2019 Monaco ePrix

{{short description|Formula E electric car race}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Previous_round= 2019 Paris ePrix

|Next_round = 2019 Berlin ePrix

|Type = CUST

|Description = Race 9 of 12 of the 2018–19 Formula E season

|Country = Monaco

|Grand Prix = Monaco

|GP_Suffix = ePrix

|Image = Mónaco ePrix.svg

|Caption = Layout of the Monaco Formula E street circuit

|Date = 11 May

|Year = 2019

|Official name = 2019 Monaco E-Prix

|Race_No = 9

|Season_No =

|Location = Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco

|Course = Street circuit

|Course_km = 1.765

|Course_mi = 1.097

|Distance_laps = 51

|Distance_km = 90.018

|Distance_mi = 55.935

|Weather = Sunny
Air: {{convert|18.1|to|17.8|C|F}}
Track: {{convert|24.9|to|22.8|C|F}}

|Attendance =

|Pole_Driver = Oliver Rowland {{refn|Oliver Rowland set the fastest time and received three points for pole position but had a three-place grid penalty for colliding with Alexander Sims in the Paris ePrix. He was considered as the pole sitter, although he started in third place and Jean-Éric Vergne started in the first place.|group=N}}

|Pole_Team = e.Dams-Nissan

|Pole_Time = 50.021

|Pole_Country = GBR

|Fast_Driver = Pascal Wehrlein

|Fast_Team = Mahindra

|Fast_Time = 52.385

|Fast_Lap = 46

|Fast_Country = GER

|First_Driver = Jean-Éric Vergne

|First_Team = Techeetah-DS

|First_Country = FRA

|Second_Driver = Oliver Rowland

|Second_Team = e.Dams-Nissan

|Second_Country= GBR

|Third_Driver = Felipe Massa

|Third_Team = Venturi

|Third_Country = BRA

|Lapchart = {{FELaps2018|MON}}

}}

The 2019 Monaco ePrix (formally the 2019 Monaco E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 11 May 2019. It was the ninth race of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the third edition of the event.

Report

=Background=

The Monaco ePrix was confirmed to be returning to the Formula E calendar on 4 November 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.drivingelectric.com/formula-e|title=Formula E 2018 - 2019 season: calendar, teams and drivers|website=DrivingElectric}} It was the first time the race was held since 2017 as the event is held biennially, alternating with the Historic Grand Prix of Monaco. Originally, series founder and CEO Alejandro Agag had wanted to upgrade to using the full size Circuit de Monaco instead of the shorter version used in 2017 and 2015 centred around the Rainier III Nautical Stadium.{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/fe-set-to-use-full-monaco-gp-circuit-1012182/1394922/|title=Formula E set to use full Monaco GP circuit|website=www.motorsport.com}} However, plans for this fell through when the FIA objected to it in September 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/formula-e/news/formula-es-plans-to-use-monaco-f1-layout-set-to-fall-through/3183758/|title=Formula E's plans to use Monaco F1 layout set to fall through|website=www.motorsport.com}}

Going into the weekend, Virgin Racing's Robin Frijns lead the championship with 81 points, a 1 point lead over Techeetah's André Lotterer with BMW Andretti's António Félix da Costa down in 3rd with 70 points. In the team's standings, Techeetah lead with 142 points followed behind by Envision Virgin with 135 and defending constructors champions, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler down in 3rd with 129.

After the previous round in Paris, three drivers were left with three place grid penalties for qualifying for causing collisions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/143018/three-drivers-get-grid-penalties-for-paris-collisions|title=Three Formula E drivers get grid penalties for Paris E-Prix clashes|first=Tom Errington, Alex Kalinauckas, Norman|last=Fischer|website=Autosport.com}} They were Jerome D'Ambrosio who collided with Frijns's team mate Sam Bird, Edoardo Mortara who collided with Jaguar's Alex Lynn and Oliver Rowland who collided with Alexander Sims.

