Race 8 of 12 of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship
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Race details[1][2]
Date
28 April 2018 (2018-04-28)
Official name
2018 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix[3]
Location
Circuit des Invalides, Les Invalides, Paris, France
Course
Street circuit
Course length
1.93 km (1.20 miles)
Distance
49 laps, 94.598 km (58.781 miles)
Weather
Sunny
Attendance
48,000
Pole position
Driver
Jean-Éric Vergne
Techeetah-Renault
Time
1:01.444
Fastest lap
Driver
Lucas di Grassi
Audi
Time
1:02.367 on lap 34
Podium
First
Jean-Éric Vergne
Techeetah-Renault
Second
Lucas di Grassi
Audi
Third
Sam Bird
Virgin-Citroën
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2018 Paris ePrix (formally the 2018 Qatar Airways Paris E-Prix) was a Formula E electric car race held before a crowd of 48,000 spectators at the Circuit des Invalides in the Les Invalides building complex on 28 April 2018. It was the eighth race of the 2017–18 Formula E Championship and the third Paris ePrix. The 49-lap race was won by Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne from pole position. Audi's Lucas di Grassi finished second and Virgin driver Sam Bird was third.
Vergne won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and maintained the lead for the next 23 laps as Bird had more electrical energy available. This allowed Bird to shorten Vergne's lead and unsuccessfully tried to overtake him. Through the pit stop phase to get into a second car, di Grassi took the lead for two laps after conserving electrical energy. Edoardo Mortara led the following lap before Vergne retook the position after the pit stops. Vergne was unchallenged for the final third of the race and took his third victory of the season after his teammate André Lotterer battled Bird and di Grassi.
The consequence of the race extended Vergne's Drivers' Championship lead over Bird to 31 points and Felix Rosenqvist kept third despite placing eighth. Sébastien Buemi kept fourth position while di Grassi moved him from eighth to fifth. In the Teams' Championship, Techeetah increased their advantage over Virgin from 34 to 55 points. Audi overtook Mahindra for third with four races left in the season.
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^"2017 Qatar Airways Paris ePrix". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^"Guide: welcome to the 2018 Qatar Airways E-Prix". FIA Formula E. 25 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
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