 2022 Berlin E-Prix I
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 The Tempelhofring was reversed for its second FE race in 2022. | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 15 May 2022 | |
| E-Prix No. | 92 (8 of 2021/22) | |
| Official Name | 2022 Shell Recharge Berlin E-Prix II | |
| Location |  Tempelhofring RBerlin, Brandenburg, Germany | |
| Format | 45 min + 1 Lap | |
| Lap length | 2.355 km (1.476 mi) | |
| Distance | 40 laps / 94.200 km (58.533 mi) | |
| Qualifying Result | ||
| Pole Sitter |  Edoardo Mortara
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| Team |  ROKiT Venturi Racing
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| Time | 1:05.972 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | Edoardo Mortara
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| Team | ROKiT Venturi Racing
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| Fastest Lap | 1:08.165 on lap 21 | |
| ePrix Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
 Nyck de Vries
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Edoardo Mortara
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 Stoffel Vandoorne
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| Winner Team | Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team
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| Time | 46:12.268 | |
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The 2022 Berlin E-Prix II, formally known as the 2022 Shell Recharge Berlin E-Prix II, was the eighth round of the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Tempelhofring R at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany, on 15 May 2022.[1] The race was the second of the weekend to be staged, on a reversed circuit compared to the Saturday Race having been added to the calendar in place of the Cape Town E-Prix.[2]
Qualifying saw Edoardo Mortara sweep to his second pole position of the weekend, defeating Robin Frijns by half a second in the Final with a 1:05.972.[3] To get to the final, Mortara would defeat Frijns' teammate Nick Cassidy and then Nyck de Vries, setting the fastest time of the day in the Semi-Final, while Frijns defeated António Félix da Costa in the Quarters and André Lotterer in the Semis.[3]
The start of the race saw Mortara seem to get away cleanly as he had on Saturday, although his start was overshadowed by de Vries, who stormed past Frijns to claim second, before sneaking down the inside of the #48 ROKiT Venturi.[4] de Vries duly got his elbows out and managed to grab the lead on the exit of turn one, while behind da Costa and Lotterer were almost mugged by Lucas di Grassi as they fought for fourth.[4]
The race quickly settled down, with the top seven soon managing to ease clear of Jean-Éric Vergne and Mitch Evans, who briefly fought with Stoffel Vandoorne before falling back from the lead group.[4] The leaders, meanwhile, held station with de Vries easing into a small lead over Mortara, while the Swiss racer kept his eyes in his mirrors with Lotterer looming large.[4]
de Vries, in a bid to avoid the undercut, then jumped first for Attack Mode, dropping to third as Mortara and Lotterer opted to continue without the boost.[4] da Costa and Vandoorne also took the boost and remained in sixth and seventh, taking advantage of the fact that Vergne and Evans had slipped over three seconds behind.[4]
de Vries soon moved back into the lead with two quick fire moves on Lotterer and Mortara, with Lotterer the next to take AM to drop to fifth behind Vandoorne.[4] The shuffles would continue during the AM phase with Mortara and di Grassi briefly running in second and third before dropping to the back of the lead group, only to then fight their way back up to the podium spots.[4]
Vandoorne would join his fellow Mercedes powered pilots at the end of the AM phase, elbowing past da Costa to claim fourth to form a Mercedes 1-2-3-4 at the head of the field.[4] The Belgian racer then continued to catch and then pass di Grassi as the race came towards the closing stages, with the order out front effectively settled with fifteen minutes to go.[4]
Instead, the action in the closing stages was found in the fight for fifth, with da Costa, Frijns, Oliver Rowland and Lotterer all in a brawl for the position.[4] Indeed, the exchanges would see Rowland briefly claim fifth before quickly being shuffled back, before the issue was settled on the final lap with Frijns almost punting da Costa into the barriers as the pair weaved about fighting on the final lap, en-route to passing the #13 DS Techeetah into turn six/seven.[4]
Out front, meanwhile, de Vries was in imperious form, cruising to victory by over two seconds with 1% energy still remaining, while Mortara claimed the fastest lap in second.[4] Vandoorne completed the podium ahead of di Grassi, while Frijns held on to fifth ahead of da Costa after a post-race investigation.[4] Rowland was next up ahead of Lotterer, Vergne was a distant ninth, while Evans claimed the final point with tenth as teammate Sam Bird ran out of time to catch the sister #9 Jaguar.[4]
Background[]
The cancellation of the inaugural Cape Town E-Prix had prompted the FIA and Formula E to expand the planned round in Berlin to a double header, resulting in a second race around the Tempelhofring being staged on 15 May 2022.[2] The second Berlin race would, however, see the field use the reversed layout of the Tempelhof circuit, similar to how the Berlin round had been conducted at the end of the 2020/21 season, with no other alterations.[2] Likewise, there was stability in the field for the second race of the weekend, with teams maintaining their original garages despite the switch in direction.[2]
Minor Moves[]
Stoffel Vandoorne had retained the lead in the Championship after the first bout in Berlin, the Belgian pilot having moved onto 96 points for the campaign. Jean-Éric Vergne had likewise held second, and closed to within three of the lead, while Mitch Evans had lost ground in third, fourteen behind. Edoardo Mortara, meanwhile, was up to fourth after his second win of the campaign, with Robin Frijns completing the top five.
