 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I
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 The shortened version of the Shanghai International Circuit | ||
| Race Information | ||
| Date | 25 May 2024 | |
| E-Prix No. | 127 (11 of 2023/24) | |
| Official Name | 2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix I | |
| Location | Shanghai International Circuit Jiading, Shanghai, China | |
| Format | 100 km / 75 mins | |
| Lap length | 3.051 km (1.896 mi) | |
| Distance | 29 laps / 88.289 km (54.860 mi) | |
| Qualifying Result | ||
| Pole Sitter |  Jean-Éric Vergne
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| Team |  DS Penske
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| Time | 1:13.322 (140.471 km/h) | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver |  Jake Dennis
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| Team | Andretti Formula E
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| Fastest Lap | 1:15.965 on lap 23 | |
| ePrix Result | ||
| First | Second | Third |
 Mitch Evans
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 Pascal Wehrlein
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Nick Cassidy
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| Winner Team | Jaguar TCS Racing
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| Time | 38:03.434 (139.194 km/h) | |
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2024 Shanghai E-Prix II
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The 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I, officially known as the 2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix I, was the eleventh race of the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Shanghai International Circuit in Jiading, Shanghai, China on 25 May 2024.[1] The race, which was the first E-Prix to be held in China since the 2019 Sanya E-Prix and first on mainland China since the 2015 Beijing ePrix, would see Mitch Evans secure victory, having pulled off a stunning move around the outside of Pascal Wehrlein into the first corner of the final lap.[2]
Qualifying for FE's return to China had seen Jean-Éric Vergne sweep to his second pole position of the campaign, and one that saw him go level with Sébastien Buemi for the most pole positions in FE, after defeating Oliver Rowland in the final.[3] En-route to his record equalling triumph Vergne would sweep aside the factory Porsches of António Félix da Costa and Wehrlein, while Rowland knocked Norman Nato out before fending off Evans by just 0.001s in the semi finals.[3]
Bizarrely both Vergne and Rowland would have disappointing starts when the lights went out, although Vergne did have enough in hand to lead into the first corner as Rowland was insted devoured by Wehrlein and Evans, with the rest of the field fanning out right across the circuit.[2] Indeed, there was so much space on the purpose built circuit that drivers were able to comfortably run three-wide throughout the opening corners, before beginning to settle down over the rest of the opening tour.[2]
The opening laps were busy, with da Costa fighting his way up to work with teammate Wehrlein, allowing the German pilot to take Attack Mode at the first opportunity on lap three without losing too much time, followed by Rowland.[2] Robin Frijns would briefly lead before he too armed AM, handing Wehrlein the initiative again with Vergne and da Costa in tow, before da Costa moved into the lead and was allowed by Wehrlein to escape up the road a bit, allowing the #13 Porsche to arm AM and drop back in just behind the sister #94 car of Wehrlein.[2]
Wehrlein then took his second AM boost, before the two Porsches began swapping the lead between themselves, until Evans bruised his way pas the pair of them with Vergne in tow, before the Frenchman then reclaimed the lead on lap eight with a double dive into the final chicane.[2] Nyck de Vries then had his first spell in the lead of an E-Prix for the first time since 2021, although he was soon shuffled back to seventh as Evans, Wehrlein, Vergne, da Costa, Jake Dennis and Nick Cassidy, up from 21st after dropping back down the field, managed to establish a small gap back to the rest of the field as the race entered its second half.[2]
The lead continued to rotate between those six, Evans leading until the two Porsches elbowed back past on lap sixteen, before working together to form a blockade into certain corners to prevent lunges from those behind.[2] Evans kept working, however, and when he gained a 1% energy advantage the New Zealander was able to catch da Costa sleeping into the first corner and moved back past, while teammate Cassidy, with some 3% energy in hand, moved past Dennis and Vergne to secure fourth for a brief period, although the #37 Jaguar was content to simply focus on energy harvest rather than battling too hard for the time being.[2]
A rare mistake from Wehrlein would allow Evans to claim the lead on lap 25 and allowed Dennis to harass the #94 Porsche for second with the aid of AM, although Wehrlein would not only resist this but also fire back past Evans into the hairpin a lap later.[2] Cassidy duly moved up and would elbow Dennis aside, opening the door for da Costa to follow him through and Rowland a little while later, with Wehrlein fighting hard to keep Evans at bay ahead.[2]
At the start of the final lap it seemed Wehrlein had done enough having defended well into the chicane on the previous lap, only to be powerless to prevent Evans, with marginally more energy, to sail past into the first corner to claim the lead, and ultimately victory a few moments later.[2] Evans even had time to back Wehrlein into Cassidy, although German pilot would successfully swat aside Cassidy's lunges into the hairpin and chicane to hold second ahead of the second Jaguar, who himself survived a brush with Rowland on the final lap.[2] Da Costa was next up but a five second time penalty dumped him back to eighteenth such was the tight nature of the field, with Dennis, Vergne, de Vries, Buemi, Stoffel Vandoorne and Lucas di Grassi rounding out the scorers, with the entire field split by just thirteen seconds, and that only due to Maximilian Günther having been handed a time penalty.[2]
Background[]
