2021 Rome ePrix

The 2021 Rome ePrix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the Circuito Cittadino dell'EUR in the EUR residential and business district of the Italian capital of Rome on 10 and 11 April 2021. It marked the third and fourth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the third running of the event. The first race was won by Jean-Éric Vergne,^[1] with Sam Bird and Mitch Evans rounding out the podium. Stoffel Vandoorne won the second race,^[2] ahead of Alexander Sims and Pascal Wehrlein.

2021 Rome ePrix
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Race details
Date	10 April 2021 (2021-04-10)
Official name	2021 Rome E-Prix
Location	Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.380 km (2.100 mi)
Distance	24 laps, 81.120 km (50.406 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes
Time	1:38.484
Fastest lap
Driver	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Time	1:42.387 on lap 20
Podium
First	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS
Second	Sam Bird	Jaguar
Third	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Lap leaders

2021 Rome ePrix
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Race details
Date	11 April 2021 (2021-04-11)
Official name	2021 Rome E-Prix
Location	Circuto Cittadino dell'EUR, EUR, Rome
Course	Street circuit
Course length	3.380 km (2.100 mi)
Distance	23 laps, 77.740 km (48.305 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi
Time	1:52.011
Fastest lap
Driver	Nyck de Vries Stoffel Vandoorne[a]	Mercedes Mercedes
Time	1:40.771 (1:41.820) on lap 11 (12)
Podium
First	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes
Second	Alexander Sims	Mahindra
Third	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche
Lap leaders

Classification

Race one

Qualifying

Group draw[3]
Group 1	DEV (1)	BIR (2)	FRI (3)	MOR (4)	DAC (5)	EVA (6)
Group 2	ROW (7)	RAS (8)	SET (9)	WEH (10)	MUL (11)	TUR (12)
Group 3	SIM (13)	DIG (14)	VAN (15)	LOT (16)	JEV (17)	DEN (18)
Group 4	BUE (19)	NAT (20)	CAS (21)	BLO (22)	GUE (23)	LYN (24)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:38.963	1:38.484	1
2	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	1:38.627	1:38.651	2
3	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:38.491	1:38.889	3
4	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:39.050	1:38.903	4
5	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:39.066	1:38.947	5
6	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:39.068	1:39.751	111
7	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:39.081	—	6
8	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:39.162	—	7
9	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:39.241	—	8
10	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:39.348	—	9
11	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:39.443	—	10
12	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:39.654	—	12
13	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	1:39.743	—	13
14	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:39.762	—	14
15	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:39.829	—	15
16	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	1:39.943	—	16
17	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:40.057	—	17
18	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	1:40.079	—	18
19	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	1:40.120	—	212
20	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	1:40.456	—	19
21	33	René Rast	Audi	1:48.022	—	20
22	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:51.081	—	22
23	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	no time	—	23
24	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	no time	—	PL3
Source:[4][5]

Notes:

• ^1  – Maximilian Günther received a 5-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race at Diriyah.^[6]
• ^2  – Tom Blomqvist received a 3-place grid penalty for entering the fast lane too early during qualifying.^[7]
• ^3  – Oliver Turvey was penalised with a pit lane start for causing a collision dangerously at the end of free practice 1.^[8]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	24	48:47.177	5	25
2	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	24	+0.461	10	18
3	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	24	+0.756	12	15+11
4	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	24	+1.034	6	12
5	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	24	+3.142	9	10
6	33	René Rast	Audi	24	+3.534	20	8
7	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	24	+3.918	8	6
8	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	24	+5.720	13	4
9	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	24	+18.296	11	2
10	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	24	+19.089	21	1
11	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	24	+20.045	14
12	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	24	+20.270	3	12
13	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	24	+21.155	17
14	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	24	+22.9874	2
15	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	24	+23.7634	22
16	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	24	+26.4155	16
Ret	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	21	Driveshaft	4
Ret	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	21	Collision damage	7
Ret	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	21	Collision	1	33
Ret	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	20	Puncture	18
Ret	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	17	Collision damage	19
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	10	Collision damage	23
Ret	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	2	Collision damage	15
DNS	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	0	Did not start6	PL
Source:[9]

Notes:

• ^1  – Fastest lap.
• ^2  – Fastest in group stage.
• ^3  – Pole position.
• ^4  – André Lotterer and Nick Cassidy received a 5-second time penalty each for causing a collision.^[10][11]
• ^5  – Sérgio Sette Câmara received a post-race 5-second time penalty for speeding under full course yellow.^[12]
• ^6  – Oliver Turvey did not start the race as his team could not rebuild his car in time following his free practice shunt.^[1]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Driver Points 1 1 Sam Bird 43 1 2 Robin Frijns 34 2 3 Nyck de Vries 32 2 4 Mitch Evans 31 12 5 Jean-Éric Vergne 25

