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2021 Rome ePrix
Race 3 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)
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 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar
Time 1:42.387 on lap 20
Podium
First Techeetah-DS
Second Jaguar
Third Jaguar
Lap leaders
2021 Rome ePrix
Race 4 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 11 April 2021 (2021-04-11)
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 23 laps, 77.740 km (48.305 mi)
Pole position
Driver Virgin-Audi
Time 1:52.011
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[a]
Mercedes
Mercedes
Time 1:40.771 (1:41.820) on lap 11 (12)
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mahindra
Third Porsche
Lap leaders

The 2021 Rome ePrix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 10 and 11 April 2021. It marked 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. Stoffel Vandoorne won the second race,[2] ahead of Alexander Sims and Pascal Wehrlein.

Classification

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Race one

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Qualifying

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Group draw[3]
Group 1 Netherlands DEV (1) United Kingdom BIR (2) Netherlands FRI (3) Switzerland MOR (4) Portugal DAC (5) New Zealand EVA (6)
Group 2 United Kingdom ROW (7) Germany RAS (8) Brazil SET (9) Germany WEH (10) Switzerland MUL (11) United Kingdom TUR (12)
Group 3 United Kingdom SIM (13) Brazil DIG (14) Belgium VAN (15) Germany LOT (16) France JEV (17) United Kingdom DEN (18)
Group 4 Switzerland BUE (19) France NAT (20) New Zealand CAS (21) United Kingdom BLO (22) Germany GUE (23) United Kingdom LYN (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:38.963 1:38.484 1
2 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:38.627 1:38.651 2
3 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:38.491 1:38.889 3
4 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:39.050 1:38.903 4
5 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:39.066 1:38.947 5
6 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:39.068 1:39.751 111
7 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:39.081 6
8 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:39.162 7
9 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:39.241 8
10 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:39.348 9
11 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:39.443 10
12 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:39.654 12
13 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:39.743 13
14 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:39.762 14
15 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:39.829 15
16 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:39.943 16
17 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:40.057 17
18 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:40.079 18
19 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:40.120 212
20 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:40.456 19
21 33 Germany René Rast Audi 1:48.022 20
22 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:51.081 22
23 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes no time 23
24 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO no time PL3
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Maximilian Günther received a 5-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race at Diriyah.[6]
  • ^2  – Tom Blomqvist received a 3-place grid penalty for entering the fast lane too early during qualifying.[7]
  • ^3  – Oliver Turvey was penalised with a pit lane start for causing a collision dangerously at the end of free practice 1.[8]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 24 48:47.177 5 25
2 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 24 +0.461 10 18
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 24 +0.756 12 15+11
4 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 24 +1.034 6 12
5 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 24 +3.142 9 10
6 33 Germany René Rast Audi 24 +3.534 20 8
7 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 24 +3.918 8 6
8 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 24 +5.720 13 4
9 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 24 +18.296 11 2
10 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 24 +19.089 21 1
11 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 24 +20.045 14
12 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 24 +20.270 3 12
13 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 24 +21.155 17
14 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 24 +22.9874 2
15 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 24 +23.7634 22
16 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 24 +26.4155 16
Ret 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 21 Driveshaft 4
Ret 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 21 Collision damage 7
Ret 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 21 Collision 1 33
Ret 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 20 Puncture 18
Ret 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 17 Collision damage 19
Ret 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 10 Collision damage 23
Ret 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 2 Collision damage 15
DNS 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 0 Did not start6 PL
Source:[9]

Notes:

Standings after the race

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

Race two

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Qualifying

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Group draw[13]
Group 1 United Kingdom BIR (1) Netherlands FRI (2) Netherlands DEV (3) New Zealand EVA (4) France JEV (5) Germany RAS (6)
Group 2 Switzerland MOR (7) Germany WEH (8) Portugal DAC (9) United Kingdom ROW (10) Brazil SET (11) Switzerland BUE (12)
Group 3 Switzerland MUL (13) United Kingdom TUR (14) Belgium VAN (15) United Kingdom SIM (16) Brazil DIG (17) United Kingdom LYN (18)
Group 4 Germany GUE (19) United Kingdom BLO (20) France NAT (21) Germany LOT (22) United Kingdom DEN (23) New Zealand CAS (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:56.860 1:52.011 1
2 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:56.006 1:52.343 2
3 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:58.777 1:52.630 3
4 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:59.105 1:54.359 4
5 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:58.274 1:54.701 5
6 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:58.500 1:55.598 6
7 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:59.497 7
8 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:59.512 8
9 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:59.630 9
10 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:59.701 10
11 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:59.739 11
12 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 2:00.128 12
13 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 2:00.150 13
14 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 2:00.205 14
15 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 2:00.557 15
16 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 2:00.943 16
17 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 2:01.197 PL1
18 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 2:01.229 17
19 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 2:02.038 18
20 33 Germany René Rast Audi 2:02.061 19
21 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 2:04.864 20
22 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche no time 21
23 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske no time 22
24 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW no time 23
Source:[14][15]

Notes:

  • ^1  – As Oliver Turvey did not start race one, his pit lane start penalty was applied in race two.[16]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 23 46:52.603 4 25+11
2 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 23 +0.666 6 18
3 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 23 +2.346 3 15
4 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 23 +5.018 7 12
5 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 23 +5.305 5 10
6 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 23 +5.671 12 8
7 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 23 +6.133 15 6
8 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 23 +12.032 14 4
9 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 23 +12.872 9 2
10 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 23 +14.7954 10 1
11 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 23 +15.676 20
12 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 23 +16.009 22
13 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 23 +16.352 23
14 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 23 +17.134 PL
15 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 23 +17.838 21
16 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 23 +21.1405 8
17 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 23 +37.6976 16
18 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 23 +43.1036 18
Ret 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 22 Collision 11
Ret 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 22 Collision 17
Ret 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 21 Collision damage6 1 32
Ret 33 Germany René Rast Audi 19 Suspension/Accident 19
Ret 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 7 Collision 13
DSQ7 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 23 Energy usage 2 13
Source:[17]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Fastest lap.
  • ^2  – Pole position.
  • ^3  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^4  – Sébastien Buemi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[18]
  • ^5  – Oliver Rowland received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.[19]
  • ^6  – Lynn, Frijns and Cassidy all received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for failing to activate the third of the three mandatory attack modes.[20] Frijns also received a further 5-second time penalty for a safety car infringement.[21]
  • ^7  – Norman Nato originally finished third, but was disqualified from the race due to his energy used being over the regulatory limit.[22]

Standings after the race

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Vandoorne received the point for fastest lap as De Vries failed to finish in the top 10.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vergne wins in new DS Techeetah in wild Rome Formula E race". The Race. 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Mercedes scores commanding Rome Formula E win with Vandoorne". The Race. 11 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Doc 22 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Doc 55 - Final Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Doc 57 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Doc 110 - Decision No. 41" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. ^ "The Race on Twitter". Twitter. 10 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Turvey 'completely forgot' start practice in huge Rome crash". The Race. 10 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Doc 70 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Doc 65 - Decision No. 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Doc 67 - Decision No. 18" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Doc 68 - Decision No. 19" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Doc 73 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Doc 88 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Doc 90 - Final Starting Grid Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  16. ^ "333 Racing Formula E Team on Twitter". Twitter. 11 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Doc 114 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Doc 104 - Decision No. 34" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Doc 94 - Decision No. 29" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  20. ^ "The Race on Twitter". Twitter. 11 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Doc 93 - Decision No. 28" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  22. ^ "Doc 100 - Decision No. 31" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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