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Race Information | ||
Date | 14 August 2021 | |
E-Prix No. | 83 (14 of 2020/21) | |
Official Name | 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix I presented by CBMM Niobium | |
Location | ![]() Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany | |
Format | 45 min + 1 Lap | |
Lap length | 2.355 km (1.476 mi) | |
Distance | 38 laps / 89.490 km (55.606 mi) | |
Qualifying Result | ||
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Time | 1:06.227 | |
Fastest Lap | ||
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Fastest Lap | 1:08.908 on lap 16 | |
ePrix Result | ||
First | Second | Third |
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Time | 46:22.528 | |
ePrix Guide | ||
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The 2021 Berlin E-Prix I, formally known as the 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix I presented by CBMM Niobium, was the fourteenth and penultimate round of the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Tempelhofring in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany, on 14 August 2021.[1][2] The race would be the first of two in Berlin to conclude the 2020/21 season, with eighteen drivers still in mathematical contention for the Championship title.[1][3]
Qualifying saw Jean-Éric Vergne lead teammate and fellow title pretender António Félix da Costa to a DS Techeetah front-row lock-out, repeating the feat they achieved at the 2020 Berlin E-Prix I.[4] Behind, di Grassi was best of the rest ahead of Edoardo Mortara, Norman Nato and Sébastien Buemi, while Championship leader Nyck de Vries was down in nineteenth.[4]
The start of the race saw the two DS Techeetahs get away fairly evenly, with da Costa almost entertaining a lunge around the outside of his teammate into turn one.[5] Thinking better of it da Costa slotted into second, while behind di Grassi secured his hold on third by resisting a lunge from Mortara.[5]
It proved to be a low-key start to the race, with the only incident of note in the first ten minutes being contact between André Lotterer and Sam Bird that potentially led to the Brit's retirement.[5] Indeed, a failure for Bird on the start/finish straight on lap eight would trigger a Safety Car, allowing the fairly spaced out field to regroup behind the two black-gold Techeetahs.[5]
The race resumed four minutes later, with Vergne sweeping away with da Costa and di Grassi in tow, while Mortara and Nato gave chase with Mitch Evans on their tail.[5] Elsewhere, Oliver Rowland and Buemi would arm Attack Mode for the first time on lap nine, with Rowland rejoining alongside Pascal Wehrlein, who duly took himself out of contention by making contact with the #22 Nissan e.Dams.[5]
Attack Mode would also fuel the rise of René Rast, who stormed up from outside of the top ten to fourth, making lunge after lunge into either turn one or turn six.[5] As he came up to the tail of teammate di Grassi the two DS Techeetahs swapped positions before arming AM for themselves, resulting in di Grassi and Rast leading the field, with the Brazilian fighting to keep his boosted teammate at bay.[5]
Once his boost was gone Rast fell back down the field, needing to conserve having burned a lot of energy during his charge.[5] He subsequently slipped back behind the Techeetahs and the two ROKiT Venturis, with Mortara and Nato having both elbowed their way past da Costa and Vergne in the AM exchanges.[5]
Those two would go on to lead the race when di Grassi armed AM, although once their AM boosts ran out they were powerless to deny the #11 Audi the lead.[5] Mortara duly joined di Grassi in a break away at the head of the field in the closing stages, while Nato would fall to a late charge from Evans, who had Jake Dennis in tow to setup a late brawl for third.[5]
That fight would last until the finish as, out front, di Grassi used the last of his energy in a sprint to the chequered flag out of the final corner to secure victory and leap into serious title contention.[5] Mortara was only a tenth behind in second, while Evans denied Nato, Dennis, Vergne, da Costa, Maximilian Günther and Rast in their brawl for third.[5] Lotterer subsequently claimed the final point in tenth, as Championship leader de Vries finished a lap down in 22nd, leaving fourteen drivers still in mathematical contention on the final day.[5]
Background[]
For the second successive season the ABB FIA Formula E Championship would conclude in Germany, as the Series returned to the Tempelhofring in Berlin for the final two races of the 2020/21 World Championship.[1] Using the standard layout of the circuit on the former airport apron, the FE finale would be held three weeks after the previous round in London, but with a twist for the final day.[1] Indeed, for the final race the field would use the reversed layout of the Tempelhofring, which had debuted as part of the colossal end to the 2019/20 season.[6]
de Vries' Dance[]
With two races to go it was Nyck de Vries who led the Championship charge leaving London, the Dutchman having moved onto 95 points with two podium finishes in the British capital. His compatriot Robin Frijns occupied second, six off the lead, while Sam Bird, despite failing to score at all in London, was third on 81 points. Jake Dennis and António Félix da Costa then completed the top five, with everyone down to Nico Müller down in nineteenth still in mathematical contention for the title.
