2014 Punta del Este ePrix

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2014 Punta del Este ePrix
Race 3 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
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Layout of the Punta del Este Street Circuit
Race details
Date13 December 2014
Official name 2014 FIA Formula E Julius Baer Punta del Este ePrix
Location Punta del Este, Uruguay
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.80 km (1.70 miles)
Distance 31 laps, 86.80 km (52.7 miles)
Pole position
Driver Andretti
Time 1:15.408
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT
Time 1:18:451 on lap 22
Podium
First e.dams Renault
Second China Racing
Third Audi Sport ABT
Lap leaders
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The 2014 Punta del Este ePrix was the first race of the Formula E history in the Americas. Punta del Este ePrix 2014 02.jpg
The 2014 Punta del Este ePrix was the first race of the Formula E history in the Americas.

The 2014 Punta del Este ePrix, formally the 2014 FIA Formula E Julius Baer Punta del Este ePrix [1] was a Formula E motor race held on 13 December 2014 at the Punta del Este Street Circuit in Punta del Este, Uruguay. It was the first Punta del Este ePrix and the third championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season, the first in the Americas. [2]

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Report

Background

Jean-Éric Vergne, Salvador Duran and Antonio Garcia were brought in to replace Franck Montagny, Katherine Legge and Ho-Pin Tung respectively. Vergne, Durán and Nick Heidfeld were voted for to receive the FanBoost.

Race

Jean-Éric Vergne started on pole position. Behind him were Nelson Piquet Jr., Nicolas Prost, and Sébastien Buemi. Piquet immediately overtook Vergne and Buemi overtook Prost, while the whole field safely squeezed through the first chicane. Nick Heidfeld used his FanBoost and went up to fifth position. On the fourth lap, Sam Bird went over a kerb in the first corner and, unable to steer, hit the wall. This brought out the safety car.

Green flags were waved on the sixth lap, but the race was soon neutralized again when Da Costa had to retire on track. After that, Vergne managed to pass Piquet for the lead. Buemi tried to pass him as well, but locked up his front wheels. Both drivers had to use the run-off area, but kept their positions.

On the sixteenth lap, Piquet had fallen back behind both e.dams drivers, and Vergne made his pit stop. Meanwhile, Stéphane Sarrazin's suspension failed when he hit a kerb and he crashed out. This brought out a third safety car. Bruno Senna had hit the wall in the same incident, but managed to switch cars at the same time as his rivals, without losing much time.

On the twentieth lap, Heidfeld was leading the race, but received a drive-through penalty for exceeding the maximum power usage. Nicolas Prost was then penalized in the same manner. This left the top three as Buemi, Vergne, Piquet. A fourth safety car was called on lap 27 when Matthew Brabham crashed exactly like Sarrazin did earlier.

With two laps left to race, Vergne used his FanBoost as soon as the safety car pulled off, but did not manage to take the lead. Buemi, however, cut the chicane and it was debated whether he should relinquish his position. Before any action was carried out, however, Vergne ran out of power and retired. He did score three points for his pole position. Buemi took the victory with Piquet second and Di Grassi third. Further back, Heidfeld used his FanBoost and managed to take tenth position, and with that a championship point, by beating Antonio Garcia to the line by just three hundreds of a second.

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
127 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 1:15.4081
299 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 1:15.530+0.1222
38 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:15.722+0.3143
49 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:15.842+0.4344
53 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 1:16.053+0.6455
611 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 1:16.108+0.7006
710 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 1:16.144+0.7367
823 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1:16.225+0.8178
966 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 1:16.374+0.9669
105 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 1:16.416+1.00810
116 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servia Dragon Racing 1:16.811+1.40311
1255 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 1:16.865+1.45712
1330 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 1:17.025+1.61713
1488 Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García China Racing 1:17.653+2.24514
1577 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador Duran Amlin Aguri 1:17.810+2.40215
1618 Flag of Italy.svg Michela Cerruti Trulli 1:20.206+4.79816
177 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing no time17
182 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing no time18
1928 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Brabham Andretti no time19
2021 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 20

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
19 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 3149:08.990425
299 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 31+0.732218
311 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 31+2.635615
410 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 31+4.163712
53 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 31+4.698510
621 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 31+5.197208
78 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 31+6.51436
87 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 31+7.567174
96 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servia Dragon Racing 31+8.646112
1023 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 31+10.56381
1188 Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Garcia China Racing 31+10.59414
1218 Flag of Italy.svg Michela Cerruti Trulli 31+19.61716
135 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 31+54.17510
1427 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 29Suspension13 1
1566 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 28+3 laps92 2
1677 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 27+4 laps15
Ret28 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Brabham Andretti 26Accident19
Ret30 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 15Suspension13
Ret55 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 6Mechanical12
Ret3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing 3Accident18

Notes:

Standings after the race

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