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2021 London ePrix

2021 London ePrix
Race 12 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
Official name	2021 Heineken London E-Prix
Location	ExCeL London, Royal Docks, Newham, London
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.252 km (1.399 mi)
Distance	33 laps, 74.316 km (46.178 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Alex Lynn	Mahindra
Time	1:23.245
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans René Rast[a]	Jaguar Audi
Time	1:22.340 (1:22.539) on lap 22 (15)
Podium
First	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW
Second	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes
Third	Alex Lynn	Mahindra
Lap leaders

2021 London ePrix
Race 13 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season ← Previous race Next race →
Race details
Date	25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
Official name	2021 Heineken London E-Prix
Location	ExCeL London, Royal Docks, Newham, London
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.252 km (1.399 mi)
Distance	30 laps, 67.560 km (41.980 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes
Time	1:20.181
Fastest lap
Driver	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi
Time	1:21.635 on lap 17
Podium
First	Alex Lynn	Mahindra
Second	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes
Third	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Lap leaders

The 2021 London ePrix (formally the 2021 Heineken London E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held in and around the ExCeL London centre in the Royal Docks area of the London boroughofNewham on 24 and 25 July 2021. The circuit is designed as an indoor-outdoor venue, combining the ExCeL facilities and the surrounding public roads at the Royal Victoria Dock.^[1] It marked the twelfth and thirteenth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the third running of the event, and the first since it was last held in 2016atBattersea Park.

The first race was won by Jake Dennis, with Nyck de Vries and Alex Lynn rounding out the podium.^[2] Alex Lynn took his maiden Formula E victory in the second race, finishing ahead of Nyck de Vries and Mitch Evans, as original race winner Lucas di Grassi was disqualified for failing to serve a drive-through penalty.^[3]

This result left 18 drivers in contention for the World Championship coming into the final two races of the season at Berlin.

Classification[edit]

Race one[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Group draw[4]
Group 1	BIR (1)	DAC (2)	FRI (3)	MOR (4)	CAS (5)	JEV (6)
Group 2	RAS (7)	EVA (8)	WEH (9)	DEV (10)	ROW (11)	DIG (12)
Group 3	VAN (13)	GUE (14)	DEN (15)	SIM (16)	LYN (17)	LOT (18)
Group 4	BUE (20)	NAT (21)	TUR (22)	SET (23)	BLO (24)	ERI (25)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:23.921	1:23.245	1
2	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:24.032	1:23.544	2
3	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:24.124	1:23.627	3
4	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:24.199	1:23.758	4
5	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:23.900	1:23.863	5
6	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:24.329	1:23.912	6
7	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:24.564	—	7
8	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:24.584	—	8
9	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:24.644	—	9
10	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	1:24.695	—	10
11	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:24.820	—	11
12	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:24.847	—	12
13	33	René Rast	Audi	1:24.913	—	13
14	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:25.101	—	14
15	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:25.104	—	15
16	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:25.198	—	16
17	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:25.279	—	17
18	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:25.366	—	18
19	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:25.398	—	19
20	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:25.911	—	20
21	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:25.932	—	21
22	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:26.009	—	22
23	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:26.168	—	23
24	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	no time	—	24
Source:[5][6]

Race[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	33	46:50.048	2	25
2	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	33	+5.341	9	18
3	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	33	+6.946	1	15+31
4	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	33	+10.699	5	12+12
5	33	René Rast	Audi	33	+11.427	13	10+13
6	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	33	+12.233	7	8
7	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	33	+17.381	14	6
8	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	33	+18.457	17	4
9	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	33	+30.724	16	2
10	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	33	+38.240	12	1
11	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	33	+43.475	20
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	33	+48.025	23
13	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	33	+51.0374	22
14	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	33	+57.579	11
15	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	33	+58.624	19
16	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	33	+59.945	10
17	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	33	+1:00.436	4
18	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	33	+1:05.1055	24
NC	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	33	Retired in pits6	6
NC	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	25	+8 laps	15
Ret	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1	Collision damage	18
Ret	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	0	Collision damage	8
DSQ7	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	33	Energy usage	3
DSQ7	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	33	Energy usage	21
Source:[7]

