2014–15 Formula E Championship

The 2014–15 FIA Formula E Championship was the inaugural season of Formula E, a new FIA championship for electrically powered cars.^[1] It began on 13 September 2014 at Beijing in China and finished on 28 June 2015 in London after eleven races.^[2][3] Nelson Piquet Jr. came first in the overall standings, and so became the first ever Formula E champion.^[4]

2014–15 FIA Formula E Championship - Season 1

Drivers' Champion: Nelson Piquet Jr.
Teams' Champion: e.dams Renault

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Nelson Piquet Jr. became the first ever Formula E Drivers' Champion.

Sébastien Buemi finished second in the drivers standings, missing out on the championship by 1 point.

Lucas di Grassi won the first Formula E race, and finished the season third.

The car

Main article: Spark-Renault SRT_01E

Spark-Renault SRT 01E in Andretti colors.

For the first season, all teams were supplied an electric racing car built by Spark Racing Technology, called the Spark-Renault SRT 01E. The chassis was designed by Dallara, with an electric motor developed by McLaren (the same as that used in its P1 supercar), a battery system created by Williams Grand Prix Engineering and a Hewland five-speed gearbox. Michelin were the official tyre supplier.^[5][6][7] 42 electric cars were ordered by the FIA.^[8]

Teams and drivers

For the 2014–15 season, 10 teams contested the series. Each team fielded two drivers; each driver had two cars. That meant that 40 cars were required by the teams. All teams were ostensibly based at the sport's technical headquarters at the Donington Park race circuit, in the United Kingdom, although some teams had a greater presence there than others. Formula E organiser FEH itself has offices there for administration and operations staff.

All ten teams were confirmed to race in April 2014. However, in June 2014, Drayson Racing pulled out of the championship, with its entry taken by Trulli, a new team formed by former Formula One driver Jarno Trulli. Drayson entered the team in a supply and sponsorship arrangement, to be its principal technology partner.^[9]

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Virgin Racing Formula E Team[10]	2	Sam Bird[11]	All
	3	Jaime Alguersuari[11]	1–9
		Fabio Leimer[12]	10–11
Mahindra Racing Formula E Team[10]	5	Karun Chandhok[13]	All
	21	Bruno Senna[13]	All
Dragon Racing Formula E Team[10]	6	Oriol Servià[14][15]	1–4
		Loïc Duval[16]	5–11
	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio[17]	All
Team e.dams Renault[10]	8	Nicolas Prost[18]	All
	9	Sébastien Buemi[18]	All
Trulli Formula E Team[10]	10	Jarno Trulli[9]	All
	18	Michela Cerruti[19]	1–4
		Vitantonio Liuzzi[20]	5–9
		Alex Fontana[21]	10–11
Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team[10]	11	Lucas di Grassi[22]	All
	66	Daniel Abt[22]	All
Venturi Formula E Team[10]	23	Nick Heidfeld[23]	All
	30	Stéphane Sarrazin[23]	All
Andretti Autosport Formula E Team[10]	27	Franck Montagny[24]	1–2
		Jean-Éric Vergne[25]	3–11
	28	Charles Pic[26]	1
		Matthew Brabham[N 1][28]	2–3
		Marco Andretti[29]	4
		Scott Speed[30]	5–8
		Justin Wilson[31]	9
		Simona de Silvestro[32]	10–11
Amlin Aguri[10][33]	55	Takuma Sato[34]	1
		António Félix da Costa[35]	2–9
		Sakon Yamamoto[36]	10–11
	77	Katherine Legge[33]	1–2
		Salvador Durán[37]	3–11
China Racing Formula E Team (rounds 1–6)[10] NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team (rounds 7–11)[38]	88	Ho-Pin Tung[39][40]	1–2, 4
		Antonio García[41]	3, 9
		Charles Pic[42]	5–8
		Oliver Turvey[43]	10–11
	99	Nelson Piquet Jr.[44]	All

• Mike Conway was scheduled to compete for Dragon Racing, but withdrew before the season to focus on his FIA World Endurance Championship commitments with Toyota.^[45] He was replaced by fellow IndyCar racer Oriol Servià.^[15]

