Race 8 of 10 of the 2015–16 Formula E Championship
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Race details[1][2]
Date
21 May 2016
Official name
2016 FIA Formula E BMW i Berlin ePrix[3]
Location
Berlin Street Circuit, Berlin, Germany
Course
Street circuit
Course length
1.927 km (1.20 miles)
Distance
48 laps, 92.530 km (57.476 miles)
Weather
Sunny, Air: 23.5–24.05 °C (74.30–75.29 °F), Track: 24 °C (75 °F).
Attendance
15,000
Pole position
Driver
Jean-Éric Vergne
Virgin Racing
Time
57.811
Fastest lap
Driver
Bruno Senna
Mahindra Racing
Time
59.067 on lap 39
Podium
First
Sébastien Buemi
e.dams-Renault
Second
Daniel Abt
Audi Sport ABT
Third
Lucas di Grassi
Audi Sport ABT
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2016 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2016 FIA Formula E BMW i Berlin ePrix) was a Formula E electric car race held on 21 May 2016 before a crowd of 15,000 people at the Berlin Street Circuit in Berlin, Germany. It was the eighth round of the 2015–16 Formula E Championship and the second Berlin ePrix. The 48-lap race was won by e.dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi who began from second position. Audi Sport ABT teammates Daniel Abt and Lucas di Grassi finished in second and third.
Jean-Éric Vergne won the pole position by posting the fastest lap in qualifying but lost the lead to Buemi heading towards the first corner on the first lap. Vergne retook the lead from Buemi at the start of lap two until Buemi moved back into the position four laps later. Buemi held the lead through the mandatory pit stops, in which drivers switched into a second car, to win his and e.Dams-Renault's third race of the season. Further back, Abt passed Vergne and finished second despite ignoring team orders issued to him in the final two laps to allow di Grassi past as he became aware of the closing Nico Prost becoming a threat.
The result meant Buemi reduced di Grassi's advantage at the top of the Drivers' Championship to one point and Sam Bird was still in third place despite finishing outside of the points-scoring positions. Jérôme d'Ambrosio maintained fourth place but was now two points ahead of Prost. e.Dams-Renault increased their lead over Audi Sport ABT in the Teams' Championship to eleven points and Virgin overtook Dragon for fourth position with two races left in the season.
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^"BMW i announced as title sponsor for Berlin ePrix". FIA Formula E. 17 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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