The 2022 London ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Sabic London E-Prix, was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the ExCeL London Circuit in the Royal Docks area of Newham, London on 30 and 31 July 2022. They served as the 13th and 14th rounds of the 2021–22 Formula E season and the 4th running of the London ePrix.

2022 London ePrix
Race 13 of 16 of the 2021–22 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)
Official name 2022 Sabic London E-Prix
Location ExCeL London Circuit, Royal Docks, Newham, London
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.141 km (1.330 mi)
Distance 37 laps, 79.217 km (49.223 mi)
Pole position
Driver Andretti-BMW
Time 1:13:161
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW
Time 1:14:429 on lap 19
Podium
First Andretti-BMW
Second Mercedes
Third Envision-Audi
2022 London ePrix
Race 14 of 16 of the 2021–22 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)
Official name 2022 Sabic London E-Prix
Location ExCeL London Circuit, Royal Docks, Newham, London
Course Street circuit
Course length 2.141 km (1.330 mi)
Distance 38 laps, 81.358 km (50.554 mi)
Pole position
Driver Andretti-BMW
Time 1:12:535
Fastest lap
Driver New Zealand Nick Cassidy Envision-Audi
Time 1:14:349 on lap 29
Podium
First Venturi-Mercedes
Second Andretti-BMW
Third Mercedes

Home favourite pole-sitter Jake Dennis won the first race for Andretti, championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne finished second, with Nick Cassidy completing the podium. Lucas di Grassi won the second race, with Jake Dennis and Nyck de Vries in second and third.

Background

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Stoffel Vandoorne led the championship into the penultimate race weekend, with 155 points. Edoardo Mortara was second, 11 points behind and Mitch Evans 16 points behind in third.

Since the last event, the layout of the ExCeL London Circuit was changed, by removing hairpins at turn 10 and 11, reducing the circuit length to 2.141 km (1.330 mi).

Classification

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Race 1

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Qualifying

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Group draw
Group A   VAN   EVA   FRI   DIG   WEH   CAS   BIR   SIM   TUR   GUE   SET
Group B   MOR   JEV   DAC   DEV   LOT   DEN   BUE   ROW   ASK   TIC   GIO

Qualifying duels

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
B4   André Lotterer
A1   Stoffel Vandoorne
  Stoffel Vandoorne
  Sérgio Sette Câmara
B3   Oliver Askew
A2   Sérgio Sette Câmara
  Stoffel Vandoorne
  Jake Dennis
A3   Nick Cassidy
B2   Nyck de Vries
  Nyck de Vries
  Jake Dennis
A4   Maximilian Günther
B1   Jake Dennis
Overall classification
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Pos. No. Driver Team A B QF SF F Grid
1 27   Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:13:846 1:13:225 1:13:005 1:13:161 1
2 5   Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:13:796 1:13:528 1:13:131 1:13:298 2
3 17   Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:14:004 1:13:457 1:13:314 3
4 7   Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:14:023 1:13:330 1:13:474 4
5 28   Oliver Askew Andretti-BMW 1:14:270 1:13:688 5
6 22   Maximilian Günther e.dams-Nissan 1:14:252 1:13:780 6
7 37   Nick Cassidy Envision-Audi 1:14:123 1:13:852 7
8 36   André Lotterer Porsche 1:14:297 1:13:917 8
9 48   Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:14:328 9
10 4   Robin Frijns Envision-Audi 1:14:278 10
11 13   António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:14:336 11
12 10   Sam Bird Jaguar 1:14:431 12
13 25   Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:14:363 13
14 9   Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:14:511 14
15 23   Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:14:383 15
16 29   Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:14:591 16
17 30   Oliver Rowland Mahindra 1:14:448 17
18 94   Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:14:602 18
19 99   Antonio Giovinazzi Dragon-Penske 1:14:816 19
20 3   Oliver Turvey NIO 1:14:940 20
21 33   Dan Ticktum NIO 1:15:200 21
22 11   Lucas di Grassi Venturi-Mercedes 22
Source:[1]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27   Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 37 46:56:557 1 25 31 12
2 5   Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 37 2.223 2 18
3 37   Nick Cassidy Envision-Audi 37 12.663 7 15
4 28   Oliver Askew Andretti-BMW 37 14.904 5 12
5 20   Mitch Evans Jaguar 37 17.128 14 10
6 17   Nyck de Vries Mercedes 37 17.367[a] 3 8
7 13   António Félix da Costa DS Techeetah 37 17.733 11 6
8 22   Maximilian Günther e.dams-Nissan 37 22.067 6 4
9 11   Lucas di Grassi Venturi-Mercedes 37 32.139 22 2
10 94   Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 37 34.347 18 1
11 23   Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 37 35.307 15
12 36   André Lotterer Porsche 37 35.508 8
13 29   Alexander Sims Mahindra 37 40.345 16
14 25   Jean-Éric Vergne DS Techeetah 37 41.057 13
15 3   Oliver Turvey NIO 37 41.293 20
16 4   Robin Frijns Envision-Audi 37 44.023 10
17 33   Dan Ticktum NIO 37 51.947 21
18 48   Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 37 1:18.796 9
Ret 7   Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 36 Low battery 4
Ret 99   Antonio Giovinazzi Dragon-Penske 19
Ret 30   Oliver Rowland Mahindra Collision damage 17
Ret 10   Sam Bird Jaguar 0 Collision damage 12
Source:[2]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Race 2

