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Race Information
Date 7 November 2015
E-Prix No. 13
Official Name 2015 YCM Putrajaya ePrix
Location Flag of Putrajaya Putrajaya Street Circuit, Persiaran Perdana, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Format {{{format}}}
Lap length 2.560 km (1.591 mi)
Distance 33 laps / 84.480 km (52.593 mi)
Support Race {{{support}}}
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Team Flag of France Renault e.Dams
Time 1:20.196
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi
Team Flag of France Renault e.Dams
Fastest Lap 1:22.748 on lap 22
ePrix Result
First Second Third
Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Dutch Flag Robin Frijns
Winner Team Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Time 50:17.449
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Post-Race Test {{{test}}}

The 2015 Putrajaya ePrix, otherwise officially known as the 2015 YCM Putrajaya ePrix, was the second round of the 2015/16 FIA Formula E Championship, staged at the Putrajaya Street Circuit on the Persiaran Perdana Boulevard in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on 7 November 2015.[1] The race, which was the second and final race around Putrajaya, would see Lucas di Grassi claim victory as pre-race favourite Sébastien Buemi hit trouble.[2]

Indeed, it seemed as if Buemi would romp away to a second straight victory right from the start of the day, with the Swiss ace taking pole during the qualifying session.[3] He would be joined on the front row by Stéphane Sarrazin of Venturi, with Loïc Duval, António Félix da Costa and Nicolas Prost completing the Super Pole shootout.[3]

Buemi duly swept into an early lead at the start of the race, aided by the fact that Sarrazin had suffered an electrical failure on the dummy grid.[2] Behind, Duval and da Costa duly swept into the top three, while di Grassi just fell shy of beating Prost into the first corner.[2]

The early stages would see Buemi establish a small lead at the head of the field, as Jean-Éric Vergne went out of the race with a suspension failure.[2] Elsewhere, Duval came under pressure from Prost once the Frenchman passed da Costa, with di Grassi also looking to take Portuguese racer to challenge for the top three.[2]

However, having looked so dominant during the opening stages, Buemi's race effectively came to an end a couple of laps before his mid-race car swap, with the Swiss racer's Renault e.Dams grinding to a halt.[2] Prost, having seen Buemi's issue, quickly swept into the pits a lap early, with the Swiss racer managing to limp back to the pits to swap to his second car.[2] It was later revealed that both e.Dams cars were suffering with an overheating issue.[2]

Prost duly inherited the lead after the rest of the field made their stops, but the Frenchman was more than three laps in arrears to his competitors.[2] It therefore seemed inevitable that the Frenchman would lose the lead before the end of the race, with di Grassi duly sweeping into the lead with ten laps to go.[2]

Prost soon tumbled down the order over the following laps, as di Grassi established a small lead at the front of the field.[2] Duval went with the Brazilian but a suspension failure in the closing stages left the Frenchman on the sidelines, prompting a late race scramble for the podium.[2]

Indeed, heading into the final lap Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Sam Bird and Robin Frijns were all in the fight for second, although Frijns would drop back having slapped the wall, breaking his suspension.[2] d'Ambrosio, meanwhile, would come across a misplaced Nathanaël Berthon in the final sector, and duly threw his car into the barriers while trying to avoid the Aguri.[2]

That gifted second to Bird, who was almost a quarter of a minute behind the race winning di Grassi out front.[2] Frijns finished third despite smashing his rear suspension, just keeping a charging Sarrazin at bay to claim his podium spot.[2] Buemi, meanwhile, would finish the race in twelfth, still on the lead lap, and with the points for fastest lap and pole.[2]

Background[]

Ahead of the weekend in Malaysia, Sébastien Buemi was already looking to be Champion elect for the season, having dominated the 2015 Beijing ePrix two weeks earlier. He had become the first driver to score maximum points (30) in a weekend, and so led Lucas di Grassi by twelve. Adding to his hopes was the fact that team mate, and arguably largest threat, Nicolas Prost failed to score, as did defending Champion Nelson Piquet Jr.

Buemi's perfect weekend meant Renault e.Dams led the Teams' Championship, ahead of Dragon Racing, who outscored ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport by four points. Mahindra Racing and NEXTEV TCR completed the top five, with two teams failing to score, although, the Trulli Formula E Team had never started. The Swiss based team missed the scrutineering session before the Beijing race due to a customs issue, and so were withdrawn from the weekend.

