2021 Berlin ePrix

The 2021 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 14 and 15 August 2021. They were the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds of the 2020–21 championship, marking the series' season finale for the second consecutive year. This was the seventh iteration of the Berlin ePrix, the only event to have featured in all Formula E seasons. Similarly to 2020, race one was run on the traditional track layout, with a reversal thereof being used in race two.[1] This however meant that the event was not a conventional double-header, instead both races were treated separately in official documents.[2][3]

2021 Berlin ePrix
Race 14 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date14 August 2021 (2021-08-14)
Official name2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix I presented by CBMM Niobium
LocationTempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
CourseStreet circuit
Course length2.355 km (1.463 mi)
Distance38 laps, 89.490 km (55.607 mi)
Pole position
DriverTecheetah-DS
Time1:06.227
Fastest lap
DriverGermany René RastAudi
Time1:08.908 on lap 16
Podium
FirstAudi
SecondVenturi-Mercedes
ThirdJaguar
Lap leaders
2021 Berlin ePrix
Race 15 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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Race details
Date15 August 2021 (2021-08-15)
Official name2021 BMW i Berlin E-Prix II presented by CBMM Niobium
LocationTempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
CourseStreet circuit
Course length2.355 km (1.463 mi)
Distance36 laps, 84.780 km (52.680 mi)
Pole position
DriverMercedes
Time1:06.794
Fastest lap
DriverBrazil Lucas di Grassi
Germany René Rast[a]
Audi
Audi
Time1:08.305 (1:08.486) on lap 31 (27)
Podium
FirstVenturi-Mercedes
Seconde.dams-Nissan
ThirdMercedes
Lap leaders

The first race was won by Lucas di Grassi, with Edoardo Mortara and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium.[4] Norman Nato took his maiden Formula E victory in the second race, finishing ahead of Oliver Rowland and Stoffel Vandoorne.[5] The event saw Nyck de Vries and his Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team crowned first ever Formula E world champions.[6]

Classification

Round 14

Qualifying

Group draw[7]
Group 1 DEV (1) FRI (2) BIR (3) DEN (4) DAC (5) LYN (6)
Group 2 CAS (7) EVA (8) MOR (9) RAS (10) WEH (11) JEV (12)
Group 3 VAN (13) DIG (14) GUE (15) ROW (16) LOT (17) SIM (18)
Group 4 BUE (20) NAT (21) SET (22) TUR (23) BLO (24) ERI (25)
Pos.No.DriverTeamGSSPGrid
125 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS1:06.2391:06.2271
213 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS1:06.4861:06.3002
311 Lucas di GrassiAudi1:06.5551:06.4273
448 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes1:06.4261:06.4424
571 Norman NatoVenturi-Mercedes1:06.4251:06.4895
623 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan1:06.5091:07.0116
720 Mitch EvansJaguar1:06.5687
827 Jake DennisAndretti-BMW1:06.5928
999 Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:06.6129
1028 Maximilian GüntherAndretti-BMW1:06.62710
1122 Oliver Rowlande.dams-Nissan1:06.65811
1210 Sam BirdJaguar1:06.713151
1333 René RastAudi1:06.72912
1437 Nick CassidyVirgin-Audi1:06.73613
1536 André LottererPorsche1:06.78914
1629 Alexander SimsMahindra1:06.81416
1788 Tom BlomqvistNIO1:06.83717
187 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske1:06.85218
1917 Nyck de VriesMercedes1:06.90219
208 Oliver TurveyNIO1:06.94820
2194 Alex LynnMahindra1:06.97221
225 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes1:07.00622
234 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi1:07.15623
246 Joel ErikssonDragon-Penske1:07.81524
Source:[8][9]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Sam Bird received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race in London.[10]