Just under weeks after the chequered flag fell in Berlin and the subsequent 2024 Rookie Test the field reconveined in a new paddock for the FIA Formula E World Championship, albeit one that was well known to racing world.[1] For the first time since 2015, FE would find itself in mainland China, having signed a deal with the Shanghai International Circuit to host two races in 2023/24, with the famed circuit hosting the inaugural Shanghai E-Prix.[1] To do so the Shanghai circuit was altered from its Grand Prix layout, with the battles of Shanghai seeing an injured Sam Bird return to his race seat, along with those who had missed the Berlin E-Prix to compete in the Spa 6 Hours.[4][5]
Shanghai Shortening[]
The E-Prix version of the Shanghai Circuit would initially follow the Grand Prix circuit, using the entire first sector including the ever-tightening turn one-two-three complex that opened the lap.[4] Attack Mode was located at turn two as the only deviation, while the field would follow the Grand Prix layout through the curve of turn four, the right-hand flick of turn five and the hairpin right turn six, as well as the sweepers of turns seven and eight.[4] From there FE would forge its own path, with the field switching to a side-road on the exit of turn eight, formed by a left-kink at turn nine, and a short straight that went past the back of the pit complex.[4]
That straight would end with a right-left-right chicane of turns ten, eleven and twelve, which was tight but not too restrictive to deny a semi-ambitious lunge, aided by the relatively agile nature of the Generation 3 car.[4] That chicane would lead the field back onto the start/finish straight, leaving the E-Prix version of the circuit at 3.051 km in length with twelve corners, with Attack Mode set six minutes for both races, and a distance of 29 laps for the first race and 28 for the second.[6]
Porsche Plans[]
Elsewhere, Porsche used the return to China, a nation where the German manufacturer was hoping to make big gains on electric vehicle sales, to announce that it would be continuing in FE until the end of the Generation 4 period, becoming the third manufacturer to commit.[7] The decision would tie Porsche to series until the end of the 2030 and would be coup equal to that of the series retaining Jaguar and Nissan for Gen 4, with that trio effectively becoming the core of the series' main manufacturer powerhouse.[7]
Berlin Battles[]
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.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I is displayed below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
Qualifying[]
Qualifying for the 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I would be conducted according to the knockout format, introduced ahead of season eight.[9] 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.[9] 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.[9]
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.[9] 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.[9]
Group A[]
Group B[]
Knockouts[]
Quarter Finals[]
Semi Finals[]
Final[]
Post Qualifying[]
The final qualifying result for the 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I are outlined below:
| 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I 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 Penske
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1:13.322 (140.471 km/h) | — | 1 |
| Lose | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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 Nissan Formula E Team
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1:13.360 (140.398 km/h) | +0.038s | 2 | |
| Semi-Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| I | Win | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:13.358 (140.402 km/h) | — | F |
| Lose | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:13.359 (140.399 km/h) | +0.001s | 3 | |
| II | Win | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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1:13.471 (140.186 km/h) | — | F |
| Lose | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:13.624 (139.895 km/h) | +0.153s | 4 | |
| Quarter Finals | |||||||
| Heat | Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| QF 1 | Win | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:13.756 (139.644 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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1:13.824 (139.516 km/h) | +0.068s | 7 | |
| QF 2 | Win | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:13.565 (140.007 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 2 |  Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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1:13.861 (139.446 km/h) | +0.296s | 8 | |
| QF 3 | Win | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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1:13.687 (139.775 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 13 |  António Félix da Costa
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:13.693 (139.764 km/h) | +0.006s | 6 | |
| QF 4 | Win | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:13.449 (140.228 km/h) | — | SF |
| Lose | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:13.483 (140.163 km/h) | +0.034s | 5 | |
| Group Stage | |||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Name | Team | Time | Gap | Grid | Group |
| 1st | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:14.140 | — | QF 4 | GB |
| 2nd | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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1:14.144 | +0.004s | QF 3 | GB |
| 3rd | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:14.241 | +0.101s | QF 3 | GB |
| 4th | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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1:14.242 | +0.102s | QF 2 | GA |
| 5th | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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1:14.246 | +0.106s | QF 4 | GB |
| 6th | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:14.252 | +0.112s | QF 1 | GA |
| 7th | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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1:14.300 | +0.160s | QF 1 | GA |
| 8th | 9 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:14.307 | +0.167s | QF 2 | GA |
| 9th | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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1:14.316 | +0.176s | 10 | GA |
| 10th | 4 |  Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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1:14.336 | +0.196s | 9 | GB |
| 11th | 16 |  Sébastien Buemi
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Envision Racing
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1:14.367 | +0.227s | 12 | GA |
