2017–18 Formula E Championship

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Jean-Eric Vergne, the Drivers' Champion. Jean-Eric Vergne at 2018 Berlin ePrix podium.jpg
Jean-Éric Vergne, the Drivers' Champion.
Lucas di Grassi, the runner-up. TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2018 (Day 1) 08 (cropped).jpg
Lucas di Grassi, the runner-up.
Sam Bird finished the season in third. Sam Bird FE 2015.jpg
Sam Bird finished the season in third.
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler won the Teams' title. 2018 Berlin E-Prix Abt Audi e-tron FE04 on track.jpg
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler won the Teams' title.

The 2017–18 FIA Formula E Championship (known for commercial reasons as the 2017–18 ABB FIA Formula E Championship) [1] was the fourth season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula E motor racing. It featured the 2017–18 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, a motor racing championship for open-wheel electric racing cars, recognised by FIA, the sport's governing body, as the highest class of competition for electrically powered vehicles. Twenty drivers representing ten teams contested twelve ePrix, which started in Hong Kong on 2 December 2017 and ended on 15 July 2018 in New York City as they competed for the Drivers' and Teams' Championships.

2017–18 was the final season that the Spark-Renault SRT 01E chassis—which debuted in the 2014–15 Formula E season—was used in competition; as a brand new chassis package was introduced for the 2018–19 season.

Lucas di Grassi entered as the defending Drivers' Champion after securing his first title at the 2017 Montreal ePrix. Renault e.Dams began the season as the defending Teams' Champion, having clinched its third consecutive accolade at the same event.

Frenchman Jean-Éric Vergne took victory in Drivers' Championship with 198 points, besting Lucas di Grassi and Sam Bird. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler took victory in the Team's Championship, beating Techeetah by a narrow two point margin.

Teams and drivers

All teams used Spark chassis.

Team Powertrain No.Driver nameRaces
Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Audi e-tron FE04 [2] 1 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi [2] All
66 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt [2] All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg DS Virgin Racing DS Virgin DSV-032 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird [3] All
36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn [3] All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Panasonic Jaguar Racing Jaguar I-Type 23 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. [4] All
20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans [4] All
Flag of Monaco.svg Venturi Formula E Team Venturi VM200-FE-034 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Edoardo Mortara [5] 1–8, 10
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Tom Dillmann [6] 9, 11–12
5 Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel [5] All
Flag of the United States.svg Dragon Racing Penske EV-26 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani [7] 1–2
Flag of Argentina.svg José María López [8] 3–12
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio [9] All
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Renault e.Dams Renault Z.E. 178 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Prost [10] All
9 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi [10] All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nio Formula E Team [11] NextEV Nio Sport 00316 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey [12] 1–11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qinghua [13] 12
68 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi [12] 1–7, 9–12
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qinghua [14] 8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Techeetah Renault Z.E. 1718 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer [15] All
25 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne [15] All
Flag of India.svg Mahindra Racing Mahindra M4Electro19 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist [16] All
23 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld [16] All
Flag of the United States.svg MS&AD Andretti Formula E Andretti ATEC-03 [17] 27 Flag of Monaco.svg Kamui Kobayashi [N 1] [19] 1–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist 3–8
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Stéphane Sarrazin [20] 9–12
28 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa [21] All
Source: [22]

Team changes

Name changes

The official entry list for the 2017–18 season contained a number of name changes for the teams. These were: [22]

Driver changes

Joining Formula E

Changing teams

Mid-season changes

After just one weekend in Hong Kong, Dragon Racing driver Neel Jani left the team in order to focus on his upcoming World Endurance Championship campaign. He was replaced by former DS Virgin Racing driver José María López. [8]

For the first weekend in Hong Kong, Kamui Kobayashi was brought by MS&AD Andretti to satisfy sponsors. [25] Tom Blomqvist however, took over that car after and raced it until the Paris round, where he left the team to focus on World Endurance Championship commitments with BMW, he was replaced by Stéphane Sarrazin.

Edoardo Mortara missed Berlin and the finale in New York due to DTM commitments with Mercedes. Mortara was replaced by Tom Dillmann on both occasions. [6]

Ma Qinghua subbed in for Luca Filippi at Nio Formula E Team for the Paris ePrix, to fulfill a contract obligation. [14]

Rule changes

Calendar

In May 2017, a provisional calendar for the 2017–18 season was circulated. [27] In September, the full calendar was announced. This calendar included new races in Santiago, São Paulo, Rome and Zürich, the latter of which will mark the first time since 1955 a motorsports circuit race will be held in Switzerland. [28] The Buenos Aires round was discontinued, whilst the Monaco round will not be held due to the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco taking place in 2018. Later that year, on 30 November, it was announced that the São Paulo race would be postponed until 2019, with a race elsewhere to replace it in the schedule. [29] It was later announced that Punta del Este in Uruguay, which had been on the schedule for seasons 1 and 2, would be returning in place of São Paulo. [30] On 18 December 2017, the Montreal ePrix was cancelled due to the Mayor of Montreal citing rising costs to the taxpayer. [31] On 18 January 2018, it was announced the ePrix would not be replaced, thus decreasing the calendar to twelve rounds. [32]

