| 2021 Monaco ePrix | |||||
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Race 7 of 15 of the 2020–21 Formula E season
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 8 May 2021 | ||||
| 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 |
 Stoffel Vandoorne 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 | ||||
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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
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]| Group draw[3] | ||||||
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| Group 1 |  DEV (1)
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VAN (2)
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 BIR (3)
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FRI (4)
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 EVA (5)
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 RAS (6)
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| Group 2 | JEV (7)
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DEN (8)
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 MOR (9)
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WEH (10)
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MUL (11)
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ROW (12)
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| Group 3 | SIM (13)
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 DAC (14)
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LYN (15)
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LOT (16)
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CAS (17)
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TUR (18)
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| Group 4 |  DIG (19)
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SET (20)
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GUE (21)
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BUE (22)
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NAT (23)
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BLO (24)
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | GS | SP | Grid |
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| 1 | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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Techeetah-DS | 1:31.832 | 1:31.317 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Virgin-Audi | 1:31.638 | 1:31.329 | 2 |
| 3 | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar | 1:31.772 | 1:31.368 | 3 |
| 4 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Techeetah-DS | 1:31.839 | 1:31.376 | 4 |
| 5 | 28 | Maximilian Günther
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Andretti-BMW | 1:31.817 | 1:32.039 | 5 |
| 6 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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e.dams-Nissan | 1:31.850 | no time | 6 |
| 7 | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Virgin-Audi | 1:31.853 | — | 7 |
| 8 | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche | 1:31.900 | — | 8 |
| 9 | 94 | Alex Lynn
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Mahindra | 1:31.952 | — | 9 |
| 10 | 71 | Norman Nato
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Venturi-Mercedes | 1:31.964 | — | 121 |
| 11 | 33 | René Rast
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Audi | 1:32.125 | — | 10 |
| 12 | 29 | Alexander Sims
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Mahindra | 1:32.146 | — | 11 |
| 13 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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e.dams-Nissan | 1:32.209 | — | 13 |
| 14 | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti-BMW | 1:32.247 | — | 14 |
| 15 | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes | 1:32.277 | — | 15 |
| 16 | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar | 1:32.281 | — | 16 |
| 17 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Audi | 1:32.303 | — | 17 |
| 18 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Venturi-Mercedes | 1:32.329 | — | 18 |
| 19 | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche | 1:32.339 | — | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | Nico Müller
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Dragon-Penske | 1:32.344 | — | 20 |
| 21 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist
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NIO | 1:32.630 | — | 21 |
| 22 | 8 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO | 1:32.633 | — | 22 |
| 23 | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes | 1:33.070 | — | 242 |
| 24 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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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
[edit]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 13 | António Félix da Costa
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Techeetah-DS | 26 | 47:20.697 | 1 | 25+31 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Frijns
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Virgin-Audi | 26 | +2.848 | 2 | 18+12 |
| 3 | 20 | Mitch Evans
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Jaguar | 26 | +2.872 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne
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Techeetah-DS | 26 | +3.120 | 4 | 12+13 |
| 5 | 28 | Maximilian Günther
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Andretti-BMW | 26 | +3.270 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 22 | Oliver Rowland
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e.dams-Nissan | 26 | +3.865 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 10 | Sam Bird
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Jaguar | 26 | +4.150 | 16 | 6 |
| 8 | 37 | Nick Cassidy
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Virgin-Audi | 26 | +4.752 | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 94 | Alex Lynn
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Mahindra | 26 | +5.759 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
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Audi | 26 | +6.225 | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | 23 | Sébastien Buemi
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e.dams-Nissan | 26 | +6.567 | 13 | |
| 12 | 48 | Edoardo Mortara
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Venturi-Mercedes | 26 | +7.097 | 18 | |
| 13 | 71 | Norman Nato
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Venturi-Mercedes | 26 | +8.507 | 12 | |
| 14 | 88 | Tom Blomqvist
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NIO | 26 | +9.240 | 21 | |
| 15 | 7 | Sérgio Sette Câmara
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Dragon-Penske | 26 | +9.499 | 23 | |
| 16 | 27 | Jake Dennis
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Andretti-BMW | 26 | +9.822 | 14 | |
| 17 | 36 | André Lotterer
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Porsche | 26 | +10.5034 | 19 | |
| 18 | 6 | Nico Müller
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Dragon-Penske | 26 | +11.450 | 20 | |
| 19 | 8 | Oliver Turvey
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NIO | 26 | +12.067 | 22 | |
| Ret | 17 | Nyck de Vries
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Mercedes | 23 | Electrical | 24 | |
| Ret | 5 | Stoffel Vandoorne
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Mercedes | 21 | Collision damage | 15 | |
| Ret | 99 | Pascal Wehrlein
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Porsche | 21 | Collision damage | 8 | |
| Ret | 33 | René Rast
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Audi | 18 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 29 | Alexander Sims
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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
[edit]- ^ Vergne received the point for fastest lap as Vandoorne failed to finish in the top 10.
References
[edit]- ^ Kew, Matt (16 April 2021). "Formula E to race on adapted version of F1 Monaco circuit layout". Autosport.
- ^ "Da Costa wins Monaco Formula E thriller with last-lap pass". The Race. 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Doc 20 - Qualifying Groups" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Doc 35 - Final Classification Qualifying-Superpole" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Doc 40 - Final Starting Grid" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Doc 25 - Decision No. 2" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Doc 37 - Decision No. 7" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Doc 39 - Decision No. 8" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Doc 54 - Final Classification Race" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Doc 48 - Decision No. 13" (PDF). FIA Formula E. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
