2020 Marrakesh ePrix explained

Type:	CUST
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Fast Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein Mitch Evans
Fast Team:	Mahindra Jaguar
Fast Time:	1:20.345 (1:20.737)
Fast Lap:	29 (27)
Fast Country:	GER
First Driver:	António Félix da Costa
First Country:	PRT
First Team:	Techeetah-DS
Second Driver:	Maximilian Günther
Second Country:	GER
Second Team:	Andretti-BMW
Third Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne
Third Country:	FRA
Third Team:	Techeetah-DS
Pole Driver:	António Félix da Costa
Pole Team:	Techeetah-DS
Pole Time:	1:17.158
Pole Country:	PRT
Description:	Race 5 of 11 of the 2019–20 Formula E season
Official Name:	2020 ABB Formula E Marrakesh E-Prix
Country:	Morocco
Grand Prix:	Marrakesh
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2020
Location:	Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan, Marrakesh
Course:	Semi-permanent street circuit
Course Length:	2.971km (01.846miles)
Distance Laps:	34
Distance Length:	101.014km (62.767miles)
Weather:	Sunny

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]

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	EVA	SIM (2)	DAC (3)	VAN (4)	DIG (5)	BIR (6)
Group 2	ROW (7)	GUE (8)	MOR (9)	LOT (10)	DEV (11)	JEV (12)
Group 3	BUE (13)	WEH (14)	FRI (15)	CAL (16)	ABT (17)	DAM (18)
Group 4	MAS (19)	HAR (20)	TUR (21)	MUL (22)	JAN (23)	QMA (24)

		Driver	Team
1	13	data-sort-value="COS"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:17.640	1:17.158	1
2	28	data-sort-value="GUN"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:17.562	1:17.227	2
3	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:17.582	1:17.253	3
4	17	data-sort-value="VRI"	Nyck de Vries		1:17.743	1:17.590	4
5	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:17.631	1:17.803	5
6	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:17.779	1:17.811	6
7	64	data=sort-vaule="AMB"	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	1:17.798		7
8	27	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	1:17.830		8
9	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:17.839		9
10	51	data-sort-value="CAL"	James Calado	Jaguar	1:17.867		10
11	25	data-sort-value="VER"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:17.928		11
12	6	data-sort-value="HAR"	Brendon Hartley		1:17.944		12
13	11	data-sort-value="GRA"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:17.958		13
14	2	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	1:18.064		14
15	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	1:18.069		15
16	7	data-sort-value="MUL"	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:18.203		16
17	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:18.218		17
18	66	data-sort-value="ABT"	Daniel Abt	Audi	1:18.229		18
19	3	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:18.313		19
20	19	data-sort-value="MAS"	Felipe Massa	Venturi-Mercedes	1:18.675		20
21	33	data-sort-value="QIN"	Ma Qinghua	NIO	1:19.359		21
NC	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:27.444		22
NC	18	data-sort-value="JAN"	Neel Jani	Porsche	1:32.690		23
NC	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	no time		24
Source:^[6] ^[7]

Notes:

•  – 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]}
•  – 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.

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	13	data-sort-value="COS"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	34	46:52.757	1	25+3
2	28	data-sort-value="GUN"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	34	+11.427	2	18+1
3	25	data-sort-value="VER"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	34	+12.034	11	15
4	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	34	+12.282	6	12
5	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	34	+15.657	5	10
6	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	34	+16.335	24	8+1
7	11	data-sort-value="GRA"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	34	+18.706	13	6
8	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	34	+19.498	3	4
9	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	34	+20.126	9	2
10	2	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	34	+20.295	14	1
11	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	34	+20.557	4
12	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	34	+22.373	22
13	64	data-sort-value="AMB"	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	34	+22.785	7
14	66	data-sort-value="ABT"	Daniel Abt	Audi	34	+25.080	18
15	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	34	+25.969	17
16	51	data-sort-value="CAL"	James Calado	Jaguar	34	+26.528	10
17	19	data-sort-value="MAS"	Felipe Massa	Venturi-Mercedes	34	+27.476	20
18	18	data-sort-value="JAN"	Neel Jani	Porsche	34	+44.476	23
19	6	data-sort-value="HAR"	Brendon Hartley	Dragon-Penske	34	+49.002	12
20	7	data-sort-value="MUL"	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	34	+53.075	16
21	3	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	34	+59.969	19
22	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	34	+1:13.414	15
23	33	data-sort-value="QIN"	Ma Qinghua		33	+1 lap	21
Ret	27	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	33	Driveshaft	8
Source:^[14]

Notes:

•  – Pole position.
•  – Fastest in group stage.
•  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings^[15]

+/–		Driver	Points
2	1	António Félix da Costa	67
1	2	Mitch Evans	56 (–11)
1	3	Alexander Sims	46 (–21)
4	4	Maximilian Günther	44 (–23)
	5	Lucas di Grassi	38 (–29)

Teams' Championship standings^[16]

+/–		Constructor	Points
3	1	Techeetah-DS	98
1	2	Andretti-BMW	90 (–8)
1	3	Jaguar	66 (–32)
1	4	e.dams-Nissan	57 (–41)
2	5	Mercedes	56 (–42)

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

References

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Notes and References

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