2015 Miami ePrix

2015 Miami ePrix
Race 5 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Layout of the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit
Race details
Date	March 14 (14-03), 2015
Official name	2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix
Location	Miami, United States
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.17 km (1.35 miles)
Distance	39 laps, 84.6 km (53.7 miles)
Weather	Warm and sunny with temperatures reaching up to 77.5 °F (25.3 °C); wind speeds approaching speeds of 20.8 miles per hour (33.5 km/h) [1]
Pole position
Driver	Jean-Éric Vergne	Andretti
Time	1:05.953
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet Jr.	China Racing
Time	1:07.969 on lap 29
Podium
First	Nicolas Prost	e.dams-Renault
Second	Scott Speed	Andretti
Third	Daniel Abt	Audi Sport ABT
Lap leaders

Biscayne Bay next to the American Airlines Arena

The 2015 Miami ePrix, formally the 2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix, was a Formula E motor race held on 14 March 2015 at the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit, Miami, United States. It was the fifth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. The race was won by Nicolas Prost. Miami was subsequently dropped from the Formula E schedule for the 2015–16 season, ^[2] before the scheduled return in 2025 to be held at the Homestead–Miami Speedway.

Report

Background

After the previous race in Buenos Aires, four driver changes took place. The first was Loïc Duval, replacing Oriol Servià at Dragon. ^[3] The second was Scott Speed, replacing Marco Andretti at Andretti. ^[4] Speed was the fourth driver in five races to drive the second car for Andretti. The third was Charles Pic returning to the series with China Racing, replacing Ho-Pin Tung. ^[5] Pic had previously competed for Andretti in the first round in Beijing. Finally, Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Michela Cerruti at Trulli GP. ^[6]

Salvador Durán, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Bruno Senna were voted to receive the FanBoost, giving an extra 30 kWh for five seconds per car. ^[7]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	27	Jean-Éric Vergne	Andretti	1:05.953		1
2	99	Nelson Piquet Jr.	China Racing	1:06.003	+0.050	7 1
3	8	Nicolas Prost	e.dams-Renault	1:06.167	+0.214	2
4	2	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing	1:06.170	+0.217	3
5	66	Daniel Abt	Audi Sport ABT	1:06.255	+0.302	4
6	30	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	1:06.389	+0.436	5
7	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT	1:06.424	+0.471	6
8	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1:06.502	+0.549	8
9	3	Jaime Alguersuari	Virgin Racing	1:06.503	+0.550	9
10	23	Nick Heidfeld	Venturi	1:06.510	+0.557	19 2
11	28	Scott Speed	Andretti	1:06.527	+0.574	10
12	18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Trulli	1:06.836	+0.883	11
13	77	Salvador Durán	Amlin Aguri	1:06.888	+0.935	12
14	9	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Renault	1:07.037	+1.084	13
15	10	Jarno Trulli	Trulli	1:07.163	+1.210	14
16	5	Karun Chandhok	Mahindra Racing	1:07.223	+1.270	20 3
17	21	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	1:07.283	+1.330	15
18	55	António Félix da Costa	Amlin Aguri	1:07.678	+1.725	16
19	88	Charles Pic	China Racing	1:08.243	+2.290	17
20	6	Loïc Duval	Dragon Racing	1:09.454	+3.501	18

Notes:

• ^1  –Nelson Piquet Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for speeding under yellow flags in the previous race.
• ^2  –Nick Heidfeld was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.
• ^3  –Karun Chandhok was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.

Race

Nicolas Prost won ahead of Scott Speed, while Daniel Abt finished third despite leading on the penultimate lap. ^[8]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Nicolas Prost	e.dams-Renault	39	46:12.349	2	25
2	28	Scott Speed	Andretti	39	+0.433s	10	18
3	66	Daniel Abt	Audi Sport ABT	39	+5.518s	4	15
4	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	39	+5.941s	8	12
5	99	Nelson Piquet Jr.	China Racing	39	+6.426s	7	10+2 1
6	55	António Félix da Costa	Amlin Aguri	39	+8.754s	16	8
7	6	Loïc Duval	Dragon Racing	39	+9.498s	18	6
8	2	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing	39	+19.817s	3	4
9	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT	39	+20.631s	6	2
10	77	Salvador Durán	Amlin Aguri	39	+24.587s	12	1
11	3	Jaime Alguersuari	Virgin Racing	39	+43.883s	9
12	23	Nick Heidfeld	Venturi	39	+47.878s	19
13	9	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Renault	39	+1:04.587s	13
14	5	Karun Chandhok	Mahindra Racing	39	+1:23.539s	20
15	10	Jarno Trulli	Trulli	38	+1 lap	14
16	18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Trulli	38	+1 lap	11
17	88	Charles Pic	China Racing	38	+1 lap	17
18	27	Jean-Éric Vergne	Andretti	37	Collision Damage	1	3 2
Ret	30	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	31	Suspension	5
Ret	21	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	25	Suspension	15

Notes:

• ^1  – Two points for fastest lap.
• ^2  – Three points for winning qualifying.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nicolas Prost 67 2 Lucas di Grassi 60 3 Sam Bird 52 4 Nelson Piquet Jr. 49 5 Sébastien Buemi 43

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 e.dams-Renault 110 2 Audi Sport ABT 79 3 Virgin Racing 78 4 Andretti 62 5 Dragon Racing 56

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

References

1. "Weather information for the "2015 Miami ePrix". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
2. Smith, Luke (July 10, 2015). "Formula E season two calendar confirmed: Paris joins, Miami and Monaco dropped". NBC Sports . NBC . Retrieved December 19, 2015.
3. "Duval gets Dragon seat for Miami". FIA Formula E Championship . Formula E Operations. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
4. "Scott Speed to race for Andretti in Miami". FIA Formula E Championship . Formula E Operations. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
5. "Pic returns to Formula E with China Racing". FIA Formula E Championship . Formula E Operations. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on March 14, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
6. "Vitantonio Liuzzi replaces Michela Cerruti in Miami". FIA Formula E Championship . Formula E Operations. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
7. "Duran, Vergne and Senna win FanBoost vote". FIA Formula E Championship . Formula E Operations. March 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
8. Watkins, Gary (March 14, 2015). "Miami Formula E: Nicolas Prost beats Scott Speed, Daniel Abt to win". autosport.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

External links

• Official results

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