In the Teams' Championship Envision Virgin Racing had left their home round having reclaimed the lead, and would hold a seven point advantage heading to the finale in Berlin. Mercedes would head to their "home" round in second, two ahead of Jaguar Racing, while DS Techeetah had fallen from the lead to fourth and seventeen off the lead. BMW i Andretti Motorsport then completed the top five, with all teams bar Dragon/Penske Autosport and NIO 333 FE Team still in the hunt mathematically.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2021 Berlin E-Prix I is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2021 Berlin E-Prix I would be conducted in FE's standard format, with the field split into four groups of six cars, based on Championship position.[4] The first group would feature those in the top six in the Championship and so on, with each group getting six minutes on track to set a full 250 kW lap.[4] The top six overall would then progress to the Super Pole shootout, getting one final lap at full power to try and claim pole position.[4]
After the session a point would be handed to the fastest driver in the Group Stage, while three were to be awarded to the winner of Super Pole.[4]
Group 1[]
As with the rest of the 2020/21 season the opening group of the qualifying session saw those positioned in the top six of the Championship head onto the circuit, headlined by Championship leader Nyck de Vries.[8] The Dutchman would be joined on track by compatriot Robin Frijns of Envision Virgin Racing, as well as António Félix da Costa, the defending Champion in the #13 DS Techeetah.[8] A trio of British drivers would also enter the fray in group one, with Sam Bird of Jaguar, Jake Dennis of BMW-Andretti, and Alex Lynn in the #94 Mahindra also in action.[8]
First out onto the circuit would be da Costa, as the first group split between completing warm-up laps, and going straight into their flying laps on the increasingly hot Tempelhof Airport apron.[9] The Portuguese ace was followed out of the pits by de Vries and Frijns, the latter passing his compatriot on their out lap from the pits.[9] After a pause Dennis would lead Bird and Lynn out on the circuit, with all three joining in front of da Costa, and would hence complete their flying laps before the other three, despite not completing warm-ups.[9]
Dennis was the first to record a time, and after a clean run through all three sectors the Brit set the initial pace at a 1:06.592, potentially having lost some time in the final corner after catching de Vries just as the #17 Mercedes pilot was starting his flying lap.[9] Bird was next across the line but could not overcome a tenth lost in the first sector, while Lynn had a miserable run in the second sector and was well adrift in third.[9] da Costa went next and went fastest with a 1:06.486, Frijns lost half a second running wide at the final corner and slotted into fifth, while de Vries got caught out watching Frijns' mistake and lost time in the third sector too, slotting into fourth.[9]
Group 2[]
The second sextet of the session saw those positioned seventh through twelfth in the Championship join the session, with all six drivers within a maximum score of de Vries at the start of the day.[8] Nick Cassidy and compatriot Mitch Evans would headline the sextet for Virgin and Jaguar respectively, while two-time Champion Jean-Éric Vergne would also compete in the second DS Techeetah.[8] Also in action would be the first of the Venturi run Mercedes piloted by Edoardo Mortara, René Rast in the #33 Audi and Pascal Wehrlein in the lead Porsche.[8]
Much like the opening group there would be an even split of drivers completing warm-up laps and those going straight onto flyers, with Cassidy the first to leave the pits with three minutes to go.[9] Joined on track soon after by Vergne and Evans, Wehrlein would wait until they were half way around before joining the fray, before starting his flying lap.[9] Rast, meanwhile, would leave the pits and join in the queue behind Vergne as the Frenchman opened his warm-up lap, while Mortara was the last to leave the pitlane and joined behind Evans.[9]
Wehrlein would hence start the runs in the third sextet, with the German racer matching da Costa in the first sector, only to lose time in the second sector with a slide at turn six, leaving him in third.[9] After a brief pause Cassidy swept across the line to claim fifth, punished by a mistake in the opening sector, before Vergne stormed across the line having set new benchmarks in all three sectors to go fastest by a quarter of a second.[9] Rast was next but could only secure sixth, and was hence instantly relegated out of Super Pole contention by Evans, while Mortara matched Vergne in two of the three sectors to go second fastest.[9]
Group 3[]
