The 2015 Miami ePrix, formally the 2015 FIA Formula E Miami ePrix, was a Formula E motor race held on March 14, 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, before the return in 2025 held at the Homestead–Miami Speedway.

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Circuit The Biscayne Bay Street Circuit was located in the heart of Downtown Miami, running along the coast of Biscayne Bay, in addition to making its way underneath the MacArthur Causeway and around the AmericanAirlines Arena, the home of NBA basketball team Miami Heat. The track features eight turns. Production of the temporary street circuit was done by track design company Ayesa.

Franck Montagny, Andretti: "We can expect a very good event there because, looking at the track, there will be quite a few long straights and slow corners so this will help for overtaking for sure. Turns 1, 2 and 3 will be the tricky part of the circuit where we shall have to look after the car and be careful of contact, for example. It looks as though we shall be able to attack at turns 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and in to 1 - these are the corners to make some moves on."

Background After the previous race in Buenos Aires, four driver changes took place. The first was Loïc Duval, replacing Oriol Servià at Dragon. The second was Scott Speed, replacing Marco Andretti at Andretti. 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. Pic had previously competed for Andretti in the first round in Beijing. Finally, Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Michela Cerruti at Trulli GP.

Salvador Durán, Jean-Éric Vergne, and Bruno Senna were voted to receive the FanBoost, giving an extra 30 kWh for five seconds per car.

Classification

Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 127 Jean-Éric VergneAndretti1:05.953 1299 Nelson Piquet Jr.China Racing1:06.003 +0.050 738 Nicolas Proste.dams-Renault1:06.167 +0.214 242 Sam BirdVirgin Racing1:06.170 +0.217 3566 Daniel AbtAudi Sport ABT1:06.255 +0.302 4630 Stéphane SarrazinVenturi1:06.389 +0.436 5711 Lucas di GrassiAudi Sport ABT1:06.424 +0.471 687 Jérôme d'AmbrosioDragon Racing1:06.502 +0.549 893 Jaime AlguersuariVirgin Racing1:06.503 +0.550 91023 Nick HeidfeldVenturi1:06.510 +0.557 191128 Scott SpeedAndretti1:06.527 +0.574 101218 Vitantonio LiuzziTrulli1:06.836 +0.883 111377 Salvador DuránAmlin Aguri1:06.888 +0.935 12149 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Renault1:07.037 +1.084 131510 Jarno TrulliTrulli1:07.163 +1.210 14165 Karun ChandhokMahindra Racing1:07.223 +1.270 201721 Bruno SennaMahindra Racing1:07.283 +1.330 151855 António Félix da CostaAmlin Aguri1:07.678 +1.725 161988 Charles PicChina Racing1:08.243 +2.290 17206 Loïc DuvalDragon Racing1:09.454 +3.501 18

Notes:  –Nelson Piquet Jr. received a five-place grid penalty for speeding under yellow flags in the previous race.  –Nick Heidfeld was excluded for exceeding the maximum power usage.  –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.

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+2 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 3 Ret 30 Stéphane Sarrazin Venturi 31 Suspension 5 Ret 21 Bruno Senna Mahindra Racing 25 Suspension 15

Notes:  – Two points for fastest lap.  – Three points for winning qualifying.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Nicolas Prost 67 2 Lucas di Grassi 60 3 Sam Bird 52 4 Nelson Piquet Jr. 49 5 Sébastien Buemi 43

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 e.dams-Renault 110 2 Audi Sport ABT 79 3 Virgin Racing 78 4 Andretti 62 5 Dragon Racing 56

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

References

External links Official results

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