2024 Shanghai E-Prix II

2024 Shanghai E-Prix II
The shortened version of the Shanghai International Circuit
Race Information
Date	26 May 2024
E-Prix No.	128 (12 of 2023/24)
Official Name	2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix II
Location	Shanghai International Circuit Jiading, Shanghai, China
Format	100 km / 75 mins
Lap length	3.051 km (1.896 mi)
Distance	28 laps / 85.238 km (52.964 mi)
Support Race
Qualifying Result
Pole Sitter	Jake Hughes
Team	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
Time	1:13.921 (139.333 km/h)
Fastest Lap
Driver	Norman Nato
Team	Andretti Formula E
Fastest Lap	1:15.358 on lap 4
ePrix Result
First	Second	Third
António Félix da Costa	Jake Hughes	Norman Nato
Winner Team	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Time	36:04.600 (141.761 km/h)
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Post-Race Test

The 2024 Shanghai E-Prix II, officially known as the 2024 ABB Formula E Shanghai E-Prix II, was the twelfth race of the 2023/24 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, staged at the Shanghai International Circuit in Jiading, Shanghai, China on 26 May 2024. The race would see António Félix da Costa complete a stunning and well executed victory, seizing the lead on lap sixteen and then placing his car perfectly to prevent Jake Hughes and Norman Nato having built an energy advantage in the early stages.

The build-up to the second Shanghai E-Prix of the weekend had seen Hughes claim pole position by the slimmest of margins, the Brit defeating Stoffel Vandoorne in the final duel by just 0.001s despite the Belgian racer besting him in two of the three sectors. In his run to the finals Hughes would top Group B before fending off Nato and then da Costa in the knockout round, while Vandoorne finished second in Group A before he bested Nick Cassidy and then former teammate Nyck de Vries.

The start of the race would see Vandoorne storm past Hughes to claim the lead into the first corner, with da Costa almost able to follow the #2 DS Penske through, but would instead hold back and fire past Hughes later around the opening tour. Behind, a clean get away for the rest of the field meant there were no major dramas through the opening corners nor though the opening tour, with Nato moving up to fourth and Cassidy up to sixth behind de Vries.

That latter quartet would start the ball rolling with regards to Attack Mode when the boost became active on lap three, with Nato deciding to go on the offensive soon after, storming past Hughes and da Costa in one sweep into turn one, and then lunging past Vandoorne for the lead at turn six. Behind the two Jaguars of Cassidy and Mitch Evans would work together to create gaps for eachother to reduce the potential time loss around AM, Cassidy taking both of his AM boosts early, although the overall order would remain fairly stable.

The last of leaders to arm AM would be da Costa, who first fired past Vandoorne and then Nato on lap nine before arming the boost, only to repeat the feat again armed with 50 kW more power. Lap eleven saw a repeat, da Costa arming AM to fall back behind Nato, only to fire back past sister Porsche run by Andretti almost instant, while Vandoorne briefly slipped behind Hughes before sweeping back ahead of the #5 McLaren-Nissan.

As that was going on the title challenging #94 Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein was limping into the pits, the German racer having been given a puncture from contact with Sam Bird that meant he had crawl back into the pitlane for a new left-rear. Bird's race was over soon after, more contact proving fatal to the #8 McLaren, with Wehrlein rejoining at the back of the field gambling on a Safety Car to bring him back into contention.

da Costa began to show his control over the rest of the field after this, holding onto a one second lead out front and measuring his pace against those behind having built an early advantage in terms of energy. Instead, the race would be instead a story of the battle for the podium, with Cassidy trying a lunge at Hughes that only succeeded in breaking the #37 Jaguar's front wing, before Hughes threw the #5 McLaren around the outside of Nato into turn one, and eventually emerge ahead by turn six on lap eighteen.

That, ultimately, would be that for the fight out front though, with da Costa calmly sweeping across the line ten laps later to secure his second win in three races, having kept Hughes at arm's length throughout the final third of the race. Hughes' second place meant he finished on the podium for the first time with Nato half a second behind, while Cassidy and Evans finished nose-to-tail with Vandoorne and Jean-Éric Vergne in tow. Maximilian Günther chased the two sister DS Penskes across the line in eighth ahead of Robin Frijns, while the final point went to Oliver Rowland as just eight seconds covered the top ten.

Background

There were no changes to the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of the second race of the weekend, with conditions likewise expected to remain the same as they had for the 2024 Shanghai E-Prix I on Saturday. Indeed, with the entry list also remaining stable and the Attack Mode activation remaining at two activations lasting a total of six minutes, the only modification would be a reduction in race distance for the second race of the weekend, down to 28 laps in a bid to increase the race pace.

