2016 Long Beach ePrix

  2016 Long Beach ePrix

Race details
Race 6 of 11 of the 2015–16 Formula E season
Layout of the Long Beach Formula E street circuit
Date	April 2, 2016
Official name	2016 Faraday Future Long Beach ePrix
Location	Long Beach, United States
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.131 km (1.324 mi)
Distance	41 laps, 87.37 km (54,29 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Sam Bird	DS Virgin
Time	57.261
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams
Time	57.938 on lap 28
Podium
First	Lucas di Grassi	ABT
Second	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi
Third	Daniel Abt	ABT

The 2016 Long Beach ePrix (officially the 2016 Faraday Future Long Beach ePrix) was a Formula E motor race held on 2 April 2016 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 2015–16 Formula E season, the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' second season. It also was the second edition of the Long Beach ePrix and the 17th Formula E race overall.^[1]

Report

Background

The same 18 drivers as in the previous ePrix participated in this race.

Classifications

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	41	45:11.582	2	25
2	4	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	41	+0.787	3	18
3	66	Daniel Abt	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	41	+1.685	6	15
4	23	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	41	+2.343	4	12
5	21	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	41	+4.968	10	10
6	2	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing	41	+5.229	1	11^1
7	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	41	+6.735	9	6
8	6	Loïc Duval	Dragon Racing	41	+8.057	17	4
9	28	Simona de Silvestro	Amlin Andretti	41	+10.505	12	2
10	12	Mike Conway	Venturi	41	+10.900	15	1
11	8	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	41	+11.205	8
12	88	Oliver Turvey	NEXTEV TCR	41	+17.417	13
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Virgin Racing	40	+1 lap	11
14	77	Salvador Durán	Team Aguri	40	+1 lap	16
15	27	Robin Frijns	Amlin Andretti	40	+1 lap	5
16	9	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams	38	+3 laps	7	2^2
Ret	55	António Félix da Costa	Team Aguri	33	Retired	18
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	NEXTEV TCR	32	Retired	14
Source:[2]

Notes:

• ^1 – Three points for pole position.
• ^2 – Two points for fastest lap.

Lap leaders:Sam Bird (1-11), Lucas Di Grassi (12-21), Nick Heidfeld (22),Lucas Di Grassi (23-41)

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Lucas di Grassi 101 2 Sébastien Buemi 100 3 Sam Bird 71 4 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 64 5 Stéphane Sarrazin 48

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault e.Dams 138 2 ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 132 3 Dragon Racing 112 4 DS Virgin Racing 77 5 Mahindra Racing 61

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

References

1. "Round 6 – 2 April 2016  – Long Beach, USA". Formula E. Formula E Holdings Limited. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
2. "LONG BEACH ePRIX — Official FIA Formula E Championship". fiaformulae.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.