Beijing ePrix

Beijing ePrix

Beijing Olympic Green Circuit
Race information
Number of times held	2
First held	2014
Circuit length	3.44 km (2.14 mi)
Race length	89.4 km (55.7 mi)
Laps	26
Last race (2015)
Pole position
S Buemi Renault e. Dams 1:37.297
Podium
1. S Buemi Renault e. Dams 50:08.835 2. L di Grassi ABT +11.006 3. N Heidfeld Mahindra +15.681
Fastest lap
S Buemi Renault e. Dams 1:39.993

The Beijing ePrix is an automobile race of the Formula E championship in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It was first raced in the 2014-15 season, of which the 2014 Beijing ePrix was the first Formula E race in history.

History

For the first Beijing ePrix on 13 September 2014 of the first Formula E race was ever the same time, were 75,000 spectators in the Olympic Park to the route. Admission to the event site was free, only the courts in the stands at the start-finish line were chargeable. 40 million people watched the race. Lucas di Grassi won the first ePrix. He benefited from a collision between Nicolas Prost and Nick Heidfeld, who were involved in the final round before the last corner in an accident.

Results

Edition	Track	Winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
2014	Olympic Green	Lucas di Grassi Audi Sport Abt	Franck Montagny Andretti Autosport	Sam Bird Virgin Racing	Nicolas Prost e. Dams Renault	Takuma Sato Amlin Aguri
2015		Sébastien Buemi Renault e.dams	Lucas di Grassi Abt Schaeffler Audi Sport	Nick Heidfeld Mahindra Racing	Sébastien Buemi Renault e.dams	Sébastien Buemi Renault e.dams

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