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BMW iFE.21
BMW iFE21
Car Details
Manufacturer Flag of Germany BMW
Model iFE.21
Designer
Chassis Spark SRT05e
Motor Flag of Germany BMW Racing eDrive03
Battery Flag of the United Kingdom McLaren Applied Technologies
Tyres Flag of France Michelin
colspan="3" style="background-color:#1CA8CB; color:#ffffff; border-radius:10px;"
Formula E Record
Début Flag of Saudi Arabia 2021 Diriyah E-Prix I
Last Race Flag of South Korea 2022 Seoul E-Prix II
Entries 29 (58 Starts)
Best 6th (2020/21)
Entrants Flag of the United States BMW i Andretti Motorsport
Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti
Poles Wins F.L.s
3 4 2
First Win Flag of Spain 2021 Valencia E-Prix II
Final Win Flag of the United Kingdom 2022 London E-Prix I
Only Win
Podiums 6
T.P.s 157

The BMW iFE.21 is an all-electric, single-seater racing car, used by the Avalanche Andretti Formula E team during the 2021/22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.[1] Originally built by BMW for their factory FE programme in 2020/21, which was run by Andretti, the iFE.21 would continue to feature on the FE grid after BMW's withdrawal from the Series, with Andretti having taken over the day-to-day running and software development of the car.[1][2]

Competitive History[]

The iFE.21 would debut at the 2021 Diriyah E-Prix I at the start of the 2020/21 FIA Formula E World Championship, with Maximilian Günther and Jake Dennis piloting a pair of iFE.21s run by the factory backed BMW i Andretti Motorsport team.[3]

Development History[]

The iFE.21 entered development during the early spring of 2020, and would be largely based on the powertrain used by the BMW iFE.20, and continue the previous car's novel use of flax as a cooling shaft, in what had been the first use of a renewable textile fibre on a racing car.[4] The new iFE.21 would get a new powertrain, dubbed the BMW Racing eDrive 03, the third evolution of BMW's eDrive powertrain, which had been lightened and refined to produce more torque, resulting in a proposed efficiency of 98% and energy density over 14 kW/kg.[5] Other changes to the car included more general use of 3D printing to construct components for the rear structure of the car, resulting in reduced overall weight as less material was used, and revised weight distribution points.[5]

Formula E Record[]

The tables below show BMW iFE.21's full record in the FIA Formula E Championship.

Formula E Entries[]

The table below given and overview of BMW iFE.21's entries in Formula E:

BMW iFE.21's overall Formula E Record
Season Official name No. Drivers DC Pos. DC Pts. TC Pos. TC Pts.
2020/21 Flag of the United States BMW i Andretti Motorsport[3] 27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis[6] 3rd 91 6th 157
28 Flag of Germany Maximilian Günther[3] 16th 66
2021/22 Flag of the United States Avalanche Andretti Formula E[1][7] 27 Flag of the United Kingdom Jake Dennis[8] 6th 126 6th 150
28 Flag of the United States Oliver Askew[9] 16th 24

Career Results[]

Listed below are the full career results of BMW iFE.21:

FIA Formula E Championship Record
Year Entrant No. Rounds Pos. Pts.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
2020/21 Flag of Saudi Arabia Flag of Saudi Arabia Flag of Italy Flag of Italy Flag of Spain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Mexico Flag of Mexico Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Germany 6th 157
BMW i Andretti Formula E 27 12th Ret Ret 13th 8th 1stG 16th 5th 5thG Ret 16th 1st 9th 5th Ret
28 Ret Ret 9th 5th Ret 12th 5th 12th 7th 1st 10th 18th 6th 8th 15th
Results Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Second DSQ Disqualified
3rd Third DNS Did Not Start
7th Points Finish 16th Non-Points Finish
NC Not Classified CAN Race Cancelled
INJ Driver Injured Italics Fastest Lap
Bold Pole Position G Group Fastest Lap

References[]

Videos and Images:

References:

