2019 Monaco eTrophy Race

2019 Monaco eTrophy Race
The Monaco eTrophy circuit in 2019.
Race Information
Date	11 May 2019
Official Name	2019 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Monaco Race
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Lap length	1.765 km (1.096 mi)
Distance	23 laps / 40.595 km (25.224 mi)
Supporting	2019 Monaco E-Prix
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Cacá Bueno
Team	Jaguar Brazil Racing
Time	1:04.523
Fastest Lap
Driver	Cacá Bueno
Team	Jaguar Brazil Racing
Fastest Lap	1:04.817 on lap 22
eTrophy Result
First	Second	Third
Cacá Bueno	Sérgio Jimenez	Bryan Sellers
Winner Team	Jaguar Brazil Racing
Time	33:12.551
eTrophy Guide
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The 2019 Monaco eTrophy Race, otherwise officially known as the 2019 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Monaco Race, was the seventh round of the 2018/19 FIA Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy, staged at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on the 11 May 2019. The race, staged in support of the 2019 Monaco E-Prix, saw the eTrophy series make its debut on the Monegasque streets.

Qualifying would see Cacá Bueno secure a narrow pole position ahead of teammate Sérgio Jimenez, the pair split by just 0.034s. Championship leader Bryan Sellers was next, ahead of Stefan Rzadzinski, while Bandar Alesayi was the best placed PRO-Am driver in seventh.

Bueno duly aced the start of the race to claim an early lead, fending off a challenge from teammate Jimenez into Sainte Devote. Behind, Katherine Legge tried to make ground on the opening lap, only to be forced into the barriers when Rzadzinski misjudged a gap.

Legge's car was left stuck on the circuit, and would require the race to be stopped in order for it to be dragged clear. After that the race resumed behind the safety car with twenty minutes left, with Bueno controlling the restart perfectly to keep teammate Jimenez at bay.

Indeed, the two Brazilian Jaguars would run nose-to-tail for the rest of the race, with Jimenez making multiple attempts to pass. Their bid for victory was aided by the fact that third placed Sellers was running in a wounded car, having been hit by Rzadzinski at the original start.

Further down the field Yaqi Zhang was making a charge, passing his way up the PRO-Am order from tenth on the grid. Indeed, Zhang would spend a fair amount of time squabbling with Alesayi for top spot in PRO-Am, before finally making a move stick late on.

Out front, meanwhile Bueno would just keep his nose ahead of Jimenez to claim the win, with Sellers just holding onto his Championship lead with third. Behind, Zhang finished fifth overall to secure top spot in PRO-Am, although Alesayi still held a comfortable lead in their Championship.

Background

The Principality of Monaco and the infamous Circuit de Monaco returned to the ABB FIA Formula E Championship calendar in 2018/19, and so the Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy would make its debut on the Mediterranean coast in support. Indeed, the eTrophy field would use the same E-Prix version of the Circuit de Monaco that was to host the 2019 Monaco E-Prix, in spite of potential issues about the width of the I-Paces on the circuit. Indeed, there had been plans about FE and hence the eTrophy using the full Circuit de Monaco in 2019 due to the fastest, larger, cars, only for the FIA to veto the move.

The guest driver for the Monaco E-Prix was announced as Anthony Beltoise, a three time starter in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the son of 1972 Monaco Grand Prix winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise.

Hailing Changes

Bryan Sellers had moved back to the top of the PRO Championship after his second victory of the campaign last time out in Paris, moving five points clear of Sérgio Jimenez at the head of the field. The Brazilian himself was now nine clear of Simon Evans in third, with another small six point gap back to Katherine Legge in fourth. Cacá Bueno was next, thirteen behind Legge, while Stefan Rzadzinski was still a distant sixth.

In the PRO-Am Championship it was still advantage Bandar Alesayi, although the Saudi Arabian racer had seen his lead reduced to 32 points amid the hail in Paris. His closest challenger was now teammate Ahmed Bin Khanen, who had leapt eight ahead of Yaqi Zhang after his maiden victory in Paris. Another fair gap followed before Célia Martin appeared in fourth, while Tao Wang, Qi Lin and Ziyi Z Zhang completed the table.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2019 Monaco eTrophy Race is displayed below:

2019 Monaco eTrophy Race Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Car
0	Cacá Bueno	Jaguar Brazil Racing	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
1	Anthony Beltoise	Jaguar VIP Car	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
3	Katherine Legge	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
6	Bryan Sellers	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
7	Célia Martin	Viessman Jaguar Team Germany	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
9	Yaqi Zhang	Team China	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
10	Sérgio Jimenez	Jaguar Brazil Racing	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
12	Bandar Alesayi	Saudi Racing	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
15	Ziyi Z Zhang	Team China	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
18	Stefan Rzadzinski	TWR Techeetah	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
24	Ahmed Bin Khanen	Saudi Racing	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
99	Simon Evans	Team Asia New Zealand	Jaguar	I-Pace eTrophy
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Qualifying

