The 2019 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2019 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 25 May 2019. It was the tenth round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the fifth edition of the event as part of the championship. The 37-lap race was won by Audi driver Lucas di Grassi after starting from third. Sébastien Buemi finished second in the Nissan e.dams, after starting from pole position. Jean-Éric Vergne, the championship leader going into Berlin, took third for Techeetah.

Report Background The Berlin 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's the tenth of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and the fifth running of the event. The ePrix was held at the 2.375 km (1.476 mi) clockwise ten-turn Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Berlin Tempelhof Airport on 25 May 2019.

Entering the race, Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne was leading the Drivers' Championship with 87 points, followed by his teammate Andre Lotterer in second by only one point behind, and third placed Virgin Racing's driver Robin Frijns by just 6 points behind the championship leader. In the team's standings, Techeetah lead with 173 points, after both driver finished in the top 10, followed behind by Envision Virgin with 135 and defending constructors champions, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler down in 3rd with 129 points, after both teams scoring no points in the last race.

After the previous round in Monaco, two drivers received three place grid penalties for causing collisions. Alexander Sims who collided with Di Grassi, and Frijns who collided with Sims.

Classification Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 123 Sébastien Buemie.Dams-Nissan1:07.295 –125 Stoffel VandoorneHWA-Venturi1:07.693 +0.3982311 Lucas di GrassiAudi1:07.719 +0.4243417 Gary PaffettHWA-Venturi1:07.783 +0.488453 Alex LynnJaguar1:07.849 +0.554 5627 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMW 1:08.017 +0.72211766 Daniel AbtAudi1:07.953 –6828 António Félix da CostaAndretti-BMW1:08.013 +0.0607925 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS1:08.046 +0.09381064 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra1:08.065 +0.11291194 Pascal WehrleinMahindra1:08.086 +0.133101222 Oliver Rowlande.Dams-Nissan1:08.119 +0.16612132 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi1:08.182 +0.229131416 Oliver TurveyNIO1:08.203 +0.25014156 Maximilian GüntherDragon-Penske1:08.218 +0.265151648 Edoardo MortaraVenturi1:08.223 +0.27016178 Tom DillmannNIO1:08.263 +0.310171820 Mitch EvansJaguar1:08.314 +0.361181919 Felipe MassaVenturi1:08.348 +0.395 19207 José María LópezDragon-Penske1:08.720 +0.76720214 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi1:08.919 +0.966222236 André LottererTecheetah-DS 1:12.568 +4.61521Source: Notes:  – Alexander Sims and Robin Frijns received five place grid penalties for causing a collision in the previous race in Monaco

Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 111 Lucas di GrassiAudi3747:02.477325+1 223 Sébastien Buemie.Dams-Nissan37+1.856118+3 325 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS37+2.522815 428 António Félix da CostaAndretti-BMW37+5.845712 55 Stoffel VandoorneHWA-Venturi37+6.336210 666 Daniel AbtAudi37+6.55168 727 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMW37+8.235116 822 Oliver Rowlande.Dams-Nissan37+10.781124 92 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi37+13.153132 1094 Pascal WehrleinMahindra37+14.846101 1148 Edoardo MortaraVenturi37 +15.37716 1220 Mitch EvansJaguar37 +17.68818 134 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi37 +21.19722 146 Maximilian GüntherDragon-Penske37 +26.15415 1519 Felipe MassaVenturi37 +26.68419 1617 Gary PaffettHWA-Venturi37 +27.7184 1764 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra37 +27.7299 1816 Oliver TurveyNIO37 +32.11714 198 Tom DillmannNIO37 +33.70617 207 José María LópezDragon-Penske37 +46.89520 Ret36 André LottererTecheetah-DS 28Battery21 Ret3 Alex LynnJaguar23Technical5Source: Notes:  – Fastest lap.  – Pole position.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 Jean-Éric Vergne 102 3 2 Lucas di Grassi 96 1 3 André Lotterer 86 4 António Félix da Costa 82 2 5 Robin Frijns 81

Teams' Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 DS Techeetah 188 1 2 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 163 1 3 Virgin-Audi 137 1 4 e.Dams-Nissan 124 1 5 Mahindra 117

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

References

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