The 2016 Buenos Aires ePrix was a Formula E motor race held on 6 February 2016 at the Puerto Madero Street Circuit in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the fourth championship race of the 2015–16 Formula E season, the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' second season. It was also the second Buenos Aires ePrix and the 15th Formula E race overall. Sam Bird won the race for his first win of the season.
Report Background Mike Conway replaced Jacques Villeneuve who parted ways with the Venturi team.
Salvador Durán re-joined Team Aguri for the rest of the season after they split with Nathanaël Berthon. The Mexican driver already competed in nine rounds of the first season for Team Aguri.
FanBoost was awarded to Jean-Éric Vergne, Sam Bird and Lucas di Grassi.
Classifications
Qualifying DriverTeamTimeGap14 Stéphane SarrazinVenturi1:09.2364255 António Félix da CostaTeam Aguri1:09.381 +0.145338 Nicolas ProstRenault e.Dams1:09.473 +0.237242 Sam BirdDS Virgin Racing1:09.474 +0.2381512 Mike ConwayVenturi1:09.602 +0.3665627 Robin FrijnsAmlin Andretti1:09.616 +0.3806711 Lucas di GrassiABT Schaeffler Audi Sport1:09.675 +0.4417866 Daniel AbtABT Schaeffler Audi Sport1:09.814 +0.578891 Nelson Piquet Jr.NEXTEV TCR1:09.931 +0.6959107 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDragon Racing1:10.067 +0.831101188 Oliver TurveyNEXTEV TCR1:10.126 +0.89011126 Loïc DuvalDragon Racing1:10.130 +0.894121323 Nick HeidfeldMahindra Racing1:10.321 +1.085131428 Simona de SilvestroAmlin Andretti1:10.446 +1.210141525 Jean-Éric VergneDS Virgin Racing1:09.581 +1.345151621 Bruno SennaMahindra Racing1:11.306 +2.070161777 Salvador DuránTeam Aguri1:13.256 +4.02017189 Sébastien BuemiRenault e.Dams1:19.421 +10.18518Source: Notes:
– Final grid position of top five qualifiers determined by Super Pole shootout.
Super Pole DriverTeamTimeGap12 Sam BirdDS Virgin Racing1:09.420128 Nicolas ProstRenault e.Dams1:09.751 +0.3312355 António Félix da CostaTeam Aguri1:09.761 +0.341344 Stéphane SarrazinVenturi1:10.298 +0.8784512 Mike ConwayVenturi1:12.391 +2.9715Source:
Race
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Sam BirdDS Virgin Racing 35 45:28.385 125+3 2 9 Sébastien BuemiRenault e.Dams 35 +0.716 1818 3 11 Lucas di GrassiABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 35 +7.525 715 4 4 Stéphane SarrazinVenturi 35 +9.415 412 5 8 Nicolas ProstRenault e.dams 35 +11.316 210 6 6 Loïc DuvalDragon Racing 35 +15.660 128 7 23 Nick HeidfeldMahindra Racing 35 +16.444 136 8 27 Robin FrijnsAmlin Andretti 35 +18.685 64 9 88 Oliver TurveyNEXTEV TCR 35 +22.007 112 10 21 Bruno SennaMahindra Racing 35 +22.456 161 11 25 Jean-Éric VergneDS Virgin Racing 35 +24.482 15 12 1 Nelson Piquet Jr.NEXTEV TCR 35 +24.641 9 13 66 Daniel AbtABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 35 +27.998 8 14 28 Simona de SilvestroAmlin Andretti 35 +36.171 14 15 12 Mike ConwayVenturi 35 +39.581 5 16 7 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDragon Racing 34 +1 lap 102 Ret 55 António Félix da CostaTeam Aguri 17Software 3 Ret 77 Salvador DuránTeam Aguri 14 Brakes 17 Source:
Notes: – Three points for pole position. – Two points for fastest lap.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Sébastien Buemi 80 2 Lucas di Grassi 76 3 Sam Bird 52 4 Loïc Duval 32 5 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 30
Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault e.Dams 101 2 ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 86 3 Dragon Racing 62 4 DS Virgin Racing 58 5 Mahindra Racing 34
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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