2021 Valencia ePrix

2021 Valencia ePrix
2021 Valencia ePrix
Race 6 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date	25 April 2021
Official name	2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.376 km (2.098 mi)
Distance	30 laps, 101.280 km (62.932 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jake Dennis;
Time	1:28.548
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexander Sims; Alex Lynn
Time	1:30.081 (1:30.263) on lap 26 (22)
Podium
First	Jake Dennis;
Second	André Lotterer;
Third	Alex Lynn;
	Lap leaders ;

2021 Valencia ePrix
2021 Valencia ePrix
Race 5 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date	24 April 2021
Official name	2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Valencia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.376 km (2.098 mi)
Distance	24 laps, 81.024 km (50.346 mi)
Weather	Wet, 15 °C (59 °F). Humidity: 84%.
Pole position
Driver	António Félix da Costa;
Time	1:26.522
Fastest lap
Driver	Robin Frijns
Time	1:39.611 on lap 14
Podium
First	Nyck de Vries;
Second	Nico Müller;
Third	Stoffel Vandoorne;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2021 Valencia ePrix (formally the 2021 DHL Valencia E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in the town of Cheste near Valencia, Spain on 24 and 25 April 2021. Having previously hosted numerous pre-season tests, this was the inaugural running of a competitive Formula E event at the track, as well as the first time an ePrix was held in Spain. It marked the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season. The first race was won by Nyck de Vries,^[1] with Nico Müller and Stoffel Vandoorne rounding out the podium. Jake Dennis took his first Formula E victory in the second race,^[2] finishing ahead of André Lotterer and Alex Lynn.

Classification

Race one

Qualifying

Group draw^[3]
Group 1	BIR (1)	EVA (2)	FRI (3)	VAN (4)	DEV (5)	WEH (6)
Group 2	MOR (7)	JEV (8)	SIM (9)	DAC (10)	RAS (11)	ROW (12)
Group 3	SET (13)	MUL (14)	GUE (15)	BUE (16)	TUR (17)	DIG (18)
Group 4	BLO (19)	LYN (20)	CAS (21)	NAT (22)	DEN (23)	LOT (24)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:26.870	1:26.522	1
2	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:26.914	1:26.730	7¹
3	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:26.868	1:26.943	2
4	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:26.799	1:27.022	3
5	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:26.876	1:27.053	4
6	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:26.933	—	5
7	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:26.979	—	6
8	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:27.002	—	8
9	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:27.008	—	9
10	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:27.072	—	10
11	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:27.109	—	11
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:27.157	—	12
13	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:27.177	—	13
14	33	René Rast	Audi	1:27.290	—	14
15	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:27.317	—	15
16	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:27.338	—	16
17	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:27.442	—	17
18	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:27.456	—	18
19	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:27.481	—	19
20	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:27.619	—	20
21	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:27.634	—	21
22	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:27.644	—	22
23	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:28.524	—	23
24	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	no time²	no time²	24
Source:^[4]^[5]

Notes:

^1 – Nyck de Vries received a 5-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race in Rome.^[6]
^2 – Stoffel Vandoorne originally qualified first with a 1:26.839 in the group stage and a 1:26.494 in the superpole, but later had all his lap times cancelled due to a tyre infringement.^[7]^[8]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	24	48:20.547	7	25
2	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	24	13.128	22	18
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	24	34.886⁴	24	15
4	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	24	36.903	10	12
5	33	René Rast	Audi	24	51.650	14	10
6	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	24	52.985	15	8 1¹
7	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	24	2:41.946⁵	21	6
8	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	24	3:07.061	13	4
9	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	24	4:19.582	12	2
NC	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	24	Retired in pits⁶	23
NC	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	24	Retired in pits⁶	19
NC	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	23	1 lap	6
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	20	Collision damage	16
Ret	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	19	Brakes	9
Ret	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	19	Collision/Brakes	5
Ret	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	15	Collision damage	17
Ret	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	14	Collision	18
Ret	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	10	Spun off	2
Ret	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1	Collision	4
DSQ⁷	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	24	Energy usage	8
DSQ⁷	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	24	Energy usage	11
DSQ⁷	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	24	Energy usage	1	3²
DSQ⁷	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	24	Energy usage	3	1³
DSQ⁷	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	24	Energy usage	20
Source:^[9]

