2021 Monaco ePrix

The 2021 Monaco ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 8 May 2021. It marked the seventh round of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the fourth edition of the biennial event, albeit with a significantly modified layout resembling the one used in Formula One.[1] António Félix da Costa won the race from pole,[2] with Robin Frijns and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.

2021 Monaco ePrix
Race 7 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)
Official name 2021 Monaco E-Prix
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.318 km (2.062 mi)
Distance 26 laps, 86.268 km (53.604 mi)
Pole position
Driver
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:31.317
Fastest lap
Driver Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
France Jean-Éric Vergne[lower-alpha 1]		 Mercedes
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:34.428 (1:34.697) on lap 17 (13)
Podium
First
Techeetah-DS
Second
Virgin-Audi
Third
Jaguar
Lap leaders

Classification

Qualifying
Group draw[3]
Group 1 Netherlands DEV (1) Belgium VAN (2) United Kingdom BIR (3) Netherlands FRI (4) New Zealand EVA (5) Germany RAS (6)
Group 2 France JEV (7) United Kingdom DEN (8) Switzerland MOR (9) Germany WEH (10) Switzerland MUL (11) United Kingdom ROW (12)
Group 3 United Kingdom SIM (13) Portugal DAC (14) United Kingdom LYN (15) Germany LOT (16) New Zealand CAS (17) United Kingdom TUR (18)
Group 4 Brazil DIG (19) Brazil SET (20) Germany GUE (21) Switzerland BUE (22) France NAT (23) United Kingdom BLO (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:31.832 1:31.317 1
2 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:31.638 1:31.329 2
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:31.772 1:31.368 3
4 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:31.839 1:31.376 4
5 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:31.817 1:32.039 5
6 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:31.850 no time 6
7 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:31.853 — 7
8 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:31.900 — 8
9 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:31.952 — 9
10 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:31.964 — 121
11 33 Germany René Rast Audi 1:32.125 — 10
12 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:32.146 — 11
13 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:32.209 — 13
14 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:32.247 — 14
15 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:32.277 — 15
16 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:32.281 — 16
17 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:32.303 — 17
18 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:32.329 — 18
19 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:32.339 — 19
20 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:32.344 — 20
21 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:32.630 — 21
22 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:32.633 — 22
23 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:33.070 — 242
24 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske no time — 23
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Norman Nato received a two-place grid penalty for failing to respect a double-waved yellow flag in free practice 1.[6]
  • ^2  – Nyck de Vries received a 40-place grid penalty for changing the powerbox and the gearbox. As he qualified 23rd and could only drop one position, he had to serve a 10-second stop-go penalty at the start of the race.[7][8]

Race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 26 47:20.697 1 25+31
2 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 26 +2.848 2 18+12
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 26 +2.872 3 15
4 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 26 +3.120 4 12+13
5 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 26 +3.270 5 10
6 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 26 +3.865 6 8
7 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 26 +4.150 16 6
8 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 26 +4.752 7 4
9 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 26 +5.759 9 2
10 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 26 +6.225 17 1
11 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 26 +6.567 13
12 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 26 +7.097 18
13 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 26 +8.507 12
14 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 26 +9.240 21
15 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 26 +9.499 23
16 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 26 +9.822 14
17 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 26 +10.5034 19
18 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 26 +11.450 20
19 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 26 +12.067 22
Ret 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 23 Electrical 24
Ret 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 21 Collision damage 15
Ret 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 21 Collision damage 8
Ret 33 Germany René Rast Audi 18 Accident 10
Ret 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 0 Collision damage 11
Source:[9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^3  – Fastest lap.
  • ^4  – André Lotterer received a post-race 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[10]

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

Notes
  1. Vergne received the point for fastest lap as Vandoorne failed to finish in the top 10.

References
  1. Kew, Matt (16 April 2021). "Formula E to race on adapted version of F1 Monaco circuit layout". Autosport.
  2. "Da Costa wins Monaco Formula E thriller with last-lap pass". The Race. 8 May 2021.
  3. "Doc 20 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. "Doc 35 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. "Doc 40 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. "Doc 25 - Decision No. 2" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. "Doc 37 - Decision No. 7" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. "Doc 39 - Decision No. 8" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. "Doc 54 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. "Doc 48 - Decision No. 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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