Swiss E-Prix

Swiss E-Prix
E-Prix Details
Name	Julius Baer Swiss E-Prix
Location	Bern, Bern-Mittelland, Switzerland
No. Held	1
Circuit	Bern Street Circuit
Previous Circuits	{{{previouscircuits}}}
First Race	Unknown
Last Race	unknown
Only Race	2019 Swiss E-Prix
Most Recent Results
Name	2019 Julius Baer Swiss E-Prix
Pole	Jean-Éric Vergne 1:18.813
First	Second	Third
Jean-Éric Vergne	Mitch Evans	Sébastien Buemi
Fastest lap	Sam Bird 1:21.905

The Swiss E-Prix was an ABB FIA Formula E Championship event, staged as part of the 2018/19 season in the city of Bern, Switzerland. The first "national" E-Prix to be staged, the Swiss E-Prix would also be the debut of Bern as a FE host city, using the Bern Street Circuit, and hence hold the alternate title of the Bern E-Prix.

City History

Bern is one of the younger major cities in Europe, with no sign of significant occupation until the late twelfth century. In 1353 the city, then a free imperial city, became one of the eight founding cantons that formed the Swiss Confederacy, before conquering various minor territories to become the largest city-state in the Alps. Bern itself would also continue to grow in population, in-spite of a major fire in 1405, and several waves of pestilence that swept across continental Europe.

A Neutral Nature

From the Napoleonic wars onward Bern would become the de facto capital of Switzerland, a status it acquired in 1848. The city would also be the host of major socialist meetings during the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with a large number of socialists moving to the city during the First World War. The city would continue to have a large socialist, and later foreign population, although was subsequently supplanted by Zürich and other Swiss cities in terms of overall size.

Formula E History

Bern was first chosen to host an ABB FIA Formula E Championship race ahead of the 2018/19 season, after Zürich announced that it was unable to host an E-Prix for a second season. The Bern Street Circuit was subsequently designed in the old city, racing around the bear park on the northern/eastern banks of the river Aade. The name of the event was formally announced as the Swiss E-Prix after the Bern circuit was revealed, with Swiss financiers Julius Bär named as title sponsors for the 2019 Swiss E-Prix.

Circuit History

The Bern Street Circuit hosted the inaugural Swiss E-Prix on 22 June 2019, albeit with some controversy after a first lap accident at the final chicane caused chaos.

Records

A full list of records for the Swiss E-Prix are outlined below, including a list of race winners.

Winners

Below is a list of all of the winners of the Swiss E-Prix:

Swiss E-Prix Winners List
Season	Name	Circuit	Date	Winner	Report
2018/19	2019 Julius Baer Swiss E-Prix	Bern Street Circuit	22 June 2019	Jean-Éric Vergne	Report

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