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

The car

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. 42 electric cars were ordered by the FIA.

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.

Team Drivers Rounds Virgin Racing Formula E Team 2 Sam Bird All 3 Jaime Alguersuari 1–9 Fabio Leimer 10–11 Mahindra Racing Formula E Team 5 Karun Chandhok All 21 Bruno Senna All Dragon Racing Formula E Team 6 Oriol Servià 1–4 Loïc Duval 5–11 7 Jérôme d'Ambrosio All Team e.dams Renault 8 Nicolas Prost All 9 Sébastien Buemi All Trulli Formula E Team 10 Jarno Trulli All 18 Michela Cerruti 1–4 Vitantonio Liuzzi 5–9 Alex Fontana 10–11 Audi Sport ABT Formula E Team 11 Lucas di Grassi All 66 Daniel Abt All Venturi Formula E Team 23 Nick Heidfeld All 30 Stéphane Sarrazin All Andretti Autosport Formula E Team 27 Franck Montagny 1–2 Jean-Éric Vergne 3–11 28 Charles Pic 1 Matthew Brabham 2–3 Marco Andretti 4 Scott Speed 5–8 Justin Wilson 9 Simona de Silvestro 10–11 Amlin Aguri 55 Takuma Sato 1 António Félix da Costa 2–9 Sakon Yamamoto 10–11 77 Katherine Legge 1–2 Salvador Durán 3–11 China Racing Formula E Team (rounds 1–6) NEXTEV TCR Formula E Team (rounds 7–11)88 Ho-Pin Tung1–2, 4 Antonio García3, 9 Charles Pic5–8 Oliver Turvey10–1199 Nelson Piquet Jr.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. He was replaced by fellow IndyCar racer Oriol Servià.

Calendar

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. 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. On 22 May 2014, Los Angeles County officials announced that their race would take place away on a modified version of the Long Beach Street Circuit. 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. On 19 February 2015, it was announced that the final round in London would be a double-header, expanding the calendar to eleven races.

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

ePrix locations

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 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 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 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 Virgin Racing Source:

Championship standings Points system Championship points were awarded as follows: Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Pole 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 Driver BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN 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* 15* 143 3 Lucas di Grassi 1* 2 3 Ret 9 3 2 DSQ 2* 4 6133 4 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 6 5 8 14 4 6 5 1 11 2 2113 5 Sam Bird 3 1 Ret 7 8 Ret* 4 8 Ret 6 1103 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 8 342 10 Bruno Senna Ret* 14†* 6 5* Ret* 5 Ret 17 16 16 440 11 Daniel Abt 10 10 15 13† 3 15 Ret 14 5 Ret11 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 101522 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 1213 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 17 813 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 Driver BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN Source: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. Team BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN Points 1 e.dams Renault8 12† 4 7 2 1 14 6 10 8 7 10 2329 Ret 3 1 Ret 13 4 1 2* 9* 1 5* 2 Dragon Racing6 7 7 9 9 7 9 Ret 3 15 8 3 1717 6 5 8 14 4 6 5 1 11 2 2 3 Audi Sport ABT11 1* 2 3 Ret 9 3 2 DSQ 2* 4 6 16566 10 10 15 13† 3 15 Ret 14 5 Ret 11 4 NEXTEV TCR88 16 11 11 11 17 16 8 15* 19 9* 9* 15299 8 Ret 2 3 5 1* 3* 4* 1* 5* 7* 5 Virgin Racing2 3 1 Ret 7 8 Ret* 4 8 Ret 6 1 1333 11 9 5 4 11 8 Ret 12 13 14 Ret 6 Andretti27 2 DSQ 14†* 6* 18†* 2* Ret* 7 4 3 16† 11928 4 13 Ret 12 2 Ret 12 13 10 11 12 7 Amlin Aguri55 Ret 8 Ret 1 6 7 9 11 7 Ret* Ret 6677 15* 15* 16* DSQ 10* Ret Ret* 16 6 17 8 8 Mahindra Racing5 5 6 13 Ret 14 12 13 18 12 12 13 5821 Ret* 14†* 6 5* Ret* 5 Ret 17 16 16 4 9 Venturi23 13† DSQ* 10* 8* 12 11 10 5 3 13 Ret 5330 9 12 Ret 10 Ret 10 7 6 14 10 15 10 Trulli10 Ret 16 4 Ret 15 Ret 11 19† 18† 15 Ret 1718 14 Ret 12 Ret 16 13 NC 9 17 Ret 14 Team BEI PUT PDE BUE MIA LBH MCO BER MSC LDN Points Source: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.

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