2021 Berlin ePrix

2021 Berlin ePrix
2021 Berlin ePrix
Race 15 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date	15 August 2021
Official name	2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix II presented by CBMM Niobium
Location	Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.355 km (1.463 mi)
Distance	36 laps, 84.780 km (52.680 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne;
Time	1:06.794
Fastest lap
Driver	Lucas di Grassi; René Rast
Time	1:08.305 (1:08.486) on lap 31 (27)
Podium
First	Norman Nato;
Second	Oliver Rowland;
Third	Stoffel Vandoorne;
	Lap leaders ;

2021 Berlin ePrix
2021 Berlin ePrix
Race 14 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date	14 August 2021
Official name	2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix I presented by CBMM Niobium
Location	Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.355 km (1.463 mi)
Distance	38 laps, 89.490 km (55.607 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jean-Éric Vergne;
Time	1:06.227
Fastest lap
Driver	René Rast
Time	1:08.908 on lap 16
Podium
First	Lucas di Grassi;
Second	Edoardo Mortara;
Third	Mitch Evans;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2021 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 14 and 15 August 2021. They were the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds of the 2020–21 championship, marking the series' season finale for the second consecutive year. This was the seventh iteration of the Berlin ePrix, the only event to have featured in all Formula E seasons. Similarly to 2020, race one was run on the traditional track layout, with a reversal thereof being used in race two.^[1] This however meant that the event was not a conventional double-header, instead both races were treated separately in official documents.^[2]^[3]

The first race was won by Lucas di Grassi, with Edoardo Mortara and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.^[4] Norman Nato took his maiden Formula E victory in the second race, finishing ahead of Oliver Rowland and Stoffel Vandoorne.^[5] The event saw Nyck de Vries and his Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team crowned first ever Formula E world champions.^[6]

Classification[edit]

Round 14[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Group draw^[7]
Group 1	DEV (1)	FRI (2)	BIR (3)	DEN (4)	DAC (5)	LYN (6)
Group 2	CAS (7)	EVA (8)	MOR (9)	RAS (10)	WEH (11)	JEV (12)
Group 3	VAN (13)	DIG (14)	GUE (15)	ROW (16)	LOT (17)	SIM (18)
Group 4	BUE (20)	NAT (21)	SET (22)	TUR (23)	BLO (24)	ERI (25)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:06.239	1:06.227	1
2	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:06.486	1:06.300	2
3	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:06.555	1:06.427	3
4	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:06.426	1:06.442	4
5	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:06.425	1:06.489	5
6	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:06.509	1:07.011	6
7	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:06.568	—	7
8	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:06.592	—	8
9	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:06.612	—	9
10	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:06.627	—	10
11	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:06.658	—	11
12	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:06.713	—	15¹
13	33	René Rast	Audi	1:06.729	—	12
14	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:06.736	—	13
15	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:06.789	—	14
16	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:06.814	—	16
17	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:06.837	—	17
18	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:06.852	—	18
19	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:06.902	—	19
20	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:06.948	—	20
21	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:06.972	—	21
22	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:07.006	—	22
23	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:07.156	—	23
24	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	1:07.815	—	24
Source:^[8]^[9]

Notes:

^1 – Sam Bird received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race in London.^[10]

Race[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	38	46:22.528	3	25
2	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	38	+0.141	4	18
3	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	38	+5.499	7	15
4	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	38	+5.589	5	12
5	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	38	+5.830	8	10
6	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	38	+6.411	1	8+3+1¹
7	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	38	+6.777	2	6
8	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	38	+7.562	10	4
9	33	René Rast	Audi	38	+7.798	12	2+1²
10	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	38	+14.124	14	1
11	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	38	+15.546	6
12	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	38	+16.214	22
13	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	38	+16.814	11
14	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	38	+16.917	13
15	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	38	+21.278	23
16	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	38	+23.666	24
17	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	38	+29.019	16
18	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	38	+30.962	18
19	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	38	+33.199	20
20	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	38	+33.438	21
21	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	38	+33.781	9
22	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	37	+1 lap	19
NC	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	32	+8 laps	17
Ret	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	8	Technical	15
Source:^[11]

Notes:

^1 – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
^2 – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Nyck de Vries*	95
7	2	Edoardo Mortara*	92
1	3	Jake Dennis*	91
4	4	Mitch Evans*	90
3	5	Robin Frijns*	89

