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2015 Miami ePrix

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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type = CUST

|Description = Race 5 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season

|Country = United States

|Grand Prix = Miami

|GP_Suffix = ePrix

|Image = Miami EPrix.svg

|Caption = Layout of the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit

|Date = {{start date|14|3}},

|Year = 2015

|Official name = 2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix

|Race_No = 5

|Season_No = 11

|Location = Miami, United States

|Course = Street circuit

|Course_km = 2.17

|Course_mi = 1.35

|Distance_laps = 39

|Distance_km = 84.6

|Distance_mi = 53.7

|Weather = Warm and sunny with temperatures reaching up to {{convert|77.5|F|C}}; wind speeds approaching speeds of {{convert|20.8|mph|km/h}}{{cite web|url=https://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Miami/2015-03-14|title=Weather information for the "2015 Miami ePrix|publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac|accessdate=August 31, 2018}}

|Pole_Driver = Jean-Éric Vergne

|Pole_Team = Andretti

|Pole_Time = 1:05.953

|Pole_Country = FRA

|Fast_Driver = Nelson Piquet Jr.

|Fast_Team = China Racing

|Fast_Time = 1:07.969

|Fast_Lap = 29

|Fast_Country = BRA

|First_Driver = Nicolas Prost

|First_Team = e.dams-Renault

|First_Country = FRA

|Second_Driver = Scott Speed

|Second_Team = Andretti

|Second_Country= USA

|Third_Driver = Daniel Abt

|Third_Team = Audi Sport ABT

|Third_Country = GER

|Lapchart = {{FELaps2014|MIA}}

}}

File:Biscayne Bay next to AmericanAirlines Arena.jpg]]

The 2015 Miami ePrix, formally the 2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix, was a Formula E motor race held on March 14, 2015 at the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit, Miami, United States. It was the fifth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. The race was won by Nicolas Prost. Miami was subsequently dropped from the Formula E schedule for the 2015–16 season,{{cite news|url=http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2015/07/10/formula-e-season-two-calendar-confirmed-paris-joins-miami-and-monaco-dropped/|title=Formula E season two calendar confirmed: Paris joins, Miami and Monaco dropped|date=July 10, 2015|accessdate=December 19, 2015|first=Luke|last=Smith|work=NBC Sports|publisher=NBC}} before the return in 2025 held at the Homestead–Miami Speedway.

Report

=Background=

After the previous race in Buenos Aires, four driver changes took place. The first was Loïc Duval, replacing Oriol Servià at Dragon.{{cite news|url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/duval-gets-dragon-seat-for-miami.aspx|title=Duval gets Dragon seat for Miami|publisher=Formula E Operations|work=FIA Formula E Championship|date=March 9, 2015|accessdate=March 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122034/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/duval-gets-dragon-seat-for-miami.aspx|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} The second was Scott Speed, replacing Marco Andretti at Andretti.{{cite news|url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/scott-speed-to-race-for-andretti-in-miami.aspx|title=Scott Speed to race for Andretti in Miami|date=March 5, 2015|accessdate=March 5, 2015|publisher=Formula E Operations|work=FIA Formula E Championship|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307003520/http://fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/scott-speed-to-race-for-andretti-in-miami.aspx|archive-date=March 7, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Speed was the fourth driver in five races to drive the second car for Andretti. The third was Charles Pic returning to the series with China Racing, replacing Ho-Pin Tung.{{cite news|url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/charles-pic-replaces-ho-pin-tung-at-china-racing.aspx|title=Pic returns to Formula E with China Racing.|publisher=Formula E Operations|work=FIA Formula E Championship|date=March 12, 2015|accessdate=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314152327/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/charles-pic-replaces-ho-pin-tung-at-china-racing.aspx|archive-date=March 14, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} Pic had previously competed for Andretti in the first round in Beijing. Finally, Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Michela Cerruti at Trulli GP.{{cite news|url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/vitantonio-liuzzi-replaces-michela-cerruti-for-miami.aspx|title=Vitantonio Liuzzi replaces Michela Cerruti in Miami|publisher=Formula E Operations|work=FIA Formula E Championship|date=March 12, 2015|accessdate=March 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150435/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/vitantonio-liuzzi-replaces-michela-cerruti-for-miami.aspx|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Salvador Durán, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Bruno Senna were voted to receive the FanBoost, giving an extra 30 kWh for five seconds per car.{{cite news|url=http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/duran-vergne-and-senna-win-fanboost-vote.aspx|title=Duran, Vergne and Senna win FanBoost vote|publisher=Formula E Operations|work=FIA Formula E Championship|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=March 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316183324/http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2015/march/duran-vergne-and-senna-win-fanboost-vote.aspx|archive-date=March 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Classification

=Qualifying=

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Qualifying position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Driver Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time

! Gap

! {{Tooltip|Grid|Final grid position}}

1

|27

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Éric Vergne

|Andretti

|1:05.953

|

| 1

2

|99

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Nelson Piquet Jr.