Jaguar Justice

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.

Entry List

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

2024 Shanghai 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 Shanghai 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 Shanghai E-Prix II are outlined below:

2024 Shanghai E-Prix II Qualifying Results
Final
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
I	Win	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:13.921 (139.333 km/h)	—	1
	Lose	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	1:13.922 (139.331 km/h)	+0.001s	2
Semi-Finals
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
I	Win	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	1:13.854 (139.459 km/h)	—	F
	Lose	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	1:14.080 (139.033 km/h)	+0.226s	4
II	Win	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:13.846 (139.474 km/h)	—	F
	Lose	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:13.980 (139.221 km/h)	+0.134s	3
Quarter Finals
Heat	Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
QF 1	Win	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	1:13.666 (139.815 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:13.672 (139.804 km/h)	+0.006s	5
QF 2	Win	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	1:13.817 (139.529 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	1:14.009 (139.167 km/h)	+0.192s	8
QF 3	Win	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:13.752 (139.652 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:13.888 (139.395 km/h)	+0.136s	6
QF 4	Win	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:13.836 (139.493 km/h)	—	SF
	Lose	17	Norman Nato	Andretti Formula E	1:13.909 (139.355 km/h)	+0.073s	7

Group Stage
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Time	Gap	Grid	Group
1st	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:14.308	—	QF 4	GB
2nd	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:14.536	+0.228s	QF 3	GB
3rd	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:14.585	+0.277s	QF 3	GB
4th	17	Norman Nato	Andretti Formula E	1:14.618	+0.310s	QF 4	GB
5th	22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	1:14.629	+0.321s	QF 2	GA
6th	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	1:14.631	+0.323s	9	GB
7th	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	1:14.642	+0.334s	QF 1	GA
8th	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	1:14.650	+0.342s	QF 1	GA
9th	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	1:14.654	+0.346s	QF 2	GA
10th	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati MSG Racing	1:14.672	+0.364s	10	GA
11th	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	1:14.725	+0.417s	11	GB
12th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	1:14.732	+0.424s	13	GB
13th	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan Formula E Team	1:14.735	+0.427s	12	GA
14th	1	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	1:14.771	+0.463s	14	GA
15th	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	ERT Formula E Team	1:14.771	+0.463s	15	GB
16th	18	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati MSG Racing	1:14.792	+0.484s	16	GA
17th	33	Dan Ticktum	ERT Formula E Team	1:14.809	+0.501s	18	GA
18th	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra	1:14.832	+0.524s	17	GB
19th	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Cupra	1:14.865	+0.557s	19	GB
20th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	1:14.877	+0.569s	21	GB
21st	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	1:14.944	+0.636s	20	GA
22nd	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	1:14.949	+0.641s	22	GA
Group A 110% Time: 1:22.091
Group B 110% Time: 1:21.738
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Race

Result

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

2024 Shanghai E-Prix II Race Result
Pos.	No.	Name	Team	Laps	Race Time	Fastest lap	Pts.
1st	13	António Félix da Costa	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	28	36:04.600	1:15.852	25
2nd	5	Jake Hughes	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	28	+0.612s	1:15.852	21
3rd	17	Norman Nato	Andretti Formula E	28	+1.122s	1:15.358	16
4th	37	Nick Cassidy	Jaguar TCS Racing	28	+2.215s	1:15.661	12
5th	9	Mitch Evans	Jaguar TCS Racing	28	+3.167s	1:15.969	10
6th	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	DS Penske	28	+3.861s	1:15.994	8
7th	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Penske	28	+4.374s	1:16.034	6
8th	7	Maximilian Günther	Maserati MSG Racing	28	+5.077s	1:16.022	4
9th	4	Robin Frijns	Envision Racing	28	+7.846s	1:15.988	2
10th	22	Oliver Rowland	Nissan Formula E Team	28	+8.840s	1:16.234	1
11th	1	Jake Dennis	Andretti Formula E	28	+9.634s	1:16.200
12th	16	Sébastien Buemi	Envision Racing	28	+10.143s	1:15.734
13th	48	Edoardo Mortara	Mahindra Racing	28	+11.423s	1:16.304
14th	23	Sacha Fenestraz	Nissan Formula E Team	28	+12.280s	1:16.307
15th	51	Nico Müller	ABT Cupra	28	+12.751s	1:16.281
16th	21	Nyck de Vries	Mahindra Racing	28	+13.102s	1:16.266
17th	18	Jehan Daruvala	Maserati MSG Racing	28	+15.973s	1:16.117
18th	3	Sérgio Sette Câmara	ERT Formula E Team	28	+16.419s	1:15.870
19th	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Cupra	28	+50.057s	1:15.692
20th	94	Pascal Wehrlein	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	28	+1:01.675	1:15.427
21st	33	Dan Ticktum	ERT Formula E Team	28	+1:24.415	1:15.597
Ret	8	Sam Bird	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	18	Damage	1:16.164
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Milestones

