2019 New York City ePrix

The 2019 New York City ePrix was a pair of ePrix which were the final two races of the 2018–19 Formula E season held in Brooklyn, New York around the Brooklyn Street Circuit.^[1] This was the third running of the New York City ePrix.

2019 New York City ePrix
Race 12 of 13 of the 2018–19 Formula E season ← Previous race
Race details
Date	July 13, 2019 (2019-07-13)
Official name	2019 New York City E-Prix
Location	Brooklyn Street Circuit, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Course	Street circuit
Course length	1.475 mi (2.374 km)
Distance	36 laps, 53.100 mi (85.456 km)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan
Time	1:10.188
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS
Time	1:12.063 on lap 35
Podium
First	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan
Second	Mitch Evans	Jaguar
Third	António Félix da Costa	Andretti-BMW
Lap leaders

2019 New York City ePrix
Race 13 of 13 of the 2018–19 Formula E season ← Previous race
Race details
Date	July 14, 2019 (2019-07-14)
Official name	2019 New York City E-Prix
Location	Brooklyn Street Circuit, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Course	Street circuit
Course length	1.475 mi (2.374 km)
Distance	36 laps, 53.100 mi (85.456 km)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW
Time	1:09.617
Fastest lap
Driver	Daniel Abt	Audi
Time	1:11.305 on lap 23
Podium
First	Robin Frijns	Envision Virgin Racing
Second	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW
Third	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan
Lap leaders

Heading into the weekend it was Jean-Éric Vergne who led the drivers championship by 32 points.^[2] He managed to maintain his lead to take the championship after the second race, thus becoming the first driver to win multiple Formula E Drivers' Championship titles.^[3]

Classification

Race one

Qualifying

Group draw[4]
Group 1	JEV (1)	DIG (2)	EVA (3)	LOT (4)	DAC (5)	—
Group 2	FRI (6)	BUE (7)	ABT (8)	BIR (9)	DAM (10)	—
Group 3	ROW (11)	MOR (12)	WEH (13)	MAS (14)	VAN (15)	SIM (16)
Group 4	GUN (17)	LYN (18)	PAF (19)	TUR (20)	LOP (21)	DIL (23)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan	1:10.556	1:10.188	1
2	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	1:10.589	1:10.600	2
3	3	Alex Lynn	Jaguar	1:10.669	1:10.696	3
4	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	1:10.761	1:10.894	4
5	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	1:10.590	1:10.899	5
6	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	1:10.588	1:11.094	6
7	7	José María López	Dragon-Penske	1:10.836	—	7
8	28	António Félix da Costa	Andretti-BMW	1:10.845	—	8
9	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:10.854	—	9
10	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:10.933	—	10
11	6	Maximilian Günther	Dragon-Penske	1:11.005	—	11
12	8	Tom Dillmann	NIO	1:11.006	—	12
13	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:11.065	—	13
14	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:11.080	—	14
15	17	Gary Paffett	HWA-Venturi	1:11.095	—	15
16	36	André Lotterer	Techeetah-DS	1:11.222	—	16
17	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi	1:11.326	—	211
18	16	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:11.413	—	17
19	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA-Venturi	1:11.449	—	18
20	22	Oliver Rowland	e.Dams-Nissan	1:11.605	—	19
21	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi	1:14.862	—	20
NC	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	1:18.262	—	222
Source:[5][6][7][8]

Notes:

• ^1  – Edoardo Mortara received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision in the previous race and two additional penalty points.^[9]
• ^2  – Jérôme d'Ambrosio did not fulfill the qualifying criteria by not setting a (competitive) lap time. The Stewards permitted d'Ambrosio to start the race.^[10]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan	36	46:16.399	1	25+33
2	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	36	+0.932	13	18
3	28	António Félix da Costa	Andretti-BMW	36	+1.216	8	15
4	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	36	+2.971	5	12
5	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	36	+3.537	14	10
6	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	36	+4.380	4	8+14
7	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	36	+6.543	2	6
8	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	36	+13.8291	6	4
9	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	36	+23.7192	22	2
10	16	Oliver Turvey	NIO	36	+25.038	17	1
11	17	Gary Paffett	HWA-Venturi	36	+27.831	15
12	7	José María López	Dragon-Penske	36	+34.729	7
13	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA-Venturi	36	+50.564	18
14	22	Oliver Rowland	e.Dams-Nissan	36	+1:23.962	19
15	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	36	+1:34.508	10
16	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi	35	Collision damage	20
17	36	André Lotterer	Techeetah-DS	35	+1 lap	16
Ret	6	Maximilian Günther	Dragon-Penske	28	Collision damage	11
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi	27	Accident	21
Ret	3	Alex Lynn	Jaguar	18	Technical	3
Ret	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	15	Collision damage	9
Ret	8	Tom Dillmann	NIO	1	Collision damage	12
Source:[11]

Notes:

• ^1  – Sam Bird received a ten-second time penalty after causing a collision.^[12]
• ^2  – Jérôme d'Ambrosio received a five-second time penalty after forcing another driver off-track.^[13]
• ^3  – Pole position.
• ^4  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Driver Points 1 Jean-Éric Vergne 130 2 Lucas di Grassi 108 3 Mitch Evans 105 3 4 Sébastien Buemi 104 5 António Félix da Costa 97

