2024 Misano E-Prix II

2024 Misano E-Prix II
The Misano E-Prix was held for a second time in 2023/24.
Race Information
Date	14 April 2024
E-Prix No.	123 (7 of 2023/24)
Official Name	2024 ABB Formula E Misano E-Prix II
Location	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Format	100 km / 75 min
Lap length	3.382 km (2.101 mi)
Distance	26 laps / 87.981 km (54.669 mi)
Support Race
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Jake Hughes
Team	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
Time	1:16.538 (161.379 km/h)
Fastest Lap
Driver	Pascal Wehrlein
Team	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Fastest Lap	1:19.512 on lap 22
ePrix Result
First	Second	Third
Pascal Wehrlein	Jake Dennis	Nick Cassidy
Winner Team	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Time	37:05.241 (142.336 km/h)
ePrix Guide
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Post-Race Test

The 2024 Misano E-Prix II, otherwise known as the 2024 ABB Formula E Misano E-Prix II, was the seventh race of the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on 14 April 2024. The race would see Pascal Wehrlein snatch victory on the final lap despite suffering from battery temperature issues, after a race long fight with Oliver Rowland was concluded when the British driver ran out of usable energy at the start of the final tour.

There had been something of a redemption story in qualifying with Jake Hughes, having been disqualified from qualifying for the 2024 Misano E-Prix I the day before, swept to pole position after defeating Jean-Éric Vergne in the final duel by almost a quarter of a second. Almost untouchable throughout the session, Hughes would top Group B's session before defeating Stoffel Vandoorne and then Wehrlein in the quarter and semi finals respectively, while Vergne inherited a victory over Nick Cassidy in the quarters after the New Zealander's quicker time was deleted, before going on to knock Nico Müller out of the hunt for pole in the semi final.

The start of the race saw Hughes get a good launch and hold the lead into turn one, while Vergne and Wehrlein scrapped for second, briefly getting level with Hughes before backing off and settling the issue between themselves. Behind it was a clean getaway for the rest of the field with no major damage resulting from the squeeze into turn one, with the opening tour likewise ending up a chaotic but drama free affair.

Indeed, the race would quickly settle into a similar pattern as the race the day before, with a peleton style fight throughout the field forming and meaning all 22 drivers would remain within five seconds of eachother throughout the opening laps. Lap four saw Attack Mode come into play, Hughes and Vergne ceding their leading status to take the boost for the first time, while Wehrlein and Cassidy followed a lap later but would remain at the head of the field.

Müller would then take the lead before the Safety Car made its first appearance of the day, required after Robin Frijns was the unfortunate victim of a clash with Sam Bird and António Félix da Costa which broke the #4 Envision-Jaguar's front wing and steering and sent Frijns into the gravel. Two laps would pass before the race resumed with Müller launching away ahead of Wehrlein and Rowland, although the #22 Nissan would soon move to the head of the field with Jake Dennis in tow.

da Costa was the next driver to suffer race ruining damage, the #13 Porsche tapping the back of Bird and breaking its front wing, which sent da Costa limping back to the pits with the broken wing rubbing the front-right tyre. An identical incident would also remove Norman Nato from the fight as he too tapped the back of another car, while at the front Müller briefly returned to the lead before slipping back again, with Wehrlein ascending to split Rowland and Dennis at the head of the pack.

With a third of the race to go energy became the focus of the day, with Wehrlein holding a 2% advantage over Rowland, and was instructed to take the lead as Porsche believed he had enough energy to lead through to the end. Yet, Rowland would decide to run with the #94 Porsche and tucked himself in behind the German pilot, and as the laps ticked away would bravely seize the lead again on lap 20 despite still having an energy deficit to Wehrlein.

The laps ticked away and Rowland and Wehrlein would escape further and further from Dennis, with Wehrlein harrying Rowland for the lead before he too began to drop back on the penultimate tour, the #94 Porsche's battery beginning to suffer with derating due to temperatures. Yet, the victory was still within the German pilot's hands, for as Rowland started the final lap of the race the #22 Nissan had barely 1% of energy left compared to almost 3% for the rest of the field.

