2024 London ePrix
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2024 London ePrix | ||||
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Race 15 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details | ||||
Date | 20 July 2024 | |||
Official name | 2024 Hankook London E-Prix | |||
Location | ExCeL London Circuit, Royal Docks, Newham, London | |||
Course | Street circuit | |||
Course length | 2.086 km (1.296 mi) | |||
Distance | 39 laps, 81.354 km (50.551 mi) | |||
Scheduled distance | 37 laps, 77.182 km (47.959 mi) | |||
Pole position | ||||
Driver | Jaguar | |||
Time | 1:10:622 | |||
Fastest lap | ||||
Driver | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | ||
Time | 1:11:701 | |||
Podium | ||||
First | Porsche | |||
Second | Jaguar | |||
Third | Envision-Jaguar |
2024 London ePrix | ||||
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Race 16 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
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Race details | ||||
Date | 21 July 2024 | |||
Official name | 2024 Hankook London E-Prix | |||
Location | ExCeL London Circuit, Royal Docks, Newham, London | |||
Course | Street circuit | |||
Course length | 2.086 km (1.296 mi) | |||
Distance | 37 laps, 77.182 km (47.959 mi) | |||
Scheduled distance | 34 laps, 70.924 km (44.070 mi) | |||
Pole position | ||||
Driver | Jaguar | |||
Time | 1:09:871 | |||
Fastest lap | ||||
Driver | Jake Hughes | NEOM McLaren-Nissan | ||
Time | 1:11.331 | |||
Podium | ||||
First | Nissan | |||
Second | Porsche | |||
Third | Jaguar Racing |
The 2024 London ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Hankook London E-Prix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the ExCeL London Circuit in the Royal Docks area of Newham, London on 20 and 21 July 2024. They served as the 15th and 16th rounds of the 2023–24 Formula E season and the 6th running of the London ePrix.
Pascal Wehrlein, driving for Porsche won the first race, ahead of Mitch Evans and Sébastien Buemi, driving for Jaguar and Envision, respectively. The second race was won by Oliver Rowland, driving for Nissan, ahead of Wehrlein and Evans, who were first and second, respectively, in the first race. Wehrlein was crowned World Champion in the second race.
Background
[edit]Nick Cassidy led the driver's championship into the final round, with Jaguar teammate Mitch Evans and Pascal Wehrlein 12 points behind in second and third respectively. António Félix da Costa, Oliver Rowland, Jean-Éric Vergne and Jake Dennis also entered the round in mathematical championship contention.[1]
Classification
[edit](All times are in BST)
Race 1
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying for race 1 took place at 12:20 PM on 20 July.[2]
Group draw | |||||||||||
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Group A | CAS | WEH | ROW | DEN | FRI | HUG | BIR | BUE | MOR | SET | DEV |
Group B | EVA | DAC | JEV | GUE | VAN | NAT | MUE | FEN | TIC | DAR | DIG |
Qualifying duels
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
A2 | Sebastien Buemi | |||||||||||||
A3 | Oliver Rowland | |||||||||||||
Sebastien Buemi | ||||||||||||||
Pascal Wehrlein | ||||||||||||||
A1 | Pascal Wehrlein | |||||||||||||
A4 | Robin Frijns | |||||||||||||
Sebastien Buemi | ||||||||||||||
Mitch Evans | ||||||||||||||
B2 | Nico Müller | |||||||||||||
B3 | Norman Nato | |||||||||||||
Norman Nato | ||||||||||||||
Mitch Evans | ||||||||||||||
B1 | Mitch Evans | |||||||||||||
B4 | Jean-Éric Vergne |
Overall classification
[edit]Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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1 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | — | 1:10.878 | 1:10:283 | 1:10.835 | 1:10.622 | 1 |
2 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 1:11:119 | — | 1:09:791 | 1:10:402 | 1:10:691 | 2 |
3 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:10:927 | — | 1:10:970 | 1:10:827 | — | 3 |
4 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:10:940 | 1:10:889 | 1:11:019 | — | 4 |
5 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | — | 1:10:955 | 1:10:652 | — | — | 5 |
6 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:10:894 | — | — | — | 6 |
7 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 1:11:121 | — | 1:10:999 | — | — | 7 |
8 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 1:11:188 | — | 1:11:009 | — | — | 8 |
9 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | — | 1:10:990 | — | — | — | 9 |
10 | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 1:11:304 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
11 | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | — | 1:11:011 | — | — | — | 11 |
12 | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | 1:11:442 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
13 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | — | 1:11:057 | — | — | — | 13 |
14 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | 1:11:487 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
15 | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | — | 1:11:101 | — | — | — | 15 |
16 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | 1:11:548 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
17 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | — | 1:11:125 | — | — | — | 17 |
18 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 1:11:551 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
19 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | — | 1:11.136 | — | — | — | 19 |
20 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | 1:11:799 | — | — | — | — | 20 |
21 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:11:235 | — | — | — | 21 |
22 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 1:13:888 | — | — | — | — | 22 |
Source:[3] |
Race
[edit]Race 1 started at 5:03 PM on 20 July.[2]
Wehrlein won the race, which put him in the lead of the championship, ahead of the two Jaguars of Evans and Cassidy by 3 points and 7 points respectively. Evans finished second, while Cassidy recovered to seventh from a poor starting grid. All other four drivers who were in mathematical contention for the championship were out ahead of the final race, as Rowland collided with Félix da Costa and both drivers were out of the race. Dennis crashed into Vergne, both drivers managed to finish the race but did not score any points.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 39 | 55:15:663 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 39 | +0.617 | 1 | 18+31+12 |