Classification

=Qualifying=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
scope="col" | {{Abbr|Pos.|Position}}

! scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Car number}}

! scope="col" | Driver

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | Time

! scope="col" | Gap

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Grid|Final grid position}}

scope="row | 1

|22

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Rowland

|e.Dams-Nissan

|50.021

| –

|3{{ref|1|1}},{{ref|2|2}}

scope="row |2

|25

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Éric Vergne

|Techeetah-DS

|50.042

| +0.021

|1

scope="row |3

|20

|{{Flagicon|NZL}} Mitch Evans

|Jaguar

|50.112

| +0.091

|12{{ref|3|3}}

scope="row |4

|94

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} Pascal Wehrlein

|Mahindra

|50.128

| +0.107

|2

scope="row |5

|19

|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Massa

|Venturi

|50.218

| +0.197

|4

scope="row |6

|23

|{{Flagicon|CHE}} Sébastien Buemi

|e.Dams-Nissan

|50.234

| +0.213

|5

scope="row |7

|27

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Alexander Sims

|Andretti-BMW

|50.351

| –

|6

scope="row |8

|3

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Alex Lynn

|Jaguar

|50.370

| +0.019

|7

scope="row |9

|28

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

|Andretti-BMW

|50.375

| +0.024

|8

scope="row |10

|7

|{{Flagicon|ARG}} José María López

|Dragon-Penske

|50.432

| +0.081

|9

scope="row |11

|5

|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stoffel Vandoorne

|HWA-Venturi

|50.451

| +0.100

|10

scope="row |12

|4

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Robin Frijns

|Virgin-Audi

|50.498

| +0.147

|11

scope="row |13

|11

|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

|Audi

|50.502

| +0.151

|13

scope="row |14

|6

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Günther

|Dragon-Penske

|50.514

| +0.163

|22{{ref|4|4}}

scope="row |15

|2

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

|Virgin-Audi

|50.526

| +0.175

|14

scope="row |16

|16

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Turvey

|NIO

|50.578

| +0.227

|15

scope="row |17

|64

|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Jérôme d'Ambrosio

|Mahindra

|50.601

| +0.250

|19{{ref|2|2}}

scope="row |18

|66

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} Daniel Abt

|Audi

|50.602

| +0.251

|16

scope="row |19

|48

|{{Flagicon|CHE}} Edoardo Mortara

|Venturi

|50.618

| +0.267

|21{{ref|2|2}}

scope="row |20

|17

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Gary Paffett

|HWA-Venturi

|50.664

| +0.313

|17

scope="row |21

|8

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Tom Dillmann

|NIO

|50.811

| +0.460

|18

scope="row |22

|36

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} André Lotterer

|Techeetah-DS

|51.018

| +0.667

|20

colspan="7" |Source:{{cite web |title=R09 Qualifying |url=http://fiaformulae.alkamelsystems.com/Results/04_2018-19/12_R09%20Monaco/ABB%20FIA%20Formula%20E%20Championship/201905111300_Qualifying/90_Classification_Qualifying.PDF |accessdate=11 May 2019}}

Notes:

  • {{Note|1|1}} – Oliver Rowland set the fastest time and received three points for pole position but received a three-place grid penalty for colliding with Alexander Sims in the Paris ePrix. Therefore, he started in third place and Jean-Éric Vergne started in first place.
  • {{Note|2|2}} – Oliver Rowland, Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Edoardo Mortara received three place grid penalties for causing a collision in the previous race in Paris
  • {{Note|3|3}} – Mitch Evans received a 10-place grid penalty after a qualifying infringement and reached his third reprimand.
  • {{Note|4|4}} – Maximilian Günther received a 10-place grid penalty after speeding under Full Course Yellow during FP1 and reached his third reprimand.