And so it proved, for Rowland would hit 0% energy exiting turn five and slowed to a crawl, gifting the lead and ultimately victory to Wehrlein who duly charged across the line to become the first repeat winner in Season 10. Dennis claimed second after a late fight for what was originally third, while Cassidy completed the podium after snatching third from Müller across the line in the wake of the #1 Andretti. Sacha Fenestraz was next up ahead of Sérgio Sette Câmara, Vergne and Hughes slipped to seventh and eighth having led the race early on, while Jehan Daruvala and Sam Bird rounded out the scorers.

Background

There were no changes for the second race around the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli of the 2023/24 Formula E campaign, with the circuit remaining unaltered and the Attack Mode activation zone staying at turn twelve. Likewise, there was stability on the entry list and Attack Mode activations, although there would be a reduction in the number of laps for the race, down to a planned number of 26 tours of the Misano Circuit. There would, however, not be another session for rookie drivers, with the condensed second day not providing time for the eleven rookies to have another run out on the track.

Rowland Rise

The inherited victory in the 2024 Misano E-Prix I had ensured that Oliver Rowland ended the opening day in Misano at the head of the Championship standings, with the bonus point for fastest lap taking him to 80 points and nine clear of his closest challenger. That challenger was now Jake Dennis, after his runner-up spot, while Maximilian Günther formed an all-new top three as he moved level on points with Pascal Wehrlein, but was ahead on count-back. Wehrlein therefore found himself in fourth having started the day at the head of the field, still two points ahead of Nick Cassidy, while Dan Ticktum and Lucas di Grassi had become the latest drivers to claim points in 2023/24, leaving hust three full-time drivers yet to score after six races.

In the Teams' Championship Jaguar Racing had retained the initiative at the head of the filed, with Mitch Evans' pole and fifth place finish ensuring they kept a nineteen point lead. Andretti Formula E, meanwhile, had jumped up to second to challenge the factory Jaguar squad, while the factory Nissan team were up to third after their maiden victory courtesy of Rowland. Porsche, meanwhile, had slipped to fourth after a rare double non-score for Wehrlein and António Félix da Costa, while at the very back of the pack Mahindra Racing were still yet to get off the mark in Season 10.

Despite retaining the lead in the Teams' Championship, however, Jaguar had lost the advantage in the Manufacturers' Trophy, as Porsche had customer squad Andretti's points haul to thank for taking them up to 146 points for the campaign. Jaguar ended the day on 142 points, while victory had moved Nissan to within nine of the lead as they held third. Stellantis had held fourth, with a 115 point gap back to Electric Racing Technologies, whom had moved back ahead of Mahindra in their scrap over fifth.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2024 Misano E-Prix II is displayed below:

2024 Misano E-Prix II Entry List
No.	Name	Entrant	Constructor	Car
1	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	Porsche	99X Electric Gen 3
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	DS	E-Tense FE23
3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	ERT Formula E Team	ERT	X24
4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 6
5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 04
7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati	Tipo Folgore
8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 04
9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 6
11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Cupra Formula E Team	Mahindra	M10Electro
13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche	99X Electric Gen 3
16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 6
17	Norman Nato	Andretti Formula E	Porsche	99X Electric Gen 3
18	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati MSG Racing	Maserati	Tipo Folgore
21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	M10Electro
22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 04
23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan Formula E Team	Nissan	e-4ORCE 04
25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	DS	E-Tense FE23
33	Dan Ticktum	ERT Formula E Team	ERT	X24
37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	Jaguar	I-Type 6
48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	M10Electro
51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra Formula E Team	Mahindra	M10Electro
94	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Porsche	99X Electric Gen 3
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Qualifying

Qualifying for the 2024 Misano E-Prix II would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Post Qualifying

The final qualifying result for the 2024 Misano E-Prix II are outlined below:

