2021 Rome ePrix
| 2021 Rome ePrix | |||||
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Race 3 of 10 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 10 April 2021 | ||||
| Official name | 2021 Rome E-Prix | ||||
| Location | Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.380 km (2.100 mi) | ||||
| Distance | 24 laps, 81.120 km (50.406 mi) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:38.484 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Mitch Evans | Jaguar | |||
| Time | 1:42.387 on lap 20 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Techeetah-DS | ||||
| Second | Jaguar | ||||
| Third | Jaguar | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
| 2021 Rome ePrix | |||||
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Race 4 of 10 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 11 April 2021 | ||||
| Official name | 2021 Rome E-Prix | ||||
| Location | Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome | ||||
| Course | Street circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.380 km (2.100 mi) | ||||
The 2021 Rome ePrix is a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 10 and 11 April 2021. It marks the third and fourth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the third running of the event. The first race was won by Jean-Éric Vergne,[1] with Sam Bird and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.
Classification
Race one
Qualifying
| Group draw[2] | ||||||
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| Group 1 |  DEV (1)
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 BIR (2)
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FRI (3)
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 MOR (4)
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 DAC (5)
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EVA (6)
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| Group 2 | ROW (7)
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 RAS (8)
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 SET (9)
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WEH (10)
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MUL (11)
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TUR (12)
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| Group 3 | SIM (13)
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DIG (14)
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 VAN (15)
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LOT (16)
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 JEV (17)
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DEN (18)
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| Group 4 | BUE (19)
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NAT (20)
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CAS (21)
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BLO (22)
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GUE (23)
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LYN (24)
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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| 1 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes | 1:38.963 | 1:38.484 | 1 |
| 2 | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche | 1:38.627 | 1:38.651 | 2 |
| 3 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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e.dams-Nissan | 1:38.491 | 1:38.889 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Audi | 1:39.050 | 1:38.903 | 4 |
| 5 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Techeetah-DS | 1:39.066 | 1:38.947 | 5 |
| 6 | 28 | Maximilian Günther
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Andretti-BMW | 1:39.068 | 1:39.751 | 111 |
| 7 | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Virgin-Audi | 1:39.081 | — | 6 |
| 8 | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes | 1:39.162 | — | 7 |
| 9 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche | 1:39.241 | — | 8 |
| 10 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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e.dams-Nissan | 1:39.348 | — | 9 |
| 11 | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar | 1:39.443 | — | 10 |
| 12 | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar | 1:39.654 | — | 12 |
| 13 | 94 | Alex Lynn
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Mahindra | 1:39.743 | — | 13 |
| 14 | 71 | Norman Nato
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Venturi-Mercedes | 1:39.762 | — | 14 |
| 15 | 29 | Alexander Sims
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Mahindra | 1:39.829 | — | 15 |
| 16 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Dragon-Penske | 1:39.943 | — | 16 |
| 17 | 6 | Nico Müller
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Dragon-Penske | 1:40.057 | — | 17 |
| 18 | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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Techeetah-DS | 1:40.079 | — | 18 |
| 19 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist
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NIO | 1:40.120 | — | 212 |
| 20 | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti-BMW | 1:40.456 | — | 19 |
| 21 | 33 | René Rast
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Audi | 1:48.022 | — | 20 |
| 22 | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Virgin-Audi | 1:51.081 | — | 22 |
| 23 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Venturi-Mercedes | no time | — | 23 |
| 24 | 8 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO | no time | — | PL3 |
| Source:[3][4] | ||||||
Notes:
- ^1 – Maximilian Günther received a 5-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race at Diriyah.[5]
- ^2 – Tom Blomqvist received a 3-place grid penalty for entering the fast lane too early during qualifying.[6]
- ^3 – Oliver Turvey was penalised with a pit lane start for causing a collision dangerously at the end of free practice 1.[7]
Race
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Techeetah-DS | 24 | 48:47.177 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar | 24 | +0.461 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar | 24 | +0.756 | 12 | 15+14 |
| 4 | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Virgin-Audi | 24 | +1.034 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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e.dams-Nissan | 24 | +3.142 | 9 | 10 |
| 6 | 33 | René Rast
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Audi | 24 | +3.534 | 20 | 8 |
| 7 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche | 24 | +3.918 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 94 | Alex Lynn
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Mahindra | 24 | +5.720 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | 28 | Maximilian Günther
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Andretti-BMW | 24 | +18.296 | 11 | 2 |
| 10 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist
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NIO | 24 | +19.089 | 21 | 1 |
| 11 | 71 | Norman Nato
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Venturi-Mercedes | 24 | +20.045 | 14 | |
| 12 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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e.dams-Nissan | 24 | +20.270 | 3 | 15 |
| 13 | 6 | Nico Müller
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Dragon-Penske | 24 | +21.155 | 17 | |
| 14 | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche | 24 | +22.9877 | 2 | |
| 15 | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Virgin-Audi | 24 | +23.7637 | 22 | |
| 16 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Dragon-Penske | 24 | +26.4158 | 16 | |
| Ret | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Audi | 21 | Driveshaft | 4 | |
| Ret | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes | 21 | Collision damage | 7 | |
| Ret | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes | 21 | Collision | 1 | 36 |
| Ret | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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Techeetah-DS | 20 | Puncture | 18 | |
| Ret | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti-BMW | 17 | Collision damage | 19 | |
| Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Venturi-Mercedes | 10 | Collision damage | 23 | |
| Ret | 29 | Alexander Sims
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Mahindra | 2 | Collision damage | 15 | |
| DNS | 8 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO | 0 | Did not start9 | PL | |
| Source:[8] | |||||||
Notes:
- ^4 – Fastest lap.
- ^5 – Fastest in group stage.
- ^6 – Pole position.
- ^7 – André Lotterer and Nick Cassidy received a 5-second time penalty each for causing a collision.[9][10]
- ^8 – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a post-race 5-second time penalty for exceeding the full course yellow speed.[11]
- ^9 – Oliver Turvey did not start the race as his team could not rebuild his car in time following his free practice shunt.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Vergne wins in new DS Techeetah in wild Rome Formula E race". The Race. 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 22 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 55 - Final Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 57 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 110 - Decision No. 41" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "The Race on Twitter". Twitter. 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Turvey 'completely forgot' start practice in huge Rome crash". The Race. 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 70 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 65 - Decision No. 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 67 - Decision No. 18" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 68 - Decision No. 19" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