However, despite having no customs issues in Malaysia, Trulli once again failed to pass scrutineering.[4] Having announced that Jarno Trulli would be returning for them, their quartet of Motomatica JT-01s failed the pre-race checks by the scrutineers, meaning their entries were withdrawn.[4] Trulli were, however, able to submit their cars for the Punta del Este round in December.

FanBoost opened on the 26 of October, twelve days before the start of the ePrix.[5]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2015 Putrajaya ePrix is displayed below:

2015 Putrajaya ePrix Entry List
No. Name Entrant Constructor Car
1 Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Flag of China NextEV TCR NextEV FormulaE 001
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing DS Virgin DSV-01
4 Flag of France Stéphane Sarrazin Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team Venturi VM200-FE-01
6 Flag of France Loïc Duval Flag of the United States Dragon Racing Venturi VM200-FE-01
7 Flag of Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Flag of the United States Dragon Racing Venturi VM200-FE-01
8 Flag of France Nicolas Prost Flag of France Renault e.Dams Renault Z.E. 15
9 Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Flag of France Renault e.Dams Renault Z.E. 15
10 Flag of Italy Jarno Trulli Flag of Switzerland Trulli Formula E Team Motomatica JT-01
11 Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler FE01
12 Flag of Canada Jacques Villeneuve Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team Venturi VM200-FE-01
18 Flag of Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Flag of Switzerland Trulli Formula E Team Motomatica JT-01
21 Flag of Brazil Bruno Senna Flag of India Mahindra Racing Mahindra M2Electro
23 Flag of Germany Nick Heidfeld Flag of India Mahindra Racing Mahindra M2Electro
25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing DS Virgin DSV-01
27 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns Flag of the United States Amlin Andretti Spark-Renault SRT_01E
28 Flag of Switzerland Simona de Silvestro Flag of the United States Amlin Andretti Spark-Renault SRT_01E
55 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Japan Team Aguri Spark-Renault SRT_01E
66 Flag of Germany Daniel Abt Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler FE01
77 Flag of France Nathanaël Berthon Flag of Japan Team Aguri Spark-Renault SRT_01E
88 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey Flag of China NextEV TCR NextEV FormulaE 001
Source:[6]

Practice[]

FP1[]

FP2[]

Qualifying[]

Putrajaya saw the second running of the new "Super Pole" format in qualifying, with the groups drawn on Friday morning before the weekend.[7] Each group would have six minutes and one flying lap to set their best time, with the best five overall heading into the Super Pole Shoot Out at the end of the session.[8] Each one of the five would then get one shot to set a time good enough for pole, with the fifth placed driver from the groups going first, on a completely empty circuit.[8]

Group 1[]

With Trulli once again absent, groups one and two were reduced to four cars, although the pace in practice suggested that qualifying was still set to entertain.[7] First onto the circuit was one of the title contenders, Nicolas Prost, joined by Dragon Racing Frenchman Loïc Duval, and the Mahindra Racing duo of Nick Heidfeld and Bruno Senna.[7] Duval had stood out in practice, having wiped almost two seconds off of the lap record set in 2014, although Prost was expected to be the class of the group in the Renault e.Dams machine.[9]

Duval and Prost indeed proved to be the strongest members of the group, although a supreme lap by Duval saw him edge out his countryman by over a tenth, matching Buemi's best time from practice.[3] The two Mahindras ended the session two and three tenths off of Duval's pace respectively, with Senna pushing Heidfeld down with his lap at the end of the six minute session.[3]

Group 2[]

As with group one, group two saw a quartet rather than quintet head onto the circuit at 12:10, as two more title contenders hit the track.[7] Beijing winner, and the man who made the qualifying draw, Sébastien Buemi was to go toe to toe with rival Lucas di Grassi in the second group, with both expected to get into the "Super Pole" session.[7] They were to be joined by two drivers using the older Spark-Renault SRT_01E technology, with Robin Frijns and António Félix da Costa representing Andretti and Team Aguri respectively.[7]

A mistake by di Grassi proved costly in both the group and the overall session, as the Brazilian lost time on his only flying lap with a scrape along the wall.[3] Although he completed his lap, it was slower than both Duval and Prost from group one, leaving him on the brink of missing out on the shoot out.[3] Buemi, as expected, topped the entire session with a stunning lap that broke the 1:20.000 barrier, while da Costa put together a clean lap to beat di Grassi.[3] Frijns, meanwhile, bested the two Mahindras to end the session eighth overall.[3]