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
111 Lucas di GrassiAudi3846:22.528325
248 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes38+0.141418
320 Mitch EvansJaguar38+5.499715
471 Norman NatoVenturi-Mercedes38+5.589512
527 Jake DennisAndretti-BMW38+5.830810
625 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS38+6.41118+3+11
713 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS38+6.77726
828 Maximilian GüntherAndretti-BMW38+7.562104
933 René RastAudi38+7.798122+12
1036 André LottererPorsche38+14.124141
1123 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan38+15.5466
125 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes38+16.21422
1322 Oliver Rowlande.dams-Nissan38+16.81411
1437 Nick CassidyVirgin-Audi38+16.91713
154 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi38+21.27823
166 Joel ErikssonDragon-Penske38+23.66624
1729 Alexander SimsMahindra38+29.01916
187 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske38+30.96218
198 Oliver TurveyNIO38+33.19920
2094 Alex LynnMahindra38+33.43821
2199 Pascal WehrleinPorsche38+33.7819
2217 Nyck de VriesMercedes37+1 lap19
NC88 Tom BlomqvistNIO32+8 laps17
Ret10 Sam BirdJaguar8Technical15
Source:[11]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Teams' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
21 Jaguar*171
22 Techeetah-DS*166
23 Virgin-Audi*165
24 Audi*162
35 Mercedes*158

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

Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Round 15

Qualifying

Group draw[12]
Group 1 DEV (1) MOR (2) DEN (3) EVA (4) FRI (5) DIG (6)
Group 2 DAC (7) BIR (8) JEV (9) LYN (10) CAS (11) RAS (12)
Group 3 WEH (13) GUE (14) VAN (15) ROW (16) LOT (17) SIM (18)
Group 4 NAT (20) BUE (21) SET (22) TUR (23) BLO (24) ERI (25)
Pos.No.DriverTeamGSSPGrid
15 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes1:06.6781:06.7941
222 Oliver Rowlande.dams-Nissan1:06.7111:06.9252
320 Mitch EvansJaguar1:07.0831:07.0103
429 Alexander SimsMahindra1:06.8871:07.0414
588 Tom BlomqvistNIO1:06.9161:07.1065
671 Norman NatoVenturi-Mercedes1:06.806no time6
736 André LottererPorsche1:07.0887
823 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan1:07.1008
927 Jake DennisAndretti-BMW1:07.1069
1099 Pascal WehrleinPorsche1:07.11410
1148 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes1:07.13911
127 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske1:07.15012
1317 Nyck de VriesMercedes1:07.16213
1494 Alex LynnMahindra1:07.16414
1513 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS1:07.17715
1625 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS1:07.19016
1711 Lucas di GrassiAudi1:07.20917
1828 Maximilian GüntherAndretti-BMW1:07.22718
1933 René RastAudi1:07.26819
208 Oliver TurveyNIO1:07.30020
214 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi1:07.32521
2210 Sam BirdJaguar1:07.36522
236 Joel ErikssonDragon-Penske1:07.46123
2437 Nick CassidyVirgin-Audi1:07.98024
Source:[13][14]

Race

Pos.No.DriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
171 Norman NatoVenturi-Mercedes361:11:57.152625
222 Oliver Rowlande.dams-Nissan36+2.270218
35 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes36+2.837115+3+11
436 André LottererPorsche36+7.105712
529 Alexander SimsMahindra36+8.453410
699 Pascal WehrleinPorsche36+8.847108
710 Sam BirdJaguar36+10.473226
817 Nyck de VriesMercedes36+11.108134
933 René RastAudi36+12.189192+12
1088 Tom BlomqvistNIO36+12.67951
1125 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS36+13.43716
124 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi36+13.74821
1394 Alex LynnMahindra36+14.36614
1423 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan36+14.6928
1528 Maximilian GüntherAndretti-BMW36+15.52818
166 Joel ErikssonDragon-Penske36+15.94023
1737 Nick CassidyVirgin-Audi36+16.30624
187 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske36+16.96112
198 Oliver TurveyNIO36+21.07620
2011 Lucas di GrassiAudi36+35.15517
Ret13 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS21Collision15
Ret27 Jake DennisAndretti-BMW2Rear axle/Accident9
Ret20 Mitch EvansJaguar0Collision3
Ret48 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes0Collision11
Source:[15]

Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position; fastest in group stage.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Teams' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
41 Mercedes*181
12 Jaguar177
13 Techeetah-DS166
4 Audi165
25 Virgin-Audi165

  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  • Bold text indicates the world champions.

Notes

References

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2021 London ePrix
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