In the Teams' Championship Mercedes had maintained their advantage at the head of the field, holding 136 points midway through their home round. DS Techeetah had cut the gap however, closing to within nine of the defending Champions, while ROKiT Venturi had also made ground in third. Jaguar Racing were next up ahead of the Porsche Formula E Team, Envision Racing were down to sixth, while Dragon/Penske were still pointless after Sérgio Sette Câmara had tumbled down the field during the race.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2022 Berlin E-Prix II is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2022 Berlin E-Prix II would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[6] The field would be split into two groups of eleven drivers, based on Championship position, with each group then getting ten minutes on track to complete as many laps as they wished at 220 kW.[6] The fastest eight overall would then proceed to the knockout phase, now running at the maximum 250 kW qualifying mode, with the fastest from group A against the fourth fastest from group B and so on, until four drivers were left.[6]
Those four would move on to the Semi-Final, with the winner of A1/B4 taking on the victor of A2/B3, while the triumphant driver of A3/B2 would take on A4/B1's winner.[6] The winners from those duels would then go into the final, with the winner of that duel taking pole, while the runner-up would start from second, before any grid penalties were applied.[6]
Group A[]
Nick Cassidy was the first member of Group A to venture out of the pitlane at the start of the session, and duly sent the #37 Envision-Audi straight into a flying lap, whihc would end with a 1:08.275 for the New Zealander.[7] Sérgio Sette Câmara would trail Cassidy across the line and duly went faster with a 1:08.077, before Stoffel Vandoorne stormed across the line having also opted to go straight onto a flying lap, recording fastest times in all three sectors to claim a 1:07.569.[7] Jake Dennis was next up to set a flying lap and went second with a new fastest third sector, before Robin Frijns jumped to the top of the timesheet with a 1:07.448, only to be replaced by Lucas di Grassi.[7]
Mitch Evans and Alexander Sims would also complete their flying laps straight out of the pits, going fourth and third respectively at the end of their runs, before the drivers who had opted to complete warm-up laps completed their runs.[7] First across the line from that group would be Oliver Turvey, who caused a stir by setting a new fastest first sector in the NIO before ending up in fifth, while Pascal Wehrlein, the only other driver to use the same tactic, languished in seventh at the end of his run.[7] They duly headed into the pits with the majority of the rest of the group, while di Grassi tried to complete a second flying lap along with Vandoorne but would only succeed in slapping the wall at turns five and six respectively.[7]
Those two would join the rest of the Group in the pits, as would Evans who quietly sneaked up to second after he too opted to try a second flying lap on his first set of tyres.[7] With three minutes to go Cassidy led the Group back out of the pits, and would immediately launch into a flying lap, with a strong run through the first and second sector carrying him up to second, just 0.014s slower than di Grassi.[7] That was the first of the final runs to be completed, with Evans matching Cassidy in the New Zealander's wake through the first two sectors, only to mess up his exit from the final corner and drop into third.[7]
Vandoorne was next across the line and would set new fastest first and second sectors to go fastest once against, recording a 1:07.115, with Frijns chasing him across the line and claiming second.[7] The Dutchman's effort was good enough to keep di Grassi at bay as he retained third, while a lack of improvements for the rest of the field meant that the top four was unchanged after Frijns' run.[7] Vandoorne hence ended up fastest from the group, and would lead Frijns, di Grassi and Cassidy into the knockout stage.[7]
Group B[]
Antonio Giovinazzi would led Group B out onto the circuit at the start of their 12 minute session, and like his teammate in Group A would launch straight into a flying lap, a 1:07.864 a good starting effort in the #99 Dragon/Penske.[7] He was followed across the line by the two Nissan e.Dams cars of Sébastien Buemi and Maximilian Günther, with the Swiss racer initially going fastest with a 1:07.709, only for the German pilot to find a tenth on his more experienced teammate and go faster still on a 1:07.610.[7] André Lotterer then lowered the benchmark to a 1:07.402 with Sam Bird slotting into second, before quickfire efforts from Edoardo Mortara and then Nyck de Vries took the headline time down to a 1:07.177.[7]
