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2024 London ePrix
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The 2024 London ePrix, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Hankook London E-Prix was a pair of Formula E electric car races held at the ExCeL London Circuit in the Royal Docks area of Newham, London on 20 and 21 July 2024. They served as the 15th and 16th rounds of the 2023–24 Formula E season and the 6th running of the London ePrix.

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Pascal Wehrlein, driving for Porsche won the first race, ahead of Mitch Evans and Sébastien Buemi, driving for Jaguar and Envision, respectively. The second race was won by Oliver Rowland, driving for Nissan, ahead of Wehrlein and Evans, who were first and second, respectively, in the first race. Wehrlein was crowned World Champion in the second race.

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Background

Nick Cassidy led the driver's championship into the final round, with Jaguar teammate Mitch Evans and Pascal Wehrlein 12 points behind in second and third respectively. António Félix da Costa, Oliver Rowland, Jean-Éric Vergne and Jake Dennis also entered the round in mathematical championship contention.[1]

Classification

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(All times are in BST)

Race 1

Qualifying

Qualifying for race 1 took place at 12:20 PM on 20 July.[2]

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Qualifying duels
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A2 Switzerland Sebastien Buemi
A3 United Kingdom Oliver Rowland
Switzerland Sebastien Buemi
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
A1 Germany Pascal Wehrlein
A4 Netherlands Robin Frijns
Switzerland Sebastien Buemi
New Zealand Mitch Evans
B2 Switzerland Nico Müller
B3 France Norman Nato
France Norman Nato
New Zealand Mitch Evans
B1 New Zealand Mitch Evans
B4 France Jean-Éric Vergne
Overall classification
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Race

Race 1 started at 5:03 PM on 20 July.[2]

Wehrlein won the race, which put him in the lead of the championship, ahead of the two Jaguars of Evans and Cassidy by 3 points and 7 points respectively. Evans finished second, while Cassidy recovered to seventh from a poor starting grid. All other four drivers who were in mathematical contention for the championship were out ahead of the final race, as Rowland collided with Félix da Costa and both drivers were out of the race. Dennis crashed into Vergne, both drivers managed to finish the race but did not score any points.

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Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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

Race 2

Qualifying

Qualifying for race 2 took place at 12:20 PM on 21 July.[5]

Cassidy took the pole position for the final round, which awarded 3 bonus points to him. The three championship contenders were separated by 4 points ahead of the race. Evans and Wehrlein would start from third and fourth respectfully, behind Gunther's Maserati.

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Qualifying duels
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A2 Germany Pascal Wehrlein
A3 United Kingdom Sam Bird
Germany Pascal Wehrlein
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
A1 New Zealand Nick Cassidy
A4 Netherlands Robin Frijns
New Zealand Nick Cassidy
Germany Maximilian Günther
B2 New Zealand Mitch Evans
B3 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne
New Zealand Mitch Evans
Germany Maximilian Günther
B1 Germany Maximilian Günther
B4 France Jean-Éric Vergne
Overall classification
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Race

Race 2 started at 5:03 PM on 21 July.[5]

Evans passed Gunther at the race start as his rivals maintained their positions. On lap 6, Wehrlein overtook Gunther and slotted in behind Evans. Cassidy was leading the race at the early stage and had a different Attack Mode strategy than his rivals. He used both of his Attack Mode activations in the opening laps. He managed to maintain the lead in his first activation but lost out to both Evans and Wehrlein in the second activation. Wehrlein continued to pressure Evans for the lead, but could not get past. Evans managed the pace of the race, allowing Cassidy to stay close behind Wehrlein.

On lap 28, while Félix da Costa in the other Porsche was trying to overtake the Nissan of Rowland, the front wing of the Porsche touched the right-rear tyre of Cassidy's Jaguar, causing a puncture. Thus ending Cassidy's contention for the championship. While Cassidy was trying to drive back to the pits, he was rear-ended by Gunther. The Maserati sustained severe damage on the front suspension and was out of the race. Cassidy returned to the race with new tyres, but he came to the pits shortly after to retire the car. With a large amount of debris on track, the safety car was deployed again. Just before the safety car deployment, both Evans and Wehrlein attempted to activate their first Attack Mode. As the safety car has already been deployed, both drivers failed to activate the Attack Mode and was overtaken by Rowland. Most other drivers have completed their usage of Attack Mode by this stage. As soon as the race restarted, Evans and Wehrlein attempted again and succeeded in their first activation. However, Evans missed his second activation and had to try again in the following lap. As a result, Wehrlein inherited the second place and Evans had to manage his pace to complete the Attack Mode usage by the end of the race.

Wehrlein took the title to Evans by 6 points. Jaguar managed to secure the Teams' title. Porsche would have received the Manufacturers' Trophy, but it was handed to Jaguar after Félix da Costa was given a time penalty.

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Notes:

  • ^1  – Pole position.
  • ^2  – Fastest lap.

Standings after the race

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

Notes

  1. Félix da Costa was given a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision with Cassidy.

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