=Race=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! scope="col" | Driver

! scope="col" | Team

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Laps|Laps completed}}

! scope="col" | Time/Retired

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Grid|Final grid position}}

! scope="col" | Points

scope="row" | 1

|25

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Éric Vergne

|Techeetah-DS

|51

|46:05.547

|1

|25

scope="row" | 2

|22

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Rowland

|e.Dams-Nissan

|51

|+0.201

|3

|18+3{{ref|6|3}}

scope="row" | 3

|19

|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Massa

|Venturi

|51

|+1.261

|4

|15

scope="row" | 4

|94

|{{flag icon|GER}} Pascal Wehrlein

|Mahindra

|51

|+1.439

|2

|12+1{{ref|7|4}}

scope="row" | 5

|23

|{{Flagicon|CHE}} Sébastien Buemi

|e.Dams-Nissan

|51

|+6.215

|5

|10

scope="row" | 6

|20

|{{Flagicon|NZL}} Mitch Evans

|Jaguar

|51

|+16.213

|12

|8

scope="row" | 7

|36

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} André Lotterer

|Techeetah-DS

|51

|+16.848

|20

|6

scope="row" | 8

|3

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Alex Lynn

|Jaguar

|51

|+18.112

|7

|4

scope="row" | 9

|5

|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stoffel Vandoorne

|HWA-Venturi

|51

|+18.551

|10

|2

scope="row" | 10

|7

|{{Flagicon|ARG}} José María López

|Dragon-Penske

|51

|+18.860

|9

|1

scope="row" | 11

|64

|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Jérôme d'Ambrosio

|Mahindra

|51

| +21.488

|19

|

scope="row" | 12

|17

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Gary Paffett

|HWA-Venturi

|51

| +21.853

|17

|

scope="row" | 13

|27

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Alexander Sims

|Andretti-BMW

|51

| +26.934

|6

|

scope="row" | 14

|8

|{{Flagicon|FRA}} Tom Dillmann

|NIO

|51

| +31.861

|18

|

scope="row" | 15

|66

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} Daniel Abt

|Audi

|51

| +49.400{{ref|9|1}}

|16

|

scope="row" | 16

|2

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Sam Bird

|Virgin-Audi

|50

|Puncture

|14

|

scope="row" | 17

|4

|{{Flagicon|NED}} Robin Frijns

|Virgin-Audi

|46

|Collision

|11

|

scope="row" | Ret

|16

|{{Flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Turvey

|NIO

|32

|Collision

|15

|

scope="row" | Ret

|11

|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

|Audi

|31

|Collision

|13

|

scope="row" | Ret

|48

|{{Flagicon|CHE}} Edoardo Mortara

|Venturi

|29

|Technical

|21

|

scope="row" | Ret

|6

|{{Flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Günther

|Dragon-Penske

|29

|Accident

|22

|

scope="row" | DSQ

|28

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

|Andretti-BMW

|51

|Power usage{{ref|8|2}}

|8

|

colspan="8" |Source:

Notes:

  • {{Note|9|1}} – Daniel Abt received a drive through penalty converted into a 33-second time penalty for causing a collision.
  • {{Note|8|2}} – António Félix da Costa originally finished sixth, but was disqualified for exceeding power usage over 200kW.
  • {{Note|6|3}} – Pole position.
  • {{Note|7|4}} – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
scope="col" | +/–

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

! scope="col" | Driver

! scope="col" | Points

align="left"| 10px 5

|align="center"| 1

| {{Flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Éric Vergne

| align="left"| 87

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 2

| {{flagicon|DEU}} André Lotterer

| align="left"| 86

align="left"| 10px 2

|align="center"| 3

| {{Flagicon|NED}} Robin Frijns

| align="left"| 81

align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 4

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

| align="left"| 70

align="left"| 10px 1

|align="center"| 5

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas di Grassi

| align="left"| 70

{{col-2}}

;Teams' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"
scope="col" | +/–

! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

! scope="col" | Constructor

! scope="col" | Points

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 1

| {{flagicon|CHN}} DS Techeetah

| align="left"| 173

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Virgin-Audi

| align="left"| 135

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 3

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

| align="left"| 129

align="left"| 10px

|align="center"| 4

| {{flagicon|IND}} Mahindra

| align="left"| 116

align="left"| 10px 2

|align="center"| 5

|{{flagicon|FRA}} e.Dams-Nissan

| align="left"| 99

{{col-end}}

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

Notes

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References

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