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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 Flag of Rome Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR
Esposizione 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)
Support Race
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne
Team Flag of France DS Techeetah
Time 1:38.268
Fastest Lap
Driver Dutch Flag Robin Frijns
Team Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing
Fastest Lap 1:41.256 on lap 13
ePrix Result
First Second Third
Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Dutch Flag Robin Frijns
Winner Team Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar TCS Racing
Time 52:55.224
ePrix Guide
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Post-Race Test

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:

2022 Rome E-Prix II Entry List
No. Name Entrant Constructor Car
3 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey Flag of China NIO 333 FE Team NIO 333 FE 001
4 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing Audi e-tron FE07
5 Flag of Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Flag of Germany Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 02
7 Flag of Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Flag of the United States Dragon/Penske Autosport Penske EV-5
9 Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-Type V
10 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar TCS Racing Jaguar I-Type V
11 Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi Flag of Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 02
13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of France DS Techeetah DS E-Tense FE 21
17 Dutch Flag Nyck de Vries Flag of Germany Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 02
22 Flag of Germany Maximilian Günther Flag of France Nissan e.Dams Nissan IM03
23 Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Flag of France Nissan e.Dams Nissan IM03
25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of France DS Techeetah DS E-Tense FE 21
27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti Formula E BMW iFE.21
28 Flag of the United States Oliver Askew Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti Formula E BMW iFE.21
29 Flag of the United Kingdom Alexander Sims Flag of India Mahindra Racing Mahindra M7Electro
30 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Flag of India Mahindra Racing Mahindra M7Electro
33 Flag of the United Kingdom Dan Ticktum Flag of China NIO 333 FE Team NIO 333 FE 001
36 Flag of Germany André Lotterer Flag of Germany TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Porsche 99X Electric
37 Flag of New Zealand Nick Cassidy Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing Audi e-tron FE07
48 Flag of Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Flag of Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow 02
94 Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein Flag of Germany TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team Porsche 99X Electric
99 Flag of Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Flag of the United States Dragon/Penske Autosport Penske EV-5
Source:[6]

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[]

Robin Frijns and Sam Bird would get the ball rolling for Group A as the green light alighted at the end of the pitlane, with those two going on to complete preparation laps despite both pushing in the first sector.[8] That meant it would be Oliver Rowland who actually set the first flying lap of the sesson, a 1:41.051 which would quickly get improved upon by Jake Dennis, a 1:40.480, and then Nyck de Vries with a 1:40.470.[8] André Lotterer and Edoardo Mortara were next across the line, the German going fastest with a 1:40.392 before the Swiss pilot hit the top with a 1:40.338, while Nick Cassidy and Maximilian Günther slotted into sixth and eighth respectively.[8]

As they all cruised back to the pits for fresh tyres those who had completed prep-laps would complete their first flying laps, with Frijns sliding through the final corner to claim third, before Bird hit the front with a 1:40.229.[8] Oliver Turvey and Dan Ticktum then brought the first part of the session to a close with their table proping times in the two NIOs, before they joined the rest of the field in the pitlane to get fresh rubber.[8] With just under three minutes to go Cassidy would lead the Group back onto the circuit, with de Vries and Bird immediately following the #37 Envision out of the pits, while Frijns and Rowland were the last to leave with just under two minutes to go.[8]

With no time to complete prep-laps everyone would go straight into their second and final flying runs, with Cassidy the first to go but quickly dropping out of the hunt to make it to the duels after a poor opening sector.[8] Instead it was de Vries who was the first to set a strong time, a 1:39.852, although the Dutchman made a mistake into the chicane that cost him a couple of tenths.[8] That was shown a few moments later as Bird flashed across the line to take the fastest time, a 1:39.847, before Ticktum, Mortara and Günther all failed to make the cut.[8] Dennis then jumped to the top with a 1:39.790 before he was pushed back to second by Lotterers' 1:39.614, only for Frijns to complete the session with fastest times in all three sectors to top the group with a 1:39.416 in the #4 Envision.[8]

Frijns hence headed into the Duels as the fastest driver from Group A, joined by Lotterer, Dennis and Bird.[8]

Group B[]

