2024 London ePrix explained

Type:CUST
Description:Race 15 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
Previous Round:2024 Portland ePrix
Country:GBR
Grand Prix:London
Gp Suffix:ePrix
Year:2024
Official Name:2024 Hankook London E-Prix
Location:ExCeL London Circuit, Royal Docks, Newham, London
Course:Street circuit
Course Length:2.086km (01.296miles)
Distance Laps:39
Distance Length:81.354km (50.551miles)
Scheduled Laps:37
Scheduled Length:77.182km (47.959miles)
Pole Country:NZL
Pole Team:Jaguar
Pole Time:1:10:622
Fast Driver:Mitch Evans
Fast Team:Jaguar
Fast Time:1:11:701
Fast Country:NZL
First Driver:Pascal Wehrlein
First Country:GER
First Team:Porsche
Second Driver:Mitch Evans
Second Country:NZL
Second Team:Jaguar
Third Driver:Sébastien Buemi
Third Country:SUI
Third Team:Envision-Jaguar
Type:CUST
Description:Race 16 of 16 of the 2023–24 Formula E season
Previous Round:2024 Portland ePrix
Country:GBR
Grand Prix:London
Gp Suffix:ePrix
Year:2024
Official Name:2024 Hankook London E-Prix
Location:ExCeL London Circuit, Royal Docks, Newham, London
Course:Street circuit
Course Length:2.086km (01.296miles)
Distance Laps:37
Distance Length:77.182km (47.959miles)
Scheduled Laps:34
Scheduled Length:70.924km (44.07miles)
Pole Driver:Nick Cassidy
Pole Country:NZL
Pole Team:Jaguar
Pole Time:1:09:871
Fast Driver:Jake Hughes
Fast Team:NEOM McLaren-Nissan
Fast Time:1:11.331
Fast Country:GBR
First Driver:Oliver Rowland
First Country:GBR
First Team:Nissan
Second Driver:Pascal Wehrlein
Second Country:DEU
Second Team:Porsche
Third Driver:Mitch Evans
Third Country:NZL

The 2024 London ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Hankook London E-Prix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the ExCeL London Circuit in the Royal Docks area of Newham, London on 20 and 21 July 2024. They served as the 15th and 16th rounds of the 2023–24 Formula E season and the 6th running of the London ePrix.

Pascal Wehrlein, driving for Porsche won the first race, ahead of Mitch Evans and Sébastien Buemi, driving for Jaguar and Envision, respectively. The second race was won by Oliver Rowland, driving for Nissan, ahead of Wehrlein and Evans, who were first and second, respectively, in the first race. Wehrlein was crowned World Champion in the second race.

Background

Nick Cassidy led the driver's championship into the final round, with Jaguar teammate Mitch Evans and Pascal Wehrlein 12 points behind in second and third respectively. António Félix da Costa, Oliver Rowland, Jean-Éric Vergne and Jake Dennis also entered the round in mathematical championship contention.[1]

Classification

(All times are in BST)

Race 1

Qualifying

Qualifying for race 1 took place at 12:20 PM on 20 July.[2]

Group draw
Group A CAS WEH ROW DEN FRI HUG BIR BUE MOR SET DEV
Group B EVA DAC JEV GUE VAN NAT MUE FEN TIC DAR DIG
Overall classification
DriverTeam
19data-sort-value="" Mitch EvansJaguar1:10.8781:10:2831:10.8351:10.6221
216data-sort-value="" Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar1:11:1191:09:7911:10:4021:10:6912
394data-sort-value="" Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:10:9271:10:9701:10:8273
417data-sort-value="" Norman NatoAndretti-Porsche1:10:9401:10:8891:11:0194
525data-sort-value="" Jean-Éric VergneDS1:10:9551:10:6525
651data-sort-value="" Nico MüllerABT-Mahindra1:10:8946
722data-sort-value="" Oliver RowlandNissan1:11:1211:10:9997
84data-sort-value="" Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar1:11:1881:11:0098
913data-sort-value="" António Félix da CostaPorsche1:10:9909
101data-sort-value="" Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1:11:30410
117 data-sort-value="" Maximilian GüntherMaserati1:11:01111
128data-sort-value="" Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan1:11:44212
1323data-sort-value="" Sacha FenestrazNissan1:11:05713
1421data-sort-value="" Nyck de VriesMahindra1:11:48714
1518data-sort-value="" Jehan DaruvalaMaserati1:11:10115
1648data-sort-value="" Edoardo MortaraMahindra1:11:54816
172data-sort-value="" Stoffel VandoorneDS1:11:12517
1837data-sort-value="" Nick CassidyJaguar1:11:55118
1933data-sort-value="" Dan TicktumERT1:11.13619
203data-sort-value="" Sérgio Sette CâmaraERT1:11:79920
2111data-sort-value="" Lucas di Grassi1:11:23521
225data-sort-value="" Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan1:13:88822
Source:[3]

Race

Race 1 started at 5:03 PM on 20 July.[2]

Wehrlein won the race, which put him in the lead of the championship, ahead of the two Jaguars of Evans and Cassidy by 3 points and 7 points respectively. Evans finished second, while Cassidy recovered to seventh from a poor starting grid. All other four drivers who were in mathematical contention for the championship were out ahead of the final race, as Rowland collided with Félix da Costa and both drivers were out of the race. Dennis crashed into Vergne, both drivers managed to finish the race but did not score any points.

