 2024 Berlin E-Prix II
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 The Tempelhofring was altered for 2024. | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 12 May 2024[1] | |
| E-Prix No. | 126 (10 of 2023/24) | |
| Official Name | 2024 SUN MINIMEAL Berlin E-Prix II[2] | |
| Location |  Tempelhof Airport Street CircuitTempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany | |
| Format | 100 km / 75 mins | |
| Lap length | 2.343 km (1.456 mi) | |
| Distance | 38 (+3) laps / 96.063 km (59.691 mi) | |
| Qualifying Result | ||
| Pole Sitter |  Jake Dennis
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| Team |  Andretti Formula E
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| Time | 1:01.819 (136.443 km/h) | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  Nick Cassidy
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| Team | Jaguar TCS Racing
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| Fastest Lap | 1:03.728 on lap 40 | |
| ePrix Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
 António Félix da Costa
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Nick Cassidy
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Oliver Rowland
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| Winner Team | TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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| Time | 47:55.043 (120.286 km/h) | |
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The 2024 Berlin E-Prix II, otherwise officially known as the 2024 SUN MINIMEAL Berlin E-Prix II, was the tenth round of the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, on 12 May 2024.[1][2] The race would see António Félix da Costa sweep to victory, after a race long fight between the factory Porsche and Jaguar teams was settled when da Costa broke clear in the closing stages.[3]
Jake Dennis had been the man to beat in qualifying in the #1 Andretti run Porsche, the Brit having fended off Cassidy in the final duel by over two tenths of a second after acing the middle sector.[4] In order to reach the final Dennis would best the factory Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein before eliminating teammate Norman Nato, while Cassidy dumped Edoardo Mortara out of contention in the quarters prior to toppling his teammate Mitch Evans in the semins.[4]
A strong start for Cassidy saw the #37 Jaguar surge into the lead when the lights went out, leaving Dennis to fend off the attentions of teammate Nato into the first couple of corners, while Wehrlein also moved up to challenge the Andrettis.[3] Wehrlein would subsequently get squeezed into the outside wall at turn three, but survived without damage, with the rest of the field managing to make it through the first tour without any significant damage once again.[3]
Wehrlein would soon elbow his way into seocnd and then inherited the lead when Cassidy armed Attack Mode at the first opportunity on lap three, with Wehrlein and Dennis waiting a further lap before doing so themselves, with Cassidy getting back ahead of the #1 Andretti.[3] Wehrlein then armed his second AM boost as soon as he could to drop back to third, which handed the lead to Evans with da Costa in tow after they had both muscled past Cassidy and Dennis to run behind the #94 Porsche.[3]
Wehrlein and da Costa would swap places twice as a result of da Costa taking his first boost, as both slipped back behind Cassidy as the New Zealander got his elbows out to reclaim the lead on lap nine, before the race was neutralised behind the Safety Car for the first time.[3] The trigger would be Maximilian Günther, who removed himself from the race by slamming the back of Nato and trapping his front wing under the front wheels of the #7 Maserati.[3]
The race resumed on lap fifteen with da Costa and Wehrlein heading the charge, chased by Evans, Oliver Rowland and Cassidy, with everyone bar Evans having now taken their second AM boost in the top ten.[3] The order would not remain the same for very long, however, with Cassidy suddenly storming the to the lead with Rowland in tow, before da Costa suddenly broke clear on lap 24 to establish a one second lead ahead of Rowland.[3]
His break would be halted, however, for Nato would take himself out of contention and Sacha Fenestraz out of the race entirely with a clumsy lunge into turn nine, triggering another SC period as Fenestraz was left stranged on the circuit.[3] Lap 29 saw the race resume with da Costa holding the lead as Cassidy swept back into second, before Evans managed to get ahead of both to lead the race a couple of laps later, leaving Wehrlein and Dennis to squabble for fifth.[3]
Evans would resist da Costa's attentions for several laps, before a mistake on the brakes for turn six saw him run wide and allow da Costa to slop past, and allow Rowland to pass his teammate Cassidy as the New Zealanders tried to avoid one another.[3] They would come to blows again in the wake of Evans' second AM boost, the #9 Jaguar briefly getting back ahead of Cassidy before the the #37 was able to battle back past, before Cassidy would hunt down Rowland for second in the closing stages.[3]
Out front, meanwhile, and benefitting from the scraps behind, would be da Costa, who duly swept across the line to secure his first victory of the campaign, and a little bit of redemption for having the 2024 Misano E-Prix I win taken away.[3] Cassidy forced his way past Rowland on the penultimate tour to claim second, having run out of time to catch da Costa, while Evans's failed lunge on Rowland on the final tour saw him slip to sixth behind Wehrlein and Dennis.[3] Jehan Daruvala, meanwhile, would secure a season best finish of seventh ahead of fellow rookie Taylor Barnard, Joel Eriksson claim points on his FE return, while Jean-Éric Vergne rounded out the scorers having been delayed early on by contact.[3]
The race would be followed by the 2024 Rookie Test the following day, which saw Robert Shwartzman top the times for DS Penske.[5]
Background[]
There were no changes to either the revised Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit nor the entry list ahead of the second battle of Berlin, although there would be alterations to Attack Mode and the race distance.[1] Indeed, the planned race distance was reduced to 38 laps for the Berlin E-Prix II, while Attack Mode was reduced to just four minutes, although two activations would be required as usual.[6]