RoundePrixCountryTrackDate
1 Hong Kong ePrix Race 1Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit 2 December 2017
2 Hong Kong ePrix Race 23 December 2017
3 Marrakesh ePrix Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan 13 January 2018
4 Santiago ePrix Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Santiago Street Circuit 3 February 2018
5 Mexico City ePrix Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 3 March 2018
6 Punta del Este ePrix Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Punta del Este Street Circuit 17 March 2018
7 Rome ePrix Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR 14 April 2018
8 Paris ePrix Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Paris Street Circuit 28 April 2018
9 Berlin ePrix Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit 19 May 2018
10 Zürich ePrix Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Zürich Street Circuit 10 June 2018
11 New York City ePrix Race 1Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Brooklyn Street Circuit 14 July 2018
12 New York City ePrix Race 215 July 2018
Source: [27] [33]

ePrix locations

World location map (equirectangular 180).svg
Location of non-European ePrix in season 4.
( Green pog.svg : ePrix – single race)
( Red pog.svg : ePrix – double header)
Location of European ePrix in season 4.
( Green pog.svg : held ePrix)

Results and standings

ePrix

RoundRace Pole position Fastest lapWinning driverWinning teamReport
1 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio [N 2] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom.svg DS Virgin Racing Report
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi [N 3] Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist [N 4] Flag of India.svg Mahindra Racing
3 Flag of Morocco.svg Marrakesh Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Flag of India.svg Mahindra Racing Report
4 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Techeetah Report
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Report
6 Flag of Uruguay.svg Punta del Este Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of Argentina.svg José María López Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Techeetah Report
7 Flag of Italy.svg Rome Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom.svg DS Virgin Racing Report
8 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Paris Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Techeetah Report
9 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Report
10 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zürich Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Report
11 Flag of the United States.svg New York City Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sebastien Buemi Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist [N 5] Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler Report
12 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sebastien Buemi Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Techeetah
Source: [34]

Drivers' Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in every race, the pole position starter, and the driver who set the fastest lap, using the following structure:

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th PoleFL
Points25181512108642131
Pos.Driver HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
MRK
Flag of Morocco.svg
SCL
Flag of Chile.svg
MEX
Flag of Mexico.svg
PDE
Flag of Uruguay.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
PAR
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
ZUR
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
Pts
1 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Éric Vergne 245151513105*1*198
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi 1714RetRet9*22*2*21*12144
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird 15351731372910143
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi 11102*3*3*Ret*65*4*5*3*4*125
5 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt 5*DSQ*10*Ret*114*4*7*1*13*2*3*120
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist 14114Ret*5*Ret811*1514596
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans 1231176491567Ret668
8 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer DSQ13Ret2131236947964
9 Flag of Brazil.svg Nelson Piquet Jr. 412464RetRetRet12RetRet751
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey 166Ret142712959WD46
11 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld 3167RetRetRet16111066842
12 Flag of Germany.svg Maro Engel 13712Ret1610848118Ret31
13 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Edoardo Mortara 7217†138171013Ret29
14 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Ret1515811971219313Ret27
15 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa 61114971111Ret158111520
16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alex Lynn 899Ret106Ret141616Ret1417
17 Flag of Argentina.svg José María López 6Ret*12817†101812RetRet14
18 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Tom Dillmann 134Ret12
19 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Nicolas Prost 981310Ret15141614Ret10118
20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Blomqvist 811151615Ret4
21 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Filippi 10*Ret*1612141313*17Ret15Ret1
22 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Stéphane Sarrazin 201412120
23 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qinghua 17130
24 Flag of Monaco.svg Kamui Kobayashi 15*17*0
25 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani 18180
Pos.Driver HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
MRK
Flag of Morocco.svg
SCL
Flag of Chile.svg
MEX
Flag of Mexico.svg
PDE
Flag of Uruguay.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
PAR
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
ZUR
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
Pts
Source: [35]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
* – FanBoost

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.TeamNo. HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
MRK
Flag of Morocco.svg
SCL
Flag of Chile.svg
MEX
Flag of Mexico.svg
PDE
Flag of Uruguay.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
PAR
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
ZUR
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
Pts
1 Flag of Germany.svg Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 11714RetRet92222112264
665DSQ10Ret1144711323
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Techeetah 18DSQ13Ret21312369479262
252451515131051
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg DS Virgin Racing 21535Ret31372910160
36899Ret106Ret141616Ret14
4 Flag of India.svg Mahindra Racing 1914114Ret5Ret81115145138
233167RetRetRet161110668
5 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Renault e.dams 8981310Ret15141614Ret1011133
91110233Ret654534
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Panasonic Jaguar Racing 3412464RetRetRet12RetRet7119
201231176491267Ret6
7 Flag of Monaco.svg Venturi Formula E Team 47217†13817101313Ret4Ret72
513712Ret1610848118Ret
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nio Formula E Team 16166Ret142712959WD1347
6810Ret16121413131717Ret15Ret
9 Flag of the United States.svg Dragon Racing 618186Ret12817†101812RetRet41
7Ret1515811971219313Ret
10 Flag of the United States.svg MS&AD Andretti Formula E 271517811151615Ret2014121224
2861114971111Ret1581115
Pos.TeamNo. HKG
Flag of Hong Kong.svg
MRK
Flag of Morocco.svg
SCL
Flag of Chile.svg
MEX
Flag of Mexico.svg
PDE
Flag of Uruguay.svg
RME
Flag of Italy.svg
PAR
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg
BER
Flag of Germany.svg
ZUR
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
NYC
Flag of the United States.svg
Pts
Source: [36]

Footnotes

  1. Kobayashi is a Japanese driver who was racing under a Monégasque racing license. [18]
  2. Point for Fastest Lap awarded to Daniel Abt as d'Ambrosio did not finish inside the top 10.
  3. Point for Fastest Lap awarded to Felix Rosenqvist as di Grassi did not finish inside the top 10.
  4. Daniel Abt and Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler were the initial winners but were disqualified for technical infingement.
  5. Point for Fastest Lap awarded to Daniel Abt as Rosenqvist did not finish inside the top 10.

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