DriverTeamTime/RetiredPoints
194data-sort-value="" Pascal WehrleinPorsche3955:15:663325
29data-sort-value="" Mitch EvansJaguar39+0.617118+3+1
316data-sort-value="" Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar39+1.457215
421data-sort-value="" Nyck de VriesMahindra39+2.2901412
548data-sort-value="" Edoardo MortaraMahindra39+13.8971610
651data-sort-value="" Nico MüllerABT-Mahindra39+14.22768
737data-sort-value="" Nick CassidyJaguar39+14.725176
88data-sort-value="" Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan39+15.209124
92data-sort-value="" Stoffel VandoorneDS Penske39+15.794202
1017data-sort-value="" Norman NatoAndretti-Porsche39+16.51541
1111data-sort-value="" Lucas di GrassiABT Cupra-Mahindra39+16.97719
123data-sort-value="" Sérgio Sette CâmaraERT39+17.41922
1333data-sort-value="" Dan TicktumERT39+18.24918
1423data-sort-value="" Sacha FenestrazNissan39+18.71213
1522data-sort-value="" Oliver RowlandNissan39+21.0367
161data-sort-value="" Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche39+33.18610
1725data-sort-value="" Jean-Éric VergneDS Penske39+45.1995
1818data-sort-value="" Jehan DaruvalaMaserati38+1 lap15
Ret7data-sort-value="" Maximilian GüntherMaserati3311
Ret13data-sort-value="" António Félix da CostaPorsche129
Ret5data-sort-value="" Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan1221
Ret4data-sort-value="" Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar0Collision damage8
Source:[4]
Notes:

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
21 Pascal Wehrlein180
2 Mitch Evans177
23 Nick Cassidy173
4 António Félix da Costa134
5 Oliver Rowland131
Teams' Championship standings
PosTeamPoints
1 Jaguar350
2 Porsche314
3 DS Penske186
4 Andretti169
5 Nissan157
Manufacturers' Trophy standings
PosManufacturerPoints
1 Porsche433
2 Jaguar425
3 Stellantis249
4 Nissan246
5 Mahindra85

Race 2

Qualifying

Qualifying for race 2 took place at 12:20 PM on 21 July.[5]

Cassidy took the pole position for the final round, which awarded 3 bonus points to him. The three championship contenders were separated by 4 points ahead of the race. Evans and Wehrlein would start from third and fourth respectfully, behind Gunther's Maserati.

Group draw
Group A WEH CAS ROW DEN FRI BIR HUG BUE FEN TIC DAR
Group B EVA DAC JEV GUE VAN NAT MUE MOR DEV SET DIG
Overall classification
DriverTeam
137data-sort-value="" Nick CassidyJaguar1:10:3231:10:2121:10:2631:09:8711
27 data-sort-value="" Maximilian GüntherMaserati1:10:3951:10:2811:10:2321:10:0402
39data-sort-value="" Mitch EvansJaguar1:10:5091:10:2001:10:2783
494data-sort-value="" Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:10:4681:10:2161:10:4264
54data-sort-value="" Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar1:10:6551:10:3185
625data-sort-value="" Jean-Éric VergneDS1:10:5921:10:3556
72data-sort-value="" Stoffel VandoorneDS1:10:5721:10:4347
88data-sort-value="" Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan1:10:6511:10:5988
922data-sort-value="" Oliver RowlandNissan1:10:6819
1013data-sort-value="" António Félix da CostaPorsche1:10:59710
1118data-sort-value="" Jehan DaruvalaMaserati1:10:75911
1217data-sort-value="" Norman NatoAndretti-Porsche1:10:74512
1333data-sort-value="" Dan TicktumERT1:10:79013
1411data-sort-value="" Lucas di Grassi1:10:74814
155data-sort-value="" Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan1:10:79715
1651data-sort-value="" Nico MüllerABT-Mahindra1:10:79716
1716data-sort-value="" Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar1:10:80017
183data-sort-value="" Sérgio Sette CâmaraERT1:10:84018
1923data-sort-value="" Sacha FenestrazNissan1:10:92219
2048data-sort-value="" Edoardo MortaraMahindra1:10:96620
211data-sort-value="" Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1:11:00921
2221data-sort-value="" Nyck de VriesMahindra1:10:98322
Source:[6]

Race

Race 2 started at 5:03 PM on 21 July.[5]

Evans passed Gunther at the race start as his rivals maintained their positions. On lap 6, Wehrlein overtook Gunther and slotted in behind Evans. Cassidy was leading the race at the early stage and had a different Attack Mode strategy than his rivals. He used both of his Attack Mode activations in the opening laps. He managed to maintain the lead in his first activation but lost out to both Evans and Wehrlein in the second activation. Wehrlein continued to pressure Evans for the lead, but could not get past. Evans managed the pace of the race, allowing Cassidy to stay close behind Wehrlein.