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matt Kew, 'Andretti to retain BMW FE powertrain, despite works pull out', motorsport.com, (Motorsport Network, 26/02/2021), https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/andretti-bmw-powertrain-works-pullout/5497549/?ic_source=home-page-widget&ic_medium=widget&ic_campaign=widget-22, (Accessed 28/02/2021)
  2. Haydn Cobb, 'BMW follows Audi in announcing Formula E exit after 2020-21 season', autosport.com, (Motorsport Network, 02/12/2020), https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/153908/bmw-to-follow-audi-in-exiting-formula-e-in-2021, (Accessed 17/01/2021)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 'Maximilian Günther to drive for BMW i Andretti Motorsport again in Season 7 – Alexander Sims looks for a new challenge in Formula E.', press.bmwgroup.com, (BMW Group GmbH, 19/08/2020), https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0314385EN/maximilian-guenther-to-drive-for-bmw-i-andretti-motorsport-again-in-season-7-%E2%80%93-alexander-sims-looks-for-a-new-challenge-in-formula-e?language=en, (Accessed 26/08/2020)
  4. 'The BMW iFE.20 as a tech lab: first race car with parts made out of renewable textile fibres.', press.bmwgroup.com, (BMW Group, 27/12/2019), https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0304127EN/the-bmw-ife-20-as-a-tech-lab:-first-race-car-with-parts-made-out-of-renewable-textile-fibres?language=en, (Accessed 09/08/2022)
  5. 5.0 5.1 'BMW Motorsport Media Guide, Season 7, ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.', press.bmwgroup.com, (BMW Group, 18/08/2021), https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0326612EN/bmw-motorsport-media-guide-season-7-abb-fia-formula-e-world-championship, (Accessed 09/08/2022)
  6. Valentin Khorounzhiy, 'BMW PICKS DENNIS AS SURPRISE SIMS REPLACEMENT', the-race.com, (The Race, 30/10/2020), https://the-race.com/formula-e/bmw-picks-dennis-as-surprise-sims-replacement/, (Accessed 30/10/2020)
  7. Jessie Sale, 'Formula E establishes first blockchain title sponsorship with Avalanche', insidersport.com, (Sports Betting Community Limited, 21/10/2021), https://insidersport.com/2021/10/21/formula-e-establishes-first-blockchain-title-sponsorship-with-avalanche/, (Accessed 02/11/2021)
  8. Sam Smith, 'DENNIS KEEPS ANDRETTI FE SEAT, INDY NAMES IN MIX TO JOIN HIM', the-race.com, (The Race, 13/08/2021), https://the-race.com/formula-e/dennis-keeps-andretti-fe-seat-indy-names-in-mix-to-join-him/, (Accessed 13/08/2021)
  9. Connor McDonagh, 'Askew to make Formula E debut with Andretti in season eight', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 24/11/2021), https://www.crash.net/fe/news/993775/1/askew-make-formula-e-debut-andretti-season-eight, (Accessed 24/11/2021)
2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship
Entrants
Audi Sport ABT SchaefflerBMW i Andretti MotorsportDragon/Penske AutosportDS TecheetahEnvision Virgin RacingJaguar RacingMahindra RacingMercedes-EQ Formula E TeamNIO 333 FE TeamNissan e.DamsROKiT Venturi RacingTAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team
Manufacturers
AudiBMWDSJaguarMahindra & MahindraMercedes-BenzNIONissanPenskePorsche
Cars
Spark SRT05e
Audi e-tron FE07BMW iFE.21DS E-Tense FE20DS E-Tense FE 21Jaguar I-Type VMahindra M7ElectroMercedes-EQ Silver Arrow 02NIO 333 FE 001Nissan IM02Nissan IM03Penske EV-4Penske EV-5Porsche 99X Electric
Drivers
4 Robin Frijns5 Stoffel Vandoorne6 Nico Müller/Joel Eriksson7 Sérgio Sette Câmara8 Oliver Turvey10 Sam Bird11 Lucas di Grassi13 António Félix da Costa17 Nyck de Vries20 Mitch Evans22 Oliver Rowland23 Sébastien Buemi25 Jean-Éric Vergne27 Jake Dennis28 Maximilian Günther29 Alexander Sims33 René Rast36 André Lotterer48 Edoardo Mortara71 Norman Nato88 Tom Blomqvist94 Alex Lynn99 Pascal Wehrlein
E-Prix
Diriyah IDiriyah IIRome IRome IIValencia IValencia IIMonacoPuebla IPuebla IINew York City INew York City IILondon ILondon IIBerlin IBerlin II
Cancelled E-Prix
Marrakesh E-PrixMexico City E-PrixParis E-PrixSantiago E-PrixSanya E-PrixSeoul E-Prix
Tests
Valencia
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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
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