Oliver Askew, keen to make up for lost track time after his accident in FP3 earlier in the morning, would be the first member of Group B to head out onto the track, joined soon after by Mitch Evans in the #9 Jaguar, and the two Dragon/Penskes.[8] The majority of the rest of the Group would join that quartet on track in the first couple of minutes, splitting between completing warm-up laps, while Sébastien Buemi, Lucas di Grassi, Jean-Éric Vergne and António Félix da Costa all stayed in the pits with the aim of completing just a flying lap in the first half of the session.[8] They duly joined the fray with eight minutes left on the clock, just as the first times were being posted by those who headed out early.[8]

Indeed, after Askew, Evans, Stoffel Vandoorne and the Dragons had completed their prep-laps it was Alexander Sims who set the first meaningful lap of the session, a 1:40.469 having gone straight onto his flying lap in the #30 Mahindra.[8] Pascal Wehrlein soon bested that mark, a 1:40.074, with Buemi going second in his wake, before Vergne flashed across the line with two fastest sectors to go faster still, claiming a 1:39.744.[8] da Costa followed his teammate across the line but could only manage fifth, di Grassi secured fourth after swiping the wall at turn three, before Vandoorne and Evans completed their flying laps, going fifth and second respectively.[8] The first runs were then rounded out by Sérgio Sette Câmara, who caused a stir by claiming second in the #7 Dragon, while Antonio Giovinazzi and Askew remained at the back of the pack.[8]

With that the field ventured into the pits for fresh tyres and, with only 4 minutes left on the clock as they entered the pits, no-one would have time to complete a prep-lap in the remaining time.[8] Indeed Giovinazzi, who was the last to come in and the last to go out in the second part of the session, failed to make it across the line in time to start his second run, meaning he was already out of the hunt for the Duels before he even had a chance of setting a time.[8] Sims, meanwhile, was the first driver to start his flying lap, although a poor second sector left the #30 Mahindra down in ninth having only found a few hundredths on his earlier effort.[8]

Vandoorne was next across the line and went fastest, recording a 1:39.703 with the fastest second sector, only for Evans behind him to go faster with a 1:39.612 with a strong final sector.[8] Vergne was next across the line and claimed third, di Grassi secured fifth before da Costa pushed him back by claiming fourth, while Wehrlein jumped into second to knock the Portuguese ace out of the Duels.[8] That left Vergne on the bubble with one driver, Sette Câmara, on a strong lap, although the Brazilian pilot's run would end prematurely as the #7 Dragon skated into the barriers at the chicane after Sette Câmara tried to carry too much speed.[8]

Vergne hence held on to fourth spot and made it into the Duels, joining Evans, Wehrlein and Vandoorne.[8]

Knockouts[]

A slight delay would follow the Group stage in order to allow Sette Câmara's Dragon to be dragged from the barriers at turn eleven, before the Quarter-Finals began with Frijns taking on Vergne.[8] That duel would be followed by a battle between Lotterer and Vandoorne, then Dennis versus Wehrlein, before the Quarter-Finals would end with a fight between Bird and Evans for the final spot in the Semis.[8]

Quarter Finals[]

Vergne would head out first in the opening Quarter-Final of qualifying, and opened his lap with a tame run through the first sector, handing a two tenth advantage to Frijns who was particularly strong on the brakes for turns four and seven.[8] However, the rest of the lap would see Vergne gain the upperhand, the #25 DS Techeetah clawing back a tenth in the second sector before dominating the third, findhing four tenths to beat Frijns with a 1:38.348.[8] Next out would be Vandoorne for his fight with Lotterer, and the #5 Mercedes would initially gain the upperhand, going 0.008s faster than Lotterer through the first few corners.[8]

Lotterer rallied back and would head the duel come the end of the first sector, albeit by just 0.06s, and would duly match Vandoorne's effort in the second sector to maintain his slim advantage.[8] The third sector would, however, settle the issue, with Lotterer finding three tenths over Vandoorne to claim victory, his 1:39.422 comfortably faster than Vandoorne's 1:38.776.[8] With that the third Quarter-Final go underway, with Dennis the first on track and gaining a four hundredth lead through the first sector, aided by Wehrlein running wide at turn three that cost the #94 Porsche two tenths in that corner alone.[8]

Indeed, Wehrlein spent the rest of the lap trying to overcome that error, and despite briefly getting back on terms with Dennis, he would ultimately fall shy by three tenths in the third sector, leaving Dennis the victor on a 1:38.225.[8] Bird and Evans then took to the track in an all Jaguar duel to complete the Quarter-Fianals, and it was evenly matched after the first third of the lap, Evans just ahead by 0.06s.[8] However, as the duel wore on Evans would steadily gain the upperhand, and come the end of the final sector the New Zealander had found three tenths over his teammate, winning the duel with a 1:38.127, while Bird's 1:38.425 left him as the fastest loser.[8]