Post Qualifying

The final qualifying result for the 2019 Monaco eTrophy Race are outlined below:

2019 Monaco eTrophy Race Qualifying Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1st	0	Cacá Bueno	Jaguar Brazil Racing	1:04.523	—	1
2nd	10	Sérgio Jimenez	Jaguar Brazil Racing	1:04.557	+0.034s	2
3rd	6	Bryan Sellers	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1:04.707	+0.184s	3
4th	18	Stefan Rzadzinski	TWR Techeetah	1:04.825	+0.302s	4
5th	99	Simon Evans	Team Asia New Zealand	1:04.896	+0.373s	5
6th	3	Katherine Legge	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	1:04.999	+0.476s	6
7th	12	Bandar Alesayi	Saudi Racing	1:05.136	+0.613s	7
8th	24	Ahmed Bin Khanen	Saudi Racing	1:05.257	+0.734s	8
9th	1	Anthony Beltoise	Jaguar VIP Car	1:05.269	+0.746s	9
10th	9	Yaqi Zhang	Jaguar China Racing	1:05.301	+0.778s	10
11th	7	Célia Martin	Viessmann Team Germany	1:05.376	+0.853s	11
12th	15	Ziyi Z Zhang	Jaguar China Racing	1:06.286	+1.763s	12
110% Time: 1:10.975
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Race

Result

The final classification of the 2019 Monaco eTrophy Race is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.

2019 Monaco eTrophy Race Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	0	Cacá Bueno	Jaguar Brazil Racing	26	33:12.551	1:04.817	21
2nd	10	Sérgio Jimenez	Jaguar Brazil Racing	26	+0.329s	1:04.987	15
3rd	6	Bryan Sellers	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	26	+1.106s	1:04.906	11
4th	99	Simon Evans	Team Asia New Zealand	26	+3.665s	1:04.917	8
5th	9	Yaqi Zhang	Jaguar China Racing	23	+14.231s	1:05.419	20
6th	12	Bandar Alesayi	Saudi Racing	23	+15.068s	1:05.555	16
7th	1	Anthony Beltoise	Jaguar VIP Car	23	+15.637s	1:05.507
8th	7	Célia Martin	Viessmann Team Germany	23	+16.017s	1:05.996	11
9th	15	Ziyi Z Zhang	Jaguar China Racing	22	+1 Lap	1:05.996	8
10th	18	Stefan Rzadzinski	TWR Techeetah	21	+2 Laps	1:05.874	6
Ret	24	Ahmed Bin Khanen	Saudi Racing	16	Damage	1:05.650
Ret	3	Katherine Legge	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	0	Collision	—
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Milestones

• First Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy race to be staged in Monte Carlo.
• Debut race for Anthony Beltoise.
• Cacá Bueno recorded his third pole position.
• Second victory for Bueno.
• Jaguar Brazil Racing recorded their third win as an entrant in the eTrophy.
• Yaqi Zhang recorded his second victory in PRO-Am.
• Second victory for Jaguar China Racing as an entrant in PRO-Am.

Standings

The gap atop the PRO Championship had come down to just a single point with three races to go, with Bryan Sellers just hanging on at the head of the field. Indeed, the American's tally of 93 points was enough to keep Sérgio Jimenez at bay ahead of the trip to Berlin, with clear air between themselves and third placed Simon Evans. Indeed, the New Zealander had ended the weekend some seventeen points off the lead, with Cacá Bueno closing up behind him in fourth.

Bandar Alesayi once again managed to extend his lead in the PRO-Am Championship, leaving Monte Carlo with a healthy 36 point advantage. His closest challenger was now Monaco race winner Yaqi Zhang, with the Saudi Arabian racer mathematically able to take the title in Berlin, if he could out-score Zhang by six points. Elsewhere, Ahmed Bin Khanen had slipped to third, 48 off the lead, while Ziyi Z Zhang had moved into the top five.

 

2018/19 PRO Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Bryan Sellers 93 ◄0 2nd Sérgio Jimenez 92 ◄0 3rd Simon Evans 76 ◄0 4th Cacá Bueno 70 ▲1 5th Katherine Legge 62 ▼1 6th Stefan Rzadzinski 43 ◄0

2018/19 PRO/AM Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Bandar Alesayi 122 ◄0 2nd Yaqi Zhang 86 ▲1 3rd Ahmed Bin Khanen 74 ▼1 4th Célia Martin 54 ◄0 5th Ziyi Z Zhang 14 ▲2 6th Tao Wang 11 ▼1 7th Qi Lin 11 ▼1

Only point scoring drivers are shown.

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