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2020 Berlin ePrix

2020 Berlin ePrix

Motor car race


The 2020 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2020 Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a series of six Formula E races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin between 5 and 13 August 2020. It formed the final six races of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the sixth edition of the Berlin ePrix.

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The event was promoted as 9 Days, 6 Races, 3 Tracks, 1 Champion;[1] and The Season Six Finale.[2]

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Background

The Berlin ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2019–20 series schedule by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It's the final six of twelve scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2019–20 season, and the sixth running of the event. The ePrix was held using three different layouts at Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Berlin Tempelhof Airport between 5 and 13 August 2020.

Entering the race, DS Techeetah driver António Félix da Costa was leading the Drivers' Championship with 67 points, followed by Jaguar's driver Mitch Evans in second 11 points behind, and third placed Andretti-BMW's driver Alexander Sims 21 points behind the championship leader. In the team's standings, Techeetah lead with 98 points, followed behind by Andretti-BMW with 90 and Jaguar down in 3rd with 66 points.

Circuit layouts

The track layouts for the 9 days event were made available to the drivers and constructors on 21 July 2020.

The 6 races were further split into three 'double headers', each with a different track layout. The first two races (5 and 6 August) were carried out in the reverse layout, with drivers driving the usual Tempelhof circuit in a clockwise direction (the circuit is normally driven in anti-clockwise direction). The second double header (8 and 9 August) were driven in the traditional Tempelhof circuit layout (i.e. anti-clockwise direction). The last double header (12 and 13 August) use an extended circuit layout, with more turns added to the middle and final sectors of the track. Organizers billed this track layout as 'more technical'.[3]

Classification

Race 1

Qualifying

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Notes:

  • ^1  Oliver Rowland received a twenty-place grid penalty for inverter/MCU change.[7] He also received a forty-place grid penalty for gearbox and inverter change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid[8] For being unable to take the full grid drop (by only losing sixteen places on the grid), he received an additional 10 seconds stop and go penalty at the race.[9]
  • ^2  James Calado received a sixty-place grid penalty for battery, inverter and MGU change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid.[10] For being unable to take the full grid drop, he also received an additional 10 seconds stop and go penalty at the race.[11]

Race

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Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position, fastest in group stage, and fastest lap.
  • ^2  Oliver Rowland received a five-second time penalty for being unable to take the full grid drop at the start.[13]
  • ^3  Edoardo Mortara received a drive-through penalty converted into a 18-second time penalty for causing a collision.[14]
  • ^4  Daniel Abt received a five-second time penalty for speeding under Full Course Yellow.[15]
  • ^5  Maximilian Günther (who originally finished eighth) and Sérgio Sette Câmara (who originally finished twentieth) were both disqualified from the race due to their energy used being over regulatory limit.[16][17]

Standings after the race

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  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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Race 2

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Notes:

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  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^3  – Fastest lap.
  • ^4  Jérôme d'Ambrosio originally finished fifteenth, but was disqualified from the race due to his energy used being over regulatory limit.[23]

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Race 3

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Notes:

  • ^1  Nyck de Vries received a five-place grid penalty for pushing his car on the track without permission from the stewards in the previous race.[25]

Race

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Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position, fastest in group stage.
  • ^2  – Fastest Lap.
  • ^3  Nyck de Vries received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision.[26]
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Race 4

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  • ^1  – Pole position, fastest in group stage.
  • ^2  – Fastest Lap
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Race 5

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  • ^1  – Pole position, fastest lap
  • ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
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Race 6

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

Notes

  1. The ePrix was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
  2. Félix da Costa received the point for fastest lap as Bird failed to finish inside the top 10.
  3. Rowland received the point for fastest lap as di Grassi failed to finish inside the top 10.
  4. Bird received the point for fastest lap as Müller failed to finish inside the top 10.

References

  1. "9 Days. 6 Races. 3 Tracks. 1 Champion. The most intense season finale in motorsport history". FIA Formula E. 4 August 2020.
  2. "Doc 19 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. "Classification Qualifying - Superpole". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. "Final Starting Grid RACE". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. "Doc 12 - Decision 1" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. "Doc 39 - Decision 10" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. "Doc 40 - Decision 11" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. "Doc 30 - Decision 6" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. "Doc 33 - Decision 8" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  10. "Race Results". FIA Formula E. Archived from the original on 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. "Doc 32 - Decision 7" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  12. "Doc 48 - Decision 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  13. "Doc 49 - Decision 14" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  14. "Doc 47 - Decision 12" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  15. "Doc 53 - Decision 15" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  16. "Doc 70 - Qualifying Groups Race 2" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  17. "Classification Qualifying - Superpole". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  18. "Final Starting Grid RACE". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  19. "Doc 66 - Decision 20" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  20. "Race Results". FIA Formula E. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  21. "Doc 91 - Decision 29" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  22. "Doc 15 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  23. "Doc 93 - Decision 31" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  24. "Doc 32 - Decision 5" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  25. "Doc 41 - Qualifying Groups - RACE 2" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  26. "Doc 36 - Decision 7" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  27. "Doc 15 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  28. "Doc 49 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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