2021 Rome ePrix explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 3 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2021 Diriyah ePrix
Next Round:	2021 Valencia ePrix
Country:	Italy
Grand Prix:	Rome
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2021
Official Name:	2021 Rome E-Prix
Location:	Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	3.38km (02.1miles)
Distance Laps:	24
Distance Length:	81.12km (50.41miles)
Pole Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Pole Country:	BEL
Pole Team:	Mercedes
Pole Time:	1:38.484
Fast Driver:	Mitch Evans
Fast Team:	Jaguar
Fast Time:	1:42.387
Fast Lap:	20
Fast Country:	NZL
First Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne
First Country:	FRA
First Team:	Techeetah-DS
Second Driver:	Sam Bird
Second Country:	GBR
Second Team:	Jaguar
Third Driver:	Mitch Evans
Third Country:	NZL
Third Team:	Jaguar

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 4 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2021 Diriyah ePrix
Next Round:	2021 Valencia ePrix
Country:	Italy
Grand Prix:	Rome
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2021
Official Name:	2021 Rome E-Prix
Location:	Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	3.38km (02.1miles)
Distance Laps:	23
Distance Length:	77.74km (48.31miles)
Pole Driver:	Nick Cassidy
Pole Country:	NZL
Pole Team:	Virgin-Audi
Pole Time:	1:52.011
Fast Driver:	Nyck de Vries Stoffel Vandoorne
Fast Team:	Mercedes Mercedes
Fast Time:	1:40.771 (1:41.820)
Fast Lap:	11 (12)
Fast Country:	NED
First Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
First Country:	BEL
First Team:	Mercedes
Second Driver:	Alexander Sims
Second Country:	GBR
Second Team:	Mahindra
Third Driver:	Pascal Wehrlein
Third Country:	GER
Third Team:	Porsche

The 2021 Rome ePrix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 10 and 11 April 2021. It marked the third and fourth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the third running of the event. The first race was won by Jean-Éric Vergne,^[1] with Sam Bird and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium. Stoffel Vandoorne won the second race,^[2] ahead of Alexander Sims and Pascal Wehrlein.

Classification

Race one

Qualifying

Group draw^[3]
Group 1	DEV	BIR (2)	FRI (3)	MOR (4)	DAC (5)	EVA (6)
Group 2	ROW (7)	RAS (8)	SET (9)	WEH (10)	MUL (11)	TUR (12)
Group 3	SIM (13)	DIG (14)	VAN (15)	LOT (16)	JEV (17)	DEN (18)
Group 4	BUE (19)	NAT (20)	CAS (21)	BLO (22)	GUE (23)	LYN (24)

		Driver	Team
1	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:38.963	1:38.484	1
2	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:38.627	1:38.651	2
3	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:38.491	1:38.889	3
4	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:39.050	1:38.903	4
5	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:39.066	1:38.947	5
6	28	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:39.068	1:39.751	11
7	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:39.081		6
8	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:39.162		7
9	99	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:39.241		8
10	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:39.348		9
11	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:39.443		10
12	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:39.654		12
13	94	data-sort-value="LYN"	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:39.743		13
14	71	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:39.762		14
15	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:39.829		15
16	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:39.943		16
17	6	data-sort-value="MUL"	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:40.057		17
18	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:40.079		18
19	88	data-sort-value="BLO"	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:40.120		21
20	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:40.456		19
21	33	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	Audi	1:48.022		20
22	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:51.081		22
23	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	no time		23
24	8	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	no time
Source:^[4] ^[5]

Notes:

•  – Maximilian Günther received a 5-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race at Diriyah.^[6]
•  – Tom Blomqvist received a 3-place grid penalty for entering the fast lane too early during qualifying.^[7]
•  – Oliver Turvey was penalised with a pit lane start for causing a collision dangerously at the end of free practice 1.^[8]

Race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	24	48:47.177	5	25
2	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	24	+0.461	10	18
3	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	24	+0.756	12	15+1
4	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	24	+1.034	6	12
5	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	24	+3.142	9	10
6	33	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	Audi	24	+3.534	20	8
7	99	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	24	+3.918	8	6
8	94	data-sort-value="LYN"	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	24	+5.720	13	4
9	28	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	24	+18.296	11	2
10	88	data-sort-value="BLO"	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	24	+19.089	21	1
11	71	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	24	+20.045	14
12	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	24	+20.270	3	1
13	6	data-sort-value="MUL"	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	24	+21.155	17
14	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	24	+22.987	2
15	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	24	+23.763	22
16	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	24	+26.415	16
Ret	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	21	Driveshaft	4
Ret	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	21	Collision damage	7
Ret	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	21	Collision	1	3
Ret	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	20	Puncture	18
Ret	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	17	Collision damage	19
Ret	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	10	Collision damage	23
Ret	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	2	Collision damage	15
DNS	8	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	0	Did not start
Source:^[9]

Notes:

•  – Fastest lap.
•  – Fastest in group stage.
•  – Pole position.
•  – André Lotterer and Nick Cassidy received a 5-second time penalty each for causing a collision.^{[10] [11]}
•  – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a post-race 5-second time penalty for speeding under full course yellow.^[12]
•  – Oliver Turvey did not start the race as his team could not rebuild his car in time following his free practice shunt.^[1]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

+/–		Driver	Points
1	1	Sam Bird	43
1	2	Robin Frijns	34
2	3	Nyck de Vries	32
2	4	Mitch Evans	31
12	5	Jean-Éric Vergne	25

Teams' Championship standings

+/–		Constructor	Points
	1	Jaguar	74
5	2	Techeetah-DS	40
1	3	Mercedes	39
1	4	Virgin-Audi	34
	5	Audi	27