Oliver Rowland followed the two Mercedes powered cars but could only claim fifth, while the two DS Techeetahs went next, although both Jean-Éric Vergne and António Félix da Costa made mistakes on their runs, claiming ninth and sixth respectively.[7] Günther then crossed the line to record his second time of the session, claiming third with a new fastest third sector, while Bird's second run earned him fifth place before he followed Günther into the pits.[7] Mortara then put the first half of the session to an end with his second flying lap which took him back to the top with a 1:07.098, while de Vries was called to the weighbridge when he entered the pitlane but carried on straight to his pitbox.[7]
After all eleven drivers had changed their tyres the field was led back out onto the circuit by Giovinazzi, although the Italian racer would instead try to complete a warm-up lap before launching into his final flyer.[7] Instead, it would be the two Nissans that started the ball rolling on the final runs, although Buemi and Günther would both make mistakes in the second sector and hence causing them to remain in eighth and third having failed to improve.[7] de Vries was next across the line and went fastest again, a 1:07.080, before Mortara completed another strong lap to go faster still, a 1:06.753 his reward for setting a new fastest first sector.[7]
Lotterer came after the #48 ROKiT Venturi but could only claim third, while Rowland jumped up to fourth before being replaced by Vergne.[7] da Costa then jumped into third to knock his teammate out of the qualifying spots for the knockout stage, with the rest of the field failing to improve as they trickled across the line.[7] As a result it would be the #13 Techeetah would join Mortara, de Vries and Lotterer in the knockouts for the second race of the weekend.[7]
Knockouts[]
After the usual ten minute wait the knockout stage would begin, with the opening quarter-final putting Lotterer against Vandoorne as the German pilot continued his 100% record of making it to the duels.[7] Their scrap would be followed by da Costa versus Frijns before di Grassi battled de Vries, while the fight between Cassidy and Saturday poleman Mortara would end the first round of bouts.[7]
Quarter Finals[]
Lotterer would take to the track first for his fight with Vandoorne, and a strong opening sector saw the #36 Porsche draw first blood, going three tenths faster as Vandoorne was punished for a lock-up under braking for the first corner.[7] Indeed, it was a deficit that the #5 Mercedes simply could not overcome, with Vandoorne able to better Lotterer's efforts in the second and third sectors, but only able to chip a tenth out of the German racer's advantage come the end of their bout.[7] da Costa was next out of the pits for his fight with Frijns, and would be rewarded for taking a tighter line through the first corner on the brakes to gain a tenth on the #4 Envision-Audi straight away.[7] Frijns rallied back in the second sector, a huge run through turns four and five seeing him eliminate the majority of da Costa's lead, before an excellent run out of the final corner saw Frijns snatch victory from da Costa by just 0.014s.[7]
Quarter-final three got underway withg di Grassi leading de Vries onto the circuit, although it would be the Dutchman who led on the stopwatch after the opening sector, having been marginally neater through turns one and two.[7] It was a similar story in the second sector, de Vries growing his advantage by half a tenth due to taking a slightly tighter line through turns four/five, before an issue for di Grassi exiting turn ten handed de Vries victory, a 1:06.238 to di Grassi's 1:06.508.[7] A near mirror would then follow in the final quarter-final of the session, as Mortara eeked out a small one tenth advantage over Cassidy in the first sector, before sweeping to victory courtesy of an error from the #37 Envision-Audi as Cassidy got out of shape through turn seven.[7]
Semi Finals[]
Lotterer would again be the first driver onto the circuit for the first semi-final of the day, although the German pilot would lose two tenths to Frijns in the first sector, the #4 Envision-Audi managing to survive a slide exiting turn one to take the lead.[7] Yet, into turn five Frijns would make another mistake and run wide enough that it compromised his run all the way to turn six, allowing Lotterer to gain a tenth and hold the momentum heading into the final sector.[7] Yet, Frijns would rally back in the third sector, a strong exit from turn ten effectively sealing victory for the #4 Envision with a 1:06.522 to Lotterer's 1:06.671.[7]
Into the second semi-final and it was de Vries who ventured out of the pitlane first, and a mistake on entry to the first corner as the rear of the #17 Mercedes stepped out instantly handed Mortara a two tenth advantage.[7] That grew to 0.25s come the end of the opening sector, despite Mortara tapping the wall exiting turn three, before a poor second sector ruined de Vries' hopes of a comeback, the Dutchman opting to drive more cautiously to keep the nervous rear of his factory Mercedes in check.[7] Mortara hence claimed a comfortable victory to claim a spot in the final, a 1:05.897 some four tenths faster than de Vries' 1:06.285 after the Dutchman had set a very strong effort in the final sector.[7]