• Stoffel Vandoorne entered his 50th duel by competing in the final.
  • Vandoorne also set a new record for most final duel defeats - 6.
• António Félix da Costa secured his tenth victory.
• Porsche Formula E Team earned their ninth win as an entrant.
  • Porsche claimed their twelfth win as a powertrain supplier.
• Maiden podium finish for Jake Hughes.

Standings

In the Drivers' Championship it had been a net win for Nick Cassidy, the New Zealander having opened out a 25 point lead over his closest challenger as a result of his fourth place finish in the second battle of Shanghai. Pascal Wehrlein had remained his closest challenger in second, despite his puncture meaning he suffered only his second non-score of the season, while Mitch Evans was up to third and only ten points away. Oliver Rowland had made way for the second New Zealander and slipped a point behind him, but remained an outside shot for the title, while Jake Dennis retained fifth with his hopes of back-to-back titles reliant on a strong weekend in Portland.

Jaguar Racing had retained the lead in the Teams' Championship leaving Shanghai, the British squad having moved onto 299 points after the twelfth round of the campaign. The Porsche Formula E Team still remained their largest threat, albeit 53 points away in second, while the Nissan Formula E Team were another 69 points away in third. Indeed, Nissan would likely spend the final part of the season looking over their shoulders rather than ahaead, with DS Penske and Andretti Formula E both within four points of the Japanese squad in the battle to complete the Championship podium.

In the Manufacturers' Trophy it was Porsche who would leave Shanghai at the head of the field, the German manfacturer having overturned a thirteen point deficit into a nine point lead with four races to go. Jaguar remained as their main challenger however, with those two heading into the final quarter of the season as the main pretenders for the inaugural crown as Nissan trailed by 92 points in third. The Japanese manufacturer had at least gained some breathing room over Stellantis in fourth, leaving China with 23 points in hand, while it was status quo at the bottom of the table as Mahindra held a ten point lead over Electric Racing Technologies.

 

2023/24 Drivers' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Nick Cassidy 167 ◄0 2nd Pascal Wehrlein 142 ◄0 3rd Mitch Evans 132 ▲1 4th Oliver Rowland 131 ▼1 5th Jake Dennis 113 ◄0 6th Jean-Éric Vergne 101 ◄0 7th António Félix da Costa 84 ▲1 8th Maximilian Günther 69 ▼1 9th Stoffel Vandoorne 53 ◄0 10th Jake Hughes 46 ▲2 11th Norman Nato 40 ▲3 12th Sam Bird 38 ▼2 13th Sacha Fenestraz 26 ▼2 14th Sébastien Buemi 24 ▼1 15th Robin Frijns 23 ◄0 16th Nico Müller 18 ◄0 17th Dan Ticktum 12 ◄0 18th Sérgio Sette Câmara 11 ◄0 19th Jehan Daruvala 8 ◄0 20th Edoardo Mortara 7 ◄0 21st Nyck de Vries 6 ◄0 22nd Taylor Barnard 5 ◄0 23rd Joel Eriksson 2 ◄0 24th Lucas di Grassi 2 ◄0 25th Kelvin van der Linde 0 ◄0 26th Jordan King 0 ◄0 27th Paul Aron 0 ◄0

2023/24 Teams' Championship Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Jaguar Racing 299 ◄0 2nd Porsche Formula E Team 226 ◄0 3rd Nissan Formula E Team 157 ◄0 4th DS Penske 154 ◄0 5th Andretti Formula E 153 ◄0 6th McLaren Formula E Team 89 ▲1 7th Maserati MSG Racing 77 ▼1 8th Envision Racing 49 ◄0 9th ERT Formula E Team 23 ◄0 10th ABT Cupra 20 ◄0 11th Mahindra Racing 13 ◄0 2023/24 Manufacturers' Trophy Pos. Name Pts. +/- 1st Porsche 337 ▲1 2nd Jaguar 328 ▼1 3rd Nissan 236 ◄0 4th Stellantis 213 ◄0 5th Mahindra 33 ◄0 6th ERT 23 ◄0

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