Group 3[]

Defending Champion Nelson Piquet Jr. headlined group three, joined by the two DS Virgin Racing machines of Sam Bird and Jean-Éric Vergne.[7] Stéphane Sarrazin had already proved he had the pace around Putrajaya and so remained a threat, with the group completed by the second Aguri of rookie Nathanaël Berthon.[7] Bird was another expected to perform, having won the race last season, with Vergne's impressive qualifying record meant he could not be ruled out either.[3]

Sarrazin proved to be the class of the group, the Frenchman producing a stunning lap to emerge as the best Venturi built runner by snatching second overall from Duval and, more significantly, pushed di Grassi out of the Super Pole running.[3] Elsewhere, the group proved disappointing, with both Virgins making mistakes and ending up down the order, Vergne ahead of Bird, with Berthon edging out Piquet near the back of the overall order.[3]

Group 4[]

The final quintet of the group phase saw another mix of old and new, with rookie Jacques Villeneuve up against Daniel Abt and Jérôme d'Ambrosio, both of whom carried impressive qualifying records.[7] Joining them were Simona de Silvestro and Oliver Turvey, with the latter two expected to be near the back of the field due to their cars and struggles.[7] For Villeneuve and d'Ambrosio the pressure was on, given the pace of their team mates, while Abt had a rare opportunity to best team mate di Grassi.[7]

The final session, however, was ultimately just a filler before the main event, with none of the drivers managing to threaten the Super Pole order.[3] d'Ambrosio did best to take seventh overall, leaving Abt to split the two Mahindras, and Villeneuve down in twelfth.[3] For Turvey, a difficult session ended with him outqualified by Piquet, while de Silvestro would round out the grid after a poor lap.[3]

Super Pole[]

First into battle for pole was da Costa, although he could not match his time from the group phase, losing half a second in the ever increasing temperatures.[3] Prost was next out, but a mistake filled lap meant he was slower than da Costa, while Duval beat both to snatch the lead a few minutes later.[3] Sarrazin's run then left him on top although, like everyone else, the pressure seemed to be telling as he locked up into turn one and lost time compared to his group pace.[3]

Last out was Buemi, and a mistake early on almost put the Swiss driver out of the session with a lock up into turn one.[3] However, his run of form stretching back to the end of the last season meant Buemi had the confidence to wrestle his car back into contention, and by the time he crossed the line, he was almost half a second up on the Venturi.[3] A fifth career pole reinforced his status as favourite for the race win, with Prost and di Grassi sharing the third row, and behind three cars that were expected to be fighting for points rather than podiums.[3]

Post Qualifying[]

The final qualifying results for the 2015 Putrajaya ePrix are outlined below:

2015 Putrajaya ePrix Qualifying Result
Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Grid Group
1st 9 Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Flag of France Renault e.Dams 1:20.196 1 G2
2nd 4 Flag of France Stéphane Sarrazin Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team 1:20.639 +0.443s 2 G3
3rd 6 Flag of France Loïc Duval Flag of the United States Dragon Racing 1:20.886 +0.690s 3 G1
4th 55 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Japan Team Aguri 1:20.975 +0.779s 4 G2
5th 8 Flag of France Nicolas Prost Flag of France Renault e.Dams 1:21.786 +1.590s 5 G1
Super Pole
1st 9 Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Flag of France Renault e.Dams 1:19.821 SP G2
2nd 4 Flag of France Stéphane Sarrazin Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team 1:20.213 +0.392s SP G3
3rd 6 Flag of France Loïc Duval Flag of the United States Dragon Racing 1:20.251 +0.430s SP G1
4th 8 Flag of France Nicolas Prost Flag of France Renault e.Dams 1:20.401 +0.580s SP G1
5th 55 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Japan Team Aguri 1:20.414 +0.593s SP G2
6th 11 Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 1:20.449 +0.628s 6 G2
7th 7 Flag of Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Flag of the United States Dragon Racing 1:20.496 +0.675s 7 G4
8th 27 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns Flag of the United States Amlin Andretti 1:20.546 +0.725s 8 G2
9th 21 Flag of Brazil Bruno Senna Flag of India Mahindra Racing 1:20.616 +0.795s 9 G1
10th 66 Flag of Germany Daniel Abt Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 1:20.679 +0.858s 10 G4
11th 23 Flag of Germany Nick Heidfeld Flag of India Mahindra Racing 1:20.727 +0.906s 11 G1
12th 12 Flag of Canada Jacques Villeneuve Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team 1:20.754 +0.933s 12 G4
13th 25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing 1:20.820 +0.999s 13 G3
14th 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing 1:20.905 +1.084s 14 G3
15th 77 Flag of France Nathanaël Berthon Flag of Japan Team Aguri 1:21.270 +1.449s 15 G3
16th 1 Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Flag of China NextEV TCR 1:21.559 +1.738s 16 G3
17th 88 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey Flag of China NextEV TCR 1:21.611 +1.790s 17 G4
18th 28 Flag of Switzerland Simona de Silvestro Flag of the United States Amlin Andretti 1:21.958 +2.137s 18 G4
110% Time: 1:27.803[6]
WD* 10 Flag of Italy Jarno Trulli Flag of Switzerland Trulli Formula E Team Withdrawn
WD* 18 Flag of Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Flag of Switzerland Trulli Formula E Team Withdrawn
Source:[6]
  • * The two Trulli entries of Trulli and Liuzzi were withdrawn after failing pre-race scrutineering.

