2015 Long Beach ePrix
| 2015 Long Beach ePrix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 6 of 11 of the 2014–15 Formula E season | |||
 Layout of the Long Beach Formula E street circuit | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | April 4, 2015 | ||
| Official name | 2015 FIA Formula E Long Beach ePrix | ||
| Location | Long Beach, United States | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 2.131 km (1.324 miles) | ||
| Distance | 39 laps, 83.1 km (51.6 miles) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Abt Sportsline | ||
| Time | 56.937 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nicolas Prost | e.dams Renault | |
| Time | 58.973 on lap 34 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | China Racing | ||
| Second | Andretti Autosport | ||
| Third | Abt Sportsline | ||
The 2015 Long Beach ePrix was a Formula E motor race held on April 4, 2015 in Long Beach, United States on a revised version of a street circuit usually used for the Grand Prix of Long Beach. It was the sixth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season.
Report
Background
For the first time in the championship, the driver lineup was exactly the same as for the previous race in Miami.[1] Fanboost was awarded to Nelson Piquet, Jr., Jean-Éric Vergne and Sam Bird.[2] Attendance at the free event was approximately 23,000.[3]
Classification
Race
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 |  Nelson Piquet, Jr.
|
China Racing | 39 | 46:01.971 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 27 | Jean-Éric Vergne
|
Andretti | 39 | +1.705s | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
|
Audi Sport ABT | 39 | +2.994s | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 9 |  Sébastien Buemi
|
e.dams-Renault | 39 | +3.518s | 10 | 12 |
| 5 | 21 | Bruno Senna
|
Mahindra Racing | 39 | +8.844s | 12 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 |  Jérôme d'Ambrosio
|
Dragon Racing | 39 | +13.460s | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 55 |  António Félix da Costa
|
Amlin Aguri | 39 | +16.171s | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 |  Jaime Alguersuari
|
Virgin Racing | 39 | +17.975s | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | Loïc Duval
|
Dragon Racing | 39 | +18.436s | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | 30 | Stéphane Sarrazin
|
Venturi | 39 | +20.418s | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 23 |  Nick Heidfeld
|
Venturi | 39 | +21.326s | 15 | |
| 12 | 5 |  Karun Chandhok
|
Mahindra Racing | 39 | +32.917s | 18 | |
| 13 | 18 |  Vitantonio Liuzzi
|
Trulli | 39 | +38.592s | 20 | |
| 14 | 8 | Nicolas Prost
|
e.dams-Renault | 39 | +42.375s | 2 | 21 |
| 15 | 66 | Daniel Abt
|
Audi Sport ABT | 39 | +44.361s | 1 | 32 |
| 16 | 88 | Charles Pic
|
China Racing | 39 | +58.125s | 16 | |
| Ret | 77 |  Salvador Durán
|
Amlin Aguri | 27 | Mechanical | 19 | |
| Ret | 2 |  Sam Bird
|
Virgin Racing | 22 | Suspension | 11 | |
| Ret | 10 | Jarno Trulli
|
Trulli | 7 | Collision | 13 | |
| Ret | 28 |  Scott Speed
|
Andretti | 3 | Accident | 6 |
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "Unchanged grid in Long Beach". fiaformulae.com. March 31, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ "Bird, Vergne and Piquet win FanBoost vote". fiaformulae.com. April 4, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ Watkins, Gary (April 27, 2015). "Charging into the Future". Autoweek. 65 (8): 53.