The 2015 Miami ePrix, formally the 2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix, was a Formula E motor race held on 14 March 2015 at the Biscayne Bay Street Circuit, Miami, United States. It was the fifth championship race of the single-seater, electrically powered racing car series' inaugural season. The race was won by Nicolas Prost. Miami was subsequently dropped from the Formula E schedule for the 2015–16 season.[2]
Report
Background
After the previous race in Buenos Aires, four driver changes took place. The first was Loïc Duval, replacing Oriol Servià at Dragon.[3] The second was Scott Speed, replacing Marco Andretti at Andretti.[4] Speed was the fourth driver in five races to drive the second car for Andretti. The third was Charles Pic returning to the series with China Racing, replacing Ho-Pin Tung.[5] Pic had previously competed for Andretti in the first round in Beijing. Finally, Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Michela Cerruti at Trulli GP.[6]
Salvador Durán, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Bruno Senna were voted to receive the FanBoost, giving an extra 30 kWh for five seconds per car.[7]
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |  Jean-Éric Vergne
|
Andretti | 1:05.953 | 1 | |
| 2 | 99 |  Nelson Piquet Jr.
|
China Racing | 1:06.003 | +0.050 | 71 |
| 3 | 8 | Nicolas Prost
|
e.dams-Renault | 1:06.167 | +0.214 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 |  Sam Bird
|
Virgin Racing | 1:06.170 | +0.217 | 3 |
| 5 | 66 |  Daniel Abt
|
Audi Sport ABT | 1:06.255 | +0.302 | 4 |
| 6 | 30 | Stéphane Sarrazin
|
Venturi | 1:06.389 | +0.436 | 5 |
| 7 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
|
Audi Sport ABT | 1:06.424 | +0.471 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 |  Jérôme d'Ambrosio
|
Dragon Racing | 1:06.502 | +0.549 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 |  Jaime Alguersuari
|
Virgin Racing | 1:06.503 | +0.550 | 9 |
| 10 | 23 | Nick Heidfeld
|
Venturi | 1:06.510 | +0.557 | 192 |
| 11 | 28 |  Scott Speed
|
Andretti | 1:06.527 | +0.574 | 10 |
| 12 | 18 |  Vitantonio Liuzzi
|
Trulli | 1:06.836 | +0.883 | 11 |
| 13 | 77 |  Salvador Durán
|
Amlin Aguri | 1:06.888 | +0.935 | 12 |
| 14 | 9 |  Sébastien Buemi
|
e.dams-Renault | 1:07.037 | +1.084 | 13 |
| 15 | 10 | Jarno Trulli
|
Trulli | 1:07.163 | +1.210 | 14 |
| 16 | 5 |  Karun Chandhok
|
Mahindra Racing | 1:07.223 | +1.270 | 203 |
| 17 | 21 | Bruno Senna
|
Mahindra Racing | 1:07.283 | +1.330 | 15 |
| 18 | 55 |  António Félix da Costa
|
Amlin Aguri | 1:07.678 | +1.725 | 16 |
| 19 | 88 | Charles Pic
|
China Racing | 1:08.243 | +2.290 | 17 |
| 20 | 6 | Loïc Duval
|
Dragon Racing | 1:09.454 | +3.501 | 18 |
Notes:
- ^1 –Nelson Piquet Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for speeding under yellow flags in the previous race.
- ^2 –Nick Heidfeld was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.
- ^3 –Karun Chandhok was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.
Race
Nicolas Prost won ahead of Scott Speed, while Daniel Abt finished third despite leading on the penultimate lap.[8]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Nicolas Prost
|
e.dams-Renault | 39 | 46:12.349 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 28 | Scott Speed
|
Andretti | 39 | +0.433s | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | 66 | Daniel Abt
|
Audi Sport ABT | 39 | +5.518s | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | 7 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio
|
Dragon Racing | 39 | +5.941s | 8 | 12 |
| 5 | 99 | Nelson Piquet Jr.
|
China Racing | 39 | +6.426s | 7 | 10+21 |
| 6 | 55 | António Félix da Costa
|
Amlin Aguri | 39 | +8.754s | 16 | 8 |
| 7 | 6 | Loïc Duval
|
Dragon Racing | 39 | +9.498s | 18 | 6 |
| 8 | 2 | Sam Bird
|
Virgin Racing | 39 | +19.817s | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 11 | Lucas di Grassi
|
Audi Sport ABT | 39 | +20.631s | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | 77 | Salvador Durán
|
Amlin Aguri | 39 | +24.587s | 12 | 1 |
| 11 | 3 | Jaime Alguersuari
|
Virgin Racing | 39 | +43.883s | 9 | |
| 12 | 23 | Nick Heidfeld
|
Venturi | 39 | +47.878s | 19 | |
| 13 | 9 | Sébastien Buemi
|
e.dams-Renault | 39 | +1:04.587s | 13 | |
| 14 | 5 | Karun Chandhok
|
Mahindra Racing | 39 | +1:23.539s | 20 | |
| 15 | 10 | Jarno Trulli
|
Trulli | 38 | +1 lap | 14 | |
| 16 | 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi
|
Trulli | 38 | +1 lap | 11 | |
| 17 | 88 | Charles Pic
|
China Racing | 38 | +1 lap | 17 | |
| 18 | 27 | Jean-Éric Vergne
|
Andretti | 37 | Collision Damage | 1 | 32 |
| Ret | 30 | Stéphane Sarrazin
|
Venturi | 31 | Suspension | 5 | |
| Ret | 21 | Bruno Senna
|
Mahindra Racing | 25 | Suspension | 15 |
Notes:
Standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "Weather information for the "2015 Miami ePrix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Luke (July 10, 2015). "Formula E season two calendar confirmed: Paris joins, Miami and Monaco dropped". NBC Sports. NBC. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
- ^ "Duval gets Dragon seat for Miami". FIA Formula E Championship. Formula E Operations. March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "Scott Speed to race for Andretti in Miami". FIA Formula E Championship. Formula E Operations. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ "Pic returns to Formula E with China Racing". FIA Formula E Championship. Formula E Operations. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on March 14, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Vitantonio Liuzzi replaces Michela Cerruti in Miami". FIA Formula E Championship. Formula E Operations. March 12, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "Duran, Vergne and Senna win FanBoost vote". FIA Formula E Championship. Formula E Operations. March 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ^ Watkins, Gary (14 March 2015). "Miami Formula E: Nicolas Prost beats Scott Speed, Daniel Abt to win". autosport.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 14 November 2020.