2015 Miami ePrix

  2015 Miami ePrix

Race details
Race 5 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season
Layout of the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit
Date	March 14, 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, sunny Air temp.: 26 °C (79 °F) Track temp.: 35 °C (95 °F)
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

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 March 14, 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.^[1]

Report

Background

After the previous race in Buenos Aires, four driver changes took place. The first was Loïc Duval, replacing Oriol Servià at Dragon.^[2] The second was Scott Speed, replacing Marco Andretti at Andretti.^[3] 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.^[4] Pic had previously competed for Andretti in the first round in Beijing. Finally, Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Michela Cerruti at Trulli GP.^[5]

Salvador Durán, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Bruno Senna were voted to receive the FanBoost, giving an extra 30 kWh for five seconds per car.^[6]

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

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	12^1
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	+2 laps	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.

Lap leaders:Jean-Éric Vergne (1-18), Sam Bird (19), Nelson Piquet Jr. (20-21),Nick Heidfeld (22),Daniel Abt (23-37),Nicolas Prost (38-39)

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. Smith, Luke (July 10, 2015). "Formula E season two calendar confirmed: Paris joins, Miami and Monaco dropped". NBC Sports (NBC). Retrieved December 19, 2015.
2. "Duval gets Dragon seat for Miami". FIA Formula E Championship (Formula E Operations). March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
3. "Scott Speed to race for Andretti in Miami". FIA Formula E Championship (Formula E Operations). March 5, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
4. "Pic returns to Formula E with China Racing.". FIA Formula E Championship (Formula E Operations). March 12, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
5. "Vitantonio Liuzzi replaces Michela Cerruti in Miami". FIA Formula E Championship (Formula E Operations). March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
6. "Duran, Vergne and Senna win FanBoost vote". FIA Formula E Championship (Formula E Operations). March 14, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.

External links

• Official results