Cassidy's Case[]
Nick Cassidy would end the opening day in Berlin as the Championship leader, the New Zealander's late surge for victory moving him nine points ahead of Pascal Wehrlein at the top of the standings. Wehrlein himself had limited the damage as much as possible in slipping to second, and remained nine ahead himself of third placed Oliver Rowland. Jake Dennis was next up ahead of Mitch Evans, the two level on 89 points but the Brit deemed ahead due to having more second place finishes, while Edoardo Mortara's first points of the campaign meant only Nyck de Vries was left as the only full-time driver yet to score in 2023/24.
In the Teams' Championship Jaguar Racing headed into day to in Berlin with a handsome 64 point lead at the head of the title hunt, leaving the Porsche Formula E Team an increasingly distant second as the British squad enjoyed a strong middle phase of the season. The Nissan Formula E Team, meanwhile, had moved up to third with DS Penske three point behind, those two having both moved ahead of Andretti Formula E as the Americans quad suffered a second non-score for the season. Maserati MSG Racing and McLaren were next up, split by three points, while Mahindra Racing had finally scored their first points of the campaign, although they remained at the bottom of the pecking order in eleventh.
In the Manufacturers' Championship Jaguar had moved back to the top of the standings courtesy of Cassidy's late charge to victory, opening up a twelve point lead over former leaders Porsche. Those two suddenly found themselves with breathing room at the head of the field as the season entered its second half, with Nissan a further 44 points back in third, four ahead of Stellantis in fourth. A huge 153 point gap then separated the Dutch conglomerate from Mahindra in fifth, after their first factory team score of the season saw them jump three ahead of Electric Racing Technologies.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2024 Berlin E-Prix II is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2024 Berlin E-Prix II would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[8] 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 300 kW.[8] The fastest eight overall would then proceed to the knockout phase, now running at the maximum 350 kW qualifying mode, with the fastest from group A against the fourth fastest from group A and so on, until four drivers were left.[8]
Those four would move on to the Semi-Final, with the winner of A1/A4 taking on the victor of A2/A3, while the triumphant driver of B3/B2 would take on B4/B1's winner.[8] The winners from those duels would then go into the final, with the winner of that duel taking pole ahead of the runner-up, with any grid penalties applied after the conclusion of the duel.[8]
Group A[]
Group B[]
Knockouts[]
Quarter Finals[]
Semi Finals[]
Final[]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2024 Berlin E-Prix II are outlined below:
| 2024 Berlin E-Prix II Qualifying Results | |||||||
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| Final | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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1:01.819 (136.443 km/h) | — | 1 |
| Lose | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:02.050 (135.936 km/h) | +0.231s | 2 | |
| Semi-Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:02.067 (135.898 km/h) | — | F |
| Lose | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:02.218 (135.568 km/h) | +0.151s | 4 | |
| II | Win | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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1:02.088 (135.852 km/h) | — | F |
| Lose | 17 |  Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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1:02.110 (135.804 km/h) | +0.022s | 3 | |
| Quarter Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| QF 1 | Win | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:02.056 (135.922 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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 Maserati MSG Racing
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1:02.165 (135.684 km/h) | +0.109s | 5 | |
| QF 2 | Win | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:01.994 (136.058 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 48 |  Edoardo Mortara
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 Mahindra Racing
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1:02.248 (135.503 km/h) | +0.254s | 7 | |
| QF 3 | Win | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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1:02.026 (135.988 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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1:02.058 (135.918 km/h) | +0.032s | 8 | |
| QF 4 | Win | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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1:02.049 (135.938 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:02.217 (135.571 km/h) | +0.168s | 6 | |
| Group Stage | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
| 1st | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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1:02.518 | — | QF 4 | GB |
| 2nd | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:02.544 | +0.026s | QF 2 | GA |
| 3rd | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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1:02.558 | +0.040s | QF 3 | GB |
| 4th | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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1:02.577 | +0.059s | QF 3 | GB |
| 5th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:02.601 | +0.083s | QF 4 | GB |
| 6th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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1:02.610 | +0.092s | 9 | GB |
| 7th | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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Maserati MSG Racing
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1:02.639 | +0.121s | QF 1 | GA |
| 8th | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:02.655 | +0.137s | QF 1 | GA |
| 9th | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Mahindra Racing
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1:02.655 | +0.137s | QF 2 | GA |
| 10th | 4 |  Joel Eriksson
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Envision Racing