Notes:

• ^1  – Pole position.
• ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
• ^3  – Fastest lap.
• ^4  – Robin Frijns received a 5-second time penalty for pushing another car into the wall and gaining a position.^[8]
• ^5  – Maximilian Günther received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[9]
• ^6  – Norman Nato pulled into the pit lane at the end of the final lap after exceeding the maximum energy usage. As he did not cross the chequered flag, he was not classified.
• ^7  – Sébastien Buemi and Oliver Rowland originally finished 4th and 10th respectively, but were disqualified from the race for exceeding the maximum energy usage.^[10][11]

Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sam Bird 81 2 António Félix da Costa 80 12 3 Jake Dennis 79 6 4 Nyck de Vries 77 2 5 Robin Frijns 76

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Techeetah-DS 148 1 2 Virgin-Audi 146 3 Jaguar 141 1 4 Mercedes 137 1 5 Audi 134

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

Race two[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Group draw[12]
Group 1	BIR (1)	DAC (2)	DEN (3)	DEV (4)	FRI (5)	MOR (6)
Group 2	RAS (7)	CAS (8)	JEV (9)	DIG (10)	WEH (11)	VAN (12)
Group 3	EVA (13)	ROW (14)	GUE (15)	LYN (16)	LOT (17)	SIM (18)
Group 4	BUE (20)	NAT (21)	TUR (22)	SET (23)	BLO (24)	ERI (25)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:20.459	1:20.181	1
2	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:20.483	1:20.222	2
3	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:20.319	1:20.248	3
4	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:20.511	1:20.353	4
5	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:20.321	1:20.376	5
6	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:20.504	1:20.398	6
7	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:20.569	—	7
8	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:20.620	—	8
9	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:20.641	—	9
10	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:20.750	—	10
11	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:20.812	—	11
12	33	René Rast	Audi	1:20.924	—	12
13	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:20.977	—	13
14	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:20.988	—	14
15	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	1:21.010	—	15
16	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:21.038	—	16
17	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:21.042	—	17
18	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:21.043	—	18
19	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:21.064	—	19
20	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:21.080	—	20
21	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:21.108	—	21
22	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:21.195	—	22
23	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:21.244	—	23
24	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:21.847	—	24
Source:[13][14]

Race[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	30	46:29.532	3	25+11
2	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	30	+0.599	4	18
3	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	30	+6.257	5	15
4	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	30	+6.682	8	12+12
5	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	30	+9.212	7	10
6	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	30	+10.637	6	8
7	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	30	+12.685	18	6
8	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	30	+19.237	9	4
9	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	30	+24.914	17	2
10	6	Joel Eriksson	Dragon-Penske	30	+27.920	15	1
11	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	30	+29.083	20
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	30	+29.915	23
13	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	30	+30.291	11
14	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	30	+31.364	24
15	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	30	+33.6234	1	33
16	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	30	+34.336	19
17	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	30	+35.204	16
18	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	30	+42.2695	2
19	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	29	+1 lap	14
Ret	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	27	Collision	13
Ret	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	27	Collision	21
Ret	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	10	Collision damage	22
Ret	33	René Rast	Audi	5	Collision damage	12
DSQ6	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	30	Disqualified	10
Source:[15]

Notes:

• ^1  – Fastest in group stage.
• ^2  – Fastest lap.
• ^3  – Pole position.
• ^4  – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking under yellow flag conditions.^[16]
• ^5  – Oliver Rowland received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[17]
• ^6  – Lucas di Grassi originally finished 1st, but was disqualified from the race for failing to respect a drive-through penalty.^[18] He had received the penalty for a safety car procedure infringement.^[19]

Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 3 1 Nyck de Vries 95 3 2 Robin Frijns 89 2 3 Sam Bird 81 1 4 Jake Dennis 81 2 5 António Félix da Costa 80

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Virgin-Audi 165 2 2 Mercedes 158 3 Jaguar 156 3 4 Techeetah-DS 148 1 5 Andretti-BMW 143

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

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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