Teams' Championship standings +/– Pos Constructor Points 1 DS Techeetah 216 2 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 192 1 3 e.Dams-Nissan 167 1 4 Virgin-Audi 154 1 5 BMW 133

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

Race two

Qualifying

Group draw[14]
Group 1	JEV (1)	DIG (2)	EVA (3)	BUE (4)	DAC (5)	—
Group 2	LOT (6)	ABT (7)	FRI (8)	BIR (9)	DAM (10)	—
Group 3	ROW (11)	WEH (12)	MOR (13)	MAS (14)	SIM (15)	VAN (16)
Group 4	GUN (17)	LYN (18)	PAF (19)	TUR (20)	LOP (21)	DIL (23)

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	GS	SP	Grid
1	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	1:09.690	1:09.617	1
2	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	1:09.839	1:09.712	2
3	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan	1:09.930	1:09.729	3
4	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	1:09.852	1:09.895	4
5	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA-Venturi	1:09.783	1:09.994	5
6	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	1:09.829	1:10.096	6
7	22	Oliver Rowland	e.Dams-Nissan	1:09.979	—	7
8	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	1:09.990	—	8
9	17	Gary Paffett	HWA-Venturi	1:10.082	—	9
10	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi	1:10.144	—	10
11	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	1:10.182	—	11
12	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	1:10.205	—	12
13	7	José María López	Dragon-Penske	1:10.279	—	13
14	28	António Félix da Costa	Andretti-BMW	1:10.296	—	14
15	16	Oliver Turvey	NIO	1:10.366	—	15
16	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	1:10.431	—	16
17	8	Tom Dillmann	NIO	1:10.500	—	201
18	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	1:10.501	—	17
19	6	Maximilian Günther	Dragon-Penske	1:10.580	—	18
20	36	André Lotterer	Techeetah-DS	1:10.626	—	19
21	3	Alex Lynn	Jaguar	1:12.464	—	212
NC	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi	1:19.758	—	223
Source:[15][16][17][18]

Notes:

• ^1  – Tom Dillmann received a 3-place grid penalty for impeeding Gary Paffett during his flying lap.^[19]
• ^2  – Alex Lynn received a 20-place grid penalty for changing E-Motor (MGU). Since Lynn qualified 21st, he was unable to take the full grid drop, resulting in that penalty being replaced by a drive-through penalty.^[20][21]
• ^3  – Felipe Massa did not fulfill the qualifying criteria by not setting a flying lap time. The Stewards permitted Massa to start the race.^[22]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Robin Frijns	Virgin-Audi	36	47:22.289	2	25
2	27	Alexander Sims	Andretti-BMW	36	+3.200	1	18+34
3	23	Sébastien Buemi	e.Dams-Nissan	36	+3.912	3	15
4	2	Sam Bird	Virgin-Audi	36	+4.270	4	12
5	66	Daniel Abt	Audi	36	+4.757	6	10+15
6	22	Oliver Rowland	e.Dams-Nissan	36	+8.382	7	8
7	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	Techeetah-DS	36	+9.446	12	6
8	5	Stoffel Vandoorne	HWA-Venturi	36	+9.738	5	4
9	28	António Félix da Costa	Andretti-BMW	36	+11.727	14	2
10	17	Gary Paffett	HWA-Venturi	36	+12.251	9	1
11	64	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Mahindra	36	+18.944	16
12	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Mahindra	36	+27.144	17
13	16	Oliver Turvey	NIO	36	+28.045	15
14	8	Tom Dillmann	NIO	36	+28.580	20
15	19	Felipe Massa	Venturi	36	+28.635	22
16	3	Alex Lynn	Jaguar	36	+41.4201	21
17	20	Mitch Evans	Jaguar	36	+1:27.0091,2	8
18	11	Lucas di Grassi	Audi	35	Collision	11
19	6	Maximilian Günther	Dragon-Penske	34	Energy	18
Ret	48	Edoardo Mortara	Venturi	17	Brakes	10
Ret	36	André Lotterer	Techeetah-DS	3	Collision damage3	19
Ret	7	José María López	Dragon-Penske	2	Collision damage	13
Source:[23]

Notes:

• ^1  – Both Panasonic Jaguar Racing drivers (Lynn and Evans) received a drive through penalty converted into a 22-second time penalty for exceeding the maximum battery temperature.^[24][25]
• ^2  – Mitch Evans received a 10-second stop and go penalty converted into a 37-second time penalty for causing a collision with Lucas di Grassi.
• ^3  – André Lotterer received a 22-second time penalty for causing a dangerous collision with José María López and three additional penalty points.^[26]
• ^4  – Pole position.
• ^5  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos Driver Points 1 Jean-Éric Vergne 136 2 2 Sébastien Buemi 119 1 3 Lucas di Grassi 108 4 4 Robin Frijns 106 2 5 Mitch Evans 104

Teams' Championship standings +/– Pos Constructor Points 1 DS Techeetah 222 2 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 203 3 e.Dams-Nissan 191 4 Virgin-Audi 190 5 BMW 156

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