Brooklyn Street Circuit

Brooklyn Street Circuit
Circuit Details
Name	Brooklyn Street Circuit
Location	Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Length	2.374 km (1.475 mi)
Corners	13
First Race	2017 New York ePrix I
Last Race	2021 New York City E-Prix II
Only Race	unknown
Circuit Records
Fastest Lap	Qualifying	Race
1:10.180	1:08.572	3
António Félix da Costa	Sam Bird	Sam Bird

The Brooklyn Street Circuit is a temporary street circuit formed in the Red Hook district of Brooklyn, New York City, that hosts the annual New York City E-Prix. First used to host two rounds of the 2016/17 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, the Brooklyn Circuit has hosted all six E-Prix to be held in New York, and has received one major revision to its layout.

Formula E History

The New York City E-Prix was first announced as the final round of the 2016/17 season, after lengthy negotiations between city officials and Formula E Holdings that had seen an initial agreement reached in March 2014. The calendar was subsequently modified during the season, resulting in Montreal becoming the final round, while an area for the New York E-Prix was carefully picked. The eventual area chosen was the Red Hook district within Brooklyn, with the circuit intended to be laid out within the docks at Pier 11.

Circuit History

Various initial circuit designs were created for the inaugural New York City ePrix, with the final design eventually formalised a few weeks before the race. The circuit duly hosted two New York ePrix in 2017, before plans to expand the circuit were put in place after FE revealed their plans for a new car, the Spark SRT05e, which promised more performance. A new complex was added to replace the turn thirteen hairpin, resulting in the Allianz eVillage being moved to the opposite side of the circuit.

Further revisions were made ahead of the 2019 race, with the pit complex moved to start straight.

Circuit Layouts

There have been two distinct layouts for the Brooklyn Street Circuit since its first race in 2017.

2017 Layout - 1.947km (1.210mi)

The 2017 layout of the Brooklyn Street Circuit.

A lap of the circuit began with a short blast along the finish straight, before a heavy braking point to enter a narrow right-hand hairpin. A bumpy straight followed to carry the field into turn two, a 90° right, before another short blast to the turn three/four hairpin, a right-left combination. The most difficult corner on the circuit followed, a long, sweeping left taken with a brief lift of the throttle, before the field exited onto the starting straight.

A long blast carried the field into turn six, a hairpin right, before another long straight in the opposite direction. Turns seven and eight formed a chicane/hairpin combo, a 90° left followed by a hairpin right, before the field began the charge back to the finish line via a kink formed turn nine. Pit-in came halfway along that run, before a 90° left formed turn ten to bring the field back onto the finish straight.

2018 - Present layout - 2.320 km (1.442 mi)

The 2018 layout of the Brooklyn Street Circuit was near identical to the original layout, barring the addition of a new complex to replace the turn six hairpin. The new complex saw the field complete a hairpin-esque left, immediately followed by a 90° right. Another pair of 90° right-hand turns followed, before the field exit the complex with a long apex right to bring them back onto the back-straight.

The circuit was further refined for the 2019 race, with the pit complex and finish/timing line moved onto the start straight. The update also added the Attack Mode activation zone to the circuit, located on the inside of the exit of the newly renumbered turn five.

Records

A full list of records for the Brooklyn Street Circuit are outlined below, including a list of race winners.

Winners

Below is a list of all of the winners of ePrix held at the Brooklyn Street Circuit:

Brooklyn Street Circuit Winners List
Season	Event	Date	Winner	Report
2016/17	2017 Qualcomm New York City ePrix	15 July 2017	Sam Bird	Report
2016/17	2017 Qualcomm New York City ePrix	16 July 2017	Sam Bird	Report
2017/18	2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix	14 July 2018	Lucas di Grassi	Report
2017/18	2018 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix	15 July 2018	Jean-Éric Vergne	Report
2018/19	2019 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix	13 July 2019	Sébastien Buemi	Report
2018/19	2019 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix	14 July 2019	Robin Frijns	Report
2019/20	2020 Qatar Airways New York City E-Prix	20 June 2020	Cancelled
2020/21	2021 ABB New York City E-Prix I	10 July 2021	Maximilian Günther	Report
2020/21	2021 ABB New York City E-Prix II	11 July 2021	Sam Bird	Report
2021/22	2022 ABB Formula E New York City E-Prix I	16 July 2022	Nick Cassidy	Report
2020/21	2022 ABB Formula E New York City E-Prix II	17 July 2022	António Félix da Costa	Report

Race-by-Race Records

The race-by-race records for the Brooklyn Street Circuit are outlined below:

Brooklyn Street Circuit Race-by-Race Records
Brooklyn Street Circuit - 1.953 km (2017)
Event	Qualifying		Fastest Lap		Winner
	Driver	Time	Driver	Time	Driver	Speed
2017 New York City ePrix I	Alex Lynn	1:03.296	Maro Engel	1:03.883	Sam Bird	95.998 km/h
2017 New York City ePrix II	Sam Bird	1:02.285	Daniel Abt	1:03.898	Sam Bird	98.731 km/h
Brooklyn Street Circuit - 2.320 km (2018 - Present)
Event	Qualifying		Fastest Lap		Winner
	Driver	Time	Driver	Time	Driver	Speed
2018 New York City E-Prix I	Sébastien Buemi	1:13.911	Daniel Abt	1:15.082	Lucas di Grassi	97.956 km/h
2018 New York City E-Prix II	Sébastien Buemi	1:17.973	Daniel Abt	1:15.552	Jean-Éric Vergne	99.332 km/h
2019 New York City E-Prix I	Sébastien Buemi	1:10.188	Daniel Abt	1:12.109	Sébastien Buemi	110.770 km/h
2019 New York City E-Prix II	Alexander Sims	1:09.617	Daniel Abt	1:11.305	Robin Frijns	108.202 km/h
2021 New York City E-Prix I	Nick Cassidy	1:09.338	Sam Bird	1:11.028	Maximilian Günther	113.969 km/h
2021 New York City E-Prix II	Sam Bird	1:08.572	António Félix da Costa	1:10.180	Sam Bird	111.324 km/h
2022 New York City E-Prix I	Nick Cassidy	1:08.980	Edoardo Mortara	1:10.843	Nick Cassidy	115.113 km/h
2022 New York City E-Prix II	Nick Cassidy	1:08.584	Edoardo Mortara	1:10.348	António Félix da Costa	115.691 km/h

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