Calendar

2014 Punta del Este ePrix.

The season included 11 races, held between September 2014 and June 2015. The initial calendar had ten races and was approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council in December 2013.^[2] However, in April 2014, changes were made to the calendar including dropping Rio de Janeiro, which had previously replaced Hong Kong, and moving the Los Angeles round to 4 April.^[46] On 22 May 2014, Los Angeles County officials announced that their race would take place 40 km (25 mi) away on a modified version of the Long Beach street circuit.^[47] On 3 February 2015, it was revealed that a race would be held in Moscow on 6 June to restore the calendar to its original schedule of ten races.^[3] On 19 February 2015, it was announced that the final round in London would be a double-header, expanding the calendar to eleven races.^[48]

Round	ePrix	Country	Track	Date
1	Beijing ePrix	China	Beijing Olympic Green Circuit	13 September 2014
2	Putrajaya ePrix	Malaysia	Putrajaya Street Circuit	22 November 2014
3	Punta del Este ePrix	Uruguay	Punta del Este Street Circuit	13 December 2014
4	Buenos Aires ePrix	Argentina	Puerto Madero Street Circuit	10 January 2015
5	Miami ePrix	United States	Biscayne Bay Street Circuit	14 March 2015
6	Long Beach ePrix	United States	Long Beach Street Circuit	4 April 2015
7	Monaco ePrix	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	9 May 2015
8	Berlin ePrix	Germany	Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit	23 May 2015
9	Moscow ePrix	Russia	Moscow Street Circuit	6 June 2015
10	London ePrix Race 1	United Kingdom	Battersea Park Street Circuit	27 June 2015
11	London ePrix Race 2			28 June 2015
Source:[49]

ePrix locations

Buenos Aires

Mexico City

Putrajaya

Punta del Este

Long Beach

Beijing

London

Moscow

Berlin

Miami

Location of ePrix in season 1.
(: ePrix – single race)
(: ePrix – double race)

Race results

Round	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Beijing	Nicolas Prost	Takuma Sato	Lucas di Grassi	Audi Sport ABT	Report
2	Putrajaya	Nicolas Prost[N 2]	Jaime Alguersuari	Sam Bird	Virgin Racing	Report
3	Punta del Este	Jean-Éric Vergne	Daniel Abt	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams Renault	Report
4	Buenos Aires	Sébastien Buemi	Sam Bird	António Félix da Costa	Amlin Aguri	Report
5	Miami	Jean-Éric Vergne	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Nicolas Prost	e.dams Renault	Report
6	Long Beach	Daniel Abt[N 3]	Nicolas Prost	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NEXTEV TCR	Report
7	Monaco	Sébastien Buemi	Jean-Éric Vergne	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams Renault	Report
8	Berlin	Jarno Trulli	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Jérôme d'Ambrosio[N 4]	Dragon Racing	Report
9	Moscow	Jean-Éric Vergne	Sébastien Buemi	Nelson Piquet Jr.	NEXTEV TCR	Report
10	London	Sébastien Buemi	Lucas di Grassi	Sébastien Buemi	e.dams Renault	Report
11		Stéphane Sarrazin	Sam Bird	Sam Bird[N 5]	Virgin Racing
Source:[54]

Championship standings

Points system

Championship points were awarded as follows:^[46]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	3	2

Each driver's lowest-scoring round was dropped from their total; however, rounds where the driver was excluded from the race could not be dropped.

