2022 Rome ePrix explained

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 4 of 16 of the 2021–22 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2022 Mexico City ePrix
Next Round:	2022 Monaco ePrix
Country:	Italy
Grand Prix:	Rome
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2022
Official Name:	2022 Rome E-Prix
Location:	Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	3.38km (02.1miles)
Distance Laps:	27
Distance Length:	91.26km (56.71miles)
Pole Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Pole Country:	BEL
Pole Team:	Mercedes
Pole Time:	1:39.151
Fast Driver:	Lucas Di Grassi Nick Cassidy
Fast Team:	Venturi-Mercedes Envision-Audi
Fast Time:	1:41.653 (1:41.729)
Fast Lap:	21 (19)
Fast Country:	BRA
First Driver:	Mitch Evans
First Country:	NZL
First Team:	Jaguar
Second Driver:	Robin Frijns
Second Country:	NLD
Second Team:	Envision-Audi
Third Driver:	Stoffel Vandoorne
Third Country:	BEL
Third Team:	Mercedes

Type:	CUST
Description:	Race 5 of 16 of the 2021–22 Formula E season
Previous Round:	2022 Mexico City ePrix
Next Round:	2022 Monaco ePrix
Country:	Italy
Grand Prix:	Rome
Gp Suffix:	ePrix
Year:	2022
Official Name:	2022 Rome E-Prix
Location:	Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course:	Street circuit
Course Length:	3.38km (02.1miles)
Distance Laps:	27
Distance Length:	91.26km (56.71miles)
Pole Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne
Pole Country:	FRA
Pole Team:	Techeetah-DS
Pole Time:	1:38.268
Fast Driver:	Robin Frijns
Fast Team:	Envision-Audi
Fast Time:	1:41.256
Fast Lap:	13
Fast Country:	NLD
First Driver:	Mitch Evans
First Country:	NZL
First Team:	Jaguar
Second Driver:	Jean-Éric Vergne
Second Country:	FRA
Second Team:	Techeetah-DS
Third Driver:	Robin Frijns
Third Country:	NLD
Third Team:	Envision-Audi

The 2022 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 9 and 10 April 2022. It served as the fourth and fifth rounds of the 2021–22 Formula E season, and marked the fourth edition of the event. Mitch Evans gained a total of 11 positions across the two races to claim double victory, with Robin Frijns and Stoffel Vandoorne following through in race one and Jean-Éric Vergne and Frijns completing the podium in race two.^{[1] [2]}

Classification

Race one

Qualifying

Group draw^[3]
Group A	MOR	WEH (3)	VAN (5)	DEN (7)	FRI (9)	BIR (11)	BUE (13)	ASK (15)	EVA (17)	SIM (19)	TIC (21)
Group B	DEV (2)	LOT (4)	JEV (6)	DIG (8)	DAC (10)	CAS (12)	ROW (14)	GUE (16)	TUR (18)	SET (20)	GIO (22)

Overall classification

		Driver	Team
1	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:40.128		1:38.596	1:38.971	1:39.151	1
2	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Envision-Audi	1:40.128		1:38.764	1:38.836	1:39.500	2
3	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes		1:40.458	1:38.980	1:38.949		3
4	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS		1:40.227	1:39.038	1:38.986		4
5	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS		1:40.309	1:39.105			5
6	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:40.069		1:39.288			6
7	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:40.270		1:39.363			7
8	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche		1:40.357	1:39.482			8
9	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:40.375					9
10	30	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra		1:40.748				10
11	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:40.554					11
12	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Venturi-Mercedes		1:40.770				12
13	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:40.836					13
14	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Audi		1:40.833				14
15	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:40.930					15
16	22	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	e.dams-Nissan		1:40.999				16
17	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:40.945					17
18	3	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO		1:41.304				18
19	28	data-sort-value="ASK"	Oliver Askew	Andretti-BMW	1:40.950					19
20	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske		1:41.570				22
21	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	1:41.410					20
22	99	data-sort-value="GIO"	Antonio Giovinazzi	Dragon-Penske		1:41.756				21
Source:^[4] ^[5]