3 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 39 | +1.457 | 2 | 15 |
4 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | 39 | +2.290 | 14 | 12 |
5 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | 39 | +13.897 | 16 | 10 |
6 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 39 | +14.227 | 6 | 8 |
7 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 39 | +14.725 | 17 | 6 |
8 | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | 39 | +15.209 | 12 | 4 |
9 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS Penske | 39 | +15.794 | 20 | 2 |
10 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | 39 | +16.515 | 4 | 1 |
11 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT Cupra-Mahindra | 39 | +16.977 | 19 | |
12 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | 39 | +17.419 | 22 | |
13 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | 39 | +18.249 | 18 | |
14 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 39 | +18.712 | 13 | |
15 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 39 | +21.036 | 7 | |
16 | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 39 | +33.186 | 10 | |
17 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS Penske | 39 | +45.199 | 5 | |
18 | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | 38 | +1 lap | 15 | |
Ret | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 33 | 11 | ||
Ret | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 12 | 9 | ||
Ret | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 12 | 21 | ||
Ret | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 0 | Collision damage | 8 | |
Source:[4] |
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.
Race 2
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Qualifying for race 2 took place at 12:20 PM on 21 July.[5]
Cassidy took the pole position for the final round, which awarded 3 bonus points to him. The three championship contenders were separated by 4 points ahead of the race. Evans and Wehrlein would start from third and fourth respectfully, behind Gunther's Maserati.
Group draw | |||||||||||
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Group A | WEH | CAS | ROW | DEN | FRI | BIR | HUG | BUE | FEN | TIC | DAR |
Group B | EVA | DAC | JEV | GUE | VAN | NAT | MUE | MOR | DEV | SET | DIG |
Qualifying duels
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
A2 | Pascal Wehrlein | |||||||||||||
A3 | Sam Bird | |||||||||||||
Pascal Wehrlein | ||||||||||||||
Nick Cassidy | ||||||||||||||
A1 | Nick Cassidy | |||||||||||||
A4 | Robin Frijns | |||||||||||||
Nick Cassidy | ||||||||||||||
Maximilian Günther | ||||||||||||||
B2 | Mitch Evans | |||||||||||||
B3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | |||||||||||||
Mitch Evans | ||||||||||||||
Maximilian Günther | ||||||||||||||
B1 | Maximilian Günther | |||||||||||||
B4 | Jean-Éric Vergne |
Overall classification
[edit]Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | A | B | QF | SF | F | Grid |
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1 | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 1:10:323 | — | 1:10:212 | 1:10:263 | 1:09:871 | 1 |
2 | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | — | 1:10:395 | 1:10:281 | 1:10:232 | 1:10:040 | 2 |
3 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | — | 1:10:509 | 1:10:200 | 1:10:278 | — | 3 |
4 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 1:10:468 | — | 1:10:216 | 1:10:426 | — | 4 |
5 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 1:10:655 | — | 1:10:318 | — | — | 5 |
6 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS | — | 1:10:592 | 1:10:355 | — | — | 6 |
7 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS | — | 1:10:572 | 1:10:434 | — | — | 7 |
8 | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | 1:10:651 | — | 1:10:598 | — | — | 8 |
9 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 1:10:681 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
10 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | — | 1:10:597 | — | — | — | 10 |
11 | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | 1:10:759 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
12 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | — | 1:10:745 | — | — | — | 12 |
13 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | 1:10:790 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
14 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:10:748 | — | — | — | 14 |
15 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 1:10:797 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
16 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | — | 1:10:797 | — | — | — | 16 |
17 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 1:10:800 | — | — | — | — | 17 |
18 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | 1:10:840 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
19 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 1:10:922 | — | — | — | — | 19 |
20 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | — | 1:10:966 | — | — | — | 20 |
21 | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 1:11:009 | — | — | — | — | 21 |
22 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | — | 1:10:983 | — | — | — | 22 |
Source:[6] |
Race
[edit]Race 2 started at 5:03 PM on 21 July.[5]
Evans passed Gunther at the race start as his rivals maintained their positions. On lap 6, Wehrlein overtook Gunther and slotted in behind Evans. Cassidy was leading the race at the early stage and had a different Attack Mode strategy than his rivals. He used both of his Attack Mode activations in the opening laps. He managed to maintain the lead in his first activation but lost out to both Evans and Wehrlein in the second activation. Wehrlein continued to pressure Evans for the lead, but could not get past. Evans managed the pace of the race, allowing Cassidy to stay close behind Wehrlein.
