2015 Long Beach ePrix

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2015 Long Beach ePrix
Race 6 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Long Beach EPrix.svg
Layout of the Long Beach Formula E street circuit
Race details
Date April 4 (4-04), 2015
Official name 2015 FIA Formula E Long Beach ePrix
Location Long Beach, United States
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.131 km (1.324 miles)
Distance 39 laps, 83.1 km (51.6 miles)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 86 °F (30 °C); wind speeds approaching speeds of 16.1 miles per hour (25.9 km/h) [1]
Pole position
Driver Abt Sportsline
Time 56.937
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams Renault
Time 58.973 on lap 34
Podium
First China Racing
Second Andretti
Third Audi Sport ABT
Lap leaders
  • 2015 Long Beach ePrix

The 2015 Long Beach ePrix was a Formula E motor race held on April 4, 2015 in Long Beach, United States on a revised version of a street circuit usually used for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. It was the sixth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season.

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China Racing driver Nelson Piquet Jr. became the sixth different winner in as many races, [2] and as a result moved up to second place in the drivers' championship, one point in arrears of Audi Sport ABT's Lucas di Grassi. Di Grassi also finished in the podium placings, in third place, just behind Andretti driver Jean-Éric Vergne. Nicolas Prost (e.dams-Renault) held the lead of the championship into the weekend, finished down in 14th position after serving a drive-through penalty. [3]

Report

Background

For the first time in the championship, the driver lineup was exactly the same as for the previous race in Miami. [4] Fanboost was awarded to Nelson Piquet Jr., Jean-Éric Vergne and Sam Bird. [5] Attendance at the free event was approximately 23,000. [6]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
166 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 56.9371
28 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 56.944+0.0072
399 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 56.974+0.0373
411 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 57.083+0.1464
527 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 57.106+0.1695
628 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Andretti 57.156+0.2196
755 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 57.182+0.2457
87 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 57.184+0.2478
930 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 57.261+0.3249
109 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 57.288+0.35110
112 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing 57.304+0.36711
1221 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 57.347+0.41012
1310 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 57.417+0.48013
143 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 57.449+0.51214
1523 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 57.508+0.57115
1688 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic China Racing 57.818+0.88116
176 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 57.905+0.96817
185 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 57.921+0.98418
1977 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 57.950+1.01319
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Trulli 1:12.813+15.87620

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
199 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 3946:01.971325
227 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 39+1.705s518
311 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 39+2.994s415
49 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 39+3.518s1012
521 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 39+8.844s1210
67 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 39+13.460s88
755 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 39+16.171s76
83 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 39+17.975s144
96 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 39+18.436s172
1030 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 39+20.418s91
1123 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 39+21.326s15
125 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 39+32.917s18
1318 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Trulli 39+38.592s20
148 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 39+42.375s22 1
1566 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 39+44.361s13 2
1688 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic China Racing 39+58.125s16
Ret77 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 27Mechanical19
Ret2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing 22Suspension11
Ret10 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 7Collision13
Ret28 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Andretti 3Accident6
Notes

Standings after the race

References

  1. "Weather information for the "2015 Long Beach ePrix". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
  2. Freeman, Glenn (April 5, 2015). "Nelson Piquet takes his first win". Autosport . Haymarket Publications . Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. Bradley, Charles (April 4, 2015). "Piquet Jr emulates his father with dominant Long Beach victory". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  4. "Unchanged grid in Long Beach". fiaformulae.com. March 31, 2015. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  5. "Bird, Vergne and Piquet win FanBoost vote". fiaformulae.com. April 4, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  6. Watkins, Gary (April 27, 2015). "Charging into the Future". Autoweek . 65 (8): 53.
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