
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Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

+/–	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	65
	2	António Félix da Costa	64
	3	André Lotterer	62
	4	Mitch Evans	61
	5	Lucas di Grassi	58

Teams' Championship standings

+/–	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	DS Techeetah	116
	2	Virgin-Audi	109
	3	Mahindra	102
	4	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	102
	5	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	82

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