On lap 28, while Félix da Costa in the other Porsche was trying to overtake the Nissan of Rowland, the front wing of the Porsche touched the right-rear tyre of Cassidy's Jaguar, causing a puncture. Thus ending Cassidy's contention for the championship. While Cassidy was trying to drive back to the pits, he was rear-ended by Gunther. The Maserati sustained severe damage on the front suspension and was out of the race. Cassidy returned to the race with new tyres, but he came to the pits shortly after to retire the car. With a large amount of debris on track, the safety car was deployed again. Just before the safety car deployment, both Evans and Wehrlein attempted to activate their first Attack Mode. As the safety car has already been deployed, both drivers failed to activate the Attack Mode and was overtaken by Rowland. Most other drivers have completed their usage of Attack Mode by this stage. As soon as the race restarted, Evans and Wehrlein attempted again and succeeded in their first activation. However, Evans missed his second activation and had to try again in the following lap. As a result, Wehrlein inherited the second place and Evans had to manage his pace to complete the Attack Mode usage by the end of the race.
Wehrlein took the title to Evans by 6 points. Jaguar managed to secure the Teams' title. Porsche would have received the Manufacturers' Trophy, but it was handed to Jaguar after Félix da Costa was given a time penalty.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 22 | Oliver Rowland | Nissan | 37 | 54:30:572 | 9 | 25 |
2 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Porsche | 37 | +1.055 | 4 | 18 |
3 | 9 | Mitch Evans | Jaguar | 37 | +3.782 | 3 | 15 |
4 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Envision-Jaguar | 37 | +4.004 | 17 | 12 |
5 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne | DS Penske | 37 | +4.805 | 6 | 10 |
6 | 51 | Nico Müller | ABT-Mahindra | 37 | +5.202 | 16 | 8 |
7 | 4 | Robin Frijns | Envision-Jaguar | 37 | +5.582 | 5 | 6 |
8 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | DS Penske | 37 | +6.104 | 7 | 4 |
9 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi | ABT Cupra-Mahindra | 37 | +6.667 | 14 | 2 |
10 | 5 | Jake Hughes | McLaren-Nissan | 37 | +7.107 | 15 | 1+12 |
11 | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara | ERT | 37 | +7.579 | 18 | |
12 | 17 | Norman Nato | Andretti-Porsche | 37 | +8.076 | 12 | |
13 | 13 | António Félix da Costa | Porsche | 37 | +9.362[a] | 10 | |
14 | 33 | Dan Ticktum | ERT | 37 | +9.478 | 13 | |
15 | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz | Nissan | 37 | +19.185 | 19 | |
16 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | Mahindra | 37 | +43.480 | 22 | |
Ret | 37 | Nick Cassidy | Jaguar | 33 | Puncture | 1 | 31 |
Ret | 7 | Maximilian Günther | Maserati | 28 | Collision damage | 2 | |
Ret | 18 | Jehan Daruvala | Maserati | 8 | Collision damage | 11 | |
Ret | 8 | Sam Bird | McLaren-Nissan | 6 | Collision damage | 8 | |
Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara | Mahindra | 1 | Collision damage | 20 | |
Ret | 1 | Jake Dennis | Andretti-Porsche | 1 | Collision damage | 21 | |
Source:[7] |
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for all three sets of standings.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Félix da Costa was given a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Cassidy.
References
[edit]- ^ "Formula E 2024 Portland ePrix/2 Standings". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Hankook London E-Prix". Formula E. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying". Formula E. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "2024 HANKOOK LONDON E-PRIX - E-Prix Result". Formula E. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Hankook London E-Prix". Formula E. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Qualifying". Formula E. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "2024 HANKOOK LONDON E-PRIX - E-Prix Result". Formula E. Retrieved 22 July 2024.