Final[]
Having set the slower time in the semi-finals it was Frijns who would head out first in the final, and a tidy entry into the first corner would set the tone for Frijns' lap, although it was not good enough to keep Mortara behind.[7] Indeed, Mortara would be as precise but carry slightly more speed, gaining a tenth through the first corner, and was over a quarter of a second clear come the end of the opening sector, and a third of a second clear come the end of the second.[7] Frijns continued his tidy lap to record a 1:06.470, having had not so much as a twitch throughout his run, while Mortara stormed through the final sector to record a 1:05.972 to claim his second pole of the weekend, and lay claim to the two fastest times of the day.[7]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2022 Berlin E-Prix II are outlined below:
| 2022 Berlin E-Prix II Qualifying Results | |||||||
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| Final | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:05.972 | — | 1 |
| Lose | 4 | Robin Frijns
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 Envision Racing
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1:06.470 | +0.498s | 2 | |
| Semi-Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:06.522 | — | F |
| Lose | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:06.671 | +0.149s | 4 | |
| II | Win | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:05.897 | — | F |
| Lose | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes
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1:06.285 | +0.388s | 3 | |
| Quarter Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| QF 1 | Win | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:06.504 | — | SF |
| Lose | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes
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1:06.806 | +0.302s | 7 | |
| QF 2 | Win | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:06.170 | — | SF |
| Lose | 13 |  António Félix da Costa
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 DS Techeetah
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1:06.184 | +0.014s | 5 | |
| QF 3 | Win | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes
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1:06.238 | — | SF |
| Lose | 11 |  Lucas di Grassi
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:06.508 | +0.270s | 6 | |
| QF 4 | Win | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:06.110 | — | SF |
| Lose | 37 |  Nick Cassidy
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Envision Racing
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1:06.377 | +0.267s | 22* | |
| Group Stage | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
| 1st | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:06.753 | — | QF 4 | GB |
| 2nd | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes
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1:07.080 | +0.327s | QF 3 | GB |
| 3rd | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes
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1:07.115 | +0.362s | QF 1 | GA |
| 4th | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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DS Techeetah
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1:07.175 | +0.422s | QF 2 | GB |
| 5th | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:07.217 | +0.464s | QF 1 | GB |
| 6th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Techeetah
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1:07.287 | +0.534s | 8 | GB |
| 7th | 30 | Oliver Rowland
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 Mahindra Racing
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1:07.294 | +0.541s | 10 | GB |
| 8th | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:07.327 | +0.574s | QF 2 | GA |
| 9th | 23 | Maximilian Günther
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Nissan e.Dams
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1:07.332 | +0.579s | 12 | GB |
| 10th | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:07.356 | +0.603s | QF 3 | GA |
| 11th* | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Envision Racing
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1:07.370 | +0.617s | QF 4 | GA |
| 12th | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar Racing
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1:07.411 | +0.658s | 14 | GB |
| 13th | 99 |  Antonio Giovinazzi
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 Dragon/Penske Autosport
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1:07.437 | +0.684s | 16 | GB |
| 14th | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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1:07.446 | +0.693s | 9 | GA |
| 15th | 29 | Alexander Sims
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Mahindra Racing
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1:07.450 | +0.697s | 11 | GA |
| 16th | 3 | Oliver Turvey