Notes:

^1 – Fastest lap.
^2 – Pole position.
^3 – Fastest in group stage.
^4 – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 5-second time penalty for forcing another car off the track, and a further post-race 10-second time penalty for failing to fulfil the total amount of time of his second attack mode.^[10]^[11]
^5 – Lucas di Grassi received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for failing to activate the second of the two mandatory attack modes.^[12]
^6 – Both NIO drivers pulled into the pit lane at the end of the final lap after exceeding the maximum energy usage. As they did not cross the chequered flag, they were not classified.^[13]
^7 – Rowland, Sims, da Costa, Lynn and Bird originally finished 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th and 11th respectively, but were disqualified from the race due to their energy used being over the regulatory limit.^[14]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

/–	Pos	Driver	Points
4	1	Nyck de Vries	57
2	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	48
2	3	Sam Bird	43
1	4	Robin Frijns	43
3	5	Mitch Evans	39

Teams' Championship standings

/–	Pos	Constructor	Points
1	1	Mercedes	105
1	2	Jaguar	82
1	3	Virgin-Audi	58
1	4	Techeetah-DS	51
3	5	Audi	43

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

Race two

Qualifying

Group draw^[15]
Group 1	DEV (1)	VAN (2)	BIR (3)	FRI (4)	EVA (5)	WEH (6)
Group 2	RAS (7)	MUL (8)	MOR (9)	JEV (10)	SIM (11)	DAC (12)
Group 3	CAS (13)	ROW (14)	SET (15)	GUE (16)	DIG (17)	BUE (18)
Group 4	TUR (19)	BLO (20)	LYN (21)	DEN (22)	NAT (23)	LOT (24)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:31.855	1:28.548	1
2	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:31.958	1:29.411	5¹
3	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:32.585	1:29.737	2
4	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:32.727	1:30.202	3
5	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:32.950	1:30.403	4
6	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:33.155	1:30.489	6
7	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:33.198	—	7
8	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:33.336	—	8
9	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:33.390	—	9
10	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:33.452	—	10
11	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:33.479	—	11
12	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:33.604	—	12
13	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:33.745	—	13
14	33	René Rast	Audi	1:33.879	—	14
15	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:33.898	—	15
16	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:34.115	—	19¹
17	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:34.166	—	16
18	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:34.416	—	17
19	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:34.419	—	18
20	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:34.480	—	20
21	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:34.588	—	21
22	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:34.610	—	22
23	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:37.838	—	23
24	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:41.980	—	24
Source:^[16]^[17]

Notes:

^1 – André Lotterer and Mitch Evans received a 3-place grid penalty each for causing a collision in race one.^[18]^[19]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	30	46:32.002	1	25 3 1¹
2	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	30	1.483	5	18
3	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	30	2.428	2	15 1²
4	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	30	2.870	8	12
5	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	30	5.811³	6	10
6	33	René Rast	Audi	30	8.122	14	8
7	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	30	8.782	7	6
8	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	30	11.292	4	4
9	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	30	12.014	15	2
10	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	30	12.405	22	1
11	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	30	13.295	9
12	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	30	13.863	24
13	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	30	14.329	23
14	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	30	15.151	20
15	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	30	17.213	19
16	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	30	18.444	18
17	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	30	18.885	3
18	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	30	19.274	13
19	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	30	19.756	16
20	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	30	21.069	21
21	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	30	32.079	10
22	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	30	59.698	12
23	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	30	1:04.277	11
Ret	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	20	Collision damage	17
Source:^[20]

Notes:

^1 – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
^2 – Fastest lap.
^3 – Norman Nato received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[21]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nyck de Vries	57
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	48
3	Sam Bird	43
4	Robin Frijns	43
5	Mitch Evans	39

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	105
2	Jaguar	82
3	Virgin-Audi	58
4	Techeetah-DS	57
5	Audi	52

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

Controversy

The ending of the first race caused controversy after roughly half of the field ran out of power at the end of the 50-mile distance, with five cars being disqualified and two retiring for this reason.^[22]^[23] Frédéric Bertrand, circuit championships director of the FIA, said after the race that the finish of the race "demonstrated how difficult it was to win in Formula E", yet conceded that it should "never happen again".^[24] His comments were blasted by da Costa, one of the drivers disqualified for energy use, who stated that Formula E would become the "joke of the week" following that finish.^[25] Despite this the FIA stood by its energy management rules and race winner Nyck de Vries said that Formula E is "not necessarily" at fault.^[26]^[27]

Notes

^ Lynn received the point for fastest lap as Sims failed to finish in the top 10.

References

^ "De Vries wins amid farcical Valencia Formula E finish". The Race. 24 April 2021.
^ "Dennis pulls off shock Valencia Formula E victory for BMW". The Race. 25 April 2021.
^ "Doc 33 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ "Doc 59 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 60 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 105 - Decision No. 35" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 51 - Provisional Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 57 - Decision No. 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 97 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 70 - Decision No. 22" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 72 - Decision No. 24" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 71 - Decision No. 23" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 94 - Decision No. 32" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Further disqualifications leave nine classified finishers in Valencia; Vandoorne penalised but keeps podium". Downforce Radio. 24 April 2021.
^ "Doc 100 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "Doc 107 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "Doc 108 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "Doc 91 - Decision No. 29" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "Doc 87 - Decision No. 27" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "Doc 122 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "Doc 115 - Decision No. 38" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ "First Formula E Race On A Traditional Circuit Ends With Half The Grid Entirely Out Of Power". Jalopnik. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "How Valencia E-Prix farce gave Formula E an image problem". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "FIA: Valencia race shows 'how difficult' it is to win in FE". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "Da Costa blasts FIA claims after controversial Valencia FE race". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "De Vries defends Formula E after chaotic Valencia finish". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "Formula E stands by energy management rules after Valencia farce · RaceFans". RaceFans. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

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[1] Lynn received the point for fastest lap as Sims failed to finish in the top 10.

[2] "De Vries wins amid farcical Valencia Formula E finish". The Race. 24 April 2021.

[3] "Dennis pulls off shock Valencia Formula E victory for BMW". The Race. 25 April 2021.

[GroupsFriday-4] "Doc 33 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[5] "Doc 59 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[6] "Doc 60 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[7] "Doc 105 - Decision No. 35" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[8] "Doc 51 - Provisional Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[9] "Doc 57 - Decision No. 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[10] "Doc 97 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[11] "Doc 70 - Decision No. 22" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[12] "Doc 72 - Decision No. 24" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[13] "Doc 71 - Decision No. 23" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[14] "Doc 94 - Decision No. 32" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[15] "Further disqualifications leave nine classified finishers in Valencia; Vandoorne penalised but keeps podium". Downforce Radio. 24 April 2021.

[16] "Doc 100 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[17] "Doc 107 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[18] "Doc 108 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[19] "Doc 91 - Decision No. 29" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[20] "Doc 87 - Decision No. 27" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[21] "Doc 122 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[22] "Doc 115 - Decision No. 38" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[23] "First Formula E Race On A Traditional Circuit Ends With Half The Grid Entirely Out Of Power". Jalopnik. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[24] "How Valencia E-Prix farce gave Formula E an image problem". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[25] "FIA: Valencia race shows 'how difficult' it is to win in FE". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[26] "Da Costa blasts FIA claims after controversial Valencia FE race". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[27] "De Vries defends Formula E after chaotic Valencia finish". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[28] "Formula E stands by energy management rules after Valencia farce · RaceFans". RaceFans. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

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