2024 Misano E-Prix II Qualifying Results
Final
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
I	Win	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:16.538 (161.379 km/h)	—	1
	Lose	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:16.783 (160.864 km/h)	+0.245s	2
Semi-Finals
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
I	Win	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:16.902 (160.615 km/h)	—	F
	Lose	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra	1:17.931 (158.494 km/h)	+1.029s	4
II	Win	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:16.817 (160.793 km/h)	—	F
	Lose	94	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:16.870 (160.682 km/h)	+0.053s	3
Quarter Finals
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
QF 1	Win	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra	1:17.032 (160.344 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	1:17.738 (158.888 km/h)	+0.706s	7
QF 2	Win	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:16.993 (160.425 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose*	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:16.961 (160.492 km/h)		8*
QF 3	Win	94	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:16.882 (160.657 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:16.954 (160.506 km/h)	+0.072s	5
QF 4	Win	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:16.413 (161.643 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	1:17.094 (160.215 km/h)	+0.681s	6

Group Stage
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid	Group
1st	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:17.610	—	QF 4	GB
2nd	94	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:17.784	+0.174s	QF 3	GB
3rd*	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:17.907	+0.297s	QF 2	GA
4th	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	1:17.983	+0.373s	QF 1	GA
5th	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:17.992	+0.382s	QF 3	GB
6th	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra	1:18.000	+0.390s	QF 1	GA
7th	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:18.020	+0.410s	QF 2	GA
8th	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	1:18.052	+0.442s	QF 4	GB
9th	22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	1:18.064	+0.454s	10	GA
10th	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati MSG Racing	1:18.072	+0.462s	12	GA
11th	1	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	1:18.073	+0.463s	9	GB
12th	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Cupra	1:18.083	+0.473s	14	GA
13th	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	ERT Formula E Team	1:18.091	+0.481s	11	GB
14th	17	Norman Nato	Andretti Formula E	1:18.107	+0.497s	16	GA
15th	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan Formula E Team	1:18.126	+0.516s	13	GB
16th	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:18.144	+0.534s	15	GB
17th	33	Dan Ticktum	ERT Formula E Team	1:18.216	+0.606s	18	GA
18th	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	1:18.255	+0.645s	17	GB
19th	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	1:18.410	+0.800s	20	GA
20th	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:18.454	+0.844s	22	GA
21st	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	1:18.461	+0.851s	19	GB
22nd	18	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati MSG Racing	1:18.720	+1.110s	21	GB
Group A 110% Time: 1:25.697
Group B 110% Time: 1:25.371
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• * Cassidy had his lap time from the Quarter-final deleted for exceeding track limits.

Race

Result

The final classification of the 2024 Misano E-Prix II is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold:

2024 Misano E-Prix II Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	94	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	26	37:05.241	1:19.512	26
2nd	1	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	26	+1.933s	1:19.827	18
3rd	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	26	+2.221s	1:19.827	15
4th	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra	26	+2.271s	1:19.889	12
5th	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan Formula E Team	26	+5.230s	1:19.961	10
6th	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	ERT Formula E Team	26	+5.727s	1:19.991	8
7th	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	26	+6.794s	1:19.892	6
8th*	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	26	+8.236s	1:20.163	7
9th	18	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati MSG Racing	26	+8.714s	1:19.889	2
10th	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	26	+11.912s	1:19.627	1
11th†	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Cupra	26	+12.415s	1:20.014
12th‡	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati MSG Racing	26	+13.387s	1:20.084
13th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	26	+14.171s	1:20.171
14th	33	Dan Ticktum	ERT Formula E Team	26	+17.875s	1:20.070
15th	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	26	+21.935s	1:20.407
16th	17	Norman Nato	Andretti Formula E	25	+1 Lap	1:19.535
17th§	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	25	+1 Lap	1:18.682§
NCƒ	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	26	Not Classified	1:20.797
Ret	22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	25	Energy	1:19.500
Ret	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	25	Retired	1:20.044
Ret	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	15	Retired	1:21.672
Ret	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	7	Collision	1:22.239
Source:

• * Hughes was awarded a five second time penalty for overtaking Günther off-track at turn eight.
• ^† di Grassi served a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Bird.
• ^‡ Günther served a five second time penalty for causing a collision with Vergne.
• ^§ da Costa set the fastest lap of the race (1:18.682) but was ineligible to claim the bonus point as he finished outside of the top ten.
• ^ƒ Evans was unable to be classified as a finisher in the race as he finished the race in the pitlane.