Semi Finals[]

Semi-Final one would see Lotterer take on former teammate Vergne for a spot in the final, and it was the Porsche who hit the track first, only for the Techeetah to gain a slim advantage in the first sector, just 0.007s separating them after the opening third of the lap.[8] Into the second sector and Vergne was on top, gaining a tenth in turn seven before Lotterer made a mistake entering the turn 12/13 chicane, losing another two tenths.[8] That effectively settled the fight in Vergne's favour, with Lotterer unable to overcome that two tenth deficit in the final sector, leaving Vergne the victor with a 1:38.149 to Lotterer's 1:38.361.[8]

The second Semi Final began with Dennis opening his lap first, and the #27 Avalanche Andretti would suffer a snap of oversteer on the brakes for turn three, but Dennis kept his car under control.[8] Evans was cleaner but slower in-spite of Dennis' minor error, trailing by eight hundredths by the end of the first sector, before surrending a tenth in the second to Dennis, his measured approach simply not enough to best Dennis.[8] An error for Evans into turn fourteen, locking up and running wide of the apex, would end his hopes of challenging Dennis, whose 1:37.997 was over half a second faster than Evans' 1:38.499, four tenths of which had come as a result of Evans' poor final sector.[8]

Final[]

Vergne, having set the slower time in the Semis, would head out first in the final, and an ultra smooth first sector saw the #25 Techeetah immediately gain a two tenth lead, aided by another snap for Dennis entering turn three.[8] The second sector saw Dennis initially close the gap back to just two hundredths, only for a wriggly rear on the #27 Andretti to cost him more time in turns eight and ten, allowing Vergne's advantage to balloon back out to three tenths come the end of the second sector.[8] Dennis again started the final sector strongly and took a tenth out of Vergne, but it was not enough to deny the #25 Techeetah pole, with Vergne recording a 1:38.268 to win his first Final.[8]

Post Qualifying[]

The final qualifying result for the 2022 Rome E-Prix II are outlined below:

2022 Rome E-Prix II Qualifying Results
Final
Heat Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Grid
I Win 25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of France DS Techeetah 1:38.268 1
Lose 27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 1:38.489 +0.221s 2
Semi-Finals
Heat Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Grid
I Win 25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of France DS Techeetah 1:38.149 F
Lose 36 Flag of Germany André Lotterer Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 1:38.361 +0.212s 3
II Win 27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 1:37.997 F
Lose 9 Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1:38.499 +0.502s 4
Quarter Finals
Heat Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Grid
QF 1 Win 25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of France DS Techeetah 1:38.348 SF
Lose 4 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing 1:38.433 +0.085s 6
QF 2 Win 36 Flag of Germany André Lotterer Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 1:38.422 SF
Lose 5 Flag of Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Flag of Germany Mercedes 1:38.776 +0.354s 8
QF 3 Win 27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 1:38.225 SF
Lose 94 Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 1:38.566 +0.341s 7
QF 4 Win 9 Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1:38.127 SF
Lose 10 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1:38.425 +0.298s 5
Group Stage
Pos. No. Name Team Time Gap Grid Group
1st 4 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing 1:39.416 QF 1 GA
2nd 9 Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1:39.612 +0.196s QF 4 GB
3rd 36 Flag of Germany André Lotterer Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 1:39.614 +0.198s QF 2 GA
4th 94 Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 1:39.669 +0.253s QF 3 GB
5th 5 Flag of Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Flag of Germany Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team 1:39.703 +0.287s QF 2 GB
6th 25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne Flag of France DS Techeetah 1:39.744 +0.328s QF 1 GB
7th 13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa Flag of France DS Techeetah 1:39.765 +0.349s 9 GB
8th 27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 1:39.790 +0.374s QF 3 GA
9th 10 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 1:39.847 +0.431s QF 4 GA
10th* 17 Dutch Flag Nyck de Vries Flag of Germany Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team 1:39.852 +0.436s 13* GA
11th 48 Flag of Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Flag of Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing 1:39.880 +0.464s 11 GA
12th 7 Flag of Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Flag of the United States Dragon/Penske Autosport 1:40.012 +0.596s 10 GB
13th 11 Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi Flag of Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing 1:40.065 +0.649s 12 GB
14th 30 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Rowland Flag of India Mahindra Racing 1:40.068 +0.652s 14 GA
15th 23 Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Flag of France Nissan e.Dams 1:40.114 +0.698s 15 GB
16th 28 Flag of the United States Oliver Askew Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 1:40.165 +0.749s 17 GB
17th 22 Flag of Germany Maximilian Günther Flag of France Nissan e.Dams 1:40.328 +0.912s 16 GA
18th 37 Flag of New Zealand Nick Cassidy Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing 1:40.375 +0.959s 18 GA
19th 29 Flag of the United Kingdom Alexander Sims Flag of India Mahindra Racing 1:40.496 +1.080s 19 GB
20th 33 Flag of the United Kingdom Dan Ticktum Flag of China NIO 333 FE Team 1:40.565 +1.149s 20 GA
21st 99 Flag of Italy Antonio Giovinazzi Flag of the United States Dragon/Penske Autosport 1:40.574 +1.158s 21 GB
22nd 3 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey Flag of China NIO 333 FE Team 1:40.749 +1.333s 22 GA
Group A 110% Time: 1:49.357[9]
Group B 110% Time: 1:49.573[9]
Source:[9]