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
2	1	Jaguar*	171
2	2	Techeetah-DS*	166
2	3	Virgin-Audi*	165
2	4	Audi*	162
3	5	Mercedes*	158

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

Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Round 15[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Group draw^[12]
Group 1	DEV (1)	MOR (2)	DEN (3)	EVA (4)	FRI (5)	DIG (6)
Group 2	DAC (7)	BIR (8)	JEV (9)	LYN (10)	CAS (11)	RAS (12)
Group 3	WEH (13)	GUE (14)	VAN (15)	ROW (16)	LOT (17)	SIM (18)
Group 4	NAT (20)	BUE (21)	SET (22)	TUR (23)	BLO (24)	ERI (25)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:06.678	1:06.794	1
2	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:06.711	1:06.925	2
3	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:07.083	1:07.010	3
4	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:06.887	1:07.041	4
5	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:06.916	1:07.106	5
6	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:06.806	no time	6
7	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:07.088	—	7
8	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:07.100	—	8
9	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:07.106	—	9
10	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:07.114	—	10
11	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:07.139	—	11
12	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:07.150	—	12
13	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:07.162	—	13
14	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:07.164	—	14
15	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:07.177	—	15
16	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:07.190	—	16
17	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:07.209	—	17
18	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:07.227	—	18
19	33	René Rast	Audi	1:07.268	—	19
20	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:07.300	—	20
21	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:07.325	—	21
22	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:07.365	—	22
23	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	1:07.461	—	23
24	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:07.980	—	24
Source:^[13]^[14]

Race[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	36	1:11:57.152	6	25
2	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	36	+2.270	2	18
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	36	+2.837	1	15+3+1¹
4	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	36	+7.105	7	12
5	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	36	+8.453	4	10
6	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	36	+8.847	10	8
7	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	36	+10.473	22	6
8	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	36	+11.108	13	4
9	33	René Rast	Audi	36	+12.189	19	2+1²
10	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	36	+12.679	5	1
11	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	36	+13.437	16
12	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	36	+13.748	21
13	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	36	+14.366	14
14	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	36	+14.692	8
15	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	36	+15.528	18
16	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	36	+15.940	23
17	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	36	+16.306	24
18	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	36	+16.961	12
19	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	36	+21.076	20
20	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	36	+35.155	17
Ret	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	21	Collision	15
Ret	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	2	Rear axle/Accident	9
Ret	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	0	Collision	3
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	0	Collision	11
Source:^[15]

Notes:

^1 – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
^2 – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nyck de Vries*	99
2	Edoardo Mortara	92
3	Jake Dennis	91
4	Mitch Evans	90
5	Robin Frijns	89

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
4	1	Mercedes*	181
1	2	Jaguar	177
1	3	Techeetah-DS	166
	4	Audi	165
2	5	Virgin-Audi	165

Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Bold text indicates the world champions.

Notes[edit]

^ Rast received the point for fastest lap as Di Grassi failed to finish in the top 10.

References[edit]

^ "Formula E to switch track direction between Berlin races". The Race. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Doc 3 - Entry List Berlin R14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Doc 3 - Entry List" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ "Di Grassi wins Berlin opener, back in Formula E title hunt". The Race. 14 August 2021.
^ "Formula E crown to Mercedes' de Vries as Nato wins Berlin finale". Racer.com. 15 August 2021.
^ "De Vries and Mercedes claim Formula E world titles". The Race. 15 August 2021.
^ "Doc 15 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Doc 28 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Doc 30 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Doc 78 - Decision No. 29" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Doc 43 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
^ "Doc 9 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Doc 24 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Doc 25 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
^ "Doc 33 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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[1] Rast received the point for fastest lap as Di Grassi failed to finish in the top 10.

[2] "Formula E to switch track direction between Berlin races". The Race. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[3] "Doc 3 - Entry List Berlin R14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[4] "Doc 3 - Entry List" (PDF). FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[5] "Di Grassi wins Berlin opener, back in Formula E title hunt". The Race. 14 August 2021.

[6] "Formula E crown to Mercedes' de Vries as Nato wins Berlin finale". Racer.com. 15 August 2021.

[7] "De Vries and Mercedes claim Formula E world titles". The Race. 15 August 2021.

[8] "Doc 15 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[9] "Doc 28 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[10] "Doc 30 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[11] "Doc 78 - Decision No. 29" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[12] "Doc 43 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[13] "Doc 9 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[14] "Doc 24 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[15] "Doc 25 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

[16] "Doc 33 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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