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.

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 DriverTeamTimeGap136 André LottererTecheetah-DS1:32.123 - 1220 Mitch EvansJaguar1:32.483 +0.360 237 José María LópezDragon-Penske1:32.906 +0.783 345 Stoffel VandoorneHWA-Venturi1:33.233 +1.110 456 Maximilian GüntherDragon-Penske1:35.640 +3.517 5623 Sébastien Buemie.Dams-Nissan1:07.670 +4.208 6748 Edoardo MortaraVenturi1:30.397 −784 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi1:30.422 +0.0258994 Pascal WehrleinMahindra1:30.609 +0.212141019 Felipe MassaVenturi1:30.623 +0.22691122 Oliver Rowlande.Dams-Nissan1:30.723 +0.326101228 Antonio Felix da CostaAndretti-BMW1:30.804 +0.40711132 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi1:30.880 +0.483 121411 Lucas Di GrassiAudi1:30.977 +0.580131517 Gary PaffettHWA-Venturi1:30.980 +0.583151625 Jean Eric VergneTecheetah-DS1:31.016 +0.619161766 Daniel AbtAudi1:31.043 +0.646171816 Oliver TurveyNIO1:31.043 +0.646181964 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra1:31.192 +0.79519208 Tom DillmannNIO1:31.220 +0.823 20213 Alex LynnJaguar1:39.657 +9.260 212227 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMWno time no time22Source: Notes  — Pascal Wehrlein received five-place grid penalty for overspeeding under red flag.  — Alex Lynn's best lap times were deleted for exceeding 250 kW (340 hp) of power  — 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 DriverTeamTime/RetiredPoints120 Mitch EvansJaguar291:33:51.140225236 André LottererTecheetah-DS29+0.979118+335 Stoffel VandoorneHWA-Venturi29+6.39941544 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi29+9.181812523 Sébastien Buemie.Dams-Nissan29+9.778610+1622 Oliver Rowlande.Dams-Nissan29+11.262108711 Lucas di GrassiAudi29+24.340136864 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra29+28.633194928 António Félix da CostaAndretti-BMW29+30.6511121094 Pascal WehrleinMahindra29+30.735141112 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi29 +32.272120123 Alex LynnJaguar29 +42.2382101316 Oliver TurveyNIO29 +48.6161801425 Jean Eric VergneTecheetah-DS29 +49.732160158 Tom DillmannNIO29 +52.253200167 José María LópezDragon-Penske29 +1:10.373301727 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMW29 +1:11.3732201866 Daniel AbtAudi28Technical170196 Maximilian GüntherDragon-Penske28Energy50Ret19 Felipe MassaVenturi11Driveshaft90Ret48 Edoardo MortaraVenturi8Driveshaft70Ret17 Gary PaffettHWA-Venturi1Collision150Source: Notes  — António Félix da Costa received 5-second time penalty for an undercharged battery.  — Jean Eric Vergne received a drive through penalty converted into a 37-second time penalty for overtaking under Full Course Yellow.  — 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.  — Pole position.  — Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– 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 Source:

Teams' Championship standings +/– 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 82Source:

References

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