Notes:

•  – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a 3-place grid penalty for speeding under red flag.^[6]

Race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	27	51:59.632	9	25
2	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Envision-Audi	27	+5.703	2	18
3	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	27	+6.966	1	15+3
4	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	27	+7.553	5	12
5	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	27	+7.877	13	10
6	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	27	+8.971	4	8
7	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	27	+13.356	11	6
8	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	27	+14.216	7	4
9	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Audi	27	+14.543	14	2+1
10	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	27	+19.339	8	1
11	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Venturi-Mercedes	27	+19.731	12
12	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	27	+24.758	15
13	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	27	+25.029	6
14	28	data-sort-value="ASK"	Oliver Askew	Andretti-BMW	27	+28.039	19
15	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	27	+28.645	22
16	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	27	+28.865	17
17	3	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	27	+58.372	18
18	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	27	+1:19.306	20
19	99	data-sort-value="GIO"	Antonio Giovinazzi	Dragon-Penske	27	+1:37.231	21
Ret	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	25	Collision damage	3
Ret	30	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	17	Retired in pits	10
Ret	22	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	e.dams-Nissan	0	Accident	16
Source:^[7]

Notes:

•  – Pole position.
•  – Fastest lap.
•  – Edoardo Mortara and Jake Dennis received a 5-second time penalty each for causing a collision.^{[8] [9]}
•  – Sérgio Sette Câmara, Antonio Giovinazzi and Dan Ticktum all received a 5-second time penalty for a safety car infringement.^{[10] [11] [12]} Giovinazzi also received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for exceeding the full course yellow speed and gaining an advantage.^[13]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Edoardo Mortara	49
3	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	46
6	3	Robin Frijns	42
2	4	Jean-Éric Vergne	39
3	5	Nyck de Vries	38

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
1	1	Mercedes	84
1	2	Venturi-Mercedes	74
	3	Porsche	65
	4	Techeetah-DS	59
	5	Envision-Audi	52

Race two

Qualifying

Group draw^[14]
Group A	MOR	FRI (3)	DEV (5)	LOT (7)	DEN (9)	BIR (11)	CAS (13)	ROW (15)	GUE (17)	TUR (19)	TIC (21)
Group B	VAN (2)	JEV (4)	WEH (6)	EVA (8)	DIG (10)	DAC (12)	BUE (14)	ASK (16)	SIM (18)	SET (20)	GIO (22)

Overall classification

		Driver	Team
1	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS		1:39.744	1:38.348	1:38.149	1:38.268	1
2	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:39.790		1:38.225	1:37.997	1:38.489	2
3	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:39.614		1:38.422	1:38.361		3
4	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar		1:39.612	1:38.127	1:38.499		4
5	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:39.847		1:38.425			5
6	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Envision-Audi	1:39.416		1:38.433			6
7	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche		1:39.669	1:38.566			7
8	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes		1:39.703	1:38.776			8
9	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS		1:39.765				9
10	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:39.852					13
11	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske		1:40.012				10
12	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:39.880					11
13	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Venturi-Mercedes		1:40.065				12
14	30	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	1:40.068					14
15	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan		1:40.114				15
16	22	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	e.dams-Nissan	1:40.328					16
17	28	data-sort-value="ASK"	Oliver Askew	Andretti-BMW		1:40.165				17
18	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Audi	1:40.375					18
19	29	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra		1:40.469				19
20	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	1:40.565					20
21	99	data-sort-value="GIO"	Antonio Giovinazzi	Dragon-Penske		1:40.574				21
22	3	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:40.749					22
Source:^[15] ^[16]

Notes:

•  – Nyck de Vries received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race one.^[17]