Race[]

A warm, dry afternoon in the Malaysian administrative capital greeted the field, as the field gathered on the dummy grid ahead of the race.[2] However, just as the field pulled up into their proper grid slots, Stéphane Sarrazin suffered a fault and signalled that he could not start.[10] Sarrazin was duly pushed into the pit lane, with the start amazingly not delayed by the late issue.[2]

Report[]

With Sébastien Buemi alone on the front row, the Swiss was an unsurprising leader into the first corner, as the rest of the field battled away from the line.[2] Loïc Duval did just enough to sweep into second ahead of a fast starting António Félix da Costa, while Nicolas Prost fended off Lucas di Grassi.[10] There was drama in the midpack as Jean-Eric Vergne was squeezed by Nick Heidfeld and Jacques Villeneuve in the braking zone, and was left to bounce off of the Canadian and into the German, breaking his suspension.[2] Villeneuve and Heidfeld both continued (the latter having to spin his Mahindra back in the right direction), with Vergne having a short walk back to the pits.[10]

Sarrazin was back in the race before the end of the first lap, quickly catching the back of the field, as Buemi established a small lead at the head of the field.[2] Duval led the counter charge as team mate Jérôme d'Ambrosio lost out to Robin Frijns among a rush of mid-field battles in the opening stages.[10] The next few laps became a stalemate as the drivers found their rhythms, with Buemi and Duval pulling a gap to da Costa.[10] The Portuguese driver now became the centre of attention, as Prost and di Grassi climbed all over the back of the Team Aguri machine.[10]

A mistake for Duval dropped him back from Buemi on lap nine, as Prost finally completed a move on da Costa, getting a better exit out of turn four.[10] The Frenchman now began to bear down on his countryman Duval, with di Grassi stuck to the back of da Costa, having earlier collected a few marks on his front wing on the back of Prost.[10] But, more drama was to come a few laps later, as the halfway mark, and car changes, loomed ever closer.

With just a couple of laps before the expected pitstop window, Buemi lost power coming out of the hairpin, his Renault Z.E. 15 grinding to a halt a few hundred feet from the pit entrance.[2] In response, Prost was called into the pits to change, with e.Dams later confirming that an overheating issue had been affecting both cars, although Prost was called in as a precaution.[2] Buemi managed to continue after restarting his car, but immediately swapped to his second car, as Duval took over the lead.[2]

The early stop for Prost made it almost inevitable that he would be leading the race after the pit window, but his stop, three laps earlier than most, meant he would be fighting a rear guard action for most of the second half of the race. There was to be more drama in the pits, however, as a slow stop for Duval dropped him behind di Grassi and da Costa, with Prost slipping into the lead.[2] Elsewhere, Frijns, Heidfeld, Sam Bird and d'Ambrosio managed to gain an extra lap on everyone else, while Nelson Piquet Jr. held out until lap twenty for his stop.[10]