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1:02.670 | +0.152s | 11 | GB |
| 11th | 18 | Jehan Daruvala
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Maserati MSG Racing
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1:02.693 | +0.175s | 13 | GB |
| 12th | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:02.717 | +0.199s | 10 | GA |
| 13th | 11 |  Lucas di Grassi
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ABT Cupra
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1:02.729 | +0.211s | 12 | GA |
| 14th | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:02.754 | +0.236s | 14 | GA |
| 15th | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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 Nissan Formula E Team
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1:02.757 | +0.239s | 16 | GA |
| 16th | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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ERT Formula E Team
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1:02.761 | +0.243s | 15 | GB |
| 17th* | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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ERT Formula E Team
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1:02.789 | +0.271s | 22* | GA |
| 18th | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:02.827 | +0.309s | 17 | GB |
| 19th | 8 | Taylor Barnard
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:02.916 | +0.398s | 18 | GB |
| 20th | 16 |  Paul Aron
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Envision Racing
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1:02.918 | +0.400s | 19 | GA |
| 21st | 51 |  Kelvin van der Linde
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ABT Cupra
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1:02.969 | +0.451s | 21 | GA |
| 22nd | 21 | Jordan King
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Mahindra Racing
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1:03.034 | +0.516s | 20 | GB |
| Group A 110% Time: 1:08.798[9] | |||||||
| Group B 110% Time: 1:08.769[9] | |||||||
| Source:[9] | |||||||
- * Ticktum served a 40 place grid penalty for .[10]
Race[]
Report[]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2024 Berlin E-Prix II is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.
| 2024 Berlin E-Prix II Race Result | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Laps | Race Time | Fastest lap | Pts. |
| 1st | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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41 | 47:55.043 | 1:04.045 | 25 |
| 2nd | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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41 | +0.691s | 1:03.728 | 19 |
| 3rd | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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41 | +2.820s | 1:04.165 | 15 |
| 4th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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41 | +4.147s | 1:04.193 | 12 |
| 5th | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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41 | +4.548s | 1:04.062 | 13 |
| 6th | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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41 | +4.953s | 1:04.317 | |
| 7th | 18 | Jehan Daruvala
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Maserati MSG Racing
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41 | +6.032s | 1:04.374 | |
| 8th | 8 | Taylor Barnard
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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41 | +6.698s | 1:04.204 | 4 |
| 9th | 4 | Joel Eriksson
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Envision Racing
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41 | +7.119s | 1:04.206 | 2 |
| 10th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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41 | +7.357s | 1:04.217 | 1 |
| 11th | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ABT Cupra
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41 | +8.204s | 1:04.387 | |
| 12th | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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41 | +10.349s | 1:04.212 | |
| 13th | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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ERT Formula E Team
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41 | +10.403s | 1:04.358 | |
| 14th | 16 | Paul Aron
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Envision Racing
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41 | +11.124s | 1:04.079 | |
| 15th | 51 | Kelvin van der Linde
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ABT Cupra
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41 | +11.780s | 1:04.040 | |
| 16th | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Mahindra Racing
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41 | +12.143s | 1:04.593 | |
| 17th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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ERT Formula E Team
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41 | +12.642s | 1:03.934 | |
| 18th | 21 | Jordan King
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Mahindra Racing
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41 | +16.494s | 1:04.466 | |
| 19th* | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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41 | +20.851s | 1:03.553* | |
| 20th† | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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41 | +36.753s | 1:04.827 | |
| Ret | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan Formula E Team
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24 | Collision | 1:04.769 | |
| Ret | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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Maserati MSG Racing
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10 | Collision | 1:05.345 | |
| Source:[9] | |||||||
- * Nato was awarded a five second time penalty for .[11] Nato also recorded the fastest lap of the race (1:03.553) but was ineligible to claim the bonus point as he failed to finish in the top ten.[9]
- † Vandoorne was awarded a ten second time penalty for .[12]
Milestones[]
- Twentieth Berlin E-Prix to be staged.
