2016 Paris ePrix

  2016 Paris ePrix

Race details
Race 7 of 10 of the 2015–16 Formula E season
Date	April 23 (23-04), 2016
Official name	2016 Visa Paris ePrix
Location	Paris, France
Course	Street circuit
Course length	1.93 km (1.2 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 86.85 km (54 mi)
Weather	11°C
Pole position
Driver	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing
Time	1.01.616
Fastest lap
Driver	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing
Time	1.02.323 on lap 39
Podium
First	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT
Second	Jean Eric Vergne	Virgin Racing
Third	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Renault

The 2016 Paris ePrix (officially the 2016 Visa Paris ePrix) was a Formula E motor race held on 23 April 2016 in Paris, France on a street circuit around Les Invalides. It was the seventh championship race of the 2015–16 Formula E season, the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' second season. It also was the 18th Formula E race overall.^[1]

Circuit

View from the Esplanade des Invalides, where the pit lane was located.

Official fleet of BMW i3s and BMW i8s on duty at the 2016 Paris ePrix.

The race took place on the new Paris Street Circuit, which is 1.93 km in length and features 14 turns. It goes clock-wise around Les Invalides with the Musée de l'Armée and the tomb of Napoleon. The pit lane is located along the Esplanade des Invalides, north of Les Invalides.^[2]

Report

Background

Ma Qing Hua replaced Salvador Durán at Team Aguri for the rest of the season.^[3]

The race finished under a safety car after a crash on lap 42.

Classifications

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	45	52:40.324	2	25
2	25	Jean-Eric Vergne	DS Virgin Racing	45	+0.853	3	18
3	9	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.dams	45	+1.616	8	15
4	8	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	45	+2.142	5	12
5	4	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	45	+3.044	4	10
6	2	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing	45	+3.856	1	111
7	27	Robin Frijns	Amlin Andretti	45	+5.141	6	6
8	55	António Félix da Costa	Team Aguri	45	+7.000	10	4
9	21	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	45	+8.433	13	2
10	66	Daniel Abt	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	45	+9.479	14	1
11	7	Jérôme D'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	45	+10.738	11
12	23	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	45	+12.453	18	22
13	88	Oliver Turvey	NEXTEV TCR	45	+13.721	7
14	12	Mike Conway	Venturi	45	+14.833	17
15	28	Simona de Silvestro	Amlin Andretti	45	+16.049	12
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NEXTEV TCR	39	Retired	9
Ret	77	Qing Hua Ma	Team Aguri	38	Retired	15
Ret	6	Loic Duval	Dragon Racing	4	Retired	16
Source:[4]

Notes:

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

Lap leaders:Lucas Di Grassi (1-23),Bruno Senna (24),Daniel Abt (25),Lucas Di Grassi (26-45)

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Lucas di Grassi 126 2 Sébastien Buemi 115 3 Sam Bird 82 4 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 64 5 Stéphane Sarrazin 58

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault e.Dams 165 2 ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 158 3 Dragon Racing 112 4 DS Virgin Racing 106 5 Mahindra Racing 65

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

References