Group three would see drivers positioned thirteenth through eighteenth take to the circuit, with all six drivers remaining in mathematical contention for the crown with two races to go.[8] Headlining the group would be pre-season favourite Stoffel Vandoorne in the #5 Mercedes, sat just 32 off the lead, with Lucas di Grassi in the #11 Audi and the #28 BMW-Andretti piloted by Maximilian Günther also in action, and just a point behind the Belgian ace.[8] Quali-ace Oliver Rowland would also be in action for Nissan e.Dams, with André Lotterer of Porsche and Alexander Sims of Mahindra rounding out the group.[8]
Vandoorne was the first driver to leave the pitlane for the third sextet, the Belgian ace followed out of the pitlane a few seconds later by Sims in the #29 Mahindra.[9] Rowland joined those two on circuit, the first three again committing to warm-up laps, while Lotterer waited in the pits along with Günther and di Grassi.[9] Those three duly filtered out among the three already on circuit, with Lotterer and Günther ahead of Vandoorne, while di Grassi joined in just behind the #5 Mercedes.[9]
First to set a time would be Lotterer, who would make a mistake in turn one with a slide, before minor errors in sector two saw him slot into tenth, four tenths off the pace.[9] Günther, meanwhile, would survive a minor brush with the outside wall exiting turn nine to go seventh, while a miserable run for Vandoorne in the second sector saw the Belgian racer slot into fourteenth.[9] di Grassi went next and matched Vergne in the final sector to go fourth, Sims was a disappointed thirteenth, while Rowland threw away hopes of another Super Pole appearance by making a mistake at turn ten, leaving him in ninth.[9]
Group 4[]
The final sextet of the session saw those in the bottom six of the Championship standings head out onto the circuit, all of whom were no longer able to claim the title.[8] Regardless, all six drivers would aim to round out the season strongly, with former Champion Sébastien Buemi the standout name in the second Nissan, while Norman Nato was expected to perform in the fourth of the Mercedes powered cars.[8] Also in action would be the two Dragon/Penskes of Sérgio Sette Câmara and Joel Eriksson, as well as the two NIOs of Oliver Turvey and Tom Blomqvist.[8]
Once again there would be an even split between drivers completing warm-up laps and those opting to dive straight in at full power in the final group, with the two NIOs leaving the pitlane first.[9] Indeed, Turvey would lead teammate Blomqvist out the pitlane, with the #6 Dragon/Penske of Eriksson in tow, while Sette Câmara, Nato and Buemi bided their time.[9] Those three all duly joined the fray after the first trio had started their warm-up laps, with all six making it across the line to opening their flying laps in time.[9]
Turvey and Blomqvist both put together clean, but unspectacular, laps to claim sixteenth and fifteenth respectively at the end of their runs, while Eriksson struggled in the opening and final sectors to slot into 21st.[9] Sette Câmara went next but could only muster sixteenth, before Buemi lit up the timing screens with a new fastest first sector, only to trail off over the rest of the lap.[9] The #23 Nissan ended up in fourth come the end of his run, while Nato caused a stir by jumping into second, having matched teammate Mortara in each of the three sectors.[9]
Super Pole[]
di Grassi was the first driver to venture out onto the circuit in Super Pole, and the Brazilian racer would instantly cause a stir by using some aggressive braking on his out-lap, causing frequent puffs of tyre smoke as he warmed up his tyres and brakes.[9] Fortunately for di Grassi this was not a sign of a braking issue, and the Brazilian racer duly delivered a very clean run to set the Super Pole benchmark at 1:06.427.[9] Buemi went next to try and dislodge his old rival, although a wide run in turn six, combined with a slide exiting turn ten saw the Swiss ace fall six tenths away from di Grassi's mark.[9]
da Costa, having survived from group one, was the next driver to enter the shootout, and would open his lap with an aggressive lunge into the first corner that caused the #13 DS Techeetah to visibly twitch.[9] Yet, da Costa would ace the first sector, beating di Grassi by a hundredth, before eking out his advantage to a tenth and a half come the end of the lap to claim provisional pole with a 1:06.300.[9] Mortara was next out on track and would be tidy through turn one, although slides exiting turns three and six cost him time, leaving him in third just 0.015s behind di Grassi.[9]