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Qualifying

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Group draw
Group A   VAN   MOR   DAC   DEV   DEN   LOT   BIR   ASK   ROW   GUE   SET
Group B   EVA   JEV   FRI   DIG   WEH   CAS   BUE   SIM   TUR   TIC   GIO

Qualifying duels

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
B4   Sébastien Buemi
A1   Jake Dennis
  Jake Dennis
  António Félix da Costa
B3   Nick Cassidy
A2   António Félix da Costa
  Jake Dennis
  Lucas di Grassi
A3   Nyck de Vries
B2   Antonio Giovinazzi
  Antonio Giovinazzi
  Lucas di Grassi
A4   Oliver Askew
B1   Lucas di Grassi
Overall classification
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Pos. No. Driver Team A B QF SF F Grid
1 27   Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:13:279 1:12:661 1:12:649 1:12:535 1
2 11   Lucas di Grassi Venturi-Mercedes 1:13:006 1:12:686 1:12:641 1:13:619 2
3 99   Antonio Giovinazzi Dragon-Penske 1:13:327 1:12:980 1:12:962 3
4 13   António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:13:360 1:13:000 1:13:028 4
5 17   Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:13:370 1:13:043 5
6 23   Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:13:414 1:13:197 6
7 37   Nick Cassidy Envision-Audi 1:13:411 1:13:490 7
8 28   Oliver Askew Andretti-BMW 1:13:473 1:44:374 11
9 22   Maximilian Günther e.dams-Nissan 1:13:497 8
10 25   Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:13:422 9
11 30   Oliver Rowland Mahindra 1:13:544 10
12 94   Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:13:507 12
13 5   Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:13:624 13
14 9   Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:13:511 14
15 10   Sam Bird Jaguar 1:13:652 15
16 33   Dan Ticktum NIO 1:13:696 16
17 48   Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:13:745 17
18 4   Robin Frijns Envision-Audi 1:13:748 18
19 7   Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:13:745 19
20 3   Oliver Turvey NIO 1:13:948 20
21 36   André Lotterer Porsche 1:14:076 21
22 29   Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:14:729 22
Source:[3]
Overall classification
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Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11   Lucas di Grassi Venturi-Mercedes 38 49:28:805 2 25
2 27   Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 38 3.191 1 18 31 12
3 17   Nyck de Vries Mercedes 38 4.508 5 15
4 5   Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 38 10.358 13 12
5 13   António Félix da Costa DS Techeetah 38 13.946 4 10
6 23   Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 38 20.399 6 8
7 4   Robin Frijns Envision-Audi 38 20.850 18 6
8 10   Sam Bird Jaguar 38 21.748 15 4
9 7   Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 38 28.913 19 2
10 94   Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 38 29.685 12 1
11 29   Alexander Sims Mahindra 38 30.611 22
12 36   André Lotterer Porsche 38 31.644 21
13 48   Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 38 35.147 17
14 3   Oliver Turvey NIO 38 37.285 20
15 22   Maximilian Günther e.dams-Nissan 38 1:19.833 8
Ret 37   Nick Cassidy Envision-Audi 35 7
Ret 20   Mitch Evans Jaguar 30 14
Ret 28   Oliver Askew Andretti-BMW 21 11
Ret 99   Antonio Giovinazzi Dragon-Penske 19 3
Ret 25   Jean-Éric Vergne DS Techeetah 3 9
Ret 30   Oliver Rowland Mahindra 1 Collision damage 10
Ret 33   Dan Ticktum NIO 1 Collision 16
Source:[4]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

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  1. ^ De Vries was given a 5-second time penalty for moving under braking whilst defending Cassidy.

References

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  1. ^ "Qualifying". Formula E. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Results". The Official Home of Formula E. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Qualifying". Formula E. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Results". The Official Home of Formula E. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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