Teams' Championship standings +/– Pos Constructor Points 1 Jaguar 74 5 2 Techeetah-DS 40 1 3 Mercedes 39 1 4 Virgin-Audi 34 5 Audi 27

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

Race two

Qualifying

Group draw[13]
Group 1	BIR (1)	FRI (2)	DEV (3)	EVA (4)	JEV (5)	RAS (6)
Group 2	MOR (7)	WEH (8)	DAC (9)	ROW (10)	SET (11)	BUE (12)
Group 3	MUL (13)	TUR (14)	VAN (15)	SIM (16)	DIG (17)	LYN (18)
Group 4	GUE (19)	BLO (20)	NAT (21)	LOT (22)	DEN (23)	CAS (24)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	1:56.860	1:52.011	1
2	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	1:56.006	1:52.343	2
3	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	1:58.777	1:52.630	3
4	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	1:59.105	1:54.359	4
5	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	1:58.274	1:54.701	5
6	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	1:58.500	1:55.598	6
7	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	1:59.497	—	7
8	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	1:59.512	—	8
9	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	1:59.630	—	9
10	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	1:59.701	—	10
11	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	1:59.739	—	11
12	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	2:00.128	—	12
13	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	2:00.150	—	13
14	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	2:00.205	—	14
15	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	2:00.557	—	15
16	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	2:00.943	—	16
17	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	2:01.197	—	PL1
18	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	2:01.229	—	17
19	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	2:02.038	—	18
20	33	René Rast	Audi	2:02.061	—	19
21	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	2:04.864	—	20
22	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	no time	—	21
23	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	no time	—	22
24	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	no time	—	23
Source:[14][15]

Notes:

• ^1  – As Oliver Turvey did not start race one, his pit lane start penalty was applied in race two.^[16]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	Mercedes	23	46:52.603	4	25+11
2	29	Alexander Sims	Mahindra	23	+0.666	6	18
3	99	Pascal Wehrlein	Porsche	23	+2.346	3	15
4	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi-Mercedes	23	+5.018	7	12
5	28	Maximilian Günther	Andretti-BMW	23	+5.305	5	10
6	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	23	+5.671	12	8
7	13	António Félix da Costa	Techeetah-DS	23	+6.133	15	6
8	88	Tom Blomqvist	NIO	23	+12.032	14	4
9	6	Nico Müller	Dragon-Penske	23	+12.872	9	2
10	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams-Nissan	23	+14.7954	10	1
11	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	23	+15.676	20
12	7	Sérgio Sette Câmara	Dragon-Penske	23	+16.009	22
13	27	Jake Dennis	Andretti-BMW	23	+16.352	23
14	8	Oliver Turvey	NIO	23	+17.134	PL
15	36	André Lotterer	Porsche	23	+17.838	21
16	22	Oliver Rowland	e.dams-Nissan	23	+21.1405	8
17	94	Alex Lynn	Mahindra	23	+37.6976	16
18	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	23	+43.1036	18
Ret	10	Sam Bird	Jaguar	22	Collision	11
Ret	17	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	22	Collision	17
Ret	37	Nick Cassidy	Virgin-Audi	21	Collision damage6	1	32
Ret	33	René Rast	Audi	19	Suspension/Accident	19
Ret	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	7	Collision	13
DSQ7	71	Norman Nato	Venturi-Mercedes	23	Energy usage	2	13
Source:[17]

Notes:

• ^1  – Fastest lap.
• ^2  – Pole position.
• ^3  – Fastest in group stage.
• ^4  – Sébastien Buemi received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[18]
• ^5  – Oliver Rowland received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[19]
• ^6  – Lynn, Frijns and Cassidy all received a post-race drive-through penalty converted into a 30-second time penalty for failing to activate the third of the three mandatory attack modes.^[20] Frijns also received a further 5-second time penalty for a safety car infringement.^[21]
• ^7  – Norman Nato originally finished third, but was disqualified from the race due to his energy used being over the regulatory limit.^[22]

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Driver Points 1 Sam Bird 43 2 2 Mitch Evans 39 1 3 Robin Frijns 34 11 4 Stoffel Vandoorne 33 2 5 Nyck de Vries 32

Teams' Championship standings +/– Pos Constructor Points 1 Jaguar 82 1 2 Mercedes 65 1 3 Techeetah-DS 46 4 Virgin-Audi 37 5 Porsche 32

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

Notes

1. Vandoorne received the point for fastest lap as De Vries failed to finish in the top 10.

References

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