Nato followed his teammate out onto the circuit, although minor twitches entering turns one and nine saw the #71 Venturi slot into fourth behind the sister car.[9] That left Vergne as the only driver who could displace his teammate da Costa, and the #25 DS Techeetah would open its run strongly, taking a tight line through turn one before hurdling the kerb at turn four to go 0.04s up in the first sector.[9] A next benchmark in the second sector followed, before Vergne got a near perfect exit from the final corner to secure pole position with a new fastest third sector, setting a 1:06.227 to claim pole and a front-row lock-out for DS Techeetah.[9]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2021 Berlin E-Prix I are outlined below:
2021 Berlin E-Prix I Qualifying Result | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
1st | 25 | ![]() |
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1:06.227 | — | 1 | G2 |
2nd | 13 | ![]() |
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1:06.300 | +0.073s | 2 | G1 |
3rd | 11 | ![]() |
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1:06.427 | +0.200s | 3 | G3 |
4th | 48 | ![]() |
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1:06.442 | +0.215s | 4 | G2 |
5th | 71 | ![]() |
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1:06.489 | +0.262s | 5 | G4 |
6th | 23 | ![]() |
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1:07.011 | +0.784s | 6 | G4 |
Super Pole | |||||||
1st | 25 | ![]() |
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1:06.239 | — | SP | G2 |
2nd | 71 | ![]() |
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1:06.425 | +0.186s | SP | G4 |
3rd | 48 | ![]() |
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1:06.426 | +0.187s | SP | G2 |
4th | 13 | ![]() |
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1:06.486 | +0.247s | SP | G1 |
5th | 23 | ![]() |
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1:06.509 | +0.270s | SP | G4 |
6th | 11 | ![]() |
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1:06.555 | +0.316s | SP | G3 |
7th | 20 | ![]() |
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1:06.568 | +0.329s | 7 | G2 |
8th | 27 | ![]() |
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1:06.592 | +0.353s | 8 | G1 |
9th | 99 | ![]() |
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1:06.612 | +0.373s | 9 | G2 |
10th | 28 | ![]() |
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1:06.627 | +0.388s | 10 | G3 |
11th | 22 | ![]() |
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1:06.658 | +0.419s | 11 | G3 |
12th* | 10 | ![]() |
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1:06.713 | +0.474s | 15* | G1 |
13th | 33 | ![]() |
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1:06.729 | +0.490s | 12 | G2 |
14th | 37 | ![]() |
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1:06.736 | +0.497s | 13 | G2 |
15th | 36 | ![]() |
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1:06.789 | +0.550s | 14 | G3 |
16th | 29 | ![]() |
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1:06.814 | +0.575s | 16 | G3 |
17th | 88 | ![]() |
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1:06.837 | +0.598s | 17 | G4 |
18th | 7 | ![]() |
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1:06.852 | +0.613s | 18 | G4 |
19th | 17 | ![]() |
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1:06.902 | +0.663s | 19 | G1 |
20th | 8 | ![]() |
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1:06.948 | +0.709s | 20 | G4 |
21st | 94 | ![]() |
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1:06.972 | +0.733s | 21 | G1 |
22nd | 5 | ![]() |
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1:07.006 | +0.767s | 22 | G3 |
23rd | 4 | ![]() |
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1:07.156 | +0.917s | 23 | G1 |
24th | 6 | ![]() |
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1:07.815 | +1.576s | 24 | G4 |
110% Time: 1:12.862[10] | |||||||
Source:[10] |
- * Bird would serve a three place grid penalty for causing a collision with Nato at the 2021 London E-Prix II.[11]
Race[]
It was still warm and dry in Berlin as the FE field gathered on the grid for the penultimate race of the season, with no threat of rain on the standard Tempelhofring circuit.[12] Likewise, there were no issues in terms of battery temperatures nor energy use prior to the start, although there were concerns that the Michelin tyres would struggle towards the end of the race, given the abrasive nature of the apron at the Tempelhof airfield.[12] There would also be a late change to the Attack Mode rules for the race, with a single eight minute use required during the E-Prix, rather than the usual two bursts lasting four minutes.[13]
Report[]
The start of the race saw even starts for Jean-Éric Vergne and António Félix da Costa on the front row, although on the run to the first corner da Costa would draw alongside his teammate.[12] However, rather than force the issue the Portuguese ace would decide to drop back in behind his teammate through the sweeping left hander, aided by the fact that Lucas di Grassi had made an indifferent start and had not forced his way down the inside of the #13 DS Techeetah.[12] Behind, the rest of the field would plunge into the first set of corners without issue, although Mitch Evans would manage to dance around the outside of Sébastien Buemi to claim sixth.[12]
The rest of the opening tour would be more brutal, with Sam Bird the first of the title pretenders to effectively be removed from the race when he was punted into a half-spin by André Lotterer at turn six.[12] The #10 Jaguar resumed in thirteenth but was off the back of the lead group, while Lotterer dropped back to fifteenth behind René Rast with damage to the nose of his car.[12] That collision followed an intense exchange between Jake Dennis and Pascal Wehrlein for eighth, which had seen the two run wide at turn six and allow Oliver Rowland to pass the pair of them.[12]
After that the race would quickly settle down, with the top five opening out a small gap over Evans in sixth, while the rest of the field formed a peleton behind Bird in thirteenth as the Brit tried to make up for lost time.[12] Indeed, after the opening tour all of the action would be found at the back of the pack, with Championship leader Nyck de Vries making a move on Oliver Turvey for seventeenth, while Robin Frijns elbowed his way past Stoffel Vandoorne for 21st.[12] Out front, meanwhile, Vergne would hold a small advantage over da Costa, who went unpunished for a lock-up on lap three entering turn six that almost allowed di Grassi to sneak ahead.[12]
The battles continued as Attack Mode came into play, with Lotterer the first to arm his boost on lap six, dropping back to sixteenth as he tried to regain lost ground.[12] Up ahead Nick Cassidy would be rudely bumped down the field, starting with a late lunge from Maximilian Günther at turn six to claim eleventh, before Bird slithered past on the exit.[12] Rast then came up onto the tail of the #37 Envision Virgin and forced his way through on the brakes for turn eight, with Lotterer, now armed with AM, also closing sweeping past Cassidy out of the final corner.[12]
Lotterer went on to pass Rast two laps later, just after teammate Wehrlein armed the boost and retained tenth, having gained a gap courtesy of the Cassidy exchanges.[12] The two Nissan e.Dams were next to arm AM on lap nine, Rowland following Sébastien Buemi through the loop, with Wehrlein slotting in between due to the time they had lost.[12] However, Rowland would get a better exit and try to dart inside the #99 Porsche on the run to turn seven, only for Wehrlein to try and make a late move to the inside to block the #22 Nissan.[12]
That dart was too late from the former F1 racer, with Wehrlein only succeeding in hitting the side of Rowland's car, and causing a potentially race ending puncture to his car.[12] However, a life-line was handed to Wehrlein a few moments later, for Bird would come to a stop on the start/finish straight with an issue, with the #10 Jaguar in a tricky spot to be retrieved from.[12] After one lap under yellows to try and let Bird get the car clear on his own the Safety Car was deployed, moments after Rowland moved past Buemi for eighth and Wehrlein rejoined from the pits, almost a full lap down.[12]
After four minutes and two laps the race resumed, with Vergne leaving his break from the pack until the last moment to try and catch da Costa and the rest of the field out.[12] Behind, di Grassi made a mistake out of the final corner and almost fell behind Edoardo Mortara, who backed out of a lunge into the first corner, while Norman Nato worked to defend fifth from Evans.[12] Rast, meanwhile, would opt to arm Attack Mode on the restart lap and slipped to twelfth, Lotterer moving ahead, which was the only other change on the restart lap.[12]
The following lap saw Rast begin an Attack fuelled charge, starting with a robust move on Lotterer down the inside of the first corner that left him right on the tail of Günther entering turn two.[12] Günther duly fell to the #33 Audi exiting turn five, unable to resist the boosted German pilot, before Rast sent his car scything down the inside of Buemi entering turn six for ninth a few moments later.[12] Rast duly went darting clear to catch and pass Rowland, a move he completed at the start of the next lap, while Günther and Lotterer would make their own moves on Buemi in the aftermath of Rast's lunge on the #23 Nissan.[12]
Jake Dennis was the next driver to fall to Rast at the end of lap seventeen, with the #33 Audi duly closing rapidly onto the back of Evans for sixth on the following lap.[12] Out front, meanwhile, da Costa was keen to get a move on, and duly moved past Vergne down the inside of turn six with Vergne opting not to defend.[12] The Portuguese racer duly began to ease clear, as behind Rast lunged down the inside of Evans to secure sixth, which immediately became fifth as Mortara armed AM.[12]