Milestones

• Second and final Misano E-Prix to be staged.
• Fastest E-Prix to be staged (142.336 km/h).
  • The record was set the previous day at the 2024 Misano E-Prix I.
• Sixth career victory for Pascal Wehrlein
• The Porsche Formula E Team secured their seventh win as an entrant.
  • Tenth win for Porsche as a powertrain supplier.
• Jehan Daruvala claimed his maiden points finish.
• Jean-Éric Vergne overtook Lucas di Grassi to be the all-time top scorer in FE history (1,047 pts).

Standings

A second victory of the campaign for Pascal Wehrlein ensured that the German pilot left Misano at the head of the championship hunt, although his advantage at the head of the field was as slim as it possibly could be. Indeed, defending Champion Jake Dennis would also leave Italy with 89 points to his name, with the Brit only behind Wehrlein by virtue of only having one win in 2023/24 to Wehrlein's two. Oliver Rowland had slipped behind both as he fell to third, nine off the lead, Nick Cassidy was a further four behind in fourth ahead of Maximilian Günther, while Jehan Daruvala had claimed his first FE points meaning it was just Edoardo Mortara and Nyck de Vries whom had yet to score in 2023/24.

In the Teams' Championship Jaguar Racing continued to head the charge leaving Misano, holding sixteen point lead after Cassidy's late lunge for the podium limited the damage done by Mitch Evans' non-score. Andretti Formula E had retained second and inched closer to the factory Jaguar squad, while their suppliers factory squad, the Porsche Formula E Team, had moved to within three of the American effort after Wehrlein's win. The Nissan Formula E Team had made way for Porsche and slipped to fourth ahead of DS Penske, while Mahindra Racing were still yet to claim a point in Season 10.

Elsewhere, Porsche had claimed a significant lead in the Manufacturers' Trophy after the second race in Misano, the German manufacturer having secured a de jure one-two through Wehrlein and Dennis and only a pole position short of a maximum score. Jaguar had remained their closest challengers in second, but had slipped 33 behind, while Nissan were sat in third just three behind the British manufacturer. Stellantis were next up ahead of Electric Racing Technologies, with Mahindra still only on the board courtesy of their customer team ABT Cupra.

 

2023/24 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Pascal Wehrlein 89 ▲3 2nd Jake Dennis 89 ◄0 3rd Oliver Rowland 80 ▼2 4th Nick Cassidy 76 ▲1 5th Maximilian Günther 63 ▼2 6th Jean-Éric Vergne 53 ▲1 7th Mitch Evans 52 ▼1 8th Sam Bird 38 ◄0 9th Jake Hughes 25 ▲5 10th Norman Nato 23 ▼1 11th Stoffel Vandoorne 22 ▼1 12th Robin Frijns 21 ▼1 13th Sébastien Buemi 20 ▼1 14th António Félix da Costa 20 ▼1 15th Sacha Fenestraz 20 ▲1 16th Nico Müller 18 ▲1 17th Dan Ticktum 12 ▼2 18th Sérgio Sette Câmara 11 ◄0 19th Jehan Daruvala 2 ▲3 20th Lucas di Grassi 1 ▼1 21st Edoardo Mortara 0 ▼1 22nd Nyck de Vries 0 ▼1

2023/24 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Jaguar Racing 128 ◄0 2nd Andretti Formula E 112 ◄0 3rd Porsche Formula E Team 109 ▲1 4th Nissan Formula E Team 100 ▼1 5th DS Penske 75 ◄0 6th Maserati MSG Racing 65 ◄0 7th McLaren Formula E Team 63 ◄0 8th Envision Racing 41 ◄0 9th ERT Formula E Team 23 ◄0 10th ABT Cupra 19 ◄0 11th Mahindra Racing 0 ◄0 2023/24 Manufacturers' Trophy Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Porsche 190 ◄0 2nd Jaguar 157 ◄0 3rd Nissan 154 ◄0 4th Stellantis 128 ◄0 5th ERT 23 ◄0 6th Mahindra 19 ◄0

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