2019 Rome ePrix

The 2019 Rome ePrix (formally the 2019 GEOX Rome E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 13 April 2019. It was the seventh round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the second running of the event. The 29-lap race was won by Jaguar driver Mitch Evans from a second position start. Andre Lotterer finished second for Techeetah and HWA Racelab driver Stoffel Vandoorne came third.

2019 Rome ePrix
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Race details
Date	13 April 2019 (2019-04-13)
Official name	2019 GEOX Rome E-Prix
Location	Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.860 km (1.777 mi)
Distance	29 laps, 82.94 km (51.54 mi)
Weather	Cloudy
Pole position
Driver	André Lotterer	Techeetah−DS
Time	1:32.123
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah−DS
Time	1:31.016 on lap 27
Podium
First	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Second	André Lotterer	Techeetah−DS
Third	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA-Venturi
Lap leaders

Andre Lotterer of DS Techeetah won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained his start line advantage heading into the first corner. He kept the lead until he was overtaken by Evans on the 18th lap. That allowed Evans into the lead. Despite being challenged by Lotterer, Evans takes his first victory of his career and for the Jaguar team.

Report

Background

Coming into the race from Sanya three weeks earlier, BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa was in the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 62 points and was only 1 point ahead of Jérôme d'Ambrosio of Mahindra in second. DS Techeetah's Jean-Éric Vergne was a further seven points behind in third and Sam Bird of Virgin Racing placed fourth on tie with Vergne. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas Di Grassi rounded out the top five with 52 points scored. In the Teams' Championship, Virgin Racing were leading with 97 points; tie on points with Mahindra behind in second position. Audi in third with a point behind, and DS Techeetah were 2 points behind in forth. BMW Andretti completing the top five with 80 points.

Qualifying

During qualifying, Andre Lotterer took his first pole position of the season with Mitch Evans placed at second place and Lopez finishing in third place

Race

At the start, Lopez caused a huge pileup at the back causing the race to be stopped. The race was restarted behind the safety car, but drivers struggled to maintain control of their cars. At the last lap, Mitch Evans won the race with Andre Lotterer finishing second

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	36	André Lotterer	Techeetah-DS	1:32.123	-	1
2	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:32.483	+0.360	2
3	7	José María López	Dragon-Penske	1:32.906	+0.783	3
4	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA-Venturi	1:33.233	+1.110	4
5	6	Maximilian Günther	Dragon-Penske	1:35.640	+3.517	5
6	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan	1:07.670	+4.208	6
7	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi	1:30.397	−	7
8	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:30.422	+0.025	8
9	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	1:30.609	+0.212	141
10	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi	1:30.623	+0.226	9
11	22	Oliver Rowland	e.Dams-Nissan	1:30.723	+0.326	10
12	28	Antonio Felix da Costa	Andretti-BMW	1:30.804	+0.407	11
13	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	1:30.880	+0.483	12
14	11	Lucas Di Grassi	Audi	1:30.977	+0.580	13
15	17	Gary Paffett	HWA-Venturi	1:30.980	+0.583	15
16	25	Jean Eric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:31.016	+0.619	16
17	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	1:31.043	+0.646	17
18	16	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:31.043	+0.646	18
19	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	1:31.192	+0.795	19
20	8	Tom Dillmann	NIO	1:31.220	+0.823	20
21	3	Alex Lynn	Jaguar	1:39.6572	+9.260	21
22	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	no time	no time	223
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Notes

• ^1  — Pascal Wehrlein received five-place grid penalty for overspeeding under red flag.
• ^2  — Alex Lynn's best lap times were deleted for exceeding 250 kW (340 hp) of power
• ^3  — Alexander Sims received 60-place grid penalty converted into a 10-second stop and go penalty during the race for changing E-motor, gearbox and inverter

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	29	1:33:51.140	2	25
2	36	André Lotterer	Techeetah-DS	29	+0.979	1	18+36
3	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA-Venturi	29	+6.399	4	15
4	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	29	+9.181	8	12
5	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan	29	+9.778	6	10+17
6	22	Oliver Rowland	e.Dams-Nissan	29	+11.262	10	8
7	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	29	+24.340	13	6
8	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	29	+28.633	19	4
9	28	António Félix da Costa	Andretti-BMW	29	+30.6513	11	2
10	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	29	+30.735	14	1
11	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	29	+32.272	12	0
12	3	Alex Lynn	Jaguar	29	+42.238	21	0
13	16	Oliver Turvey	NIO	29	+48.616	18	0
14	25	Jean Eric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	29	+49.7324	16	0
15	8	Tom Dillmann	NIO	29	+52.253	20	0
16	7	José María López	Dragon-Penske	29	+1:10.373	3	0
17	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	29	+1:11.373	22	0
18	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	28	Technical	17	0
19	6	Maximilian Günther	Dragon-Penske	28	Energy5	5	0
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi	11	Driveshaft	9	0
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi	8	Driveshaft	7	0
Ret	17	Gary Paffett	HWA-Venturi	1	Collision	15	0
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Notes

• ^3  — António Félix da Costa received 5-second time penalty for an undercharged battery.
• ^4  — Jean Eric Vergne received a drive through penalty converted into a 37-second time penalty for overtaking under Full Course Yellow.
• ^5  — Maximilian Günther received a 5-second time penalty for overspeeding under Full Course Yellow and a drive through penalty converted into a 37-second time penalty for attack mode infringement.
• ^6  — Pole position.
• ^7  — Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

+/–	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	65
1	2	António Félix da Costa	64
6	3	André Lotterer	62
7	4	Mitch Evans	61
	5	Lucas di Grassi	58
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Teams' Championship standings

+/–	Pos	Constructor	Points
3	1	DS Techeetah	116
1	2	Virgin-Audi	109
1	3	Mahindra	102
1	4	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	102
	5	BMW i Andretti Motorsport	82
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