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 NIO 333 FE Team
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1:07.469 | +0.716s | 13 | GA |
| 17th | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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Nissan e.Dams
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1:07.518 | +0.765s | 18 | GB |
| 18th | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Avalanche Andretti
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1:07.525 | +0.772s | 15 | GA |
| 19th | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Dragon/Penske Autosport
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1:07.553 | +0.800s | 17 | GA |
| 20th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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NIO 333 FE Team
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1:07.601 | +0.848s | 20 | GB |
| 21st | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:07.646 | +0.893s | 19 | GA |
| 22nd | 28 | Oliver Askew
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Avalanche Andretti
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1:07.802 | +1.049s | 21 | GA |
| Group A 110% Time: 1:13.826[8] | |||||||
| Group B 110% Time: 1:13.428[8] | |||||||
| Source:[8] | |||||||
- * Cassidy served an 80 place grid penalty for changing components (plus a ten-second stop-go penalty during the race) and a five place grid penalty for ignoring direct instructions from marshalls in the pitlane.[9][10]
Race[]
Conditions had remained dry and warm in Berlin for the second and final race of the weekend, with the reversed layout of the Tempelhofring not expected to significantly alter strategies compared to those used on Saturday.[11] In terms of Attack Mode there would be a change, for while the activation zone would remain in the same location (albeit at what would be turn five instead of six on the reversed layout) the boost would only need to be used once and last for eight minutes.[11] With that the field were released from the dummy grid and onto the grid proper for the start, with the only change to the qualifying order coming in the form of a huge 85 place penalty for Nick Cassidy for replacing multiple parts of his powertrain, and ignoring instructions from the marshalls.[9]
Report[]
When the lights went out it seemed as if pole man Edoardo Mortara would do more than enough to secure the lead, with the #48 ROKiT Venturi easing off the grid unopposed, as Robin Frijns made a mess of his getaway from second.[11] That duly allowed Nyck de Vries to streak into second, before the Dutchman caught Mortara sleeping on the sweeping entry into the first corner and threw the #17 Mercedes down the inside of the customer Mercedes to claim the lead.[11] Behind, André Lotterer would make a similarly aggressive lunge to try and keep fourth from António Félix da Costa, with that move carrying both wide and allowing Lucas di Grassi to sneak into fourth.[11]
The opening tour proved entertaining beyond the first corner, with Lotterer managing to fire the #36 Porsche back ahead of di Grassi into turn two to reclaim fourth, while da Costa just failed to make his way back ahead of the #11 Venturi.[11] Elsewhere, Jean-Éric Vergne and Mitch Evans were fighting at the back of the top ten, with Vergne tapping the back of the #9 Jaguar entering turn four, while Jake Dennis marched towards the top ten with three moves in three corners on Alexander Sims, Oliver Turvey and Maximilian Günther.[11] Out front, meanwhile, de Vries would try his best to break clear from Mortara, although the Swiss racer would hold doggedly on around the rest of the opening lap and tuck himself under the rear-diffuser of the factory Mercedes ahead.[11]
Mortara would only get one early shot at redemption, although his attempt to force a move on de Vries by sneaking up the inside of de Vries through turn six/seven would end with the #17 Mercedes still in the lead of the race.[11] With that the race began to settle, with the order in the top half of the field remaining static as Attack Mode came online on lap three.[11] Indeed, the only action of note within the top ten would be Evans' attempts to get back ahead of Vergne, culminating in a failed lunge at the #25 DS Techeetah into turn one on lap six, as those two began to fall off the back of seventh placed Stoffel Vandoorne, who was himself being dropped from the lead group.[11]
Seeing the lead group begin to escape up ahead Evans would push Vergne harder, and duly forced his way past the Frenchman with a lunge into turn six/seven that Vergne simply could not defend having been told to conserve.[11] Race leader de Vries was in a similar state too, although the reason for his conservation became clear on lap nine when the #17 Mercedes went down the AM activation zone and dropped to third, becoming the first member of the lead group to do so.[11] That move would hence leave Mortara in the lead ahead of Frijns and de Vries, while Lotterer was left vulnerable to di Grassi as the #17 Mercedes return to the fray in front of him, with du Grassi duly sending the #11 Venturi down the inside of the #36 Porsche into turn one to claim fourth at the start of the following tour.[11]
