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2021 Monaco ePrix

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2021 Monaco ePrix
Race 7 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date 8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)
Official name 2021 Monaco E-Prix
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.318 km (2.062 mi)
Distance 26 laps, 86.268 km (53.604 mi)
Pole position
Driver Techeetah-DS
Time 1:31.317
Fastest lap
Driver Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
France Jean-Éric Vergne[a]
Mercedes
Techeetah-DS
Time 1:34.428 (1:34.697) on lap 17 (13)
Podium
First Techeetah-DS
Second Virgin-Audi
Third Jaguar
Lap leaders

The 2021 Monaco ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 8 May 2021. It marked the seventh round of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the fourth edition of the biennial event, albeit with a significantly modified layout resembling the one used in Formula One.[1] António Félix da Costa won the race from pole,[2] with Robin Frijns and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Group draw[3]
Group 1 Netherlands DEV (1) Belgium VAN (2) United Kingdom BIR (3) Netherlands FRI (4) New Zealand EVA (5) Germany RAS (6)
Group 2 France JEV (7) United Kingdom DEN (8) Switzerland MOR (9) Germany WEH (10) Switzerland MUL (11) United Kingdom ROW (12)
Group 3 United Kingdom SIM (13) Portugal DAC (14) United Kingdom LYN (15) Germany LOT (16) New Zealand CAS (17) United Kingdom TUR (18)
Group 4 Brazil DIG (19) Brazil SET (20) Germany GUE (21) Switzerland BUE (22) France NAT (23) United Kingdom BLO (24)
Pos. No. Driver Team GS SP Grid
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:31.832 1:31.317 1
2 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:31.638 1:31.329 2
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:31.772 1:31.368 3
4 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:31.839 1:31.376 4
5 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:31.817 1:32.039 5
6 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:31.850 no time 6
7 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:31.853 7
8 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:31.900 8
9 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:31.952 9
10 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:31.964 121
11 33 Germany René Rast Audi 1:32.125 10
12 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:32.146 11
13 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:32.209 13
14 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:32.247 14
15 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:32.277 15
16 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 1:32.281 16
17 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:32.303 17
18 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:32.329 18
19 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 1:32.339 19
20 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:32.344 20
21 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:32.630 21
22 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 1:32.633 22
23 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:33.070 242
24 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske no time 23
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Norman Nato received a two-place grid penalty for failing to respect a double-waved yellow flag in free practice 1.[6]
  • ^2  – Nyck de Vries received a 40-place grid penalty for changing the powerbox and the gearbox. As he qualified 23rd and could only drop one position, he had to serve a 10-second stop-go penalty at the start of the race.[7][8]

Race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 13 Portugal António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 26 47:20.697 1 25+31
2 4 Netherlands Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 26 +2.848 2 18+12
3 20 New Zealand Mitch Evans Jaguar 26 +2.872 3 15
4 25 France Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 26 +3.120 4 12+13
5 28 Germany Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 26 +3.270 5 10
6 22 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 26 +3.865 6 8
7 10 United Kingdom Sam Bird Jaguar 26 +4.150 16 6
8 37 New Zealand Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 26 +4.752 7 4
9 94 United Kingdom Alex Lynn Mahindra 26 +5.759 9 2
10 11 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Audi 26 +6.225 17 1
11 23 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 26 +6.567 13
12 48 Switzerland Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 26 +7.097 18
13 71 France Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 26 +8.507 12
14 88 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist NIO 26 +9.240 21
15 7 Brazil Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 26 +9.499 23
16 27 United Kingdom Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 26 +9.822 14
17 36 Germany André Lotterer Porsche 26 +10.5034 19
18 6 Switzerland Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 26 +11.450 20
19 8 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey NIO 26 +12.067 22
Ret 17 Netherlands Nyck de Vries Mercedes 23 Electrical 24
Ret 5 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 21 Collision damage 15
Ret 99 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 21 Collision damage 8
Ret 33 Germany René Rast Audi 18 Accident 10
Ret 29 United Kingdom Alexander Sims Mahindra 0 Collision damage 11
Source:[9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
  • ^3  – Fastest lap.
  • ^4  – André Lotterer received a post-race 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.[10]

Standings after the race

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Vergne received the point for fastest lap as Vandoorne failed to finish in the top 10.

References

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  1. ^ Kew, Matt (16 April 2021). "Formula E to race on adapted version of F1 Monaco circuit layout". Autosport.
  2. ^ "Da Costa wins Monaco Formula E thriller with last-lap pass". The Race. 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Doc 20 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Doc 35 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Doc 40 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Doc 25 - Decision No. 2" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Doc 37 - Decision No. 7" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Doc 39 - Decision No. 8" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Doc 54 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Doc 48 - Decision No. 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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