Nato would also fall to Rast at turn nine, meaning Rast was now up to fourth behind teammate di Grassi, who now had Vergne firmly in his sights as the #25 DS Techeetah seemed to be lacking pace.[12] Indeed, on the following tour di Grassi would fire the #11 Audi down the inside of Vergne entering turn six, with Rast also following the sister Audi through to claim third.[12] A few moments later and the two Audis were tucked under the diffuser of da Costa to challenge for the lead, while Vergne fell without much resistance to Mortara.[12]
di Grassi and Rast caught da Costa at the end of the following tour, and a strong run out of turn ten allowed the #11 Audi to squeeze down the inside of the #13 Techeetah on the run to turn one.[12] di Grassi duly eased into the lead with the inside line through the sweeping first corner, with Rast also making it through having tucked his car right in behind di Grassi's.[12] They duly darted away exiting turn three, with Mortara instead moving up to challenge da Costa for third and duly lunging past on the brakes for turn six.[12]
Mortara moved up to engage Rast as the German racer's AM boost ran out, and would duly ease past the #33 Audi down the start/finish straight at the start of the following tour.[12] Mortara then moved into the lead as di Grassi armed AM at turn six a few seconds later, while Rast fell behind Nato at the same moment, the #71 ROKiT Venturi lunging past at turn six.[12] Both would also move ahead of di Grassi as the #11 Audi rejoined, while at the back of the field de Vries and Alex Lynn came together hard enough that the #17 Mercedes had to pit for repairs.[12]
With that the top three began to ease clear of fourth placed Rast, with the #33 Audi now not only struggling due to a lack of having AM compared to those around him, but also because his earlier charge had left him with an energy deficit.[12] Indeed, Rast was left to unsuccessfully defend his position from Evans, the #20 Jaguar scything past at turn six, with an identical move behind seeing Dennis pass da Costa for sixth.[12] That became fifth on the following tour as he eased down the inside of the #33 Audi into turn one, while da Costa got some revenge as he sent the #13 DS Techeetah lunging past the energy hampered Rast into turn six.[12]
Back with the leaders and di Grassi had moved to striking position behind Nato, and rather than wait for a run into turn one, would instead sell the Frenchman a dummy into turn ten, darting from the outside to the inside of the #71 Venturi as they hit the brakes for the hairpin left hander.[12] Furthermore, that move came just as Mortara's AM boost ran out, and as he exited the final corner, the Brazilian ace found himself staring at the tail of the #48 Venturi as they started the following tour.[12] Mortara did his best to resist the #11 Audi's half looks throughout the lap, before ultimately succumbing to the inevitable as di Grassi eased past down the start/finish straight at the start of the following tour.[12]
From that moment on the race was effectively over, with di Grassi easing clear of Mortara while the Swiss racer did his best to go with the #11 Audi and hence inched clear of teammate Nato.[12] Nato himself, meanwhile, would enter the final phase of the race under assault from Evans, whose first attempt at claiming third was made with a lunge around the outside of the #71 Venturi at turn one that ended with the #20 Jaguar sliding wide on the marbles.[12] Evans would, however, regroup and pull an over-under on Nato through turn six and into turn seven, darting from the outside to the inside of the Frenchman to claim the final podium spot.[12]
Into the final moments of the race and the two Venturi racers seemed to rally, with Nato going on the offensive against Evans, while Mortara began to catch di Grassi, who entered the final lap with a small deficit in energy to the Swiss-Italian racer.[12] However, while Evans was forced to cover the inside lines for turns six and nine on the final tour, Mortara was simply too far back to seriously threaten di Grassi into turn one or into turn six.[12] Mortara would make a half attempt at a lunge for the lead into turn nine in the dying moments, in a bid to setup a lunge through turn ten, although the #11 Audi would get a better exit out of the final corner and onto the start/finish straight.[12]
