 2022 Rome E-Prix II
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 The Rome E-Prix Circuit in 2022. | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 10 April 2022 | |
| E-Prix No. | 89 (5 of 2021/22) | |
| Official Name | 2022 ABB Formula E Rome E-Prix II | |
| Location |  Circuito Cittadino dell’EUREsposizione Universale Roma, Rome, Italy | |
| Format | 45 min + 1 lap | |
| Lap length | 3.380 km (2.100 mi) | |
| Distance | 27 laps / 91.260 km (56.706 mi) | |
| Qualifying Result | ||
| Pole Sitter |  Jean-Éric Vergne
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| Team |  DS Techeetah
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| Time | 1:38.268 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  Robin Frijns
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| Team |  Envision Racing
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| Fastest Lap | 1:41.256 on lap 13 | |
| ePrix Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
 Mitch Evans
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Jean-Éric Vergne
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Robin Frijns
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| Winner Team | Jaguar TCS Racing
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| Time | 52:55.224 | |
| ePrix Guide | ||
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The 2022 Rome E-Prix II, formally known as the 2022 ABB Formula E Rome E-Prix II, was the fifth race of the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship staged on 10 April 2022 at the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR in Esposizione Universale Roma, Rome, Italy.[1] The race would see Mitch Evans claim his second win of the season, having already won the 2022 Rome E-Prix I the day before.[2]
Qualifying had seen Jean-Éric Vergne win the final to claim pole position, defeating Jake Dennis by 0.221s after the Brit had set a new circuit record of 1:37.997.[3] Dennis' time had come in the semi-final, where he had defeated Evans by half a second with that effort, while Vergne had beaten former teammate André Lotterer to the Final by 0.212s.[3]
The start of the race saw Vergne get a clean getaway, with the #25 DS Techeetah darting across to block Dennis into the first corner.[2] Behind it was relatively clean barring some seemingly innocuous contact between Alexander Sims and Maximilian Günther, although come the end of the lap Sims was in for repairs.[2]
The race soon calmed with the top nine unchanged after the opening tour, Edoardo Mortara the only mover after he elbowed his way into the top ten.[2] However, as the opening minutes ticked away Dennis seemed to be struggling for pace, and duly fell to Lotterer and Evans as the field began thinking about Attack Mode.[2]
There was drama further back too, with António Félix da Costa turning in on Mortara at turn four and causing the #48 ROKiT Venturi to hit the inside wall as he lunged inside.[2] da Costa was later penalised for the incident, but would also suffer as he fell to both Mortara and Lucas di Grassi in the same moment, before Mortara's race came to an end after slapping the wall at turn nineteen and breaking a driveshaft.[2]
In the same moment Antonio Giovinazzi pulled to a stop between turns seven and eight, triggering a Safety Car that reset the field.[2] Vergne hence lost his two second lead and was left right in the sights of Evans, who duly snatched the lead at the restart with a lunge into turn four.[2]
Attack Mode then came into play, with Lotterer using the boost to claim the lead, while Robin Frijns battled his way into contention to claim second.[2] Yet, with eight minutes to go the SC was back out on track as Sims spun into the barriers at turn fourteen, leaving Evans, the only man yet to arm AM, in a precarious position in third.[2]
Fortune was on the New Zealander's side, however, for as the SC pulled into the pits with four minutes to go it was announced that there would be an additional five minutes added to the race time.[2] That gave Evans the chance to arm AM and avoid a penalty for not using it, with the #9 Jaguar duly dropping to fourth behind Vergne when he did so.[2]
Yet, armed with 13% more power, 2% more energy, and inherent pace there was no denying Evans, with the New Zealander duly carving his way back into the lead with three quickfire moves.[2] The #9 Jaguar then checked out at the head of the field, leaving Vergne, Frijns, Lotterer, Bird and a charging Nick Cassidy to fight for second, before Bird put Cassidy in the wall at turn seven to trigger a late SC.[2]
The race resumed with a lap to go, although Evans had enough in hand over Vergne to escape and claim his second win of the campaign and second win of the weekend.[2] Vergne was second and moved into the Championship lead, while Frijns collected fastest lap and third position ahead of Lotterer, Vandoorne and Pascal Wehrlein.[2] Penalties then came in to play and affected the rest of the top ten, resulting in Oliver Turvey claiming seventh ahead of di Grassi, while Sébastien Buemi and Dan Ticktum were elevated into the points.[2]
Background
The fifth round of the 2021/22 season and second race of the weekend saw the field use the unchanged Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR in the EUR district of Italy's capital, Rome, with the field unchanged for its second battle of the weekend.[1][4] There would, however, be changes to the Attack Mode deployment for the second battle of Rome, with the system to be deployed once during the race, and last for eight minutes.[5]
Jaguar Charge
In-spite of the post-race time penalty Edoardo Mortara had retained the lead in the Championship after the 2022 Rome E-Prix I, with his lead having been reduced to three points. Stoffel Vandoorne, meanwhile, had climbed to second to be the Swiss racer's closest challenger, with Robin Frijns also moving up to claim third. Jean-Éric Vergne and Nyck de Vries then completed the top five, with no new names on the scoresheet after the opening bout in Rome.
