2015 Miami ePrix

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2015 Miami ePrix
Race 5 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Miami EPrix.svg
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 mi)
Distance 39 laps, 84.6 km (53.7 mi)
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 Andretti
Time 1:05.953
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing
Time 1:07.969 on lap 29
Podium
First e.dams-Renault
Second Andretti
Third Audi Sport ABT
Lap leaders
  • 2015 Miami ePrix
Biscayne Bay next to the American Airlines Arena Biscayne Bay next to AmericanAirlines Arena.jpg
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]

Contents

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.DriverTeamTimeGapGrid
127 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 1:05.9531
299 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 1:06.003+0.0507 1
38 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 1:06.167+0.2142
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing 1:06.170+0.2173
566 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 1:06.255+0.3024
630 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 1:06.389+0.4365
711 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 1:06.424+0.4716
87 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 1:06.502+0.5498
93 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 1:06.503+0.5509
1023 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 1:06.510+0.55719 2
1128 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Andretti 1:06.527+0.57410
1218 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Trulli 1:06.836+0.88311
1377 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 1:06.888+0.93512
149 Flag of Switzerland.svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 1:07.037+1.08413
1510 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 1:07.163+1.21014
165 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 1:07.223+1.27020 3
1721 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 1:07.283+1.33015
1855 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 1:07.678+1.72516
1988 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic China Racing 1:08.243+2.29017
206 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 1:09.454+3.50118

Notes:

Race

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

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
18 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost e.dams-Renault 3946:12.349225
228 Flag of the United States.svg Scott Speed Andretti 39+0.433s1018
366 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi Sport ABT 39+5.518s415
47 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Dragon Racing 39+5.941s812
599 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. China Racing 39+6.426s710+2 1
655 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Amlin Aguri 39+8.754s168
76 Flag of France.svg Loïc Duval Dragon Racing 39+9.498s186
82 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin Racing 39+19.817s34
911 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport ABT 39+20.631s62
1077 Flag of Mexico.svg Salvador Durán Amlin Aguri 39+24.587s121
113 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari Virgin Racing 39+43.883s9
1223 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Venturi 39+47.878s19
139 Flag of Switzerland.svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Renault 39+1:04.587s13
145 Flag of India.svg Karun Chandhok Mahindra Racing 39+1:23.539s20
1510 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Trulli 38+1 lap14
1618 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Trulli 38+1 lap11
1788 Flag of France.svg Charles Pic China Racing 38+1 lap17
1827 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Andretti 37Collision Damage13 2
Ret30 Flag of France.svg Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 31Suspension5
Ret21 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 25Suspension15

Notes:

Standings after the race

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