With that the race was run, with di Grassi claiming victory by a tenth of a second from Mortara, who was otherwise satisfied despite the narrow defeat in the closing stages of the race.[12] Evans, meanwhile, resisted Nato's rally to secure third ahead of the Frenchman, while Dennis resisted a late charge from Vergne to retain fifth and just fell shy of robbing Nato of fourth.[12] da Costa was next up ahead of Günther, Rast would slip to ninth as he narrowly avoided running out of energy before the chequered flag, while Lotterer completed a late move on Buemi to claim the final point.[12]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2021 Berlin E-Prix I is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold:
2021 Berlin E-Prix I Race Result | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
1st | 11 | ![]() |
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38 | 46:22.528 | 1:09.089 | 25 |
2nd | 48 | ![]() |
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38 | +0.141s | 1:09.122 | 18 |
3rd | 20 | ![]() |
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38 | +5.499s | 1:09.247 | 15 |
4th | 71 | ![]() |
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38 | +5.589s | 1:09.000 | 12 |
5th | 27 | ![]() |
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38 | +5.830s | 1:09.188 | 10 |
6th | 25 | ![]() |
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38 | +6.411s | 1:09.259 | 12G |
7th | 13 | ![]() |
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38 | +6.777s | 1:09.363 | 6 |
8th | 28 | ![]() |
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38 | +7.562s | 1:09.307 | 4 |
9th | 33 | ![]() |
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38 | +7.798s | 1:08.908 | 3 |
10th | 36 | ![]() |
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38 | +14.124s | 1:09.146 | 1 |
11th | 23 | ![]() |
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38 | +15.546s | 1:09.958 | |
12th | 5 | ![]() ![]() |
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38 | +16.214s | 1:09.162 | |
13th | 22 | ![]() |
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38 | +16.814s | 1:09.499 | |
14th | 37 | ![]() |
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38 | +16.917s | 1:09.021 | |
15th | 4 | ![]() |
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38 | +21.278s | 1:09.372 | |
16th | 6 | ![]() |
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38 | +23.666s | 1:09.435 | |
17th | 29 | ![]() ![]() |
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38 | +29.019s | 1:09.276 | |
18th | 7 | ![]() |
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38 | +30.962s | 1:09.717 | |
19th | 8 | ![]() |
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38 | +33.199s | 1:09.367 | |
20th | 94 | ![]() ![]() |
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38 | +33.438s | 1:09.291 | |
21st | 99 | ![]() |
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38 | +33.781s | 1:09.718 | |
22nd | 17 | ![]() ![]() |
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37 | +1 Lap | 1:09.340 | |
NC* | 88 | ![]() |
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32 | +6 Laps | 1:09.584 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() ![]() |
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8 | Retired | 1:09.987 | |
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Indicates a driver was awarded FanBoost during the race.[14]
- G Indicates a driver claimed a bonus point for setting the fastest lap in the group stage of qualifying.
- * Blomqvist was unable to be classified as he had failed to complete 90% of the race distance.[10]
Milestones[]
- Twelfth victory for Lucas di Grassi.
- ABT Sportsline secured their fourteenth victory.
- Audi Sport claimed their sixteenth win as a powertrain manufacturer.
- First FanBoost victory for Alexander Sims.
Standings[]
Nyck de Vries would head into the final race of the season still in the lead of the Championship, although his advantage had been reduced to just three points ahead of the finale. Edoardo Mortara was his closest challenge in second, while Jake Dennis, Mitch Evans, Robin Frijns, Lucas di Grassi and António Félix da Costa were all within ten points of the Dutchman. Furthermore, everyone in the top fourteen still had a mathematical chance of taking the title, Maximilian Günther trailing by 29 points with 30 available, with a myriad of different results potentially seeing any one of them claim the crown.
The Teams' Championship was equally open ahead of the finale, with no fewer than six of the twelve teams still able to claim the title, separated by just fourteen points. Jaguar Racing held what was technically the initiative ahead of the finale, five points ahead of DS Techeetah in second, while Envision Virgin were six behind in third. Three more points separated the Virgin squad from their suppliers Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, while Mercedes and BMW i Andretti Motorsport were thirteen and fourteen off respectively.