Frijns was the next driver to take AM and dropped to fourth, although it was quickly found that the #4 Envision-Audi had missed one of the sensors in the activation zone, and hence had not managed to arm the boost.[11] Lotterer would follow the Dutchman through and would manage to successfully arm his AM boost, but dropped to sixth behind da Costa, while de Vries moved up to challenge Mortara for the lead, now armed with an extra 13% of power.[11] His first attempt to reclaim the lead came on lap eleven with a lunge down the inside of the #48 Venturi into turn five, a move which succeeded despite Mortara's attempts to try a cut back on the exit that saw him nose the back of the #17 Mercedes on the apex of the right hander.[11]
With that de Vries was away to build his lead up, while Mortara had his teammate di Grassi in tow and hence would find himself in a comfortable second place and was making no attempt to take AM for himself.[11] Behind them, da Costa and Lotterer would make successful dives down the inside of Frijns into turn one on laps twelve and thirteen respectively, while Vandoorne further compounded his misery by firing the #5 Mercedes past the #4 Envision into turn five after Lotterer's lunge.[11] da Costa went on to catch and pass di Grassi and then Mortara into turn six/seven, while Lotterer had to wait until the start of lap fourteen to fire past di Grassi into turn one, followed by Vandoorne a few moments later on the brakes for turn two.[11]
di Grassi took his tumble down the order as a sign to arm AM, taking Frijns with him, while Mortara held out for another lap and took AM on lap fifteen, falling to fifth behind Vandoorne in the process.[11] Vandoorne continued his march to the front by taking third from Lotterer with a lunge into turn one, with Mortara using the Belgian's move to close right onto Lotterer's tail, and then fire the #48 Venturi around the outside of the #36 Porsche into turn six/seven for fourth.[11] A lap later and Mortara was making an identical move on Vandoorne to reclaim third, while Lotterer fell down to seventh after quickfire moves from di Grassi and Frijns that left the German racer in the sights of Evans as he tried to catch back up to the leaders.[11]
Lap twenty and Mortara was now on da Costa's tail, and the Portuguese racer was keenly aware of the Swiss racer's presence as he tucked the #13 DS Techeetah right on the inside line for turn one to deny the #48 Venturi a lunge.[11] Behind di Grassi was crawling all over the tail of Vandoorne, and as da Costa blocked another look from Mortara into turn two, di Grassi would complete a successful over-under on Vandoorne through the left-hand hairpin to claim fourth, followed by Frijns on the brakes for turn five after he was able to take advantage of #5 Mercedes' compromised exit from the hairpin.[11] Mortara, meanwhile, would again draw da Costa into a defensive line into turn five, before finally forcing his way past the #13 Techeetah on the brakes for turn six/seven with the added 35kW of power.[11]
Mortara went scampering off after de Vries, while da Costa quickly fell behind the other Venturi of di Grassi at the start of the following tour into turn one, and only just kept the #4 Envision at bay into turn two.[11] Frijns would instead have to wait until the duo hit the brakes for turn five to elbow his way though to claim fourth, although it came just as his AM boost ended, and hence allowed da Costa to remain on his tail.[11] Indeed, after a moral boosting resistance of Vandoorne's attentions into turn two on lap 23 da Costa was able to go back on the offensive, using FanBoost to draw alongside Frijns on the run to turn six/seven, before sweeping around the outside of the Dutchman through the right hand hairpin to reclaim fourth.[11]
Into the final fifteen minutes and Vandoorne was back in the top five having successfully dived past Frijns into turn one, while Oliver Rowland had joined the lead group and relieved Lotterer of seventh.[11] A moment later and Vandoorne was in fourth after sending the #5 Mercedes lunging down the inside of da Costa into turn five, forming a Mercedes 1-2-3-4 at the head of the field, the two factory cars sandwiching the two Venturi run machines.[11] da Costa would shadow them for the time being, having gained a gap to those behind as Frijns came under attack from Rowland, who duly forced the #30 Mahindra past the #4 Envision into turn two on lap 28 to grab sixth.[11]
Four laps after clearing Frijns, Rowland would move onto the tail of Lotterer, and would begin his assault for fifth by sending a tentative lunge into turn six/seven that ended up with contact at the apex, but with the #30 Mahindra ahead of the #13 Techeetah.[11] Elsewhere Pascal Wehrlein and Jake Dennis were fighting in the wake of Evans for eleventh place, while Sam Bird would be the last driver to arm AM with nine minutes left to run, but outside of the points in fourteenth.[11] Indeed, the Brit would introduce himself to the Wehrlein/Dennis scrap in the closing moments of the race, firing past the pair of them with identical lunges into turns one and then six/seven to move up to eleventh, having disposed of Sébastien Buemi a lap earlier.[11]