Drivers' Championship

Pos. Driver BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN Pts 1 Nelson Piquet Jr. 8 Ret 2 3 5 1* 3* 4* 1* 5* 7* 144 2 Sébastien Buemi Ret 3 1 Ret 13 4 1 2* 9* 1 5* 143 3 Lucas di Grassi 1* 2 3 Ret 9 3 2 DSQ 2* 4 6 133 4 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 6 5 8 14 4 6 5 1 11 2 2 113 5 Sam Bird 3 1 Ret 7 8 Ret* 4 8 Ret 6 1 103 6 Nicolas Prost 12† 4 7 2 1 14 6 10 8 7 (10) 88 (89) 7 Jean-Éric Vergne 14†* 6* 18†* 2* Ret* 7 4 3 16† 70 8 António Félix da Costa 8 Ret 1 6 7 9 11 7 51 9 Loïc Duval 7 9 Ret 3 15 8 3 42 10 Bruno Senna Ret* 14†* 6 5* Ret* 5 Ret 17 16 16 4 40 11 Daniel Abt 10 10 15 13† 3 15 Ret 14 5 Ret 11 32 12 Nick Heidfeld 13† DSQ* 10* 8* 12 11 10 5 3 13 Ret 31 13 Jaime Alguersuari 11 9 5 4 11 8 Ret 12 13 30 14 Stéphane Sarrazin 9 12 Ret 10 Ret 10 7 6 14 10 15 22 15 Scott Speed 2 Ret 12 13 18 16 Franck Montagny 2 DSQ 18 17 Karun Chandhok 5 6 13 Ret 14 12 13 18 12 12 13 18 18 Charles Pic 4 17 16 8 15* 16 19 Oriol Servià 7 7 9 9 16 20 Jarno Trulli Ret 16 4 Ret 15 Ret 11 19† 18† 15 Ret 15 21 Salvador Durán 16* DSQ 10* Ret Ret* 16 6 17 8 13 22 Oliver Turvey 9* 9* 4 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi 16 13 NC 9 17 2 24 Takuma Sato Ret 2 25 Justin Wilson 10 1 26 Ho-Pin Tung 16 11 11 0 27 Simona de Silvestro 11 12 0 28 Antonio García 11 19 0 29 Michela Cerruti 14 Ret 12 Ret 0 30 Marco Andretti 12 0 31 Matthew Brabham 13 Ret 0 32 Fabio Leimer 14 Ret 0 33 Alex Fontana Ret 14 0 34 Katherine Legge 15* 15* 0 35 Sakon Yamamoto Ret* Ret 0 Pos. Driver BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN Pts Source:[55]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap * – FanBoost (parentheses) – Round dropped from total

Notes

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

The points system was the same as the Drivers' Championship, except that all rounds counted towards the total.

Pos. Team No. BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN Points 1 e.dams Renault 8 12† 4 7 2 1 14 6 10 8 7 10 232 9 Ret 3 1 Ret 13 4 1 2* 9* 1 5* 2 Dragon Racing 6 7 7 9 9 7 9 Ret 3 15 8 3 171 7 6 5 8 14 4 6 5 1 11 2 2 3 Audi Sport ABT 11 1* 2 3 Ret 9 3 2 DSQ 2* 4 6 165 66 10 10 15 13† 3 15 Ret 14 5 Ret 11 4 NEXTEV TCR 88 16 11 11 11 17 16 8 15* 19 9* 9* 152 99 8 Ret 2 3 5 1* 3* 4* 1* 5* 7* 5 Virgin Racing 2 3 1 Ret 7 8 Ret* 4 8 Ret 6 1 133 3 11 9 5 4 11 8 Ret 12 13 14 Ret 6 Andretti 27 2 DSQ 14†* 6* 18†* 2* Ret* 7 4 3 16† 119 28 4 13 Ret 12 2 Ret 12 13 10 11 12 7 Amlin Aguri 55 Ret 8 Ret 1 6 7 9 11 7 Ret* Ret 66 77 15* 15* 16* DSQ 10* Ret Ret* 16 6 17 8 8 Mahindra Racing 5 5 6 13 Ret 14 12 13 18 12 12 13 58 21 Ret* 14†* 6 5* Ret* 5 Ret 17 16 16 4 9 Venturi 23 13† DSQ* 10* 8* 12 11 10 5 3 13 Ret 53 30 9 12 Ret 10 Ret 10 7 6 14 10 15 10 Trulli 10 Ret 16 4 Ret 15 Ret 11 19† 18† 15 Ret 17 18 14 Ret 12 Ret 16 13 NC 9 17 Ret 14 Pos. Team No. BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN Points Source:[56]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap * – FanBoost

Notes

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Footnotes

1. Brabham is an Australian-American driver who was racing under an American racing license.^[27]
2. Nicolas Prost set the best time during qualification in Putrajaya,^[50] and accordingly, scored the three championship points on offer. He started from eleventh on the grid following a ten-place grid penalty which was levied on him for causing a collision with Nick Heidfeld in Beijing. Therefore, Oriol Servià, who set the second-fastest time, started the race from pole position.^[51]
3. Sébastien Buemi set the fastest time but had that time deleted for power overuse.
4. Lucas di Grassi and Audi Sport Abt were the initial winners but were disqualified when di Grassi's car was found to have breached technical regulations.^[52]
5. Stéphane Sarrazin and Venturi were the initial winners but were given a post-race 49 second time-penalty for exceeding the maximum energy usage.^[53]