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

Race two

Qualifying

Group draw^[13]
Group 1	BIR	FRI (2)	DEV (3)	EVA (4)	JEV (5)	RAS (6)
Group 2	MOR (7)	WEH (8)	DAC (9)	ROW (10)	SET (11)	BUE (12)
Group 3	MUL (13)	TUR (14)	VAN (15)	SIM (16)	DIG (17)	LYN (18)
Group 4	GUE (19)	BLO (20)	NAT (21)	LOT (22)	DEN (23)	CAS (24)

		Driver	Team
1	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:56.860	1:52.011	1
2	71	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:56.006	1:52.343	2
3	99	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:58.777	1:52.630	3
4	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:59.105	1:54.359	4
5	28	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:58.274	1:54.701	5
6	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:58.500	1:55.598	6
7	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:59.497		7
8	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:59.512		8
9	6	data-sort-value="MUL"	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:59.630		9
10	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:59.701		10
11	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:59.739		11
12	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	2:00.128		12
13	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	2:00.150		13
14	88	data-sort-value="BLO"	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	2:00.205		14
15	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	2:00.557		15
16	94	data-sort-value="LYN"	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	2:00.943		16
17	8	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	2:01.197
18	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	2:01.229		17
19	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	2:02.038		18
20	33	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	Audi	2:02.061		19
21	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	2:04.864		20
22	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	no time		21
23	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	no time		22
24	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	no time		23
Source:^[14] ^[15]

Notes:

•  – As Oliver Turvey did not start race one, his pit lane start penalty was applied in race two.^[16]

Race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	23	46:52.603	4	25+1
2	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	23	+0.666	6	18
3	99	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	23	+2.346	3	15
4	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	23	+5.018	7	12
5	28	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	23	+5.305	5	10
6	20	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	23	+5.671	12	8
7	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	23	+6.133	15	6
8	88	data-sort-value="BLO"	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	23	+12.032	14	4
9	6	data-sort-value="MUL"	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	23	+12.872	9	2
10	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	23	+14.795	10	1
11	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	23	+15.676	20
12	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	23	+16.009	22
13	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	23	+16.352	23
14	8	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	23	+17.134
15	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	23	+17.838	21
16	22	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	23	+21.140	8
17	94	data-sort-value="LYN"	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	23	+37.697	16
18	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	23	+43.103	18
Ret	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	22	Collision	11
Ret	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	22	Collision	17
Ret	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	21	Collision damage	1	3
Ret	33	data-sort-value="RAS"	René Rast	Audi	19	Suspension/Accident	19
Ret	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	7	Collision	13
DSQ	71	data-sort-value="NAT"	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	23	Energy usage	2	1
Source:^[17]

Notes:

•  – Fastest lap.
•  – Pole position.
•  – Fastest in group stage.
•  – Sébastien Buemi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[18]
•  – Oliver Rowland received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[19]
•  – Lynn, Frijns and Cassidy all received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for failing to activate the third of the three mandatory attack modes.^[20] Frijns also received a further 5-second time penalty for a safety car infringement.^[21]
•  – Norman Nato originally finished third, but was disqualified from the race due to his energy used being over the regulatory limit.^[22]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

+/–		Driver	Points
	1	Sam Bird	43
2	2	Mitch Evans	39
1	3	Robin Frijns	34
11	4	Stoffel Vandoorne	33
2	5	Nyck de Vries	32

Teams' Championship standings

+/–		Constructor	Points
	1	Jaguar	82
1	2	Mercedes	65
1	3	Techeetah-DS	46
	4	Virgin-Audi	37
	5	Porsche	32

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

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Vergne wins in new DS Techeetah in wild Rome Formula E race. The Race. 10 April 2021.
2. Web site: Mercedes scores commanding Rome Formula E win with Vandoorne. The Race. 11 April 2021.
3. Web site: Doc 22 - Qualifying Groups. FIA Formula E. 9 April 2021.
4. Web site: Doc 55 - Final Classification Qualifying - Superpole. FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
5. Web site: Doc 57 - Final Starting Grid. FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
6. Web site: Doc 110 - Decision No. 41. FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
7. Web site: The Race on Twitter. Twitter. 10 April 2021.
8. Web site: Turvey 'completely forgot' start practice in huge Rome crash. The Race. 10 April 2021.
9. Web site: Doc 70 - Final Classification Race. FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
10. Web site: Doc 65 - Decision No. 17. FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
11. Web site: Doc 67 - Decision No. 18. FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
12. Web site: Doc 68 - Decision No. 19. FIA Formula E. 10 April 2021.
13. Web site: Doc 73 - Qualifying Groups. FIA Formula E. 11 April 2021.
14. Web site: Doc 88 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole. FIA Formula E. 11 April 2021.
15. Web site: Doc 90 - Final Starting Grid Race. FIA Formula E. 11 April 2021.
16. Web site: 333 Racing Formula E Team on Twitter. Twitter. 11 April 2021.
17. Web site: Doc 114 - Final Classification Race. FIA Formula E. 23 April 2021.
18. Web site: Doc 104 - Decision No. 34. FIA Formula E. 11 April 2021.
19. Web site: Doc 94 - Decision No. 29. FIA Formula E. 11 April 2021.
20. Web site: The Race on Twitter. Twitter. 11 April 2021.
21. Web site: Doc 93 - Decision No. 28. FIA Formula E. 11 April 2021.
22. Web site: Doc 100 - Decision No. 31. FIA Formula E. 11 April 2021.