Formula E electric car race held in Berlin in 2018
2018 Berlin ePrix
Race 9 of 12 of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship
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Race details[1][2]
Date
19 May 2018 (2018-05-19)
Official name
2018 BMW i Berlin E-Prix[3]
Location
Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin
Course
Street circuit
Course length
2.250 km (1.398 mi)
Distance
45 laps, 101.250 km (62.914 mi)
Weather
Warm and sunny
Pole position
Driver
Daniel Abt
Audi
Time
1:09.472
Fastest lap
Driver
Daniel Abt
Audi
Time
1:12.409 on lap 26
Podium
First
Daniel Abt
Audi
Second
Lucas di Grassi
Audi
Third
Jean-Éric Vergne
Techeetah-Renault
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2018 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2018 BMW i Berlin E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 19 May 2018. It was the ninth round of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship and the fourth edition of the event as part of the championship. The 45-lap race was won by Audi driver Daniel Abt after starting from the pole position. Defending champion Lucas di Grassi finished second in the other Audi, thus recording the second one-two finish in Formula E history. Jean-Éric Vergne, the championship leader going into Berlin, took third for Techeetah.
Daniel Abt won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and he maintained his start line advantage for virtually the entire race, with teammate di Grassi in second at Audi's home ePrix despite Abt having a slow mandatory mid-event pit stop to switch into a second car as he had to let e.Dams-Renault's Sébastien Buemi enter his pitbox. Abt also set the fastest lap of the race, meaning he left Berlin with the full complement of 29 points from a single ePrix, and he achieved the first Grand Chelem in the history of Formula E.
The consequence of the final positions increased Vergne's Drivers' Championship lead to 40 points over Virgin's Sam Bird, who came seventh. In the Teams' Championship, Audi scored a maximum 47 points because of their one-two finish and with Abt scoring pole and fastest lap. They advanced to second in the points standings behind the dominant Techeetah squad, with 45 points separating the two teams with three races left in the season.
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^"2017 Berlin ePrix". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^"Guide: welcome to the 2018 BMW i Berlin E-Prix". FIA Formula E. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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