- Ninth victory for António Félix da Costa.
- Also da Costa's twentieth podium finish.
- The Porsche Formula E Team earned their eighth victory as an entrant.
- Porsche claimed their eleventh win as a powertrain supplier.
Standings[]
Come the end of the trip to Berlin it was Nick Cassidy who had control of the Championship after two podium finishes, two fastest laps and one victory, leaving the New Zealander on 140 points for the season. Pascal Wehrlein had remained in second having lost the lead to Cassidy in the first race, but had now slipped sixteen behind, while Oliver Rowland was just six off the German pilot in third. Jake Dennis was next up having become the fourth driver to break through the 100 point barrier, five ahead of Mitch Evans, while Joel Eriksson earned points on his second FE race of the season to move off the foot of the table.
In the Teams' Championship it was status quo at the top of the pack, Jaguar Racing having held onto a healthy lead of 54 points over the Porsche Formula E Team in second. Nissan Formula E Team, meanwhile, would hold third and 144 points for the campaign, Rowland's podium finish inching them seventeen clear of chasers DS Penske. Andretti Formula E, meanwhile, had moved to within a point of their compatriot team in fifth, while Maserati MSG Racing had pulled further clear of McLaren to hold sixth.
In the Manufacturers' Trophy Jaguar had retained the lead at the head of the hunt, but had seen their advantage dwindle down to just two points over Porsche, the two manufacturers remaining almost in-seperable at the end of another weekend. Nissan, meanwhile, had slipped 64 points off the lead in third, holding a 16 point gap over Stellantis, while Mahindra and Electric Racing Technologies rounded out the table.
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References[]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'Tokyo confirmed on provisional Season 10 Formula E calendar', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 20/06/2023), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/426036/tokyo-confirmed-on-provisional-season-10-formula-e-calendar, (Accessed 20/06/2023)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'SUN MINIMEAL announced as Race Title Partner for Berlin', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 02/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/496963, (Accessed 21/09/2024)
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 'Da Costa seals home win for Porsche in Berlin Round 10', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/498328, (Accessed 22/09/2024)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 'QUALIFYING REPORT: Dennis and Andretti seals first pole of the season in Berlin', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/498189, (Accessed 22/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Shwartzman doubles up in the DS to top Rookie Test afternoon running in Berlin', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 13/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/498550, (Accessed 22/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Event Note - S10-R09/R10 - 2024 Berlin e-Prix (V2)', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 26/04/2024), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/09_R09%20Berlin/010_Doc%2010%20-%20S10-R09-R10%20-%20Event%20Note%2001%20-%20Race%20Information%20V2.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 21/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Berlin E-Prix - Official Entry List ', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 26/04/2024), https://fe-results.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/10_R10%20Berlin/Event%20Information/S10_R09&R10_BER_Entry%20List%20V1.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 21/09/2024)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 'Updated calendar, faster racing and knockout qualifying for Season 8', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/10/2021), https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2021/october/season-8-sporting-update, (Accessed 16/10/2021)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 'Round 10 - 2024 SUN MINIMEAL Berlin E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship: Results Booklet', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/05/2024), https://fe-results.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/10_R10%20Berlin/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/202405121800_Event%20Booklet/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship_Germany_BOOKLET.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 22/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 21', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/05/2024), , (Accessed 22/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 25', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/05/2024), , (Accessed 22/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Decision No. 24', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 12/05/2024), , (Accessed 22/09/2024)