References[]
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References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 'Formula E and FIA reveal full calendar for 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 22/04/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/april/full-2020-2021-calendar-update?utm_source=FormulaETwitter&utm_medium=SocialPost&utm_campaign=News&utm_term=Championship&utm_content=Racing, (Accessed 22/04/2021)
- ↑ 'BMW i announced as title partner for Formula E season finale in Berlin', fiaformuale.com, (FIA Formula E, 29/07/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/july/bmw-i-berlin-race-title-partnership, (Accessed 31/07/2021)
- ↑ Haydn Cobb, 'BMW follows Audi in announcing Formula E exit after 2020-21 season', autosport.com, (Motorsport Network, 02/12/2020), https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/153908/bmw-to-follow-audi-in-exiting-formula-e-in-2021, (Accessed 17/01/2021)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 'Vergne heads DS TECHEETAH one-two in qualifying ahead of the Berlin E-Prix Round 14', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 14/08/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/august/berlin-e-prix-round-14-qualifying-results-report, (Accessed 14/08/2021)
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 'Di Grassi tees up intense season finale and a title tilt with victory for Audi in Berlin', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 14/08/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/august/berlin-e-prix-round-14-report-results, (Accessed 14/08/2021)
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 'Entry list confirmed for 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 11/12/2020), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/december/2020-21-formula-e-confirmed-entry-list-fia, (Accessed 11/02/2021)
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 9.31 9.32 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 'Decision No. 29', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 25/07/2021), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/06_2020-21/13_R13%20London/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/078_Doc%2078%20-%20Decision%20No.%2029.pdf, (Accessed 25/07/2021)
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 12.20 12.21 12.22 12.23 12.24 12.25 12.26 12.27 12.28 12.29 12.30 12.31 12.32 12.33 12.34 12.35 12.36 12.37 12.38 12.39 12.40 12.41 12.42 12.43 12.44 12.45 12.46 12.47 12.48 12.49 12.50 12.51 12.52 FIA Formula E, 'FULL RACE! Formula E - 2021 Berlin E-Prix | Round 14, Season 7', youtube.com, (YouTube: FIA Formula E Championship, 17/11/2021), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ8nZADdjgA, (Accessed 27/11/2021)
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- ↑ 'FAN BOOST - ROUND 14', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 14/08/2021), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/06_2020-21/14_R14%20Berlin/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/033_Doc%2033%20-%20Bulletin%20No.%204.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 14/08/2021)
2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship |
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Entrants |
Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler • BMW i Andretti Motorsport • Dragon/Penske Autosport • DS Techeetah • Envision Virgin Racing • Jaguar Racing • Mahindra Racing • Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team • NIO 333 FE Team • Nissan e.Dams • ROKiT Venturi Racing • TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team |
Manufacturers |
Audi • BMW • DS • Jaguar • Mahindra & Mahindra • Mercedes-Benz • NIO • Nissan • Penske • Porsche |
Cars |
Spark SRT05e |
Audi e-tron FE07 • BMW iFE.21 • DS E-Tense FE20 • DS E-Tense FE 21 • Jaguar I-Type V • Mahindra M7Electro • Mercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02 • NIO 333 FE 001 • Nissan IM02 • Nissan IM03 • Penske EV-4 • Penske EV-5 • Porsche 99X Electric |
Drivers |
4 Robin Frijns • 5 Stoffel Vandoorne • 6 Nico Müller/Joel Eriksson • 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara • 8 Oliver Turvey • 10 Sam Bird • 11 Lucas di Grassi • 13 António Félix da Costa • 17 Nyck de Vries • 20 Mitch Evans • 22 Oliver Rowland • 23 Sébastien Buemi • 25 Jean-Éric Vergne • 27 Jake Dennis • 28 Maximilian Günther • 29 Alexander Sims • 33 René Rast • 36 André Lotterer • 48 Edoardo Mortara • 71 Norman Nato • 88 Tom Blomqvist • 94 Alex Lynn • 99 Pascal Wehrlein |
E-Prix |
Diriyah I • Diriyah II • Rome I • Rome II • Valencia I • Valencia II • Monaco • Puebla I • Puebla II • New York City I • New York City II • London I • London II • Berlin I • Berlin II |
Cancelled E-Prix |
Marrakesh E-Prix • Mexico City E-Prix • Paris E-Prix • Santiago E-Prix • Sanya E-Prix • Seoul E-Prix |
Tests |
Valencia |
Related Content |
2019/20 • 2021/22 |