Race[]

Conditions remained dry in Rome ahead of the second and final race of the weekend, with no threat of rain for the 45 minute plus one lap race around the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR.[11] There were no changes to the grid after Nyck de Vries served his grid penalty for colliding with Pascal Wehrlein, while Attack Mode was modified to just a single activation, lasting eight minutes.[5] With that the field were sent around from the dummy grid to the starting grid on the run between turns three and four, with Jean-Éric Vergne lining up on pole position for the first time in season eight.[11]

Report[]

Vergne duly converted pole into a lead as the lights went out, the #25 DS Techeetah easing away to secure the lead while behind André Lotterer sniffed at a move on Jake Dennis for second.[11] The #27 Avalanche Andretti would ultimately fend off the #36 Porsche's attentions into the first corner of the race, with the rest of the field making it through without issue.[11] Indeed, it was an unusually tame start, particularly in comparison to the Saturday Race, with the only incident of note being some aggressive defending from Alexander Sims as the Brit tried to consolidate on his strong start.[11]

Towards the end of the first lap, which would see the field complete one and two third tours of the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR there would be some brief action, as Mitch Evans tried to force a move on Lotterer, although the German pilot kept the #9 Jaguar pilot at bay.[11] Vergne, meanwhile, would steadily ease away from Dennis over the opening tour, aided by a minor mistake from the Brit that almost allowed Lotterer to sneak through at turn seven.[11] Dennis then went wide at turn fifteen on the second tour to grant Vergne even more of a lead and allow Lotterer to look again, although the #36 Porsche could not get alongside the #27 Andretti in time to force a real move into turn sixteen.[11]

Dennis' resistance was finally broken on lap four, with Lotterer pulling a clinical lunge down the inside of the Brit into turn seven to snatch second, with Dennis simply unable to defend.[11] A lap later and Evans was on the tail of Dennis, and after an aborted assault into turn four, the New Zealander would fire the #9 Jaguar inside the #27 Andretti into turn seven in a repeat of Lotterer's move to grab third.[11] Behind them Sam Bird tried to take advantage and also sneak past Dennis on the exit of turn seven, but his focus was instead drawn to defending from Robin Frijns who tried to dance the #4 Envision-Audi around the outside of his former teammate in the same moment.[11]

Frijns eventually forced his way past Bird on lap six, lunging inside the Brit at turn four, while Evans would go on to catch and pass Lotterer by dancing the #9 Jaguar around the outside of the #36 Porsche on the brakes for turn seven.[11] Behind them Edoardo Mortara would lunge inside António Félix da Costa into turn four, with their scrap ending with Mortara being fed towards the inside wall at the apex while da Costa was shoved out wide.[11] Mortara duly charged ahead with teammate Lucas di Grassi in tow, only to slap the wall exiting the final corner later in the lap to cause his race to come to a premature end.[11]

As Mortara limped to a halt at turn three with a snapped driveshaft Dennis was trying to fight back, sending a lunge at Lotterer into turn seven only to hit the bump on the outside line that sent the #27 Andretti into a slide.[11] The two duly made contact as Dennis fought to get his car under control, although there were no major issues for either driver as Lotterer held his line and held onto the final podium spot.[11] A few moments later and Dennis' push was brought to a temporary halt, as the Safety Car was scrambled to allow both Mortara and a stranded Antonio Giovinazzi, who would stop at turn seven after the Lotterer/Dennis excitement with an issue, to be recovered from the circuit.[11]

