 Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit
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| Circuit Details | ||
| Name | Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit | |
| Location |  Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin, Germany
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| Length | 2.030 km (1.261 mi) | |
| Corners | 11 | |
| Only Race | 2016 Berlin ePrix
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| Circuit Records | ||
| Fastest Lap | Qualifying | Race |
| 0:59.067 | 0:57.811 | 1 |
 Bruno Senna
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 Jean-Éric Vergne
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 Sébastien Buemi
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The Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit, alternately known as the Berlin Street Circuit was a temporary street circuit located in Berlin, Germany, that host the 2016 Berlin ePrix as a round of the 2015/16 FIA Formula E Championship.[1] Selected to host the Berlin E-Prix in 2016 after issues surrounding Tempelhof Airport, the Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit would only host one E-Prix, with the series returning to Tempelhof in 2016/17.[2]
Formula E History[]
The Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit was first proposed to host the Berlin ePrix midway through the 2015/16 season, after the Refugee Crisis of 2015 saw Tempelhof Airport, the host of the 2015 Berlin ePrix, converted to a refugee centre.[1] A new location was hence required for the Berlin race, with the area around the Strausberger Platz emerging as the favourite.[1] The Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit was hence created around the Platz, unveiled on 2 May 2016, three weeks before the 2016 Berlin ePrix.[1]
Circuit History[]
The new "Berlin Street Circuit" featured eleven corners, with the Strausberger Platz forming a centre piece for the circuit.[1] The pits and start/finish straight were located on Karl-Marx-Allee, with 2.030 km (1.261 mi) of Berlin's streets used to form an eleven corner circuit.[1] Sébastien Buemi would ultimately win the circuit's first race, before the Berlin ePrix reverted back to Tempelhof Airport for the 2017 Berlin ePrix.[2]
Circuit Layout[]
A lap of the Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit opened with a long start/finish straight, ending with a tight hairpin right, with pit-in and pit-out located on the entry and exit respectively.[1] A shorter straight along the opposite road follows, before the field hit the brakes for a left-right chicane.[1] From there a short straight carries the field to turn four, a right hand curve, turning the field onto Lichtenberger Street.[1]
The field follow Lichtenberger Street through to a pair of 90° left, which turn the field back on themselves and towards the Strausberger Platz.[1] Turn seven appears a right hand kink with turn eight a long apex left along the top of the Platz itself.[1] Turn nine sees the field kink right into a hairpin left of turn ten, which itself feeds the field into turn eleven, a long apex right to return the field onto the start/finish straight.[1]
Records[]
A full list of records for the Karl-Marx-Allee 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 Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit:
| Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit Winners List | ||||
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| Season | Event | Date | Winner | Report |
| 2015/16 | 2016 BMW i Berlin ePrix
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21 May 2016[3] | Sébastien Buemi[4]
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Report |
Race-by-Race Records[]
The race-by-race records for the Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit are outlined below:
| Karl-Marx-Allee Circuit Race-by-Race Records | ||||||
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| Event | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | Winner | |||
| Driver | Time | Driver | Time | Driver | Time | |
| 2016 BMW i Berlin ePrix
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Jean-Éric Vergne
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0:57.811 | Bruno Senna
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0:59.067 | Sébastien Buemi
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53:46.086 |
References[]
Videos and Images:
References:
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 'New central location for Berlin ePrix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 15/02/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/february/new-central-location-for-berlin-eprix.aspx, (Accessed 21/03/2016)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'All-new track as Berlin double header replaces Brussels ePrix', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 10/03/2017), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2017/march/all-new-track-as-berlin-double-header-replaces-brussels-eprix/, (Accessed 10/03/2017)
- ↑ 'WMSC reveals dates for season two Formula E calendar', fiaformulae.com, (FIA Formula E, 10/07/2015), http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/july/wmsc-reveals-dates-for-season-two-formula-e-calendar.aspx, (Accessed 10/07/2015)
- ↑ 'Buemi win cuts di Grassi's lead to just one point', fiaformula.com, (FIA Formula E, 21/05/2016), http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2016/may/buemi-win-cuts-di-grassi-s-lead-to-just-one-point/, (Accessed 21/05/2016)
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