On lap 28, while Félix da Costa in the other Porsche was trying to overtake the Nissan of Rowland, the front wing of the Porsche touched the right-rear tyre of Cassidy's Jaguar, causing a puncture. Thus ending Cassidy's contention for the championship. While Cassidy was trying to drive back to the pits, he was rear-ended by Gunther. The Maserati sustained severe damage on the front suspension and was out of the race. Cassidy returned to the race with new tyres, but he came to the pits shortly after to retire the car. With a large amount of debris on track, the safety car was deployed again. Just before the safety car deployment, both Evans and Wehrlein attempted to activate their first Attack Mode. As the safety car has already been deployed, both drivers failed to activate the Attack Mode and was overtaken by Rowland. Most other drivers have completed their usage of Attack Mode by this stage. As soon as the race restarted, Evans and Wehrlein attempted again and succeeded in their first activation. However, Evans missed his second activation and had to try again in the following lap. As a result, Wehrlein inherited the second place and Evans had to manage his pace to complete the Attack Mode usage by the end of the race.

Wehrlein took the title to Evans by 6 points. Jaguar managed to secure the Teams' title. Porsche would have received the Manufacturers' Trophy, but it was handed to Jaguar after Félix da Costa was given a time penalty.

DriverTeamTime/RetiredPoints
122data-sort-value="" Oliver RowlandNissan3754:30:572925
294data-sort-value="" Pascal WehrleinPorsche37+1.055418
39data-sort-value="" Mitch EvansJaguar37+3.782315
416data-sort-value="" Sébastien BuemiEnvision-Jaguar37+4.0041712
525data-sort-value="" Jean-Éric VergneDS Penske37+4.805610
651data-sort-value="" Nico MüllerABT-Mahindra37+5.202168
74data-sort-value="" Robin FrijnsEnvision-Jaguar37+5.58256
82data-sort-value="" Stoffel VandoorneDS Penske37+6.10474
911data-sort-value="" Lucas di GrassiABT Cupra-Mahindra37+6.667142
105data-sort-value="" Jake HughesMcLaren-Nissan37+7.107151+1
113data-sort-value="" Sérgio Sette CâmaraERT37+7.57918
1217data-sort-value="" Norman NatoAndretti-Porsche37+8.07612
1313data-sort-value="" António Félix da CostaPorsche37+9.36210
1433data-sort-value="" Dan TicktumERT37+9.47813
1523data-sort-value="" Sacha FenestrazNissan37+19.18519
1621data-sort-value="" Nyck de VriesMahindra37+43.48022
Ret37data-sort-value="" Nick CassidyJaguar33Puncture13
Ret7data-sort-value="" Maximilian GüntherMaserati28Collision damage2
Ret18data-sort-value="" Jehan DaruvalaMaserati8Collision damage11
Ret8data-sort-value="" Sam BirdMcLaren-Nissan6Collision damage8
Ret48data-sort-value="" Edoardo MortaraMahindra1Collision damage20
Ret1data-sort-value="" Jake DennisAndretti-Porsche1Collision damage21
Source:[7]
Notes:

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Pascal Wehrlein198
2 Mitch Evans192
3 Nick Cassidy176
14 Oliver Rowland159
15 Jean-Éric Vergne139
Teams' Championship standings
PosTeamPoints
1 Jaguar368
2 Porsche332
3 DS Penske200
14 Nissan182
15 Andretti169
Manufacturers' Trophy standings
PosManufacturerPoints
11 Jaguar455
12 Porsche451
13 Nissan273
14 Stellantis263
5 Mahindra95

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Formula E 2024 Portland ePrix/2 Standings . Motorsport Stats . 16 July 2024.
  2. Web site: 2024 Hankook London E-Prix . Formula E . 16 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Qualifying . 20 July 2024 . 20 July 2024 . Formula E . en .
  4. Web site: 2024 HANKOOK LONDON E-PRIX - E-Prix Result . Formula E . 21 July 2024.
  5. Web site: 2024 Hankook London E-Prix . Formula E . 16 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Qualifying . 21 July 2024 . 21 July 2024 . Formula E . en .
  7. Web site: 2024 HANKOOK LONDON E-PRIX - E-Prix Result . Formula E . 22 July 2024.

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