2021 Berlin ePrix

2021 Berlin ePrix
Race 14 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 14 August 2021 (2021-08-14)
Official name 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix I presented by CBMM Niobium
Location Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.355 km (1.463 mi)
Distance 38 laps, 89.490 km (55.607 mi)
Pole position
Driver Techeetah-DS
Time 1:06.227
Fastest lap
Driver Germany René Rast Audi
Time 1:08.908 on lap 16
Podium
First Audi
Second Venturi-Mercedes
Third Jaguar
Lap leaders
2021 Berlin ePrix
Race 15 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)
Official name 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix II presented by CBMM Niobium
Location Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.355 km (1.463 mi)
Distance 36 laps, 84.780 km (52.680 mi)
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:06.794
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Lucas di Grassi
Germany René Rast[a]
Audi
Audi
Time 1:08.305 (1:08.486) on lap 31 (27)
Podium
First Venturi-Mercedes
Second e.dams-Nissan
Third Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2021 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 14 and 15 August 2021. They were the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds of the 2020–21 championship, marking the series' season finale for the second consecutive year. This was the seventh iteration of the Berlin ePrix, the only event to have featured in all Formula E seasons. Similarly to 2020, race one was run on the traditional track layout, with a reversal thereof being used in race two.[1] This however meant that the event was not a conventional double-header, instead both races were treated separately in official documents.[2][3]

The first race was won by Lucas di Grassi, with Edoardo Mortara and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.[4] Norman Nato took his maiden Formula E victory in the second race, finishing ahead of Oliver Rowland and Stoffel Vandoorne.[5] The event saw Nyck de Vries and his Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team crowned first ever Formula E world champions.[6]

Classification

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Round 14

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Qualifying

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Group draw[7]
Group 1 Netherlands DEV (1) Netherlands FRI (2) United Kingdom BIR (3) United Kingdom DEN (4) Portugal DAC (5) United Kingdom LYN (6)
Group 2 New Zealand CAS (7) New Zealand EVA (8) Switzerland MOR (9) Germany RAS (10) Germany WEH (11) France JEV (12)
Group 3 Belgium VAN (13) Brazil DIG (14) Germany GUE (15) United Kingdom ROW (16) Germany LOT (17) United Kingdom SIM (18)
Group 4 Switzerland BUE (20) France NAT (21) Brazil SET (22) United Kingdom TUR (23) United Kingdom BLO (24) Sweden ERI (25)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:06.239 1:06.227 1
2 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:06.486 1:06.300 2
3 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:06.555 1:06.427 3
4 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:06.426 1:06.442 4
5 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:06.425 1:06.489 5
6 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:06.509 1:07.011 6
7 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:06.568 7
8 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:06.592 8
9 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:06.612 9
10 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:06.627 10
11 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:06.658 11
12 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:06.713 151
13 33 Germany René Rast Audi 1:06.729 12
14 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:06.736 13
15 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:06.789 14
16 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:06.814 16
17 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:06.837 17
18 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:06.852 18
19 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:06.902 19
20 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:06.948 20
21 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:06.972 21
22 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:07.006 22
23 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:07.156 23
24 6 Sweden Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 1:07.815 24
Source:[8][9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Sam Bird received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race in London.[10]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 38 46:22.528 3 25
2 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 38 +0.141 4 18
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 38 +5.499 7 15
4 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 38 +5.589 5 12
5 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 38 +5.830 8 10
6 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 38 +6.411 1 8+3+11
7 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 38 +6.777 2 6
8 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 38 +7.562 10 4
9 33 Germany René Rast Audi 38 +7.798 12 2+12
10 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 38 +14.124 14 1
11 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 38 +15.546 6
12 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 38 +16.214 22
13 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 38 +16.814 11
14 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 38 +16.917 13
15 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 38 +21.278 23
16 6 Sweden Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 38 +23.666 24
17 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 38 +29.019 16
18 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 38 +30.962 18
19 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 38 +33.199 20
20 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 38 +33.438 21
21 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 38 +33.781 9
22 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 37 +1 lap 19
NC 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 32 +8 laps 17
Ret 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 8 Technical 15
Source:[11]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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

Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Round 15

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Qualifying

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Group draw[12]
Group 1 Netherlands DEV (1) Switzerland MOR (2) United Kingdom DEN (3) New Zealand EVA (4) Netherlands FRI (5) Brazil DIG (6)
Group 2 Portugal DAC (7) United Kingdom BIR (8) France JEV (9) United Kingdom LYN (10) New Zealand CAS (11) Germany RAS (12)
Group 3 Germany WEH (13) Germany GUE (14) Belgium VAN (15) United Kingdom ROW (16) Germany LOT (17) United Kingdom SIM (18)
Group 4 France NAT (20) Switzerland BUE (21) Brazil SET (22) United Kingdom TUR (23) United Kingdom BLO (24) Sweden ERI (25)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:06.678 1:06.794 1
2 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:06.711 1:06.925 2
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:07.083 1:07.010 3
4 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:06.887 1:07.041 4
5 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:06.916 1:07.106 5
6 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:06.806 no time 6
7 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:07.088 7
8 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:07.100 8
9 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:07.106 9
10 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:07.114 10
11 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:07.139 11
12 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:07.150 12
13 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:07.162 13
14 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:07.164 14
15 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:07.177 15
16 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:07.190 16
17 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:07.209 17
18 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:07.227 18
19 33 Germany René Rast Audi 1:07.268 19
20 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:07.300 20
21 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:07.325 21
22 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:07.365 22
23 6 Sweden Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 1:07.461 23
24 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:07.980 24
Source:[13][14]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 36 1:11:57.152 6 25
2 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 36 +2.270 2 18
3 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 36 +2.837 1 15+3+11
4 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 36 +7.105 7 12
5 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 36 +8.453 4 10
6 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 36 +8.847 10 8
7 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 36 +10.473 22 6
8 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 36 +11.108 13 4
9 33 Germany René Rast Audi 36 +12.189 19 2+12
10 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 36 +12.679 5 1
11 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 36 +13.437 16
12 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 36 +13.748 21
13 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 36 +14.366 14
14 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 36 +14.692 8
15 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 36 +15.528 18
16 6 Sweden Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 36 +15.940 23
17 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 36 +16.306 24
18 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 36 +16.961 12
19 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 36 +21.076 20
20 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 36 +35.155 17
Ret 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 21 Collision 15
Ret 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 2 Rear axle/Accident 9
Ret 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 0 Collision 3
Ret 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 0 Collision 11
Source:[15]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  • Bold text indicates the world champions.

Notes

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  1. ^ Rast received the point for fastest lap as Di Grassi failed to finish in the top 10.

References

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  1. ^ "Formula E to switch track direction between Berlin races". The Race. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Doc 3 - Entry List Berlin R14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Doc 3 - Entry List" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Di Grassi wins Berlin opener, back in Formula E title hunt". The Race. 14 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Formula E crown to Mercedes' de Vries as Nato wins Berlin finale". Racer.com. 15 August 2021.
  6. ^ "De Vries and Mercedes claim Formula E world titles". The Race. 15 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Doc 15 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Doc 28 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Doc 30 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Doc 78 - Decision No. 29" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Doc 43 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Doc 9 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Doc 24 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Doc 25 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Doc 33 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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