2021 Berlin ePrix explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 14 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2021 London ePrix
Country:	Germany
Grand Prix:	Berlin
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	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:	2.355km (01.463miles)
Distance Laps:	38
Distance Length:	89.49km (55.61miles)
Pole Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne
Pole Country:	FRA
Pole Team:	Techeetah-DS
Pole Time:	1:06.227
Fast Driver:	René Rast
Fast Team:	Audi
Fast Time:	1:08.908
Fast Lap:	16
Fast Country:	GER
First Driver:	Lucas di Grassi
First Country:	BRA
First Team:	Audi
Second Driver:	Edoardo Mortara
Second Country:	CHE
Second Team:	Venturi-Mercedes
Third Driver:	Mitch Evans
Third Country:	NZL
Third Team:	Jaguar

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 15 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2021 London ePrix
Country:	Germany
Grand Prix:	Berlin
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	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:	2.355km (01.463miles)
Distance Laps:	36
Distance Length:	84.78km (52.68miles)
Pole Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Pole Country:	BEL
Pole Team:	Mercedes
Pole Time:	1:06.794
Fast Driver:	Lucas di Grassi René Rast
Fast Team:	Audi Audi
Fast Time:	1:08.305 (1:08.486)
Fast Lap:	31 (27)
Fast Country:	BRA
First Driver:	Norman Nato
First Country:	FRA
First Team:	Venturi-Mercedes
Second Driver:	Oliver Rowland
Second Country:	GBR
Second Team:	e.dams-Nissan
Third Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Third Country:	BEL
Third Team:	Mercedes

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

Round 14

Qualifying

Group draw^[7]
Group 1	DEV	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)

		Driver	Team
1	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:06.239	1:06.227	1
2	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:06.486	1:06.300	2
3	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:06.555	1:06.427	3
4	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:06.426	1:06.442	4
5	71	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:06.425	1:06.489	5
6	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:06.509	1:07.011	6
7	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:06.568		7
8	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:06.592		8
9	99	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:06.612		9
10	28	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:06.627		10
11	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:06.658		11
12	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:06.713		15
13	33	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	Audi	1:06.729		12
14	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:06.736		13
15	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:06.789		14
16	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:06.814		16
17	88	data-sort-value="BLO"	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:06.837		17
18	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:06.852		18
19	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:06.902		19
20	8	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:06.948		20
21	94	data-sort-value="LYN"	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:06.972		21
22	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:07.006		22
23	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:07.156		23
24	6	data-sort-value="ERI"	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	1:07.815		24
Source:^[8] ^[9]

Notes:

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

Race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	38	46:22.528	3	25
2	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	38	+0.141	4	18
3	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	38	+5.499	7	15
4	71	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	38	+5.589	5	12
5	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	38	+5.830	8	10
6	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	38	+6.411	1	8+3+1
7	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	38	+6.777	2	6
8	28	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	38	+7.562	10	4
9	33	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	Audi	38	+7.798	12	2+1
10	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	38	+14.124	14	1
11	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	38	+15.546	6
12	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	38	+16.214	22
13	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	38	+16.814	11
14	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	38	+16.917	13
15	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	38	+21.278	23
16	6	data-sort-value="ERI"	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	38	+23.666	24
17	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	38	+29.019	16
18	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	38	+30.962	18
19	8	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	38	+33.199	20
20	94	data-sort-value="LYN"	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	38	+33.438	21
21	99	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	38	+33.781	9
22	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	37	+1 lap	19
NC	88	data-sort-value="BLO"	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	32	+8 laps	17
Ret	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	8	Technical	15
Source:^[11]

Notes:

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

Standings after the race

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

Qualifying

Group draw^[12]
Group 1	DEV	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)

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

Race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	71	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	36	1:11:57.152	6	25
2	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	36	+2.270	2	18
3	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	36	+2.837	1	15+3+1
4	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	36	+7.105	7	12
5	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	36	+8.453	4	10
6	99	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	36	+8.847	10	8
7	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	36	+10.473	22	6
8	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	36	+11.108	13	4
9	33	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	Audi	36	+12.189	19	2+1
10	88	data-sort-value="BLO"	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	36	+12.679	5	1
11	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	36	+13.437	16
12	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	36	+13.748	21
13	94	data-sort-value="LYN"	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	36	+14.366	14
14	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	36	+14.692	8
15	28	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	36	+15.528	18
16	6	data-sort-value="ERI"	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	36	+15.940	23
17	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	36	+16.306	24
18	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	36	+16.961	12
19	8	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	36	+21.076	20
20	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	36	+35.155	17
Ret	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	21	Collision	15
Ret	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	2	Rear axle/Accident	9
Ret	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	0	Collision	3
Ret	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	0	Collision	11
Source:^[15]

Notes:

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

Standings after the race

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.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula E to switch track direction between Berlin races. The Race. 23 July 2021. 12 August 2021.
2. Web site: Doc 3 - Entry List Berlin R14. FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. 16 August 2021.
3. Web site: Doc 3 - Entry List. FIA Formula E. 6 August 2021. 16 August 2021.
4. Web site: Di Grassi wins Berlin opener, back in Formula E title hunt. The Race. 14 August 2021.
5. Web site: Formula E crown to Mercedes' de Vries as Nato wins Berlin finale. Racer.com. 15 August 2021.
6. Web site: De Vries and Mercedes claim Formula E world titles. The Race. 15 August 2021.
7. Web site: Doc 15 - Qualifying Groups. FIA Formula E. 14 August 2021.
8. Web site: Doc 28 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole. FIA Formula E. 14 August 2021.
9. Web site: Doc 30 - Final Starting Grid. FIA Formula E. 14 August 2021.
10. Web site: Doc 78 - Decision No. 29. FIA Formula E. 14 August 2021.
11. Web site: Doc 43 - Final Classification Race. FIA Formula E. 14 August 2021.
12. Web site: Doc 9 - Qualifying Groups. FIA Formula E. 15 August 2021.
13. Web site: Doc 24 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole. FIA Formula E. 15 August 2021.
14. Web site: Doc 25 - Final Starting Grid. FIA Formula E. 15 August 2021.
15. Web site: Doc 33 - Final Classification Race. FIA Formula E. 15 August 2021.