The 2019 Paris ePrix was a Formula E electric car race held at the Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex on 27 April 2019. It was the eighth race of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the fourth and final edition of the event.

Report Background The Paris ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2018–19 series schedule on June 7, 2018 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It is the eighth of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and the fourth running of the event. The ePrix would be held at the clockwise fourteen-turn Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex of the city's 7th arrondissement on 27 April 2019.

Going into the race, Mahindra driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio is leading the Drivers' Championship with 65 points, only one point ahead of BMW Andretti driver António Félix da Costa in second. In third is the Techeetah driver André Lotterer with 62 points, two points behind the championship leader after finishing second in the previous race. Jaguar driver Mitch Evans is in forth with 61 points, after winning the race in Rome. Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler driver Lucas Di Grassi stays in fifth with 58 points after finishing seventh in Rome. In the Teams' Championship, DS Techeetah led with 116 points, only seven points ahead of Virgin Racing in second place. In third place is the Mahindra Racing with 102 points; tie on points with Audi. BMW Andretti completing the top five with 82 points.

Maximilian Günther kept his Dragon Racing seat in Paris, as Felipe Nasr is focusing his preparations for the next round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Practice Practice 1 took part in damp conditions early in the morning. On his very first lap Lucas Di Grassi of Audi Sport got all out of shape and put the car into the wall on the out lap. He made it back to the pits but missed the rest of the session due to the damage he sustained in the crash. DS Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne also lost the car early on and spun and skated of the track and down the escape road. Sébastien Buemi of Nissan e.dams collided with Virgin Racing driver Sam Bird and consequently spun, with Bird spinning into the outside wall. Many drivers going down the escape road at Turn 3 with lock ups. Robin Frijns of the Virgin Racing pushed too hard and hit the wall on the exit of Turn 3 with Sébastien Buemi spinning and following Frijns in. Then Sam Bird hit the wall in the same place as his teammate but sustained a lot more damage and was consequently out of the session and missed the second practice due to the damage. André Lotterer in the DS Techeetah was quickest after the red flag came out and brought the session to an early end.

The second practice session took part in dry conditions on the streets of Paris. Everyone left the pits as soon as possible except Sam Bird whose car was still being worked on after his heavy crash in FP1. Alex Lynn of Jaguar Racing pushed too hard and gently put the car into the wall at slow speed and, fortunately with minimal damage was able to continue. Sébastien Buemi spun and crossed the finish line backwards as he spun through the final corner. Dragon Racing driver José María López then crashed in the same place as Alex Lynn. Carrying on his form from his win in Rome last time out Mitch Evans put his Jaguar quickest of the session with a time of a 1:00.226, followed by Oliver Rowland and Lucas Di Grassi.

Qualifying Mitch Evans brushed the wall in group 1 qualifying and took some of the wall branding off. Jérôme d'Ambrosio was the only driver who made it from group 1 to superpole. In group 2 Robin Frijns set a strong lap to book his place in super pole. Sébastien Buemi, Oliver Rowland, Pascal Wehrlein and Felipe Massa were the other 4 drivers to make it to superpole. Wehrlein took pole position from Oliver Rowland and Sébastien Buemi.

Race

The race was started behind the safety car. After the race got going, drama started when rain appeared causing mayhem. After the rain was stopped, the drivers finally got some control of their cars after the chaos and drama that’s happened during the race

Post-race Paris ePrix was originally due to return in 2020. However, the 2020 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the event was not featured since 2021.

Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 194 Pascal WehrleinMahindra1:00.383 –22 222 Oliver Rowlande.Dams-Nissan1:00.535 +0.152 1 323 Sébastien Buemie.Dams-Nissan1:00.768 +0.3852 44 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi1:00.793 +0.4103 519 Felipe MassaVenturi1:01.217 +0.8344 664 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra1:01.307 +0.92421 76 Maximilian GüntherDragon-Penske 1:00.719 – 5 836 Andre LottererTecheetah-DS 1:00.738 +0.019 6 966 Daniel AbtAudi1:00.739 +0.0207 1011 Lucas di GrassiAudi1:00.761 +0.0428 118 Tom DillmannNIO 1:00.784 +0.065 9 1248 Edoardo MortaraVenturi 1:00.801 +0.08210 1316 Oliver TurveyNIO1:00.876 +0.15711 1425 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS1:00.886 +0.167 12 152 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi1:00.928 +0.20913 1628 Antonio Felix da CostaAndretti-BMW 1:00.952 +0.23314 173 Alex LynnJaguar1:01.012 +0.29315 1827 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMW 1:01.037 +0.318 16 1917 Gary PaffettHWA-Venturi1:01.135 +0.41617 2020 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:01.243 +0.52418 215 Stoffel VandoorneHWA-Venturi1:01.471 +0.75219 227 José María LópezDragon-Penske1:07.494 +6.77520Source: Notes:  — Pascal Wehrlein and Jérôme d'Ambrosio's lap times were deleted for tyre pressure infringement.

Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 14 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi3247:50.510325+1 236 André LottererTecheetah-DS32+1.373618366 Daniel AbtAudi32+3.175715 411 Lucas di GrassiAudi32+3.666812 56 Maximilian GüntherDragon-Penske32+5.456510 625 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS32+6.694128 728 António Félix da CostaAndretti-BMW32+7.238146 817 Gary PaffettHWA-Venturi32+7.901174 919 Felipe MassaVenturi32+10.52242 1094 Pascal WehrleinMahindra32+10.998221 112 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi32 +11.488 13 1222 Oliver Rowlande.Dams-Nissan32+19.45113 137 José María LópezDragon-Penske32 +24.02320 1416 Oliver TurveyNIO32 +1:22.22611 1523 Sébastien Buemie.Dams-Nissan31 +1 Lap2 1620 Mitch EvansJaguar31 +1 Lap18 1764 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra29Accident21 Ret3 Alex LynnJaguar23Collision15 Ret48 Edoardo MortaraVenturi 23Collision10 Ret27 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMW 18Collision16 Ret5 Stoffel VandoorneHWA-Venturi18Suspension19 Ret8 Tom DillmannNIO17Accident9Source: Notes:  — Oliver Turvey received a drive through penalty converted into a 50-second time penalty for causing a collision  — Jérôme d'Ambrosio received 5-second time penalty for improper use of Attack Mode.  — Fastest lap.  — Pole position.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 5 1 Robin Frijns 81 1 2 André Lotterer 80 1 3 António Félix da Costa 70 1 4 Lucas di Grassi 70 4 5 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 65

Teams' Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 DS Techeetah 142 2 Virgin-Audi 135 1 3 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 129 1 4 Mahindra 103 5 BMW i Andretti Motorsport 88

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

References

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