The SC appeared just as Wehrlein sent a lunge at Stoffel Vandoorne for seventh, having dropped behind the #5 Mercedes when arming Attack Mode a lap earlier.[11] The duo would duly argue to their teams as to who was ahead when the SC was deployed, although regardless Wehrlein would simply sit and see his AM time tick away, unable to use the extra 35 kW of power due to the presence of the SC.[11] Indeed, when the SC darted back into the pits with 25 minutes to go the German racer only had a couple of minutes left of the boost, as at the head of the field Vergne attempted to break away from the pack by bolting out of turn sixteen.[11]

Unfortunately for Vergne, Evans would read his bolt, and would hence remain within striking position as the field began lap eleven, forcing Vergne to defend the inside line into turn three and then all the way on the run to turn four.[11] Seeing the #25 Techeetah take to the inside line, Evans duly sent the #9 Jaguar lunging around the outside on the brakes for turn four, and would emerge from the left hander ahead of Vergne as they climbed the hill to turn seven.[11] Behind, Wehrlein would try to use his AM boost to relieve Bird of sixth, but was thwarted, while Frijns would try to force a move on Dennis into turns four and seven but to no avail.[11]

Instead, Frijns would manage to get the move done with a lunge down the inside of the #27 Andretti into turn fifteen, with Dennis duly running so wide that both Bird and Wehrlein were also able to sneak through.[11] Dennis would retaliate, however, and would subsequently send a lunge down the inside of the #94 Porsche into turn sixteen, resulting in contact and Wehrlein being shoved wide.[11] Dennis scampered back ahead on the exit with Vandoorne in tow, before the Belgian pilot would relieve Dennis of sixth with a lunge down the inside of turn four on the following tour.[11]

With that the members of the lead group would begin to take Attack Mode, with Frijns and Bird the first to do so on lap twelve, with Bird briefly dropping behind Vandoorne as a result.[11] Lotterer went next on the next lap and dropped behind Frijns, allowing the Dutchman to close on the back of Vergne and fire past the #25 Techeetah for second on the brakes for turn four, putting him right on Evans' tail.[11] Indeed, momentum seemed to be with the #4 Envision, for Frijns would simply ease alongside and then ahead of Evans into turn seven to grab the lead, the New Zealander opting not to defend from the AM boosted Envision.[11]

Vergne would react to Frijns' lunge on him by arming AM, dropping behind Lotterer and Bird, with Lotterer duly closing in and putting a move on Evans for second as the #9 Jaguar refrained from taking its AM boost for another tour.[11] Bird, meanwhile, would switch to defensive mode with his teammate ahead, and duly blocked a lunge from Vergne into turn four on lap fifteen in order to protect both fourth place and his teammate.[11] Bird continued to focus on resisting Vergne rather than harassing his AM-less teammate over the following laps, with Vergne eventually forcing his way past into turn seven on lap eighteen, moments after Lotterer had snatched the lead from Frijns with a similar move after the #4 Envision ran out of AM boost.[11]

Moments later and the SC was scrambled again, as Alexander Sims was stuck at turn fourteen with damage, while Oliver Rowland in the sister Mahindra was also out after sustaining his own race ending damage.[11] After five minutes the race resumed with Lotterer trying to break clear exiting the final corner, with the #36 Porsche duly maintaing the lead without issue with Frijns occupied watching Evans in his mirrors.[11] Behind, Bird forced Vandoorne to look around the outside of turn four in his unsuccessful bid to claim sixth, while di Grassi smacked the back of Dennis into turn seven, allowing da Costa to attack the pair of them into turn eight.[11]

With time running out, but over seven minutes of extra time set to be added, Evans immediately took AM, dropping him behind Vergne and Bird although Bird instantly moved aside to let his teammate back through.[11] Released from his teammate, Evans would quickly pull onto Vergne's tail, and after forcing Vergne to defend into turn three was simply able to ease past the Frenchman on the run to turn four, taking advantage of the #25 Techeetah's compromised exit down the start straight.[11] With that Evans was away to chase Frijns and Lotterer, while Bird was unsuccessful in his bid to reclaim fourth from Vergne in the wake of his teammate's lunge.[11]

