2015 Putrajaya ePrix

  2015 Putrajaya ePrix

Race details
Race 2 of 11 of the 2015–16 Formula E season
Layout of the Putrajaya Street Circuit
Date	7 November 2015
Official name	Y Capital Management Putrajaya ePrix
Location	Putrajaya, Malaysia
Course	Street circuit
Course length	2.56 km (1.59 mi)
Distance	33 laps, 84.84 km (52.47 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams
Time	1:20.196
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams
Time	1:22.748 (lap record) on lap 22
Podium
First	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport
Second	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing
Third	Robin Frijns	Amlin Andretti
Lap leaders

The 2015 Putrajaya ePrix (officially the Y Capital Management Putrajaya ePrix), was a Formula E motor race held on 7 November 2015 at the Putrajaya Street Circuit in Putrajaya, Malaysia.^[1] It was the second edition of the Putrajaya ePrix and the second championship race of the 2015–16 Formula E season. The race was won by Lucas di Grassi.^[2]

Report

Background

The Trulli team did not participate in Putrajaya; they already failed to participate two weeks earlier in Beijing. This time, the team presented its Motormatica JT-01 for scrutineering, but the car did not pass all of the mandatory checks.^[3]

Classifications

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	9	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams	1:19.821		11
2	4	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	1:20.213	+0.392	21
3	6	Loïc Duval	Dragon Racing	1:20.251	+0.430	31
4	8	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.Dams	1:20.401	+0.580	51
5	55	António Félix da Costa	Team Aguri	1:20.414	+0.593	41
6	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	1:20.449	+0.628	6
7	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	1:20.496	+0.675	7
8	27	Robin Frijns	Amlin Andretti	1:20.546	+0.725	8
9	21	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	1:20.616	+0.795	9
10	66	Daniel Abt	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	1:20.679	+0.858	10
11	23	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	1:20.727	+0.906	11
12	12	Jacques Villeneuve	Venturi	1:20.754	+0.933	12
13	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Virgin Racing	1:20.820	+0.999	13
14	2	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing	1:20.905	+1.084	14
15	77	Nathanaël Berthon	Team Aguri	1:21.270	+1.449	15
16	1	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	NEXTEV TCR	1:21.559	+1.738	16
17	88	Oliver Turvey	NEXTEV TCR	1:21.611	+1.790	17
18	28	Simona de Silvestro	Amlin Andretti	1:21.958	+2.137	18
Source: [4]

Notes:

• ^1 – Final grid position of top five qualifiers determined by Super Pole shootout.

Super Pole

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	9	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams	1:20.196		1
2	4	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	1:20.639	+0.443	2
3	6	Loïc Duval	Dragon Racing	1:20.886	+0.690	3
4	55	António Félix da Costa	Team Aguri	1:20.975	+0.779	4
5	8	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.Dams	1:21.786	+1.590	5
Source: [4]

Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Lucas di Grassi	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	33	50:17.449	6	25
2	2	Sam Bird	DS Virgin Racing	33	+13.884	14	18
3	27	Robin Frijns	Amlin Andretti	33	+29.776	8	15
4	4	Stéphane Sarrazin	Venturi	33	+32.628	2	12
5	21	Bruno Senna	Mahindra Racing	33	+34.404	9	10
6	55	António Félix da Costa	Team Aguri	33	+36.925	4	8
7	66	Daniel Abt	ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport	33	+37.283	10	6
8	1	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	NEXTEV TCR	33	+40.623	16	4
9	23	Nick Heidfeld	Mahindra Racing	33	+52.904	11	2
10	8	Nicolas Prost	Renault e.dams	33	+53.695	5	1
11	12	Jacques Villeneuve	Venturi	33	+58.698	12
12	9	Sébastien Buemi	Renault e.Dams	33	+1:07.728	1	51
13	28	Simona de Silvestro	Amlin Andretti	33	+1:24.464	18
14	7	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Dragon Racing	32	+1 lap	7
15	77	Nathanaël Berthon	Team Aguri	32	+1 lap	15
16	6	Loïc Duval	Dragon Racing	29	+4 laps	3
Ret	88	Oliver Turvey	NEXTEV TCR	4		17
Ret	25	Jean-Éric Vergne	DS Virgin Racing	0		13

Notes:

• ^1 – Three points for pole position and two points for fastest lap.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Lucas di Grassi 43 2 Sébastien Buemi 35 3 Sam Bird 24 4 Nick Heidfeld 17 5 Robin Frijns 16

Teams' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport 49 2 Renault e.Dams 36 3 Mahindra Racing 27 4 DS Virgin Racing 24 5 Dragon Racing 22

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

References