| 12th | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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 Maserati MSG Racing
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1:14.384 | +0.244s | 14 | GA |
| 13th | 11 |  Lucas di Grassi
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ABT Cupra
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1:14.384 | +0.244s | 16 | GA |
| 14th | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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1:14.459 | +0.319s | 11 | GB |
| 15th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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ERT Formula E Team
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1:14.481 | +0.341s | 18 | GA |
| 16th | 18 |  Jehan Daruvala
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Maserati MSG Racing
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1:14.494 | +0.354s | 20 | GA |
| 17th | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan Formula E Team
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1:14.520 | +0.380s | 22 | GA |
| 18th | 21 | Nyck de Vries
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Mahindra Racing
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1:14.523 | +0.383s | 13 | GB |
| 19th | 51 | Nico Müller
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ABT Cupra
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1:14.530 | +0.390s | 15 | GB |
| 20th | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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ERT Formula E Team
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1:14.580 | +0.440s | 17 | GB |
| 21st | 8 | Sam Bird
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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1:14.601 | +0.461s | 19 | GB |
| 22nd | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Mahindra Racing
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1:15.006 | +0.866s | 21 | GB |
| Group A 110% Time: 1:21.666[10] | |||||||
| Group B 110% Time: 1:21.554[10] | |||||||
| Source:[10] | |||||||
Race[]
Report[]
Result[]
The final classification of the 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I is displayed below, with the fastest lap setter indicated in italics, and the pole sitter shown in bold.
| 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I 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 TCS Racing
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29 | 38:03.434 | 1:16.088 | 25 |
| 2nd | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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29 | +0.796s | 1:16.817 | 18 |
| 3rd | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Jaguar TCS Racing
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29 | +1.498s | 1:16.590 | 15 |
| 4th | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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Nissan Formula E Team
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29 | +1.743s | 1:16.472 | 12 |
| 5th | 1 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti Formula E
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29 | +2.361s | 1:15.965 | 11 |
| 6th | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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DS Penske
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29 | +2.599s | 1:16.811 | 11 |
| 7th | 21 | Nyck de Vries
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Mahindra Racing
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29 | +2.818s | 1:16.698 | 6 |
| 8th | 16 | Sébastien Buemi
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Envision Racing
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29 | +3.610s | 1:16.409 | 4 |
| 9th | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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DS Penske
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29 | +4.095s | 1:16.597 | 2 |
| 10th | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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ABT Cupra
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29 | +4.397s | 1:16.457 | 1 |
| 11th | 23 | Sacha Fenestraz
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Nissan Formula E Team
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29 | +4.791s | 1:16.429 | |
| 12th | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Envision Racing
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29 | +5.083s | 1:16.144 | |
| 13th | 3 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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ERT Formula E Team
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29 | +5.425s | 1:16.647 | |
| 14th | 17 | Norman Nato
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Andretti Formula E
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29 | +5.793s | 1:16.415 | |
| 15th | 51 | Nico Müller
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ABT Cupra
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29 | +6.178s | 1:16.788 | |
| 16th | 5 | Jake Hughes
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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29 | +6.566s | 1:16.813 | |
| 17th | 8 | Sam Bird
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NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
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29 | +6.944s | 1:16.718 | |
| 18th* | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
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29 | +7.165s | 1:16.789 | |
| 19th | 18 | Jehan Daruvala
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Maserati MSG Racing
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29 | +7.372s | 1:16.693 | |
| 20th | 33 | Dan Ticktum
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ERT Formula E Team
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29 | +7.688s | 1:16.693 | |
| 21st† | 7 | Maximilian Günther
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Maserati MSG Racing
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29 | +13.165s | 1:16.859 | |
| Ret | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Mahindra Racing
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16 | Collision | 1:18.510 | |
| Source:[10] | |||||||
- * da Costa served a five second time penalty for .[11]
- † Günther served a ten second time penalty for .[12]
Milestones[]
- First Shanghai E-Prix to be staged.