Da Costa fell to di Grassi shortly after the stops, before the Brazilian began to reel in Prost, who was already having to conserve energy.[2] A better exit out of the final corner on lap 22 saw the ABT Schaeffler pull alongside the Renault, before di Grassi took the inside line for turn one and took the place, da Costa lurking in the mirrors looking to take advantage of any mistake from the two of them.[10] With that, di Grassi was in the lead and quickly established a gap to Prost, who was now left to fight da Costa and Duval to stay on the podium.[10]

A lap later, and da Costa sent his Spark-Renault diving down the inside of Prost to take second at turn seven, a move perfected by him the season before.[10] But, as da Costa began to close on di Grassi, his hopes of a victory came to a grinding halt when he lost power into the first chicane.[10] His race was ruined despite managing to restart his Aguri liveried machine, dropping him to seventh, as Duval repeated the Portuguese's move on Prost to take second.[10]

d'Ambrosio, Frijns and Bird, meanwhile, were being drawn ever closer to the podium hunt, having stopped a lap later than most.[10] They all passed Prost in short order, using their advantage in remaining energy breeze by on the straights, before the trio set off after Duval who was trying to challenge di Grassi for the win.[10]

But, with three laps to go, the Frenchman was out of the race after a damper broke in his left rear suspension with no signs of contact.[2] That left d'Ambrosio with an easy pass, while Bird and Frijns were fighting with each other to try to get past quicker.[10] Frijns got the advantage and got by Duval, but in running wide to pass the ailing Dragon picked up dust on his tyres, meaning he lost grip in the run into the hairpin.[10] A small twitch and his Andretti was thrown into the wall, damaging his right rear suspension, with the Dutchman left to crab around the final few laps of the race.[10]

hat left di Grassi with a comfortable lead over d'Ambrosio and Bird, with Frijns slipping away in fourth.[10] e.Dams' miserable race continued as Buemi slipped out of the points, while Prost made a mistake and almost wiped the front wing off of his car, the Frenchman locking his rear axle in the braking zone of turn three.[10] With just one lap to go, the race seemed to be settled, although Sarrazin was completing an excellent recovery drive and was drawing in Frijns at a stunning rate.[10]

Di Grassi remained unchallenged to take his second win in Formula E, with more drama in his wake.[2] d'Ambrosio looked set for second, only needing to stay out of the wall to take a well earned podium, before he caught a struggling Nathanaël Berthon in the final sector.[10] In a similar situation to Frijns, the Belgian ran wide, picking up dust on his tyres, although it was ultimately a suspension failure that ended his race, slamming him into the barrier out of turn seven.[10] That promoted Bird into second and Frijns, just hanging onto his crippled car, to third, handing the Dutchman his first podium in only his second race.[2]

Result[]

The final classification of the 2015 Putrajaya ePrix is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.

2015 Putrajaya ePrix Race Result
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 11 Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 33 50:17.449 1:23.877 25
2nd 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing 33 +13.884s 1:24.273 18
3rd 27 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns Flag of the United States Amlin Andretti 33 +29.776s 1:24.183 15
4th 4 Flag of France Stéphane Sarrazin Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team 33 +32.628s 1:23.784 12
5th 21 Flag of Brazil Bruno Senna Flag of India Mahindra Racing 33 +34.404s 1:24.311 10
6th 55 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of Japan Team Aguri 33 +36.925s 1:24.045 8
7th 66 Flag of Germany Daniel Abt Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 33 +37.283s 1:24.178 6
8th 1 Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. FanBoost Flag of China NextEV TCR 33 +40.623s 1:23.889 4
9th 23 Flag of Germany Nick Heidfeld FanBoost Flag of India Mahindra Racing 33 +52.904s 1:23.366 2
10th 8 Flag of France Nicolas Prost Flag of France Renault e.Dams 33 +53.695s 1:23.240 1
11th 12 Flag of Canada Jacques Villeneuve Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team 33 +58.698s 1:24.753
12th 9 Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Flag of France Renault e.Dams 33 +1:07.728 1:22.748 5
13th 28 Flag of Switzerland Simona de Silvestro Flag of the United States Amlin Andretti 33 +1:24.464 1:25.872
14th* 7 Flag of Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Flag of the United States Dragon Racing 32 Accident 1:24.060
15th 77 Flag of France Nathanaël Berthon Flag of Japan Team Aguri 32 +1 Lap 1:24.981
16th* 6 Flag of France Loïc Duval Flag of the United States Dragon Racing 29 Suspension 1:23.827
Ret 88 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey FanBoost Flag of China NextEV TCR 4 Electrical 1:25.862
Ret 25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of the United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing 0 Accident
WD 10 Flag of Italy Jarno Trulli Flag of Switzerland Trulli Formula E Team
WD 18 Flag of Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Flag of Switzerland Trulli Formula E Team
Source:[6]
  • FanBoost Indicates a driver was awarded FanBoost during the race.
  • * d'Ambrosio and Duval were both still classified despite retiring as they had completed 90% of the race distance.[6]