A lap later and Evans was scything down the inside of Frijns for second into turn four,a move which allowed Vergne to close right onto the Dutchman's tail as Evans tucked himself in Lotterer's wake on the run up the hill to turn seven.[11] The added power for the #9 Jaguar ultimately proved to be decisive, with Evans able to simply drive right around the #36 Porsche on the run to turn seven to snatch the lead and scamper away.[11] Behind, Vergne slithered down the inside of Vergne into the same corner, while Vandoorne fired the #5 Mercedes down the inside of Bird to claim fifth.[11]

Into the closing moments and Vandoorne was making a charge to the podium, using FanBoost to get a run on Frijns into turn four, although the #5 Mercedes got out of shape on the brakes and couldn't force the move.[11] That came in the wake of Vergne successfully lunge past Lotterer into the same corner, and was followed by Nick Cassidy firing the #37 Envision past Wehrlein for eighth a few moments later.[11] Frijns duly escaped from Vandoorne over the rest of the lap as the race entered extra time, before he sent the #4 Envision sliding down the inside of Lotterer for third a lap later into turn four, before fending off Lotterer's attempt at retribution into turn seven a few moments later.[11]

Cassidy's march to the front would continue as the New Zealander shot inside di Grassi into turn seven for seventh, before Cassidy tried to dance around the outside of Bird into the same corner a lap later for sixth.[11] However, Bird would resist and the pair would enter the braking zone on full attack, only to find Lotterer and Vandoorne going slower than expected ahead as they squabbled over fourth, forcing both to slam hard on the brakes.[11] Bird got out of shape on the bumps and hit Cassidy, sending the #37 Envision into the barriers, while di Grassi punted the back of Bird although both were able to continue.[11]

The SC made its third appearance of the day as a result, although quick work from the marshals meant that there would be enough time for one more lap and a sprint finish to the race.[11] Ultimately, however, there would be no challenge to Evans out front, who blasted away at the restart to build an untouchable lead over the final tour, claiming victory by half a second from Vergne when the chequered flag flew.[11] Frijns completed the podium ahead of Lotterer and Vandoorne, Wehrlein claimed sixth after Bird pitted on the penultimate tour with damage, while Oliver Turvey claimed a rare points finish ahead of di Grassi, Sébastien Buemi and teammate Dan Ticktum, the two NIOs having gambled on a energy saving approach to the race and relied on SCs to remain in touch with the pack.[11]

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
Pos. No. Name Team Laps Race Time Fastest lap Pts.
1st 9 Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 27 52:55.224 1:41.835 25
2nd 25 Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne FanBoost Flag of France DS Techeetah 27 +0.584s 1:41.932 21
3rd 4 Dutch Flag Robin Frijns Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing 27 +1.606s 1:41.932 16
4th 36 Flag of Germany André Lotterer Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 27 +2.093s 1:41.570 12
5th 5 Flag of Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne FanBoost Flag of Germany Mercedes 27 +2.756s 1:41.864 10
6th 94 Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 27 +4.655s 1:41.999 8
7th 3 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey Flag of China NIO 333 FE Team 27 +7.097s 1:43.195 6
8th* 11 Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi Flag of Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing 27 +8.680s 1:42.075 4
9th 23 Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Flag of France Nissan e.Dams 27 +8.796s 1:43.012 2
10th 33 Flag of the United Kingdom Dan Ticktum Flag of China NIO 333 FE Team 27 +11.130s 1:43.510 1
11th 22 Flag of Germany Maximilian Günther Flag of France Nissan e.Dams 27 +11.221s 1:43.013
12th 7 Flag of Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Flag of the United States Dragon/Penske Autosport 27 +12.309s 1:42.552
13th 13 Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa FanBoost Flag of France DS Techeetah 27 +13.134s 1:42.690
14th 17 Dutch Flag Nyck de Vries Flag of Germany Mercedes 27 +14.207s 1:41.997
15th§ 28 Flag of the United States Oliver Askew Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 27 +20.429s 1:43.594
Ret 10 Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 26 Damage 1:41.811
Ret 37 Flag of New Zealand Nick Cassidy Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing 25 Damage 1:42.485
Ret 27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 21 Retired 1:43.070
Ret 29 Flag of the United Kingdom Alexander Sims Flag of India Mahindra Racing 16 Accident 1:42.811
Ret 30 Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Rowland FanBoost Flag of India Mahindra Racing 14 Damage 1:43.018
Ret 48 Flag of Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Flag of Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing 7 Accident 1:43.903
Ret 99 Flag of Italy Antonio Giovinazzi FanBoost Flag of the United States Dragon/Penske Autosport 7 Retired 1:46.313
Source:[9]
  • FanBoost Indicates a driver was awarded FanBoost during the race.[12]
  • * di Grassi served a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Mortara.[13]
  • da Costa served a five second time penalty for forcing Mortara off track and into the wall.[14]
  • de Vries served a ten second time penalty for causing a collision with Sette Câmara.[15]
  • § 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.[16][17]
  • Bird was to serve a three place grid penalty at the 2022 Monaco E-Prix for causing a collision with Cassidy.[18]

