2014 Putrajaya ePrix

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2014 Putrajaya ePrix
Race 2 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Litar jalan daripada Putrajaya.svg
Layout of the Putrajaya Street Circuit
Race details
Date22 November 2014
Official name 2014 FIA Formula E Ycapital Management Putrajaya ePrix
Location Putrajaya, Malaysia
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.56 km (1.59 miles)
Distance 31 laps, 79.36 km (49.29 miles)
Pole position
Driver e.dams Renault
Time 1:21.779
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing
Time 1:24.429 on lap 20
Podium
First Virgin Racing
Second Audi Sport ABT
Third e.dams Renault
Lap leaders
  • 2014 Putrajaya ePrix

The 2014 Putrajaya ePrix, formally the 2014 FIA Formula E Ycapital Management Putrajaya ePrix [2] was a Formula E motor race that was held on 22 November 2014 at the Putrajaya Street Circuit in Putrajaya, Malaysia. It was the second championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. [3]

Contents

Drivers Bruno Senna, Katherine Legge and Nick Heidfeld were awarded the "FanBoost" for the race. [4] The race was won by British driver Sam Bird (Virgin Racing) [5]

Report

Background

The race had originally been scheduled to take place on 18 October. It was delayed until 22 November at the request of the government Malaysia. [6] The race start time was brought forward by two hours due to heavy rain being forecast. [7]

Race

After Nicolas Prost had received a ten place grid penalty for causing a collision in Beijing, Oriol Servia started on pole position with Sam Bird second and Daniel Abt third. Abt made a poor start and fell back, while the whole field squeezed through the first series of tight corners without incident. At the end of the first lap, however, Katherine Legge made severe contact with Michela Cerruti and at the same time, Matthew Brabham was seen facing the wrong way in the hairpin. The safety car was brought out.

When the green flag showed at the start of the fifth lap, Bird managed to overtake Servia, which opened the door for Jarno Trulli and later Karun Chandhok to get by as well. On the eighth lap, Franck Montagny overtook Nick Heidfeld, simultaneously pushing his rival into the wall. This brought out a second safety car. Abt went into the pits, effectively extending his second stint to 21 laps.

Racing continued on the twelfth lap. Bruno Senna was soon challenging Nelson Piquet Jr. for fifth, making use of his FanBoost, but hit the wall and damaged his suspension. Meanwhile, Bird continued to lap one to three seconds per lap quicker than everyone else, extending his lead on Trulli, Chandhok, and Servia. When the leaders made their pit stops, Abt reached first position, but with only fifty percent of his power remaining. Meanwhile, Trulli was given a drive-through penalty for exceeding his power usage. He still defended his position, however, handing Piquet the opportunity to overtake Lucas di Grassi. Piquet also tried to take third off of Trulli, but was pushed into the wall and had to retire.

On lap 24, Abt was still leading in front of Bird, Di Grassi, and Sébastien Buemi. Bird, at this point, was gaining three to five seconds per lap, because Abt was having to save energy, after having pitted very early in the race. He held the lead until the 28th lap, but eventually fell back to tenth. Senna, meanwhile, used his FanBoost to pass Prost for fourth, but crashed out in the last lap. Bird took the win, with Di Grassi and Buemi next to him on the podium.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
18 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:21.77911 1
26 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servia Dragon Racing 1:22.010+0.2311
37 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 1:22.215+0.43620 2
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1:22.235+0.4562
566 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 1:22.342+0.5633
610 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 1:22.347+0.5684
75 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 1:22.612+0.8335
899 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 1:22.620+0.8416
923 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1:22.720+0.9417
1021 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 1:22.816+1.0378
1128 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Andretti 1:22.941+1.1629
1255 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 1:23.194+1.41510
1330 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 1:23.240+1.46112
1427 Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny Andretti 1:23.697+1.91813
1518 Flag of Italy.svg Michela Cerruti Trulli 1:23.857+2.07814
1688 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung China Racing 1:23.894+2.11515
179 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:25.319+3.54019 3
1877 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge Amlin Aguri 1:25.823+4.04416
193 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing No time17
2011 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT No time18

Notes:

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing 3151:11.979225
211 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 31+ 4.1751818
39 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 31+ 5.7391915
48 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 31+ 9.5521112+3 1
57 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 31+ 13.7222010
65 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 31+ 17.15858
76 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Dragon Racing 31+ 18.62116
855 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 31+19.926104
93 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 31+20.053172+2 2
1066 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 31+45.66331
1188 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung China Racing 31+55.83315
1230 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 31+56.62612
1328 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Brabham Andretti 31+1:05.0369
1421 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 30Accident8
1577 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Legge Amlin Aguri 28+3 laps 3 16
1610 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 28+3 laps 3 4
Ret99 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 22Collision7
Ret18 Flag of Italy.svg Michela Cerruti Trulli 7Collision14
DSQ27 Flag of France.svg Franck Montagny Andretti 30Drug testing 4 13
EX23 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 14Illegal car change 5 8

Notes:

Standings after the race

References

  1. "Nicolas Prost clinches pole position for the Putrajaya ePrix". formulae.com. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. "Putrajaya ePrix Qualifying Groups". Formula E. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. "Putrajaya, Malaysia – Round 2". fiaformulae.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  4. "Heidfeld, Legge and Senna to receive FanBoost". fiaformulae.com. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  5. "Results – Round 2 Putrajaya ePrix". formulae.com. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2014.
  6. Lim, Anthony (2 August 2014). "2014 Formula E Putrajaya ePrix postponed from October 18 to November 22 at Prime Minister's request". Paultan. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  7. Biesbrouck, Tim (4 November 2014). "Revised timetable for Formula E Putrajaya ePrix due weather forecasts". Electricautosport. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  8. 1 2 Errington, Tom (22 November 2014). "PROST TOPS PUTRAJAYA EPRIX QUALIFYING". Checkeredflag. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  9. Estrada, Chris (22 November 2014). "Formula E Notes: Lucas di Grassi keeps points lead; Nick Heidfeld excluded from Putrajaya ePrix". NBC Sports. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
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