2020 Marrakesh ePrix

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2020 Marrakesh ePrix
Race 5 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)
Official name 2020 ABB Formula E Marrakesh E-Prix
Location Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakesh
Course Semi-permanent street circuit
Course length 2.971 km (1.846 mi)
Distance 34 laps, 101.014 km (62.767 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Techeetah-DS
Time 1:17.158
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Pascal Wehrlein
Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans [N 1]
Mahindra
Jaguar
Time 1:20.345 (1:20.737) on lap 29 (27)
Podium
First Techeetah-DS
Second Andretti-BMW
Third Techeetah-DS
Lap leaders
  • 2020 Marrakesh ePrix

The 2020 Marrakesh ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakesh on 29 February 2020. The race was a replacement for the 2020 Hong Kong ePrix, which was cancelled due to pro-democracy protests. [1]

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Background

On 15 June 2019, Formula E announced the provisional calendar for the 2019–20 season, in which Marrakesh was not included. [2] The final calendar, which was revealed in October, saw multiple date changes with Marrakesh coming in to replace Hong Kong. [1] Marrakesh would also host the third annual rookie test a day after the event, where each team got to nominate two drivers who have not officially competed in the series. [3]

Schedule changes

Free Practice 1 was moved to Friday afternoon due low visibility issues from sunrise during the first practice session in last year's event. The 2020 race held 47 days later on the calendar (February 29) compared to the 2019 race (January 12), an earlier sunrise and later sunset in late February compared to early January. [4]

Rookie Test

The traditional rookie test took place the day after the race.

Classification

Qualifying

Group draw [5]
Group 1 Flag of New Zealand.svg EVA (1) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg SIM (2) Flag of Portugal.svg DAC (3) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg VAN (4) Flag of Brazil.svg DIG (5) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BIR (6)
Group 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg ROW (7) Flag of Germany.svg GUE (8) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg MOR (9) Flag of Germany.svg LOT (10) Flag of the Netherlands.svg DEV (11) Flag of France.svg JEV (12)
Group 3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg BUE (13) Flag of Germany.svg WEH (14) Flag of the Netherlands.svg FRI (15) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg CAL (16) Flag of Germany.svg ABT (17) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg DAM (18)
Group 4 Flag of Brazil.svg MAS (19) Flag of New Zealand.svg HAR (20) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TUR (21) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg MUL (22) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg JAN (23) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg QMA (24)
Pos.No.DriverTeamGSSPGrid
113 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:17.6401:17.1581
228 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:17.5621:17.2272
336 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Porsche 1:17.5821:17.2533
417 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:17.7431:17.5904
548 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:17.6311:17.8035
623 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:17.7791:17.8116
764 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:17.7987
827 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 1:17.8308
922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:17.8399
1051 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Jaguar 1:17.86710
1125 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:17.92811
126 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:17.94412
1311 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:17.95813
142 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:18.06414
1594 Flag of Germany.svg Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:18.06915
167 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:18.20316
175 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:18.21817
1866 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi 1:18.22918
193 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey NIO 1:18.31319
2019 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:18.67520
2133 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qinghua NIO 1:19.35921
NC4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:27.444 1 22
NC18 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani Porsche 1:32.690 1 23
NC20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Jaguar no time24 2
Source: [6] [7]

Notes:

Race

Drivers who scored points are denoted in bold.

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
113 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 3446:52.757125+3 1
228 Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 34+11.427218+1 2
325 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 34+12.0341115
423 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 34+12.282612
548 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 34+15.657510
620 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Evans Jaguar 34+16.335248+1 3
711 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas di Grassi Audi 34+18.706136
836 Flag of Germany.svg André Lotterer Porsche 34+19.49834
922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 34+20.12692
102 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 34+20.295141
1117 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nyck de Vries Mercedes 34+20.5574
124 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 34+22.37322
1364 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 34+22.7857
1466 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Audi 34+25.08018
155 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 34+25.96917
1651 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Calado Jaguar 34+26.52810
1719 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 34+27.47620
1818 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Neel Jani Porsche 34+44.47623
196 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 34+49.00212
207 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 34+53.07516
213 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Turvey NIO 34+59.96919
2294 Flag of Germany.svg Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 34+1:13.41415
2333 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Qinghua NIO 33+1 lap21
Ret27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 33Driveshaft8
Source: [14]

Notes:

Standings after the race

Footnotes

  1. Evans received the point for fastest lap as Wehrlein failed to finish inside the top 10.

References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Sam (4 October 2019). "Calendar Confirmed: Marrakesh Replaces Hong Kong". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. Kalinauckas, Alex (14 June 2019). "Formula E unveils 2019/20 calendar with earlier start date". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. Klein, Jamie (22 February 2020). "Full Marrakesh Formula E test entry finalised". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. Kilshaw, Jake (25 February 2020). "FP1 Moved to Friday, Unchanged Track for Marrakesh". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. "Doc 30 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. "Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. "Doc 51 - Final Starting Grid RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. "Doc 46 - Decision 15" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. "Doc 47 - Decision 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. "Doc 53 - Decision 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. "Doc 54 - Decision 18" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  12. "Doc 41 - Decision 14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  13. "Doc 45 - Decision 16" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  14. "Doc 66 - Final Classification RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  15. "Drivers Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  16. "Doc 67 - Final Teams Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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