The 2021 London ePrix (formally the 2021 Heineken London E-Prix) was a pair of Formula E electric car races held in and around the ExCeL London centre in the Royal Docks area of the London borough of Newham on 24 and 25 July 2021. The circuit is designed as an indoor-outdoor venue, combining the ExCeL facilities and the surrounding public roads at the Royal Victoria Dock. It marked the twelfth and thirteenth rounds of the 2020–21 Formula E season, as well as the third running of the event, and the first since it was last held in 2016 at Battersea Park.
The first race was won by Jake Dennis, with Nyck de Vries and Alex Lynn rounding out the podium. Alex Lynn took his maiden Formula E victory in the second race, finishing ahead of Nyck de Vries and Mitch Evans, as original race winner Lucas di Grassi was disqualified for failing to serve a drive-through penalty.
This result left 18 drivers in contention for the World Championship coming into the final two races of the season at Berlin.
Classification Race one Qualifying Group draw Group 1 BIR () DAC (2) FRI (3) MOR (4) CAS (5) JEV (6) Group 2 RAS (7) EVA (8) WEH (9) DEV (10) ROW (11) DIG (12) Group 3 VAN (13) GUE (14) DEN (15) SIM (16) LYN (17) LOT (18) Group 4 BUE (20) NAT (21) TUR (22) SET (23) BLO (24) ERI (25)
Driver Team 1 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:23.921 1:23.245 1 2 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:24.032 1:23.544 2 3 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:24.124 1:23.627 3 4 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:24.199 1:23.758 4 5 36 André Lotterer Porsche 1:23.900 1:23.863 5 6 71 Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:24.329 1:23.912 6 7 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:24.564 7 8 29 Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:24.584 8 9 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:24.644 9 10 6 Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 1:24.695 10 11 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:24.820 11 12 99 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:24.847 12 13 33 René Rast Audi 1:24.913 13 14 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:25.101 14 15 88 Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:25.104 15 16 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:25.198 16 17 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:25.279 17 18 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 1:25.366 18 19 8 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:25.398 19 20 37 Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:25.911 20 21 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:25.932 21 22 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:26.009 22 23 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:26.168 23 24 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW no time 24Source:
Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 1 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 33 46:50.048 2 25 2 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 33 +5.341 9 18 3 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 33 +6.946 1 15+3 4 36 André Lotterer Porsche 33 +10.699 5 12+1 5 33 René Rast Audi 33 +11.427 13 10+1 6 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 33 +12.233 7 8 7 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 33 +17.381 14 6 8 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 33 +18.457 17 4 9 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 33 +30.724 16 2 10 99 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 33 +38.240 12 1 11 37 Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 33 +43.475 20 12 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 33 +48.025 23 13 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 33 +51.037 22 14 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 33 +57.579 11 15 8 Oliver Turvey NIO 33 +58.624 19 16 6 Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 33 +59.945 10 17 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 33 +1:00.436 4 18 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 33 +1:05.105 24 NC 71 Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 33 Retired in pits 6 NC 88 Tom Blomqvist NIO 25 +8 laps 15 Ret 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 1 Collision damage 18 Ret 29 Alexander Sims Mahindra 0 Collision damage 8 DSQ 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 33 Energy usage 3 DSQ 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 33 Energy usage 21 Source: Notes: – Pole position. – Fastest in group stage. – Fastest lap. – Robin Frijns received a 5-second time penalty for pushing another car into the wall and gaining a position. – Maximilian Günther received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision. – Norman Nato pulled into the pit lane at the end of the final lap after exceeding the maximum energy usage. As he did not cross the chequered flag, he was not classified. – Sébastien Buemi and Oliver Rowland originally finished 4th and 10th respectively, but were disqualified from the race for exceeding the maximum energy usage.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Sam Bird 81 2 António Félix da Costa 80 12 3 Jake Dennis 79 6 4 Nyck de Vries 77 2 5 Robin Frijns 76
Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Techeetah-DS 148 1 2 Virgin-Audi 146 3 Jaguar 141 1 4 Mercedes 137 1 5 Audi 134
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race two Qualifying Group draw Group 1 BIR () DAC (2) DEN (3) DEV (4) FRI (5) MOR (6) Group 2 RAS (7) CAS (8) JEV (9) DIG (10) WEH (11) VAN (12) Group 3 EVA (13) ROW (14) GUE (15) LYN (16) LOT (17) SIM (18) Group 4 BUE (20) NAT (21) TUR (22) SET (23) BLO (24) ERI (25)
Driver Team 1 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:20.459 1:20.181 1 2 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:20.483 1:20.222 2 3 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:20.319 1:20.248 3 4 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:20.511 1:20.353 4 5 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:20.321 1:20.376 5 6 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:20.504 1:20.398 6 7 99 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 1:20.569 7 8 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:20.620 8 9 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:20.641 9 10 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:20.750 10 11 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:20.812 11 12 33 René Rast Audi 1:20.924 12 13 71 Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 1:20.977 13 14 88 Tom Blomqvist NIO 1:20.988 14 15 6 Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 1:21.010 15 16 36 André Lotterer Porsche 1:21.038 16 17 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 1:21.042 17 18 37 Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 1:21.043 18 19 29 Alexander Sims Mahindra 1:21.064 19 20 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:21.080 20 21 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 1:21.108 21 22 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:21.195 22 23 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:21.244 23 24 8 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:21.847 24Source:
Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 1 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 30 46:29.532 3 25+1 2 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 30 +0.599 4 18 3 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 30 +6.257 5 15 4 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 30 +6.682 8 12+1 5 99 Pascal Wehrlein Porsche 30 +9.212 7 10 6 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 30 +10.637 6 8 7 37 Nick Cassidy Virgin-Audi 30 +12.685 18 6 8 7 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 30 +19.237 9 4 9 27 Jake Dennis Andretti-BMW 30 +24.914 17 2 10 6 Joel Eriksson Dragon-Penske 30 +27.920 15 1 11 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 30 +29.083 20 12 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 30 +29.915 23 13 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 30 +30.291 11 14 8 Oliver Turvey NIO 30 +31.364 24 15 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 30 +33.623 1 3 16 29 Alexander Sims Mahindra 30 +34.336 19 17 36 André Lotterer Porsche 30 +35.204 16 18 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 30 +42.269 2 19 88 Tom Blomqvist NIO 29 +1 lap 14 Ret 71 Norman Nato Venturi-Mercedes 27 Collision 13 Ret 10 Sam Bird Jaguar 27 Collision 21 Ret 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 10 Collision damage 22 Ret 33 René Rast Audi 5 Collision damage 12 DSQ 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 30 Disqualified 10 Source: Notes: – Fastest in group stage. – Fastest lap. – Pole position. – Stoffel Vandoorne received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking under yellow flag conditions. – Oliver Rowland received a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision. – Lucas di Grassi originally finished 1st, but was disqualified from the race for failing to respect a drive-through penalty. He had received the penalty for a safety car procedure infringement.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 3 1 Nyck de Vries 95 3 2 Robin Frijns 89 2 3 Sam Bird 81 1 4 Jake Dennis 81 2 5 António Félix da Costa 80
Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Virgin-Audi165 2 2 Mercedes 158 3 Jaguar 156 3 4 Techeetah-DS 148 1 5 Andretti-BMW 143
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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