In the Teams' Championship Mercedes had moved to the top of the table, the German squad having secured 84 points after the opening four races. ROKiT Venturi, their customer team, had made way for them and slipped to second, ten behind, while Porsche were a further nine behind in third. DS Techeetah were next up ahead of Envision Racing, while Jaguar Racing had moved up to sixth after their first win of the season.
Entry List
The full entry list for the 2022 Rome E-Prix II is displayed below:
Practice
FP1
FP2
Qualifying
Qualifying for the 2022 Rome E-Prix II would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[7] 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.[7] 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.[7]
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.[7] 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.[7]
Group A
Group B
Knockouts
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Final
Post Qualifying
The final qualifying result for the 2022 Rome E-Prix II are outlined below:
| 2022 Rome E-Prix II Qualifying Results | |||||||
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| Final | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Techeetah
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1:38.268 | — | 1 |
| Lose | 27 | Jake Dennis
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 Avalanche Andretti
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1:38.489 | +0.221s | 2 | |
| Semi-Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Techeetah
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1:38.149 | — | F |
| Lose | 36 |  André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:38.361 | +0.212s | 3 | |
| II | Win | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Avalanche Andretti
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1:37.997 | — | F |
| Lose | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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1:38.499 | +0.502s | 4 | |
| Quarter Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| QF 1 | Win | 4 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Techeetah
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1:38.348 | — | SF |
| Lose | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:38.433 | +0.085s | 6 | |
| QF 2 | Win | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:38.422 | — | SF |
| Lose | 5 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes
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1:38.776 | +0.354s | 8 | |
| QF 3 | Win | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Avalanche Andretti
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1:38.225 | — | SF |
| Lose | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:38.566 | +0.341s | 7 | |
| QF 4 | Win | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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1:38.127 | — | SF |
| Lose | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar Racing
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1:38.425 | +0.298s | 5 | |
| Group Stage | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
| 1st | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:39.416 | — | QF 1 | GA |
| 2nd | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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1:39.612 | +0.196s | QF 4 | GB |
| 3rd | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:39.614 | +0.198s | QF 2 | GA |
| 4th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche Formula E Team
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1:39.669 | +0.253s | QF 3 | GB |
| 5th | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team
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1:39.703 | +0.287s | QF 2 | GB |
| 6th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Techeetah
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1:39.744 | +0.328s | QF 1 | GB |
| 7th | 13 |  António Félix da Costa
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DS Techeetah
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1:39.765 | +0.349s | 9 | GB |
| 8th | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Avalanche Andretti
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1:39.790 | +0.374s | QF 3 | GA |
| 9th | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar Racing
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1:39.847 | +0.431s | QF 4 | GA |
| 10th* | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team
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1:39.852 | +0.436s | 13* | GA |
| 11th | 48 |  Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:39.880 | +0.464s | 11 | GA |
| 12th | 7 |  Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Dragon/Penske Autosport
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1:40.012 | +0.596s | 10 | GB |
| 13th | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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1:40.065 | +0.649s | 12 | GB |
| 14th | 30 | Oliver Rowland
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 Mahindra Racing
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1:40.068 | +0.652s | 14 | GA |
| 15th | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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Nissan e.Dams
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1:40.114 | +0.698s | 15 | GB |
| 16th | 28 | Oliver Askew
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Avalanche Andretti
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1:40.165 | +0.749s | 17 | GB |
| 17th | 22 | Maximilian Günther
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Nissan e.Dams
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1:40.328 | +0.912s | 16 | GA |
| 18th | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Envision Racing
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1:40.375 | +0.959s | 18 | GA |
| 19th | 29 | Alexander Sims
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Mahindra Racing
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1:40.496 | +1.080s | 19 | GB |
| 20th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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NIO 333 FE Team
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1:40.565 | +1.149s | 20 | GA |
| 21st | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Dragon/Penske Autosport
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1:40.574 | +1.158s | 21 | GB |
| 22nd | 3 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO 333 FE Team
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1:40.749 | +1.333s | 22 | GA |
| Group A 110% Time: 1:49.357[8] | |||||||
| Group B 110% Time: 1:49.573[8] | |||||||
| Source:[8] | |||||||
- * de Vries served a three place grid penalty for causing a collision in the 2022 Rome E-Prix I.[9]
Race
Report
Result
The final classification of the 2022 Rome E-Prix II is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.