|China Racing

|1:06.003

| +0.050

| 7{{ref|q1|1}}

3

|8

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Prost

|e.dams-Renault

|1:06.167

| +0.214

| 2

4

|2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

|Virgin Racing

|1:06.170

| +0.217

| 3

5

|66

| {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Abt

|Audi Sport ABT

|1:06.255

| +0.302

| 4

6

|30

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Sarrazin

|Venturi

|1:06.389

| +0.436

| 5

7

|11

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

|Audi Sport ABT

|1:06.424

| +0.471

| 6

8

|7

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jérôme d'Ambrosio

|Dragon Racing

|1:06.502

| +0.549

| 8

9

|3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jaime Alguersuari

|Virgin Racing

|1:06.503

| +0.550

| 9

10

|23

| {{flagicon|GER}} Nick Heidfeld

|Venturi

|1:06.510

| +0.557

| 19{{ref|q2|2}}

11

|28

| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Speed

|Andretti

|1:06.527

| +0.574

| 10

12

|18

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Vitantonio Liuzzi

|Trulli

|1:06.836

| +0.883

| 11

13

|77

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Salvador Durán

|Amlin Aguri

|1:06.888

| +0.935

| 12

14

|9

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Sébastien Buemi

|e.dams-Renault

|1:07.037

| +1.084

| 13

15

|10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Jarno Trulli

|Trulli

|1:07.163

| +1.210

| 14

16

|5

| {{flagicon|IND}} Karun Chandhok

|Mahindra Racing

|1:07.223

| +1.270

| 20{{ref|q3|3}}

17

|21

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna

|Mahindra Racing

|1:07.283

| +1.330

| 15

18

|55

| {{flagicon|POR}} António Félix da Costa

|Amlin Aguri

|1:07.678

| +1.725

| 16

19

|88

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Charles Pic

|China Racing

|1:08.243

| +2.290

| 17

20

|6

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Loïc Duval

|Dragon Racing

|1:09.454

| +3.501

| 18

Notes:

  • {{note|q1|1}} –Nelson Piquet Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for speeding under yellow flags in the previous race.
  • {{note|q2|2}} –Nick Heidfeld was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.
  • {{note|q3|3}} –Karun Chandhok was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.

=Race=

Nicolas Prost won ahead of Scott Speed, while Daniel Abt finished third despite leading on the penultimate lap.{{Cite web|last=Watkins|first=Gary|date=14 March 2015|title=Miami Formula E: Nicolas Prost beats Scott Speed, Daniel Abt to win|url=https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/118064/prost-resists-speed-for-miami-fe-win|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127062428/https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/118064/prost-resists-speed-for-miami-fe-win |archive-date=2020-11-27 |access-date=14 November 2020|website=autosport.com|language=en}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 8

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Prost

| e.dams-Renault

| 39

| 46:12.349

| 2

| 25

2

| 28

| {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Speed

| Andretti

| 39

| +0.433s

| 10

| 18

3

| 66

| {{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Abt

| Audi Sport ABT

| 39

| +5.518s

| 4

| 15

4

| 7

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jérôme d'Ambrosio

| Dragon Racing

| 39

| +5.941s

| 8

| 12

5

| 99

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Nelson Piquet Jr.

| China Racing

| 39

| +6.426s

| 7

| 10+2{{ref|r1|1}}

6

| 55

| {{flagicon|POR}} António Félix da Costa

| Amlin Aguri

| 39

| +8.754s

| 16

| 8

7

| 6

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Loïc Duval

| Dragon Racing

| 39

| +9.498s

| 18

| 6

8

| 2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

| Virgin Racing

| 39

| +19.817s

| 3

| 4

9

| 11

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

| Audi Sport ABT

| 39

| +20.631s

| 6

| 2

10

| 77

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Salvador Durán

| Amlin Aguri

| 39

| +24.587s

| 12

| 1

11

| 3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jaime Alguersuari

| Virgin Racing

| 39

| +43.883s

| 9

|

12

| 23

| {{flagicon|GER}} Nick Heidfeld

| Venturi

| 39

| +47.878s

| 19

|

13

| 9

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Sébastien Buemi

| e.dams-Renault

| 39

| +1:04.587s

| 13

|

14

| 5

| {{flagicon|IND}} Karun Chandhok

| Mahindra Racing

| 39

| +1:23.539s

| 20

|

15

| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Jarno Trulli

| Trulli

| 38

| +1 lap

| 14

|

16

| 18

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Vitantonio Liuzzi

| Trulli

| 38

| +1 lap

| 11

|

17

| 88

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Charles Pic

| China Racing

| 38

| +1 lap

| 17

|

18

| 27

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Éric Vergne

| Andretti

| 37

| Collision Damage

| 1

| 3{{ref|r2|2}}

Ret

| 30

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Sarrazin

| Venturi

| 31

| Suspension

| 5

|

Ret

| 21

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Senna

| Mahindra Racing

| 25

| Suspension

| 15

|

Notes:

  • {{note|r1|1}} – Two points for fastest lap.
  • {{note|r2|2}} – Three points for winning qualifying.

Standings after the race

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

!Driver

!Points

align="center"| 1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nicolas Prost

| align="left"| 67

align="center"| 2

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

| align="left"| 60

align="center"| 3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

| align="left"| 52

align="center"| 4

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Nelson Piquet Jr.

| align="left"| 49

align="center"| 5

| {{flagicon|SWI}} Sébastien Buemi

| align="left"| 43

{{col-2}}

;Teams' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Pos

! Constructor

! Points

align="center"| 1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} e.dams-Renault

| align="left"| 110

align="center"| 2

| {{flagicon|GER}} Audi Sport ABT

| align="left"| 79

align="center"| 3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Virgin Racing

| align="left"| 78

align="center"| 4

| {{flagicon|USA}} Andretti

| align="left"| 62

align="center"| 5

| {{flagicon|USA}} Dragon Racing

| align="left"| 56

{{col-end}}

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

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150324224811/http://fiaformulae.com/en/results/miami-eprix.aspx Official results]

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