Milestones[]

Standings[]

Victory for Lucas di Grassi moved the Brazilian racer to the top of the Championship standings, holding an eight point lead over Sébastien Buemi. Those two would leave Putrajaya with a healthy advantage over third placed Sam Bird, with another small gap back to Nick Heidfeld in fourth. The German was at the head of a much tighter pack, with eight drivers split by nine points after two races.

ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport had moved to the top of the Teams' Championship after di Grassi's win, leaving Malaysia thirteen points clear of Renault e.Dams. Like their lead drivers, the German and French squads then had a healthy lead back to the pack behind, headed by Mahindra Racing in third, nine behind. DS Virgin Racing were in fourth ahead of Dragon Racing, with everyone bar the Trulli Formula E Team on the board, and in double figures.

 
2015/16 Drivers' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi 43 ▲1
2nd Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 35 ▼1
3rd Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird 24 ▲4
4th Flag of Germany Nick Heidfeld 17 ▼1
5th Dutch Flag Robin Frijns 16 ▲5
6th Flag of France Stéphane Sarrazin 14 ▲3
7th Flag of France Loïc Duval 12 ▼3
8th Flag of Brazil Bruno Senna 10 ▲3
9th Flag of Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio 10 ▼4
10th Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa 8 ▲8
11th Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 8 ▼5
12th Flag of Germany Daniel Abt 6 ▼1
13th Flag of France Nathanaël Berthon 4 ▼5
14th Flag of Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. 4 ▲1
15th Flag of France Nicolas Prost 1 ▲1
2015/16 Teams' Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 49 ▲2
2nd Flag of France Renault e.Dams 36 ▼1
3rd Flag of India Mahindra Racing 27 ▲1
4th Flag of the United Kingdom DS Virgin Racing 24 ▲2
5th Flag of the United States Dragon Racing 22 ▼3
6th Flag of the United States Amlin Andretti 16 ▲3
7th Flag of Monaco Venturi Formula E Team 14 ▲1
8th Flag of China NextEV TCR 12 ▼3
9th Flag of Japan Team Aguri 12 ▼2

Only point scoring drivers and teams are shown.

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2015/16 FIA Formula E Championship
Entrants
ABT Schaeffler Audi SportAmlin AndrettiDS Virgin RacingDragon RacingMahindra RacingNextEV TCRRenault e.DamsTeam AguriTrulli Formula E TeamVenturi Formula E Team
Manufacturers
ABT SchaefflerAndretti TEDSMahindra & MahindraMotomaticaNextEVRenaultSparkVenturi Automobiles
Cars
Spark-Renault SRT 01E
ABT Schaeffler FE01Andretti ATEC-01DS Virgin DSV-01Mahindra M2ElectroMotomatica JT-01NextEV FormulaE 001Renault Z.E. 15Venturi VM200-FE-01
Drivers
1 Nelson Piquet Jr. • 2 Sam Bird • 4 Stéphane Sarrazin • 6 Loïc Duval • 7 Jérôme d'Ambrosio • 8 Nicolas Prost • 9 Sébastien Buemi • 10 Vitantonio Liuzzi/Jarno Trulli • 11 Lucas di Grassi • 12 Jacques Villeneuve/Mike Conway • 18 Salvador Duran • 21 Bruno Senna • 23 Nick Heidfeld/Oliver Rowland • 25 Jean-Éric Vergne • 27 Robin Frijns • 28 Simona de Silvestro • 55 António Félix da Costa/René Rast • 66 Daniel Abt • 77 Nathanaël Berthon/Ma Qing Hua
E-Prix
BeijingPutrajayaPunta del EsteBuenos AiresMexico CityLong BeachParisBerlinLondon ILondon II
2016 Moscow ePrix
Tests
2015 Donington Test2015 Punta del Este Test
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