- First E-Prix to be held at the Shanghai International Circuit.
- Jean-Éric Vergne equalled the Sébastien Buemi's record for most pole positions - 16.
- Mitch Evans earned his twelfth victory.
- Sixteenth win for Jaguar Racing as an entrant.
- Jaguar claimed their nineteenth win as a powertrain supplier.
- Tenth podium for Pascal Wehrlein.
- Twentieth podium finish for Nick Cassidy.
Standings[]
It was Nick Cassidy who would end the first day in Shanghai as the Championship leader, although the New Zealander's lead had been cut to thirteen points. Indeed, how crucial Pascal Wehrlein's last lap defence would prove in the Championship to keep Cassidy at bay would be proved later in the season, as it also meant that he had pulled twelve clear of Oliver Rowland in third. Behind them, Mitch Evans had moved to within eight on the British pilot as he mounted another late-season bid for a Championship crown, while Jake Dennis had slipped to third and 42 points off of the lead.
In the Teams' Championship it had been a strong day for Jaguar Racing, the British squad having moved 76 points clear after their fourth win of the campaign and second double podium. The Porsche Formula E Team had remained their closet challengers, but had lost ground in the opening exchanges in Shanghai, while the Nissan Formula E Team were third, 45 points away from the German squad. DS Penske had kept up the pressure on Nissan in fourth, sixteen behind, while Andretti Formula E had likewise kept pace with the fight for third, a further three behind.
It was status quo in the Manufacturers' Trophy after the eleventh race of the campaign, with Jaguar having eeked out a thirteen point lead over their closest challengers Porsche, after a race where the two had exchanged serious blows. Behind, Nissan had solidified their grip on third, having moved seventeen clear of Stellantis in fourth, while Mahindra had moved ten clear of Electric Racing Technologies in the fight to avoid the wooden spoon.
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References[]
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- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 'RACE REPORT: Evans secures maiden Shanghai win with last lap magic', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 25/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/499451, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'Vergne on top in Shanghai qualifying with record-equalling pole', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 25/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/499399, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 'Circuit layout unveiled for Formula E's first trip to Shanghai, China', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 07/03/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/491265, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 'BIRD IS BACK! Sam Bird returns for NEOM McLaren in China', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 19/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/498805, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Event Note - S10-R11/R12 - 2024 Shanghai e-Prix', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 03/05/2024), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/11_R11%20Shanghai/006_Doc%206%20-%20Event%20Note.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 'Porsche becomes third manufacturer to commit to GEN4', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 23/05/2024), https://fiaformulae.com/en/news/498977, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 'Shanghai E-Prix - Official Entry List', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 22/05/2024), https://fe-noticeboard.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/11_R11%20Shanghai/001_Doc%201%20-%20Entry%20list.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 25/09/2024)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 '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)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 'Round 11 - 2024 Shanghai E-Prix - ABB FIA Formula E World Championship: Results Booklet', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 25/05/2024), https://fe-results.s3.amazonaws.com/09_2023-24/11_R11%20Shanghai/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship/202405251800_Event%20Booklet/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20World%20Championship_China_BOOKLET.pdf#pdfjs.action=download, (Accessed 25/09/2025)
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- ↑ 'Decision No. 15', results.fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 25/05/2024), , (Accessed 25/09/2024)