Milestones[]

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.

2021/22 Drivers Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of France Jean-Éric Vergne 60 ▲3
2nd Dutch Flag Robin Frijns 58 ▲1
3rd Flag of Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne 56 ▼1
4th Flag of New Zealand Mitch Evans 51 ▲4
5th Flag of Switzerland Edoardo Mortara 49 ▼4
6th Flag of Germany André Lotterer 43 ▲1
7th Flag of Germany Pascal Wehrlein 42 ▼1
8th Dutch Flag Nyck de Vries 38 ▼3
9th Flag of Brazil Lucas di Grassi 29 ▲1
10th Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis 26 ▼1
11th Flag of the United Kingdom Sam Bird 22 ◄0
12th Flag of Portugal António Félix da Costa 20 ◄0
13th Flag of New Zealand Nick Cassidy 10 ◄0
14th Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 6 ▲5
15th Flag of Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 6 ▼1
16th Flag of the United Kingdom Oliver Rowland 4 ▼1
17th Flag of Germany Maximilian Günther 2 ▼1
18th Flag of the United States Oliver Askew 2 ▼1
19th Flag of the United Kingdom Dan Ticktum 1 ▲2
20th Flag of the United Kingdom Alexander Sims 0 ▼2
21st Flag of Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara 0 ▼1
22nd Flag of Italy Antonio Giovinazzi 0 ◄0
2021/22 Teams Championship
Pos. Name Pts. +/-
1st Flag of Germany Mercedes 94 ◄0
2nd Flag of Germany Porsche Formula E Team 85 ▲1
3rd Flag of France DS Techeetah 80 ▲1
4th Flag of Monaco ROKiT Venturi Racing 78 ▼2
5th Flag of the United Kingdom Jaguar Racing 73 ▲1
6th Flag of the United Kingdom Envision Racing 68 ▼1
7th Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti 28 ◄0
8th Flag of France Nissan e.Dams 8 ◄0
9th Flag of China NIO 333 FE Team 7 ▲1
10th Flag of India Mahindra Racing 4 ▼1
11th Flag of the United States Dragon/Penske Autosport 0 ◄0

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2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
Entrants
Avalanche Andretti Formula EDragon/Penske AutosportDS TecheetahEnvision RacingJaguar TCS RacingMahindra RacingMercedes-EQ Formula E TeamNIO 333 FE TeamNissan e.DamsROKiT Venturi RacingTAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Manufacturers
BMWDSJaguarMahindra & MahindraMercedes-BenzNIONissanPenskePorsche
Cars
Spark SRT05e
Audi e-tron FE07BMW iFE.21DS E-Tense FE21Jaguar I-Type VMahindra M7ElectroMercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02NIO 333 FE 001Nissan IM03Penske EV-5Porsche 99X Electric
Drivers
3 Oliver Turvey4 Robin Frijns5 Stoffel Vandoorne7 Sérgio Sette Câmara9 Mitch Evans10 Sam Bird11 Lucas di Grassi13 António Félix da Costa17 Nyck de Vries22 Maximilian Günther23 Sébastien Buemi25 Jean-Éric Vergne27 Jake Dennis28 Oliver Askew29 Alexander Sims30 Oliver Rowland33 Dan Ticktum36 André Lotterer37 Nick Cassidy48 Edoardo Mortara94 Pascal Wehrlein99 Antonio Giovinazzi
E-Prix
Diriyah IDiriyah IIMexico CityRome IRome IIMonacoBerlin IBerlin IIJakartaMarrakeshNew York City INew York City IILondon ILondon IISeoul ISeoul II
Cancelled E-Prix
Cape Town E-Prix • Vancouver E-Prix
Tests
Valencia
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