| 2022 Rome E-Prix II Race Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar Racing
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27 | 52:55.224 | 1:41.835 | 25 |
| 2nd | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne 
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DS Techeetah
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27 | +0.584s | 1:41.932 | 21 |
| 3rd | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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27 | +1.606s | 1:41.932 | 16 |
| 4th | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche Formula E Team
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27 | +2.093s | 1:41.570 | 12 |
| 5th | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes
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27 | +2.756s | 1:41.864 | 10 |
| 6th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche Formula E Team
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27 | +4.655s | 1:41.999 | 8 |
| 7th | 3 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO 333 FE Team
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27 | +7.097s | 1:43.195 | 6 |
| 8th* | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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27 | +8.680s | 1:42.075 | 4 |
| 9th | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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Nissan e.Dams
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27 | +8.796s | 1:43.012 | 2 |
| 10th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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NIO 333 FE Team
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27 | +11.130s | 1:43.510 | 1 |
| 11th | 22 | Maximilian Günther
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Nissan e.Dams
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27 | +11.221s | 1:43.013 | |
| 12th | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Dragon/Penske Autosport
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27 | +12.309s | 1:42.552 | |
| 13th† | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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DS Techeetah
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27 | +13.134s | 1:42.690 | |
| 14th‡ | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes
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27 | +14.207s | 1:41.997 | |
| 15th§ | 28 | Oliver Askew
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Avalanche Andretti
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27 | +20.429s | 1:43.594 | |
| Ret♠ | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar Racing
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26 | Damage | 1:41.811 | |
| Ret | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Envision Racing
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25 | Damage | 1:42.485 | |
| Ret | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Avalanche Andretti
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21 | Retired | 1:43.070 | |
| Ret | 29 | Alexander Sims
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Mahindra Racing
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16 | Accident | 1:42.811 | |
| Ret | 30 | Oliver Rowland
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Mahindra Racing
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14 | Damage | 1:43.018 | |
| Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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ROKiT Venturi Racing
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7 | Accident | 1:43.903 | |
| Ret | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Dragon/Penske Autosport
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7 | Retired | 1:46.313 | |
| Source:[8] | |||||||
Indicates a driver was awarded FanBoost during the race.[10]- * di Grassi served a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Mortara.[11]
- † da Costa served a five second time penalty for forcing Mortara off track and into the wall.[12]
- ‡ de Vries served a ten second time penalty for causing a collision with Sette Câmara.[13]
- § Askew served a five second time penalty for overtaking Günther under the Safety Car, as well as an additional five second time penalty for causing a collision with Sette Câmara.[14][15]
- ♠ Bird was to serve a three place grid penalty at the 2022 Monaco E-Prix for causing a collision with Cassidy.[16]
Milestones
- Fourth career victory for Mitch Evans.
- Evans became only the second driver to win both races at a double header event.
- Jaguar Racing claimed their sixth win as an entrant.
- Jaguar earned their sixth win as a powertrain supplier.
- Maiden points finish for Dan Ticktum.
- Fifth FanBoost victory for Antonio Giovinazzi.
- Oliver Rowland claimed his first FanBoost victory.
Standings
Second place in the second battle of Rome had left Jean-Éric Vergne at the head of the Championship table a third of the way into the season, the Frenchman having claimed 60 points in the first five races. Robin Frijns, also still yet to win a race in 2021/22, had moved up to second and was just two off the lead, with Stoffel Vandoorne likewise winless but completing the top three on 56 points. Mitch Evans, the season's first double winner, was up to fourth on 51, two ahead of former leader Edoardo Mortara, while Oliver Turvey and Dan Ticktum had registered their first points of the campaign.
In the Teams' Championship Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team would leave Rome at the head of the field, the German squad having moved onto 94 points after Vandoorne's fifth place. Porsche Formula E Team, meanwhile, had climbed to second despite failing to really threaten the podium at all in Rome, with DS Techeetah up to third courtesy of Vergne' efforts. ROKiT Venturi and Jaguar Racing then completed the top five, while the NIO 333 FE Team had moved ahead of Mahindra Racing to leave Dragon/Penske as the only pointless team.
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References
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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)
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedResults - ↑ 'ROUND 4 & 5 - ROME E-PRIX - 8 - 10 APRIL 2022: Decision No. 15', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 10/04/2022), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/04_R04%20Rome/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/050_Doc%2050%20-%20Decision%20No.%2015.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 10/04/2022)
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- ↑ 'ROUND 4 & 5 - ROME E-PRIX - 8 - 10 APRIL 2022: Decision No. 19', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 10/04/2022), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/05_R05%20Rome/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/072_Doc%2072%20-%20Decision%20No.%2019.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 10/04/2022)
- ↑ 'ROUND 4 & 5 - ROME E-PRIX - 8 - 10 APRIL 2022: Decision No. 21', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 10/04/2022), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/05_R05%20Rome/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/075_Doc%2075%20-%20Decision%20No.%2021.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 10/04/2022)
- ↑ 'ROUND 4 & 5 - ROME E-PRIX - 8 - 10 APRIL 2022: Decision No. 23', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 10/04/2022), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/07_2021-22/05_R05%20Rome/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/079_Doc%2079%20-%20Decision%20No.%2023.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 10/04/2022)
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