The 2020 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2020 Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a series of six Formula E races held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin between 5 and 13 August 2020. It formed the final six races of the 2019–20 Formula E season and was the sixth edition of the Berlin ePrix.
The event was promoted as 9 Days, 6 Races, 3 Tracks, 1 Champion; and The Season Six Finale.
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Background The Berlin ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2019–20 series schedule by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It's the final six of twelve scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2019–20 season, and the sixth running of the event. The ePrix was held using three different layouts at Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Berlin Tempelhof Airport between 5 and 13 August 2020.
Entering the race, DS Techeetah driver António Félix da Costa was leading the Drivers' Championship with 67 points, followed by Jaguar's driver Mitch Evans in second 11 points behind, and third placed Andretti-BMW's driver Alexander Sims 21 points behind the championship leader. In the team's standings, Techeetah lead with 98 points, followed behind by Andretti-BMW with 90 and Jaguar down in 3rd with 66 points.
Circuit layouts The track layouts for the 9 days event were made available to the drivers and constructors on 21 July 2020.
The 6 races were further split into three 'double headers', each with a different track layout. The first two races (5 and 6 August) were carried out in the reverse layout, with drivers driving the usual Tempelhof circuit in a clockwise direction (the circuit is normally driven in anti-clockwise direction). The second double header (8 and 9 August) were driven in the traditional Tempelhof circuit layout (i.e. anti-clockwise direction). The last double header (12 and 13 August) use an extended circuit layout, with more turns added to the middle and final sectors of the track. Organizers billed this track layout as 'more technical'.
Classification Race 1
Qualifying Group draw Group 1 DAC () EVA (2) SIM (3) GUE (4) DIG (5) VAN (6) Group 2 MOR (7) JEV (8) ROW (9) BIR (10) BUE (11) LOT (12) Group 3 DEV (13) FRI (15) CAL (16) ABT (17) DAM (18) MAS (19) Group 4 TUR (21) MUL (22) JAN (23) LYN (–) SET (–) RAS (–) Driver Team 1 13 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS 1:07.122 1:06.799 12 25 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS 1:07.274 1:07.121 23 36 André LottererPorsche 1:07.454 1:07.235 34 23 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan 1:07.267 1:07.248 45 17 Nyck de VriesMercedes 1:07.308 1:07.302 56 64 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra 1:07.488 1:07.371 67 2 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi 1:07.492 78 22 Oliver Rowlande.dams-Nissan 1:07.521 PL9 20 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:07.555 810 19 Felipe MassaVenturi-Mercedes 1:07.563 911 4 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi 1:07.581 1012 94 Alex LynnMahindra 1:07.646 1113 28 Maximilian GüntherAndretti-BMW 1:07.685 1214 66 René RastAudi 1:07.777 1315 48 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes 1:07.826 1416 5 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes 1:07.993 1517 27 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMW 1:07.996 1618 18 Neel JaniPorsche 1:08.014 1719 3 Oliver TurveyNIO 1:08.089 1820 7 Nico MüllerDragon-Penske 1:08.118 1921 11 Lucas di GrassiAudi 1:08.136 2022 33 Daniel AbtNIO 1:08.554 2123 6 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske 1:08.628 2224 51 James CaladoJaguar 1:10.194 24Source: Notes: – Oliver Rowland received a twenty-place grid penalty for inverter/MCU change. He also received a forty-place grid penalty for gearbox and inverter change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid For being unable to take the full grid drop (by only losing sixteen places on the grid), he received an additional 10 seconds stop and go penalty at the race. – James Calado received a sixty-place grid penalty for battery, inverter and MGU change, forcing him to start from the back of the grid. For being unable to take the full grid drop, he also received an additional 10 seconds stop and go penalty at the race.
Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 1 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 36 47:08.261 1 25+3+1+1 2 36 André Lotterer Porsche 36 +5.445 3 18 3 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 36 +6.526 7 15 4 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 36 +6.911 5 12 5 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 36 +13.212 6 10 6 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 36 +13.654 15 8 7 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 36 +14.926 4 6 8 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 36 +17.311 20 4 9 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 36 +17.673 16 2 10 66 René Rast Audi 36 +18.852 13 1 11 18 Neel Jani Porsche 36 +21.039 17 12 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 36 +21.603 11 13 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 36 +22.482 8 14 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 36 +23.208 PL 15 51 James Calado Jaguar 36 +28.906 24 16 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 36 +31.116 18 17 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 36 +38.765 14 18 33 Daniel Abt NIO 36 +39.282 21 NC 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 36 +36.915 2 NC 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 36 +3:02.455 19 Ret 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 22 Accident 9 Ret 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 8 Accident 10 DSQ 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 36 Energy usage 12 DSQ 6 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 36 Energy usage 22Source: Notes: – Pole position, fastest in group stage, and fastest lap. – Oliver Rowland received a five-second time penalty for being unable to take the full grid drop at the start. – Edoardo Mortara received a drive-through penalty converted into a 18-second time penalty for causing a collision. – Daniel Abt received a five-second time penalty for speeding under Full Course Yellow. – Maximilian Günther (who originally finished eighth) and Sérgio Sette Câmara (who originally finished twentieth) were both disqualified from the race due to their energy used being over regulatory limit.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 António Félix da Costa 97 2 Mitch Evans 56 3 Alexander Sims 48 2 4 Stoffel Vandoorne 46 1 5 Maximilian Günther 44
Teams' Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 Techeetah-DS 128 2 Andretti-BMW 92 2 3 Mercedes 76 1 4 Jaguar 66 1 5 e.dams-Nissan 63
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race 2 Qualifying Group draw Group 1 DAC (1) EVA (2) SIM (3) VAN (4) GUE (5) BIR (6) Group 2 LOT (7) DIG (8) BUE (9) MOR (10) JEV (11) DEV (12) Group 3 ROW (13) DAM (15) FRI (16) CAL (17) ABT (18) MAS (19) Group 4 RAS (21) TUR (22) MUL (23) JAN (24) LYN (25) SET (27) Driver Team 1 13 António Félix da CostaTecheetah-DS 1:06.791 1:06.442 12 23 Sébastien Buemie.dams-Nissan 1:06.779 1:06.859 23 94 Alex LynnMahindra 1:06.873 1:06.919 34 17 Nyck de VriesMercedes 1:06.951 1:06.921 45 4 Robin FrijnsVirgin-Audi 1:06.924 1:06.974 56 11 Lucas di GrassiAudi 1:06.961 1:07.292 67 22 Oliver Rowlande.dams-Nissan 1:07.018 78 25 Jean-Éric VergneTecheetah-DS 1:07.035 89 2 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi 1:07.148 910 48 Edoardo MortaraVenturi-Mercedes 1:07.218 1011 28 Maximilian GüntherAndretti-BMW 1:07.269 1112 36 André LottererPorsche 1:07.285 1213 5 Stoffel VandoorneMercedes 1:07.292 1314 64 Jérôme d'AmbrosioMahindra 1:07.338 1415 27 Alexander SimsAndretti-BMW 1:07.368 PL16 3 Oliver TurveyNIO 1:07.451 1517 20 Mitch EvansJaguar 1:07.516 1618 19 Felipe MassaVenturi-Mercedes 1:07.557 1719 7 Nico MüllerDragon-Penske 1:07.581 1820 18 Neel JaniPorsche 1:07.640 1921 6 Sérgio Sette CâmaraDragon-Penske 1:07.846 2022 33 Daniel AbtNIO 1:08.005 2123 51 James CaladoJaguar 1:08.432 2224 66 René RastAudi 1:08.464 PLSource: Notes: – Alexander Sims received a twenty-place grid penalty for battery change.
Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 1 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 38 46:19.412 1 25+3 2 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 38 +3.090 2 18+1 3 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 38 +8.296 6 15 4 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 38 +9.239 5 12 5 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 38 +9.695 13 10+1 6 2 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi 38 +10.081 9 8 7 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 38 +13.897 7 6 8 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 38 +16.367 10 4 9 36 André Lotterer Porsche 38 +16.893 12 2 10 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 38 +20.919 8 1 11 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 38 +21.288 3 12 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 38 +22.157 16 13 66 René Rast Audi 38 +22.631 PL 14 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 38 +23.579 18 15 18 Neel Jani Porsche 38 +26.381 19 16 33 Daniel Abt NIO 38 +35.424 21 17 6 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 38 +35.727 20 18 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 38 +36.356 15 19 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 38 +42.395 PL 20 51 James Calado Jaguar 38 +52.828 22 NC 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 38 +1:21.241 17 Ret 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 27 Accident damage 11 Ret 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 15 Electronics 4 DSQ 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 38 Energy usage 14Source: Notes: – Pole position. – Fastest in group stage. – Fastest lap. – Jérôme d'Ambrosio originally finished fifteenth, but was disqualified from the race due to his energy used being over regulatory limit.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings +/– Driver Points 1 António Félix da Costa 125 6 2 Lucas di Grassi 57 1 3 Stoffel Vandoorne 57 2 4 Mitch Evans 56 1 5 Sam Bird 52
Teams' Championship standings +/– Constructor Points 1 Techeetah-DS 157 2 Andretti-BMW 92 2 3 e.dams-Nissan 88 1 4 Mercedes 87 1 5 Virgin-Audi 74
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Race 3 Qualifying Group draw Group 1 DAC (1) DIG (2) VAN (3) EVA (4) BIR (5) BUE (6) Group 2 SIM (7) LOT (8) GUE (9) ROW (10) MOR (11) JEV (12) Group 3 DEV (13) FRI (14) DAM (16) CAL (17) ABT (18) MAS (19) Group 4 RAS (21) TUR (22) MUL (23) JAN (24) LYN (25) SET (27) Driver Team 1 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 1:06.597 1:06.277 1 2 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 1:06.856 1:06.772 2 3 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 1:06.748 1:06.825 3 4 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 1:06.714 1:06.965 4 5 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 1:06.731 1:07.177 5 6 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 1:06.740 1:07.180 6 7 36 André Lotterer Porsche 1:06.867 7 8 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 1:06.907 13 9 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 1:06.938 8 10 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 1:06.947 9 11 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 1:06.960 10 12 6 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 1:07.077 11 13 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 1:07.090 12 14 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 1:07.098 14 15 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 1:07.140 15 16 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 1:07.141 16 17 51 James Calado Jaguar 1:07.147 17 18 18 Neel Jani Porsche 1:07.193 18 19 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 1:07.197 19 20 2 Sam Bird Virgin-Audi 1:07.208 20 21 66 René Rast Audi 1:07.261 21 22 33 Daniel Abt NIO 1:07.331 22 23 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 1:07.366 23 24 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 1:07.521 24 Source: Notes: – Nyck de Vries received a five-place grid penalty for pushing his car on the track without permission from the stewards in the previous race.
Race Driver Team Time/Retired Points 1 28 Maximilian Günther Andretti-BMW 35 46:15.512 2 25 2 4 Robin Frijns Virgin-Audi 35 +0.128 6 18 3 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Techeetah-DS 35 +2.569 1 15+3+1 4 13 António Félix da Costa Techeetah-DS 35 +2.743 8 12 5 36 André Lotterer Porsche 35 +3.136 7 10 6 22 Oliver Rowland e.dams-Nissan 35 +5.547 9 8 7 64 Jérôme d'Ambrosio Mahindra 35 +7.893 3 6 8 11 Lucas di Grassi Audi 35 +12.672 10 4 9 20 Mitch Evans Jaguar 35 +13.511 19 2+1 10 27 Alexander Sims Andretti-BMW 35 +19.248 16 1 11 23 Sébastien Buemi e.dams-Nissan 35 +20.240 15 12 7 Nico Müller Dragon-Penske 35 +20.486 23 13 2 Sam BirdVirgin-Audi 35 +20.733 20 14 48 Edoardo Mortara Venturi-Mercedes 35 +20.944 14 15 33 Daniel Abt NIO 35 +21.948 22 16 3 Oliver Turvey NIO 35 +22.774 24 17 94 Alex Lynn Mahindra 35 +23.181 5 18 17 Nyck de Vries Mercedes 35 +32.520 13 19 19 Felipe Massa Venturi-Mercedes 35 +36.549 12 Ret 66 René Rast Audi 30 Electronics 21 Ret 5 Stoffel Vandoorne Mercedes 17 Puncture 4 Ret 51 James Calado Jaguar 13 Collision damage 17 Ret 6 Sérgio Sette Câmara Dragon-Penske 10 Collision 11 Ret 18 Neel Jani Porsche 10 Collision 18Source: Notes: