2020 Marrakesh ePrix

The 2020 Marrakesh ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan in Marrakesh on 29 February 2020. The race was a replacement for the 2020 Hong Kong ePrix, which was cancelled due to pro-democracy protests.[1]

2020 Marrakesh ePrix
Race 5 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)
Official name 2020 ABB Formula E Marrakesh E-Prix
Location Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakesh
Course Semi-permanent street circuit
Course length 2.971 km (1.846 mi)
Distance 34 laps, 101.014 km (62.767 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:17.158
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Pascal Wehrlein
New Zealand Mitch Evans[N 1]		 Mahindra
Jaguar
Time 1:20.345 (1:20.737) on lap 29 (27)
Podium
First
Techeetah-DS
Second
Andretti-BMW
Third
Techeetah-DS
Lap leaders

Report

Background

On 15 June 2019, Formula E announced the provisional calendar for the 2019–20 season, in which Marrakesh was not included.[2] The final calendar, which was revealed in October, saw multiple date changes with Marrakesh coming in to replace Hong Kong.[1] Marrakesh would also host the third annual rookie test a day after the event, where each team got to nominate two drivers who have not officially competed in the series.[3]

Schedule changes

Free Practice 1 was moved to Friday afternoon due low visibility issues from sunrise during the first practice session in last year's event. The 2020 race held 47 days later on the calendar (February 29) compared to the 2019 race (January 12), an earlier sunrise and later sunset in late February compared to early January.[4]

Rookie Test

The traditional rookie test took place the day after the race.

Classification

Qualifying
Group draw[5]
Group 1 New Zealand EVA (1) United Kingdom SIM (2) Portugal DAC (3) Belgium VAN (4) Brazil DIG (5) United Kingdom BIR (6)
Group 2 United Kingdom ROW (7) Germany GUE (8) Switzerland MOR (9) Germany LOT (10) Netherlands DEV (11) France JEV (12)
Group 3 Switzerland BUE (13) Germany WEH (14) Netherlands FRI (15) United Kingdom CAL (16) Germany ABT (17) Belgium DAM (18)
Group 4 Brazil MAS (19) New Zealand HAR (20) United Kingdom TUR (21) Switzerland MUL (22) Switzerland JAN (23) China QMA (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:17.640 1:17.158 1
2 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:17.562 1:17.227 2
3 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:17.582 1:17.253 3
4 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:17.743 1:17.590 4
5 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:17.631 1:17.803 5
6 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:17.779 1:17.811 6
7 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:17.798 — 7
8 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 1:17.830 — 8
9 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:17.839 — 9
10 51 United Kingdom James Calado Jaguar 1:17.867 — 10
11 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:17.928 — 11
12 6 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 1:17.944 — 12
13 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:17.958 — 13
14 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:18.064 — 14
15 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 1:18.069 — 15
16 7 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:18.203 — 16
17 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:18.218 — 17
18 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 1:18.229 — 18
19 3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:18.313 — 19
20 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:18.675 — 20
21 33 China Ma Qinghua NIO 1:19.359 — 21
NC 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:27.4441 — 22
NC 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Porsche 1:32.6901 — 23
NC 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar no time — 242
Source:[6][7]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Robin Frijns and Neel Jani broke the 110% rule as their qualifying laps were cancelled due to them not respecting the homologated throttle pedal map.[8][9] The Stewards gave them permission to start the race from the back of the grid.[10][11]
  • ^2  – Mitch Evans did not enter his qualifying lap before the time had run out.[12] The Stewards gave him permission to start the race from the back of the grid.[13]

Race

Drivers who scored points are denoted in bold.

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 34 46:52.757 1 25+31
2 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 34 +11.427 2 18+12
3 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 34 +12.034 11 15
4 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 34 +12.282 6 12
5 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 34 +15.657 5 10
6 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 34 +16.335 24 8+13
7 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 34 +18.706 13 6
8 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 34 +19.498 3 4
9 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 34 +20.126 9 2
10 2 United Kingdom Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 34 +20.295 14 1
11 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 34 +20.557 4
12 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 34 +22.373 22
13 64 Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 34 +22.785 7
14 66 Germany Daniel Abt Audi 34 +25.080 18
15 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 34 +25.969 17
16 51 United Kingdom James Calado Jaguar 34 +26.528 10
17 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 34 +27.476 20
18 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Porsche 34 +44.476 23
19 6 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Dragon-Penske 34 +49.002 12
20 7 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 34 +53.075 16
21 3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 34 +59.969 19
22 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Mahindra 34 +1:13.414 15
23 33 China Ma Qinghua NIO 33 +1 lap 21
Ret 27 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 33 Driveshaft 8
Source:[14]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^3  – Fastest lap.

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

Footnotes
  1. Evans received the point for fastest lap as Wehrlein failed to finish inside the top 10.

References
  1. Smith, Sam (4 October 2019). "Calendar Confirmed: Marrakesh Replaces Hong Kong". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. Kalinauckas, Alex (14 June 2019). "Formula E unveils 2019/20 calendar with earlier start date". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  3. Klein, Jamie (22 February 2020). "Full Marrakesh Formula E test entry finalised". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  4. Kilshaw, Jake (25 February 2020). "FP1 Moved to Friday, Unchanged Track for Marrakesh". e-racing365.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  5. "Doc 30 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. "Classification Qualifying - Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. "Doc 51 - Final Starting Grid RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. "Doc 46 - Decision 15" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  9. "Doc 47 - Decision 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  10. "Doc 53 - Decision 17" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. "Doc 54 - Decision 18" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  12. "Doc 41 - Decision 14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  13. "Doc 45 - Decision 16" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  14. "Doc 66 - Final Classification RACE" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  15. "Drivers Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  16. "Doc 67 - Final Teams Championship" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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