With two minutes to go Rowland was beginning to suffer with his energy consumption, allowing Vandoorne to fight his way past di Grassi for third on lap 37 and avoid the Brazilian racer's attempts to squeeze him into the apex wall as they scrapped.[11] Rowland, meanwhile, fell back into the sights of da Costa, and after opting to defend into the first corner at the start of lap 38, the Brit was relieved of fifth by the Portuguese racer on the brakes for turn two.[11] Frijns subsequently managed to elbow his way past the #30 Mahindra into turn five on the same lap and go chasing off after da Costa, with those two going on to fight an intense duel that began on the final tour.[11]
Indeed, it was an intense scrap for fifth on the fourtieth and final lap, with Frijns' first attempt to pass the #13 Techeetah coming with a lunge around the outside of turn one which da Costa swatted aside.[11] A half look at turn two and then turn five followed, before Frijns sold da Costa a dummy heading to turn six/seven, ducking from outside to inside through the flick of turn six to try and grab the inside line for turn seven.[11] Yet, da Costa had braked earlier than Frijns had anticipated, meaning Frijns would hit the back of the #13 Techeetah as the turned into the hairpin right of turn seven, shoving da Costa wide as he scampered through to grab fifth with just a couple of corners to go.[11]
Ahead of all of that, however, would be the Mercedes quartet, which was headed serenely across the line by de Vries, who was almost two and a half seconds clear of Mortara in second.[11] Vandoorne and di Grassi chased them across the line in third and fourth, while Frijns was not investigated for his move on da Costa and claimed fifth ahead of the Portuguese racer.[11] Rowland was next up ahead of Lotterer, Vergne claimed a lowkey ninth ahead of Evans, while Bird just fell shy of taking the final point from his teammate as he finished in eleventh.[11]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2022 Berlin E-Prix II is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.
| 2022 Berlin E-Prix II Race Result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 17 | Nyck de Vries 
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Mercedes
|
40 | 46:12.268 | 1:08.633 | 25 |
| 2nd | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
|
40 | +2.454s | 1:08.165 | 22 |
| 3rd | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes
|
40 | +6.936s | 1:08.493 | 15 |
| 4th | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
|
40 | +8.165s | 1:08.371 | 12 |
| 5th | 4 | Robin Frijns
|
Envision Racing
|
40 | +13.829s | 1:08.375 | 10 |
| 6th | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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DS Techeetah
|
40 | +14.387s | 1:08.368 | 8 |
| 7th | 30 | Oliver Rowland
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Mahindra Racing
|
40 | +15.518s | 1:08.256 | 6 |
| 8th | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
|
40 | +15.845s | 1:08.646 | 4 |
| 9th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Techeetah
|
40 | +18.831s | 1:08.602 | 2 |
| 10th | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
|
40 | +21.722s | 1:08.703 | 1 |
| 11th | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar Racing
|
40 | +22.875s | 1:08.440 | |
| 12th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche Formula E Team
|
40 | +25.412s | 1:08.995 | |
| 13th | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Avalanche Andretti
|
40 | +27.012s | 1:08.335 | |
| 14th | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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Nissan e.Dams
|
40 | +29.559s | 1:08.865 | |
| 15th | 28 | Oliver Askew
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Avalanche Andretti
|
40 | +33.359s | 1:08.726 | |
| 16th | 22 | Maximilian Günther
|
Nissan e.Dams
|
40 | +35.775s | 1:09.221 | |
| 17th | 3 | Oliver Turvey
|
NIO 333 FE Team
|
40 | +40.044s | 1:09.021 | |
| 18th | 29 | Alexander Sims
|
Mahindra Racing
|
40 | +41.542s | 1:09.002 | |
| 19th | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Dragon/Penske Autosport
|
40 | +41.860s | 1:08.347 | |
| 20th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
|
NIO 333 FE Team
|
40 | +51.648s | 1:08.627 | |
| 21st* | 37 | Nick Cassidy
|
Envision Racing
|
40 | +55.192s | 1:07.849* | |
| 22nd | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Dragon/Penske Autosport
|
40 | +1:01.933 | 1:08.204 | |
| Source:[8] | |||||||
Indicates a driver was awarded FanBoost during the race.[12]- * Cassidy set the fastest lap of the race (1:07.849) but was ineligible to claim the bonus point as he finished outside of the top ten.[8]
Milestones[]
- Fourth win for Nyck de Vries.
- Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team claimed their seventh and final win as an entrant.
- Mercedes claimed their eleventh win as a powertrain supplier.
- Edoardo Mortara secured his tenth podium finish.
- Also the first fastest lap to be recorded by Mortara.
- Mercedes became the first powertrain supplier to complete a podium lock-out.
- Stoffel Vandoorne claimed his 47th FanBoost victory, tying with Lucas di Grassi for most FanBoosts.
Standings[]
Stoffel Vandoorne ended the Berlin meeting still at the head of the Championship hunt, the Belgian pilot having become the first driver to break the 100 point barrier before the halfway point of the campaign. Edoardo Mortara was his closest challenger in second, twelve behind on 99 points, while Jean-Éric Vergne had slipped to third on 95 points. Mitch Evans and Robin Frijns then completed the half-time top five, race winner Nyck de Vries was up to sixth, with twenty of the twenty-two drivers having scored in the first half of the season.
At the halfway point in the Teams' Championship it was Mercedes who headed the field, the German factory squad having claimed three wins and 176 points in the first eight races. Furthermore, their customers ROKiT Venturi Racing occupied second, 28 behind, while DS Techeetah were in third on 137. Jaguar Racing and Porsche Formula E Team would complete the top five after a disappointing Berlin showing for both, while Dragon/Penkse Autosport had continued their pointless streak at the foot of the table.
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- ↑ 'UPDATED SEASON 8 CALENDAR AND SPORTING REGULATIONS RATIFIED', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/12/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/december/fia-world-motorsport-council-calendar-update, (Accessed 15/12/2021)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 'SEASON 8 CALENDAR: Cape Town, Vancouver and Seoul feature on most expansive Formula E schedule yet', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 08/07/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/july/season-8-calendar-announcement, (Accessed 08/07/2021)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'MORTARA DOUBLES UP WITH POLE FOR ROUND 8 IN BERLIN', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/05/2022), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2022/may/berlin-e-prix-round-8-qualifying-report, (Accessed 15/05/2022)
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 'DE VRIES DOMINANT ON WAY TO SHELL RECHARGE BERLIN E-PRIX ROUND 8 WIN', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/05/2022), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2022/may/berlin-e-prix-round-8-report, (Accessed 15/05/2022)
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- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedQH - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 'Round 8 - 2022 Shell Recharge Berlin E-Prix II - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Results Booklet', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/05/2022), https://fe-results.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/08_R08%20Berlin/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/Event%20Booklet/R08-BERLIN_BOOKLET.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 15/05/2022)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 'ROUND 8 - BERLIN E-PRIX II - 15 MAY 2022: Decision No. 3', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/05/2022), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/08_R08%20Berlin/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/016_Doc%2016%20-%20Decision%20No.%203.pdf, (Accessed 15/05/2022)
- ↑ 'ROUND 8 - BERLIN E-PRIX II - 15 MAY 2022: Decision No. 5', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/05/2022), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/08_R08%20Berlin/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/023_Doc%2023%20-%20Decision%20No.%205.pdf, (Accessed 15/05/2022)
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29 11.30 11.31 11.32 11.33 11.34 11.35 11.36 11.37 11.38 11.39 11.40 11.41 11.42 11.43 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedRH - ↑ 'ROUND 8 - BERLIN E-PRIX I - 13 - 14 MAY 2022: FanBoost - Round 8', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/05/2022), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/07_R07%20Berlin/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/033_Doc%2033%20-%20Bulletin%20No.%204.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 15/05/2022)