Race

		Driver	Team		Time/Retired		Points
1	9	data-sort-value="EVA"	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	27	52:55.224	4	25
2	25	data-sort-value="JEV"	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	27	+0.584	1	18+3
3	4	data-sort-value="FRI"	Robin Frijns	Envision-Audi	27	+1.606	6	15+1
4	36	data-sort-value="LOT"	André Lotterer	Porsche	27	+2.093	3	12
5	5	data-sort-value="VAN"	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	27	+2.756	8	10
6	94	data-sort-value="WEH"	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	27	+4.655	7	8
7	3	data-sort-value="TUR"	Oliver Turvey	NIO	27	+7.097	22	6
8	11	data-sort-value="DIG"	Lucas di Grassi	Venturi-Mercedes	27	+8.680	12	4
9	23	data-sort-value="BUE"	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	27	+8.796	15	2
10	33	data-sort-value="TIC"	Dan Ticktum	NIO	27	+11.130	20	1
11	22	data-sort-value="GUE"	Maximilian Günther	e.dams-Nissan	27	+11.221	16
12	7	data-sort-value="SET"	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	27	+12.309	10
13	13	data-sort-value="DAC"	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	27	+13.134	9
14	17	data-sort-value="DEV"	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	27	+14.207	13
15	28	data-sort-value="ASK"	Oliver Askew	Andretti-BMW	27	+20.429	17
Ret	10	data-sort-value="BIR"	Sam Bird	Jaguar	26	Collision damage	5
Ret	37	data-sort-value="CAS"	Nick Cassidy	Envision-Audi	25	Collision damage	18
Ret	27	data-sort-value="DEN"	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	21	Collision damage	2
Ret	30	data-sort-value="SIM"	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	16	Accident	19
Ret	29	data-sort-value="ROW"	Oliver Rowland	Mahindra	14	Retired	14
Ret	48	data-sort-value="MOR"	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	7	Collision damage	11
Ret	99	data-sort-value="GIO"	Antonio Giovinazzi	Dragon-Penske	7	Technical	21
Source:^[18]

Notes:

•  – Pole position.
•  – Fastest lap.
•  – Lucas di Grassi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[19]
•  – António Félix da Costa received a 5-second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track and causing a collision.^[20]
•  – Nyck de Vries received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[21]
•  – Oliver Askew received two 5-second time penalties, one for overtaking under the safety car and the other for causing a collision.^{[22] [23]}

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
3	1	Jean-Éric Vergne	60
1	2	Robin Frijns	58
1	3	Stoffel Vandoorne	56
4	4	Mitch Evans	51
4	5	Edoardo Mortara	49

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Mercedes	94
1	2	Porsche	85
1	3	Techeetah-DS	80
2	4	Venturi-Mercedes	78
1	5	Jaguar	73

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Evans goes from ninth to first to win Formula E's Rome opener. The Race. 9 April 2022.
2. Web site: Evans hangs on for Rome Formula E double in last-lap sprint. The Race. 10 April 2022.
3. Web site: Doc 15 - Qualifying Groups. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-08.
4. Web site: Doc 39 - Final Classification Qualifying after Duels. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
5. Web site: Doc 40 - Final Starting Grid. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
6. Web site: Doc 36 - Decision No. 9. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
7. Web site: Doc 54 - Final Classification RACE. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
8. Web site: Doc 42 - Decision No. 10. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
9. Web site: Doc 44 - Decision No. 11. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
10. Web site: Doc 46 - Decision No. 12. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
11. Web site: Doc 47 - Decision No. 13. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
12. Web site: Doc 48 - Decision No. 14. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
13. Web site: Doc 52 - Decision No. 16. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-09.
14. Web site: Doc 58 - Qualifying Groups. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
15. Web site: Doc 65 - Final Classification Qualifying after Duels. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
16. Web site: Doc 67 - Final Starting Grid. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
17. Web site: Doc 50 - Decision No. 15. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
18. Web site: Doc 82 - Final Classification RACE. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
19. Web site: Doc 73 - Decision No. 20. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
20. Web site: Doc 70 - Decision No. 18. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
21. Web site: Doc 72 - Decision No. 19. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
22. Web site: Doc 75 - Decision No. 21. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.
23. Web site: Doc 79 - Decision No. 23. FIA Formula E. 2022-04-10.